Sequences and Series

293 Questions
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 3rd September Evening Slot
If the sum of the series

20 + 19${3 \over 5}$ + 19${1 \over 5}$ + 18${4 \over 5}$ + ...

upto nth term is 488 and the nth term is negative, then :
A.
n = 41
B.
n = 60
C.
nth term is –4
D.
nth term is -4${2 \over 5}$
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 3rd September Morning Slot
If the first term of an A.P. is 3 and the sum of its first 25 terms is equal to the sum of its next 15 terms, then the common difference of this A.P. is :
A.
${1 \over 4}$
B.
${1 \over 5}$
C.
${1 \over 7}$
D.
${1 \over 6}$
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 2nd September Evening Slot
Let S be the sum of the first 9 terms of the series :
{x + k$a$} + {x2 + (k + 2)$a$} + {x3 + (k + 4)$a$}
+ {x4 + (k + 6)$a$} + .... where a $ \ne $ 0 and x $ \ne $ 1.

If S = ${{{x^{10}} - x + 45a\left( {x - 1} \right)} \over {x - 1}}$, then k is equal to :
A.
-3
B.
1
C.
-5
D.
3
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 2nd September Evening Slot
If the sum of first 11 terms of an A.P.,
a1, a2, a3, .... is 0 (a $ \ne $ 0), then the sum of the A.P.,
a1 , a3 , a5 ,....., a23 is ka1 , where k is equal to :
A.
${{121} \over {10}}$
B.
-${{121} \over {10}}$
C.
${{72} \over 5}$
D.
-${{72} \over 5}$
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 2nd September Morning Slot
The sum of the first three terms of a G.P. is S and their product is 27. Then all such S lie in :
A.
[-3, $\infty $)
B.
(-$ \propto $, 9]
C.
(-$ \propto $, -9] $ \cup $ [-3, $\infty $)
D.
(-$ \propto $, -3] $ \cup $ [9, $\infty $)
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 2nd September Morning Slot
If |x| < 1, |y| < 1 and x $ \ne $ y, then the sum to infinity of the following series

(x + y) + (x2+xy+y2) + (x3+x2y + xy2+y3) + ....
A.
${{x + y - xy} \over {\left( {1 + x} \right)\left( {1 + y} \right)}}$
B.
${{x + y - xy} \over {\left( {1 - x} \right)\left( {1 - y} \right)}}$
C.
${{x + y + xy} \over {\left( {1 + x} \right)\left( {1 + y} \right)}}$
D.
${{x + y + xy} \over {\left( {1 - x} \right)\left( {1 - y} \right)}}$
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 9th January Evening Slot
Let an be the nth term of a G.P. of positive terms.

$\sum\limits_{n = 1}^{100} {{a_{2n + 1}} = 200} $ and $\sum\limits_{n = 1}^{100} {{a_{2n}} = 100} $,

