MCQ’S ( Seqence and Series )

51. The sum of the series 1 + 3𝑥 + 6𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 3 +. . . ∞ will be

1 1 1 1
a) (1−𝑥)2
b) 1−𝑥 c) (1+𝑥)2 d) (1−𝑥)3
3+5+7+⋯+𝑛 terms
52. If 5+8+11+⋯+10 terms = 7, then the value of 𝑛 is

a) 35 b) 36 c) 37 d) 40
53. If 𝑑, 𝑒, 𝑓 are in G.P. and the two quadratic equations 𝑎𝑥 2 + 2 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0 and 𝑥`𝑑𝑥 2 + 2 𝑒𝑥 + 𝑓 = 0
have a common root, then
𝑑 𝑒 𝑓 𝑑 𝑒 𝑓
a) , ,
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
are in H.P. b) , ,
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
are in G.P. c) 𝑎𝑏𝑓 = 𝑎𝑒𝑓 + 𝑐𝑑𝑒 d) 𝑏 2 𝑑𝑓 = 𝑎𝑐𝑒 2
1 1 1
54. 2.5
+ 5.8 + 8.11 +. . . upto 𝑛 terms is equal to
𝑛 1 𝑛 𝑛
a) 4𝑛+6
b) 6𝑛+4
c) 6𝑛+4
d) 3𝑛+7

55. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in A.P., 𝑏 − 𝑎, 𝑐 − 𝑏 and 𝑎 are in G.P., then 𝑎: 𝑏: 𝑐 is

a) 1 ∶ 2 ∶ 3 b) 1 ∶ 3 ∶ 5 c) 2 ∶ 3 ∶ 4 d) 1 ∶ 2 ∶ 4
56. The difference between two numbers is 48 and the difference between their arithmetic mean and
their geometric mean is 18. Then, the greater of two numbers is
a) 96 b) 60 c) 54 d) 49
1 1.3 1.3.5
57. The sum of the infinite series 1 + 2! + 4!
+ 6! + ⋯ is
1
a) 𝑒 b) 𝑒 2 c) √𝑒 d) 𝑒

58. 𝛼, 𝛽 are the roots of the equation 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 𝑎 = 0 and 𝛾, 𝛿 are the roots of the equation 𝑥 2 −
12𝑥 + 𝑏 = 0. If 𝛼, 𝛽, 𝛾, 𝛿 form an increasing GP, then (𝑎, 𝑏) is equal to
a) (3, 12) b) (12, 3) c) (2, 32) d) (4, 16)
59. The HM of two numbers is 4. Their AM is 𝐴 and GM is 𝐺. If 2𝐴 + 𝐺 2 = 27, then 𝐴 is equal to
9
a) 9 b) 2
c) 18 d) 27
1 1 1 1
60. If 𝑎 + 𝑐 + 𝑎−𝑏 + 𝑐−𝑏 = 0 and 𝑏 ≠ 𝑎 + 𝑐, then 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in

a) G.P. b) H.P. c) A.P. d) None of these

1 1
61. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in GP and 𝑥, 𝑦 are arithmetic mean of 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑏, 𝑐 respectively, then + is equal to
𝑥 𝑦
2 3 𝑏 𝑏
a) 𝑏
b) 𝑏
c) 3
d) 2
𝑎+𝑏 𝑏+𝑐 1
62. If 1−𝑎𝑏 , 𝑏, 1−𝑏𝑐 are in A.P., then 𝑎, 𝑏 , 𝑐 are in

a) A.P. b) G.P. c) H.P. d) None of these

63. If the sum of the first 𝑛 natural numbers is 1/5 times the sum of their squares, then the value of 𝑛
is
a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8
64. The interior angles of a polygon are in AP. If the smallest angle be 120° and the common
difference be 5, then the number of side is
a) 8 b) 10 c) 9 d) 6

