Sequences and Series

2022 Q201 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $S = 2 + {6 \over 7} + {{12} \over {{7^2}}} + {{20} \over {{7^3}}} + {{30} \over {{7^4}}} + \,.....$. Then 4S is equal to

A.
${\left( {{7 \over 3}} \right)^2}$
B.
${{{7^3}} \over {{3^2}}}$
C.
${\left( {{7 \over 3}} \right)^3}$
D.
${{{7^2}} \over {{3^3}}}$
2022 Q202 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

If a1, a2, a3 ...... and b1, b2, b3 ....... are A.P., and a1 = 2, a10 = 3, a1b1 = 1 = a10b10, then a4 b4 is equal to -

A.
${{35} \over {27}}$
B.
1
C.
${{27} \over {28}}$
D.
${{28} \over {27}}$
2022 Q203 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

$x = \sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {{a^n},y = \sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {{b^n},z = \sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {{c^n}} } } $, where a, b, c are in A.P. and |a| < 1, |b| < 1, |c| < 1, abc $\ne$ 0, then :

A.
x, y, z are in A.P.
B.
x, y, z are in G.P.
C.
${1 \over x}$, ${1 \over y}$, ${1 \over z}$ are in A.P.
D.
${1 \over x}$ + ${1 \over y}$ + ${1 \over z}$ = 1 $-$ (a + b + c)
2022 Q204 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

If $A = \sum\limits_{n = 1}^\infty {{1 \over {{{\left( {3 + {{( - 1)}^n}} \right)}^n}}}} $ and $B = \sum\limits_{n = 1}^\infty {{{{{( - 1)}^n}} \over {{{\left( {3 + {{( - 1)}^n}} \right)}^n}}}} $, then ${A \over B}$ is equal to :

A.
${{11} \over 9}$
B.
1
C.
$-$${{11} \over 9}$
D.
$-$${{11} \over 3}$
2022 Q205 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

The sum 1 + 2 . 3 + 3 . 32 + ......... + 10 . 39 is equal to :

A.
${{2\,.\,{3^{12}} + 10} \over 4}$
B.
${{19\,.\,{3^{10}} + 1} \over 4}$
C.
$5\,.\,{3^{10}} - 2$
D.
${{9\,.\,{3^{10}} + 1} \over 2}$
2022 Q206 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let x, y > 0. If x3y2 = 215, then the least value of 3x + 2y is

A.
30
B.
32
C.
36
D.
40
2022 Q207 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

If $\{ {a_i}\} _{i = 1}^n$, where n is an even integer, is an arithmetic progression with common difference 1, and $\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{a_i} = 192} ,\,\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{n/2} {{a_{2i}} = 120} $, then n is equal to :

A.
48
B.
96
C.
92
D.
104
2022 Q208 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Let $a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}, \ldots$ be an A.P. If $\sum\limits_{r=1}^{\infty} \frac{a_{r}}{2^{r}}=4$, then $4 a_{2}$ is equal to _________.

2022 Q209 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

If $\frac{1}{2 \times 3 \times 4}+\frac{1}{3 \times 4 \times 5}+\frac{1}{4 \times 5 \times 6}+\ldots+\frac{1}{100 \times 101 \times 102}=\frac{\mathrm{k}}{101}$, then 34 k is equal to _________.

2022 Q210 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026
${6 \over {{3^{12}}}} + {{10} \over {{3^{11}}}} + {{20} \over {{3^{10}}}} + {{40} \over {{3^9}}} + \,\,...\,\, + \,\,{{10240} \over 3} = {2^n}\,.\,m$, where m is odd, then m . n is equal to ____________.
2022 Q211 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

$ \frac{2^{3}-1^{3}}{1 \times 7}+\frac{4^{3}-3^{3}+2^{3}-1^{3}}{2 \times 11}+\frac{6^{3}-5^{3}+4^{3}-3^{3}+2^{3}-1^{3}}{3 \times 15}+\cdots+ \frac{30^{3}-29^{3}+28^{3}-27^{3}+\ldots+2^{3}-1^{3}}{15 \times 63}$ is equal to _____________.

2022 Q212 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

If $\sum\limits_{k=1}^{10} \frac{k}{k^{4}+k^{2}+1}=\frac{m}{n}$, where m and n are co-prime, then $m+n$ is equal to _____________.

2022 Q213 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Different A.P.'s are constructed with the first term 100, the last term 199, and integral common differences. The sum of the common differences of all such A.P.'s having at least 3 terms and at most 33 terms is ___________.