then $\sum\limits_{n = 1}^{200} {{a_n}} $ is equal to :
A.
150
B.
175
C.
225
D.
300
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 9th January Morning Slot
The product ${2^{{1 \over 4}}}{.4^{{1 \over {16}}}}{.8^{{1 \over {48}}}}{.16^{{1 \over {128}}}}$ ... to $\infty $ is equal to :
A.
${2^{{1 \over 4}}}$
B.
${2^{{1 \over 2}}}$
C.
1
D.
2
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 8th January Evening Slot
If the 10th term of an A.P. is ${1 \over {20}}$ and its 20th term is ${1 \over {10}}$, then the sum of its first 200 terms is
A.
100
B.
$100{1 \over 2}$
C.
$50{1 \over 4}$
D.
50
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 8th January Morning Slot
Let ƒ : R $ \to $ R be such that for all x $ \in $ R
(21+x + 21–x), ƒ(x) and (3x + 3–x) are in A.P.,
then the minimum value of ƒ(x) is
A.
2
B.
0
C.
3
D.
4
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 7th January Evening Slot
If the sum of the first 40 terms of the series,
3 + 4 + 8 + 9 + 13 + 14 + 18 + 19 + ..... is (102)m, then m is equal to :
A.
20
B.
5
C.
10
D.
25
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 7th January Evening Slot
Let ${a_1}$ , ${a_2}$ , ${a_3}$ ,....... be a G.P. such that
${a_1}$ < 0, ${a_1}$ + ${a_2}$ = 4 and ${a_3}$ + ${a_4}$ = 16.
If $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^9 {{a_i}} = 4\lambda $, then $\lambda $ is equal to:
A.
171
B.
-171
C.
-513
D.
${{511} \over 3}$
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 7th January Morning Slot
Five numbers are in A.P. whose sum is 25 and product is 2520. If one of these five numbers is -${1 \over 2}$ , then the greatest number amongst them is:
A.
${{21} \over 2}$
B.
27
C.
7
D.
16
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 3rd September Evening Slot
If m arithmetic means (A.Ms) and three geometric means (G.Ms) are inserted between 3 and 243 such that 4th A.M. is equal to 2nd G.M., then m is equal to _________ .
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 3rd September Morning Slot
The value of ${\left( {0.16} \right)^{{{\log }_{2.5}}\left( {{1 \over 3} + {1 \over {{3^2}}} + ....to\,\infty } \right)}}$ is equal to ______.
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 9th January Evening Slot
The number of terms common to the two A.P.'s 3, 7, 11, ....., 407 and 2, 9, 16, ....., 709 is ______.
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 8th January Evening Slot
The sum, $\sum\limits_{n = 1}^7 {{{n\left( {n + 1} \right)\left( {2n + 1} \right)} \over 4}} $ is equal to ________.
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 8th January Morning Slot
The sum $\sum\limits_{k = 1}^{20} {\left( {1 + 2 + 3 + ... + k} \right)} $ is :
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 12th April Evening Slot
If a1, a2, a3, ..... are in A.P. such that a1 + a7 + a16 = 40, then the sum of the first 15 terms of this A.P. is :
A.
120
B.
200
C.
150
D.
280
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 12th April Morning Slot
For x $\varepsilon $ R, let [x] denote the greatest integer $ \le $ x, then the sum of the series $\left[ { - {1 \over 3}} \right] + \left[ { - {1 \over 3} - {1 \over {100}}} \right] + \left[ { - {1 \over 3} - {2 \over {100}}} \right] + .... + \left[ { - {1 \over 3} - {{99} \over {100}}} \right]$ is :
A.
- 153
B.
- 135
C.
- 133
D.
- 131
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 12th April Morning Slot
Let Sn denote the sum of the first n terms of an A.P. If S4 = 16 and S6= – 48, then S10 is equal to :
A.
- 320
B.
- 380
C.
- 460
D.
- 210
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 10th April Evening Slot
Let a1, a2, a3,......be an A.P. with a6 = 2. Then the common difference of this A.P., which maximises the product a1a4a5, is :
A.
${3 \over 2}$
B.
${6 \over 5}$
C.
${8 \over 5}$
D.
${2 \over 3}$
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 10th April Evening Slot
The sum
$1 + {{{1^3} + {2^3}} \over {1 + 2}} + {{{1^3} + {2^3} + {3^3}} \over {1 + 2 + 3}} + ...... + {{{1^3} + {2^3} + {3^3} + ... + {{15}^3}} \over {1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 15}}$$ - {1 \over 2}\left( {1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 15} \right)$ is equal to :
A.
620
B.
1240
C.
1860
D.
660
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 10th April Evening Slot
Let $a$, b and c be in G.P. with common ratio r, where $a$ $ \ne $ 0 and 0 < r $ \le $ ${1 \over 2}$ . If 3$a$, 7b and 15c are the first three terms of an A.P., then the 4th term of this A.P. is :
A.
$a$
B.
${7 \over 3}a$
C.
5$a$
D.
${2 \over 3}a$
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 10th April Morning Slot
If a1, a2, a3, ............... an are in A.P. and a1 + a4 + a7 + ........... + a16 = 114, then a1 + a6 + a11 + a16 is equal to :
A.
38
B.
98
C.
76
D.
64
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 10th April Morning Slot
The sum
${{3 \times {1^3}} \over {{1^3}}} + {{5 \times ({1^3} + {2^3})} \over {{1^2} + {2^2}}} + {{7 \times \left( {{1^3} + {2^3} + {3^3}} \right)} \over {{1^2} + {2^2} + {3^2}}} + .....$ upto 10 terms is:
