SHRI ANAND EDUCATION

EAST SAGARPUR NEW DELHI

SHRI ANAND EDUCATION CHAPTER 5

Class 10 - Mathematics
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 148

Section A

1. 30th term of an AP: 10, 7, 4, ...... is [1]

a) 97 b) -87

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c) 77 d) -77

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2. In an A.P. it is given that a = 5, d = 3 and an = 50, then the value of n is [1]

a) 16 b) 18

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c) 20 d) 15
3. The sum of first 16 terms of the AP 10, 6, 2, ... is

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a) -400 b) 320

c) -320 d) 352
4. If four numbers in A.P. are such that their sum is 50 and the greatest number is 4 times the least, then the [1]
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numbers are

a) 3, 7, 11, 15 b) none of these

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c) 5, 10, 15, 20 d) 4, 10, 16, 22

5. Which of the following statement is correct? [1]
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a. Sum of n terms of the list of numbers √2, √8, √18 , √32 ,... is √2
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b. The common difference of the A.P. given by an = 3n + 2 is 3.
c. The sum of the A.P. (-5), (-8), (-11).... (-230) is -8930.
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a) Only (a) and (b) b) Only (b)

c) (a), (b) and (c) d) Only (a)

6. If 4, x1, x2, x3, 28 are in AP then x3 = ? [1]

a) 19 b) Cannot be determined

c) 23 d) 22
7. If a, b and c are in A. P., then the value of a−b

b−c
is [1]

a) a

b
b) 1

c) c

a
d) b

8. If a1
= 4 and an = 4an−1 + 3, n > 1, then the value of a is 4
[1]

a) 320 b) 329

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9. Which term of the AP: 21, 42, 63, 84,... is 210? [1]

a) 10th b) 12th

c) 11th d) 9th
10. If a, b and c are in A.P, then b = [1]

a) a−c

2
b) c−a

c) None of these d) a+c

11. For the AP: 3

2
,
1

2
,−
1

2
,−
3

2
, ... write the first term a and the common difference d. [1]
12. Find the 8th term of the A.P. whose first term is -2 and common difference is 3. [1]

13. Write the expression for the common difference of an A.P. whose first term is a and nth term is b. [1]

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14. What is the sum of first 20 odd natural numbers? [1]

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15. The first term of an AP is p and its common difference is q. Find its 10th term. [1]
16. For an A.P., if a25 - a20 = 45, then find the value of d. [1]

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17. Find the common difference of the A.P. and write the next two terms: 119, 136, 153, 170,..... [1]
Find 18th term of the A.P. √2, 3√2, 5√2, … ​
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19. The nth term of an AP cannot be n2 + 1. Justify your answer. [1]
20. Write an A.P. whose first term is 10 and common difference is 3. [1]
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21. If 18, a ,b ,- 3 are in A.P., then find a + b. [1]
22. Determine k so that (3k-2), (4k-6) and (k+2) are three consecutive terms of an AP. [1]
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23. Find the common difference of an AP whose first term is 4, the last term is 49 and the sum of all its terms is 265. [2]
24. If the 3rd and the 9th terms of an AP are 4 and - 8 respectively, then which term of the given AP will be zero? [2]
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25. The 4th term of an A.P. is zero. Prove that the 25th term of the A.P. is three times its 11th term. [2]

26. Find the 8th term from the end of the A.P. 7,10, 13, ..., 184. [2]
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27. Divide 32 into four parts which are in A.P. such that the product of extremes is to the product of means is 7:15. [2]
28. Are the given numbers form an AP? If they form an AP, write the next two terms: 4, 10, 16, 22, ... [2]
29. The first term of an A.P. is - 7 and the common difference 5. Find its 18th term and the general term. [2]
30. Find the sum of the first 15 terms of sequence having nth term as yn = 9 - 5n. [2]
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31. Find the sum of n terms of the series √2 + √8 + √18 + √32 + … [2]
32. Find the sum of all the two digit numbers which leave the remainder 2 when divided by 5. [2]
33. In an A.P, if Sn = 3n2 + 5n and ak = 164, find the value of k. [2]

34. Write the next two terms of the A.P.: [2]

−− −− −−
√27 , √48 , √75 , ...
35. Find out the value of k such that 2

3
, k, 5

8
are the three consecutive terms of an AP. [2]
36. In a given situation, the sequence formed will form an A.P.? [2]
The amount of money in the account every year when ₹100 are deposited annually to accumulate at compound
interest of 4% per annum.
37. Find the common difference and write the next four terms of the A.P. 0, -3, -6, -9,...... [2]
Section C

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38. In an A.P., if the 12th term is -13 and the sum of its first four terms is 24, find the sum of its first ten terms. [3]

39. The 2nd, 31st and the last term of an AP are 7 3

,
1
and −6 , respectively. Find the first term and the number of
1 [3]
4 2 2

terms.