65. If 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧 are in HP, then log(𝑥 + 𝑧) + log(𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 𝑧) is equal to

a) log(𝑥 − 𝑧) b) 2 log(𝑥 − 𝑧) c) 3 log(𝑥 − 𝑧) d) 4 log(𝑥 − 𝑧)
66. If the sum of the roots of the equation 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0 be equal to the sum of the reciprocals of
their squares, then 𝑏𝑐 2 , 𝑐𝑎2 , 𝑎𝑏 2 will be in
a) AP b) GP c) HP d) None of these
67. If 𝑆𝑛 = 13 + 23 +. . . +𝑛3 and 𝑇𝑛 = 1 + 2+. . . +𝑛, then
a) 𝑆𝑛 = 𝑇𝑛 b) 𝑆𝑛 = 𝑇𝑛4 c) 𝑆𝑛 = 𝑇𝑛2 d) 𝑆𝑛 = 𝑇𝑛3
1 1
68. If ∑𝑛𝑟=1 𝑎𝑟 = 6 𝑛(𝑛 + 1)(𝑛 + 2) for all 𝑛 ≥ 1, then lim ∑𝑛𝑟=1 𝑎𝑟 is
𝑛→∞

a) 2 b) 3 c) 3/2 d) 6
69. 0.14189189189… can be expressed as a rational number
7 7 525 21
a) 3700
b) 50
c) 111
d) 148

70. The sum of 𝑖 − 2 − 3𝑖 + 4 …. upto 100 terms, where 𝑖 = √−1 is

a) 50(1 − 𝑖) b) 25 𝑖 c) 25 (1 + 𝑖) d) 100 (1 − 𝑖)
71. If the 𝑝th term of an AP be 𝑞 and 𝑞th term be 𝑝, then its 𝑟th term will be
a) 𝑝 + 𝑞 + 𝑟 b) 𝑝 + 𝑞 − 𝑟 c) 𝑝 + 𝑟 − 𝑞 d) 𝑝 − 𝑞 − 𝑟
72. The sum of the series 1 ∙ 32 + 2 ∙ 52 + 3 ∙ 72 +. .. upto 20 terms is
a) 188090 b) 189080 c) 199080 d) None of these
73. Geometric mean of 7,72 , 73 , … 7𝑛 is
𝑛+1
a) 7 2 b) 7 c) 7𝑛⁄2 d) 7𝑛
74. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in A.P. as well as in G.P. then
a) 𝑎 = 𝑏 ≠ 𝑐 b) 𝑎 ≠ 𝑏 = 𝑐 c) 𝑎 ≠ 𝑏 ≠ 𝑐 d) 𝑎 = 𝑏 = 𝑐
75. If 𝑎1/𝑥 = 𝑏1/𝑦 = 𝑐1/𝓏 and 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in GP, then 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝓏 will be in

a) AP b) GP c) HP d) None of these
76. The sum of 11 terms of an A.P. whose middle term is 30, is
a) 320 b) 330 c) 340 d) 350

77. Given two numbers 𝑎 and 𝑏. Let 𝐴 denote the single A.M. and 𝑆 denote the sum of 𝑛 A.M.’s
between 𝑎 and 𝑏, then 𝑆/𝐴 depends on
 a) 𝑛, 𝑎, 𝑏 b) 𝑛, 𝑏 c) 𝑛, 𝑎 d) 𝑛

78. If {𝑎𝑛 } is a sequence with 𝑎0 = 𝑝 and 𝑎𝑛 − 𝑎𝑛−1 = 𝑟𝑎𝑛−1 for 𝑛 ≥ 1, then the terms of the
sequence are in
a) An arithmetic progression b) A geometric progression
c) A harmonic progression d) An arithmetic-geometric progression
79. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in A.P., then 𝑎 + 1 , 𝑏 + 1 , 𝑐 + 1 are in
𝑏𝑐 𝑐𝑎 𝑎𝑏

a) A.P. b) G.P. c) H.P. d) None of these

80. If every terms of a GP with positive terms is the sum of its two previous terms, then the common ratio of
the series is
a) 1 2 −1 +1
b) c) √5 d) √5
√5 2 2
81. If 𝑎 , 𝑏 , 𝑐 are in AP, then
𝑏+𝑐 𝑐+𝑎 𝑎+𝑏

a) 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in AP b) 𝑐, 𝑎, 𝑏 are in AP c) 𝑎2 , 𝑏 2 , 𝑐 2 are in AP d) 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in GP