A.
600
B.
660
C.
680
D.
620
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 9th April Evening Slot
Some identical balls are arranged in rows to form an equilateral triangle. The first row consists of one ball, the second row consists of two balls and so on. If 99 more identical balls are addded to the total number of balls used in forming the equilaterial triangle, then all these balls can be arranged in a square whose each side contains exactly 2 balls less than the number of balls each side of the triangle contains. Then the number of balls used to form the equilateral triangle is :-
A.
262
B.
190
C.
157
D.
225
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 9th April Evening Slot
If the sum and product of the first three term in an A.P. are 33 and 1155, respectively, then a value of its 11th term is :-
A.
–25
B.
–36
C.
25
D.
–35
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 9th April Evening Slot
The sum of the series 1 + 2 × 3 + 3 × 5 + 4 × 7 +.... upto 11th term is :-
A.
945
B.
916
C.
915
D.
946
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 9th April Morning Slot
Let the sum of the first n terms of a non-constant A.P., a1, a2, a3, ..... be $50n + {{n(n - 7)} \over 2}A$, where A is a constant. If d is the common difference of this A.P., then the ordered pair (d, a50) is equal to
A.
(A, 50+45A)
B.
(50, 50+45A)
C.
(A, 50+46A)
D.
(50, 50+46A)
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 8th April Evening Slot
If three distinct numbers a, b, c are in G.P. and the equations ax2 + 2bx + c = 0 and dx2 + 2ex + ƒ = 0 have a common root, then which one of the following statements is correct?
A.
$d \over a$, $e \over b$, $f \over c$ are in G.P.
B.
d, e, ƒ are in A.P
C.
d, e, ƒ are in G.P
D.
$d \over a$, $e \over b$, $f \over c$ are in A.P.
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 8th April Evening Slot
The sum $\sum\limits_{k = 1}^{20} {k{1 \over {{2^k}}}} $ is equal to
A.
$2 - {11 \over {{2^{19}}}}$
B.
$2 - {3 \over {{2^{17}}}}$
C.
$1 - {11 \over {{2^{20}}}}$
D.
$2 - {21 \over {{2^{20}}}}$
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 8th April Morning Slot
The sum of all natural numbers 'n' such that 100 < n < 200 and H.C.F. (91, n) > 1 is :
A.
3221
B.
3121
C.
3203
D.
3303
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 12th January Evening Slot
If sin4$\alpha $ + 4 cos4$\beta $ + 2 = 4$\sqrt 2 $ sin $\alpha $ cos $\beta $; $\alpha $, $\beta $ $ \in $ [0, $\pi $],
then cos($\alpha $ + $\beta $) $-$ cos($\alpha $ $-$ $\beta $) is equal to :
A.
$ - \sqrt 2 $
B.
0
C.
$-$ 1
D.
$\sqrt 2 $
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 12th January Evening Slot
If the sum of the first 15 terms of the series ${\left( {{3 \over 4}} \right)^3} + {\left( {1{1 \over 2}} \right)^3} + {\left( {2{1 \over 4}} \right)^3} + {3^3} + {\left( {3{3 \over 4}} \right)^3} + ....$ is equal to 225 k, then k is equal to :
A.
9
B.
108
C.
27
D.
54
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 12th January Evening Slot
If   nC4, nC5 and nC6 are in A.P., then n can be :
A.
11
B.
12
C.
9
D.
14
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 12th January Morning Slot
Let  Sk = ${{1 + 2 + 3 + .... + k} \over k}.$ If   $S_1^2 + S_2^2 + .....\, + S_{10}^2 = {5 \over {12}}$A,  then A is equal to :
A.
283
B.
156
C.
301
D.
303
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 12th January Morning Slot
The product of three consecutive terms of a G.P. is 512. If 4 is added to each of the first and the second of these terms, the three terms now form an A.P. Then the sum of the original three terms of the given G.P. is :
A.
36
B.
28
C.
32
D.
24
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 11th January Evening Slot
Let x, y be positive real numbers and m, n positive integers. The maximum value of the expression ${{{x^m}{y^n}} \over {\left( {1 + {x^{2m}}} \right)\left( {1 + {y^{2n}}} \right)}}$ is :
A.
${1 \over 2}$
B.
${1 \over 4}$
C.
${{m + n} \over {6mn}}$
D.
1
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 11th January Evening Slot
If 19th term of a non-zero A.P. is zero, then its (49th term) : (29th term) is :
A.
2 : 1
B.
4 : 1
C.
1 : 3
D.
3 : 1
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 11th January Morning Slot
The sum of an infinite geometric series with positive terms is 3 and the sum of the cubes of its terms is ${{27} \over {19}}$.Then the common ratio of this series is :
A.
${4 \over 9}$
B.
${1 \over 3}$
C.
${2 \over 3}$
D.
${2 \over 9}$
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 11th January Morning Slot
Let a1, a2, . . . . . ., a10 be a G.P.    If ${{{a_3}} \over {{a_1}}} = 25,$ then ${{{a_9}} \over {{a_5}}}$ equals
A.
53
B.
2(52)
C.
4(52)
D.
54
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 10th January Evening Slot
Let a1, a2, a3, ..... a10 be in G.P. with ai > 0 for i = 1, 2, ….., 10 and S be the set of pairs (r, k), r, k $ \in $ N (the set of natural numbers) for which