40. The sum of first n terms of an AP is given by Sn = 3n2 + 2n. Find the AP. [3]

41. The sum of the first five terms of an AP and the sum of the first seven terms of the same AP is 167. If the sum of [3]
the first ten terms of this AP is 235, find the sum of its first 20 terms.
42. Find the sum of all natural numbers between 100 and 500 which are divisible by 8. [3]
43. Show that the sum of an A.P. whose first term is a, the second term is b and the last term is c, is equal to [3]
(a+c)(b+c−2a)
.
2(b−a)

44. The sum of first n terms of three arithmetic progressions are S1, S2 and S3 respectively. The first term of each [3]

n
A.P. is 1 and common differences are 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Prove that S1 + S3 = 2S2

Find n if the given value of x is the nth term of the given A.P. -1, -3, -5, -7,...; x = -151 [3]

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46. In an AP, given a = 2, d = 8, Sn = 90. Find n and an. [3]
47. The sum of three terms of an A.P. is 21 and the product of the first and the third terms exceeds the second term [3]

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by 6, find three terms.

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48. The 12th term of an AP is -13 and the sum of its first four terms is 24. Find the sum of its first 10 terms. [3]
49. Show that a1, a2, ........., an, form an AP where an = 3 + 4n. [3]
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50. The 24th term of an A.P. is twice its 10th term. Show that its 72nd term is 4 times its 15th term. [3]

51. In an A.P., the sum of first n terms is n

(3n + 5) . Find the 25th term of the A.P. [3]
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52. Find the sum of all two-digit natural numbers which are divisible by 4. [3]
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Section D
Question No. 53 to 56 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
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Your friend Varun wants to participate in a 200m race. He can currently run that distance in 51 seconds and with each
day of practice it takes him 2 seconds less. He wants to do in 31 seconds.
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53. Write first four terms are in AP for the given situations.
54. What is the minimum number of days he needs to practice till his goal is achieved?

55. How many second takes after 5th days?

56. Out of 41, 30, 37 and 39 which term is not in the AP of the above given situation?
Question No. 57 to 60 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
India is competitive manufacturing location due to the low cost of manpower and strong technical and engineering
capabilities contributing to higher quality production runs. The production of TV sets in a factory increases uniformly

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by a fixed number every year. It produced 16000 sets in 6th year and 22600 in 9th year.

57. Find the production during first year.

58. Find the production during 8th year.
59. Find the production during first 3 years.
60. In which year, the production is ₹ 29,200.

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Question No. 61 to 64 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
Sehaj Batra gets pocket money from his father every day. Out of pocket money, he saves money for poor people in his

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locality. On 1st day he saves ₹27.5 On each succeeding day he increases his saving by ₹2.5.

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61. Find the amount saved by Sehaj on 10th day.
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62. Find the amount saved by Sehaj on 25th day.

63. Find the total amount saved by Sehaj in 30 days.
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64. Find in how many days Sehaj saves ₹1400.

Question No. 65 to 68 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions: [4]
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In a potato race, a bucket is placed at the starting point, which is 5 m from the first potato, and the other potatoes are
placed 3 m apart in a straight line. There are ten potatoes in the line. A competitor starts from the bucket, picks up the
nearest potato, runs back with it, drops it in the bucket, runs back to pick up the next potato, runs to the bucket to drop it
in, and she continues in the same way until all the potatoes are in the bucket. What is the total distance the competitor
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has to run?

65. Find the terms of AP formed in above situation.

66. What is the total distance the competitor has to run?
67. Find distance cover after 4 potato drop in the bucket?

68. Find the distance covered by competitor in order to put 5th potato in the bucket.
Section E
69. The ratio of the sums of first m and first n terms of an AP is m2:n2. Show that the ratio of its mth and nth terms [5]

is (2m -1):(2n -1).

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70. If the sum of the first p terms of an A.P. is given as q and the sum of the first q terms given as p then show that [5]
the sum of the first (p + q) terms will be -(p + q).
71. Along a road lie an odd number of stones placed at intervals of 10 metres. These stones have to be assembled [5]
around the middle stone. A person can carry only one stone at a time. A man carried the job with one of the end
stones by carrying them in succession. In carrying all the stones he covered a distance of 3 km. Find the number
of stones?
72. The sum of four consecutive numbers in A.P. is 32 and the ratio of the product of the first and last terms to the [5]
product of two middle terms is 7 : 15. Find the number.
73. The first term of an AP is 3, the last term is 83 and the sum of all its terms is 903. Find the number of terms and [5]
the common difference of the AP.
74. Solve the AP: (-4) + (-1) + 2 + 5 + ---- + x = 437. [5]
75. Divide 56 in four parts in A.P. such that the ratio of the product of their extremes (1st and 4th) to the product of [5]

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means (2nd and 3rd) is 5:6.

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