82. The sum of 100 terms of the series 0.9 + 0.09 + 0.009 … will be
1 100 1 100 1 106 1 10
a) 1 − ( ) b) 1 + ( ) c) 1 − ( ) d) 1 + ( )
10 10 10 10
83. The sum of integers from 1 to 100 that are divisible by 2 or 5 is
a) 3000 b) 3050 c) 4050 d) None of these
84. Which term of the GP 3, 3√3, 9 … is 2187?
a) 15 b) 14 c) 13 d) 19
85. The sum to the series 1 1.3 1.3.5
+ 1.2.3.4 + 1.2.3.4.5.6 +. .. is
1.2

a) 𝑒 − 1 b) √𝑒 − 1 c) √𝑒 − 2 d) √𝑒 + 𝑒
86. In a G.P. if the (𝑚 + 𝑛)th term is 𝑝 and (𝑚 − 𝑛)th term is 𝑞, then its 𝑚th term is
a) 0 1
b) 𝑝𝑞 c) √𝑝𝑞 d) (𝑝 + 𝑞)
2
87. The GM of roots of the equation 𝑥 2 − 18𝑥 + 9 = 0 is
a) 3 b) 4 c) 2 d) 1
88. Fifth term of an GP is 2, then the product of its 9 term is
a) 256 b) 512 c) 1024 d) None of these
̅̅̅̅̅ is
89. The value of 2. 357
2355 2355 2355 d) None of these
a) b) c)
1001 999 1111
90. The harmonic mean between two numbers is 14 2 and the geometric mean is 24. The greater number
5

between them is
a) 72 b) 54 c) 36 d) None of these
91. The length of a side of a square is "𝑎" metre. A second square is formed by joining the middle points of this
square. Then a third square is formed by joining the middle points of the sides of the second square and so
on. Then, the sum of the areas of squares which carried upto infinity is
a) 𝑎2 b) 2𝑎2 c) 3𝑎2 d) 4𝑎2
92. 7th term of an AP is 40. Then, the sum of first 13 terms is
a) 520 b) 53 c) 2080 d) 1040
93. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐, 𝑑 are in H.P., then 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑑 =
a) 𝑎𝑑 b) 2𝑎𝑑 c) 3𝑎𝑑 d) None of these
94. If 𝑥, 2𝑥 + 2,3𝑥 + 3, … are in GP, then the fourth term is
a) 27.5 b) 4𝑥 + 5 c) -13.5 d) 4𝑥 + 4
95. The sum to the infinity of the series 1 + 2 + 6
+
10 14
+ 4 + … is
3 32 33 3

a) 3 b) 4 c) 6 d) 2
96. The sum of 𝑛 terms of two arithmetic series are in the ratio 2𝑛 + 3: 6𝑛 + 5, then the ratio of their 13th
terms is
a) 53: 155 b) 27: 87 c) 29: 83 d) 31: 89
97. If 𝑆𝑛 denotes the sum of 𝑛 terms of an A.P. with common difference d, then
a) 𝑑 = 𝑆𝑛 − 𝑆𝑛−1 + 𝑆𝑛−2
b) 𝑑 = 𝑆𝑛 − 2𝑆𝑛−1 − 𝑆𝑛−2
c) 𝑑 = 𝑆𝑛 − 2𝑆𝑛−1 + 𝑆𝑛−2
d) None of these
98. If 𝑆 be the sum, 𝑃 be the product and 𝑅 be the sum of the reciprocals of 𝑛 terms of a GP, then 𝑃2 is equal to
𝑆 𝑛 𝑆 𝑅 𝑛 𝑅
a) ( ) b) c) ( ) d)
𝑅 𝑅 𝑆 𝑆
99. The sum of all 2 digit odd numbers is
a) 2475 b) 2530 c) 4905 d) 5049
100. If 2/3, 𝑘, 5/8 are in AP, then value of 𝑘 is
a) 15 b) 21 c) 12 d) 31/48