$\left| {\matrix{ {{{\log }_e}\,{a_1}^r{a_2}^k} & {{{\log }_e}\,{a_2}^r{a_3}^k} & {{{\log }_e}\,{a_3}^r{a_4}^k} \cr {{{\log }_e}\,{a_4}^r{a_5}^k} & {{{\log }_e}\,{a_5}^r{a_6}^k} & {{{\log }_e}\,{a_6}^r{a_7}^k} \cr {{{\log }_e}\,{a_7}^r{a_8}^k} & {{{\log }_e}\,{a_8}^r{a_9}^k} & {{{\log }_e}\,{a_9}^r{a_{10}}^k} \cr } } \right|$ $=$ 0.

Then the number of elements in S, is -
A.
10
B.
4
C.
2
D.
infinitely many
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 10th January Morning Slot
The sum of all two digit positive numbers which when divided by 7 yield 2 or 5 as remainder is -
A.
1356
B.
1256
C.
1365
D.
1465
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 9th January Evening Slot
The sum of the following series

$1 + 6 + {{9\left( {{1^2} + {2^2} + {3^2}} \right)} \over 7} + {{12\left( {{1^2} + {2^2} + {3^2} + {4^2}} \right)} \over 9}$

       $ + {{15\left( {{1^2} + {2^2} + ... + {5^2}} \right)} \over {11}} + .....$ up to 15 terms, is :
A.
7520
B.
7510
C.
7830
D.
7820
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 9th January Evening Slot
Let a, b and c be the 7th, 11th and 13th terms respectively of a non-constant A.P. If these are also three consecutive terms of a G.P., then ${a \over c}$ equal to :
A.
2
B.
${1 \over 2}$
C.
${7 \over 13}$
D.
4
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 9th January Morning Slot
If a, b, c be three distinct real numbers in G.P. and a + b + c = xb , then x cannot be
A.
2
B.
-3
C.
4
D.
-2
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 9th January Morning Slot
Let ${a_1},{a_2},.......,{a_{30}}$ be an A.P.,

$S = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{30} {{a_i}} $ and $T = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{15} {{a_{\left( {2i - 1} \right)}}} $.

If $a_5$ = 27 and S - 2T = 75, then $a_{10}$ is equal to :
A.
47
B.
42
C.
52
D.
57
2018 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2018 (Online) 16th April Morning Slot
Let ${1 \over {{x_1}}},{1 \over {{x_2}}},...,{1 \over {{x_n}}}\,\,$ (xi $ \ne $ 0 for i = 1, 2, ..., n) be in A.P. such that x1=4 and x21 = 20. If n is the least positive integer for which ${x_n} > 50,$ then $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\left( {{1 \over {{x_i}}}} \right)} $ is equal to :
A.
${1 \over 8}$
B.
3
C.
${{13} \over 8}$
D.
${{13} \over 4}$
2018 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2018 (Online) 16th April Morning Slot
The sum of the first 20 terms of the series

$1 + {3 \over 2} + {7 \over 4} + {{15} \over 8} + {{31} \over {16}} + ...,$ is :
A.
$38 + {1 \over {{2^{19}}}}$
B.
$38 + {1 \over {{2^{20}}}}$
C.
$39 + {1 \over {{2^{20}}}}$
D.
$39 + {1 \over {{2^{19}}}}$