2022 Q214 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

The series of positive multiples of 3 is divided into sets : $\{3\},\{6,9,12\},\{15,18,21,24,27\}, \ldots$ Then the sum of the elements in the $11^{\text {th }}$ set is equal to ____________.

2022 Q215 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Let $a, b$ be two non-zero real numbers. If $p$ and $r$ are the roots of the equation $x^{2}-8 \mathrm{a} x+2 \mathrm{a}=0$ and $\mathrm{q}$ and s are the roots of the equation $x^{2}+12 \mathrm{~b} x+6 \mathrm{~b}=0$, such that $\frac{1}{\mathrm{p}}, \frac{1}{\mathrm{q}}, \frac{1}{\mathrm{r}}, \frac{1}{\mathrm{~s}}$ are in A.P., then $\mathrm{a}^{-1}-\mathrm{b}^{-1}$ is equal to _____________.

2022 Q216 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Let $a_{1}=b_{1}=1, a_{n}=a_{n-1}+2$ and $b_{n}=a_{n}+b_{n-1}$ for every

natural number $n \geqslant 2$. Then $\sum\limits_{n = 1}^{15} {{a_n}.{b_n}} $ is equal to ___________.

2022 Q217 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Let for $f(x) = {a_0}{x^2} + {a_1}x + {a_2},\,f'(0) = 1$ and $f'(1) = 0$. If a0, a1, a2 are in an arithmatico-geometric progression, whose corresponding A.P. has common difference 1 and corresponding G.P. has common ratio 2, then f(4) is equal to _____________.

2022 Q218 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Let 3, 6, 9, 12, ....... upto 78 terms and 5, 9, 13, 17, ...... upto 59 terms be two series. Then, the sum of the terms common to both the series is equal to ________.

2022 Q219 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Let for n = 1, 2, ......, 50, Sn be the sum of the infinite geometric progression whose first term is n2 and whose common ratio is ${1 \over {{{(n + 1)}^2}}}$. Then the value of

${1 \over {26}} + \sum\limits_{n = 1}^{50} {\left( {{S_n} + {2 \over {n + 1}} - n - 1} \right)} $ is equal to ___________.

2022 Q220 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

Let A = {1, a1, a2 ....... a18, 77} be a set of integers with 1 < a1 < a2 < ....... < a18 < 77.

Let the set A + A = {x + y : x, y $\in$ A} contain exactly 39 elements. Then, the value of a1 + a2 + ...... + a18 is equal to _____________.

2022 Q221 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

If the sum of the first ten terms of the series

${1 \over 5} + {2 \over {65}} + {3 \over {325}} + {4 \over {1025}} + {5 \over {2501}} + \,\,....$

is ${m \over n}$, where m and n are co-prime numbers, then m + n is equal to ______________.

2022 Q222 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

If a1 (> 0), a2, a3, a4, a5 are in a G.P., a2 + a4 = 2a3 + 1 and 3a2 + a3 = 2a4, then a2 + a4 + 2a5 is equal to ___________.

2022 Q223 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

For a natural number n, let ${\alpha _n} = {19^n} - {12^n}$. Then, the value of ${{31{\alpha _9} - {\alpha _{10}}} \over {57{\alpha _8}}}$ is ___________.

2022 Q224 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

The greatest integer less than or equal to the sum of first 100 terms of the sequence ${1 \over 3},{5 \over 9},{{19} \over {27}},{{65} \over {81}},$ ...... is equal to ___________.

2022 Q225 JEE Advanced Numerical
14 Mar 2026
Let $l_{1}, l_{2}, \ldots, l_{100}$ be consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression with common difference $d_{1}$, and let $w_{1}, w_{2}, \ldots, w_{100}$ be consecutive terms of another arithmetic progression with common difference $d_{2}$, where $d_{1} d_{2}=10$. For each $i=1,2, \ldots, 100$, let $R_{i}$ be a rectangle with length $l_{i}$, width $w_{i}$ and area $A_{i}$. If $A_{51}-A_{50}=1000$, then the value of $A_{100}-A_{90}$ is __________.
2022 Q226 JEE Advanced MSQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}, \ldots$ be an arithmetic progression with $a_{1}=7$ and common difference 8. Let $T_{1}, T_{2}, T_{3}, \ldots$ be such that $T_{1}=3$ and $T_{n+1}-T_{n}=a_{n}$ for $n \geq 1$. Then, which of the following is/are TRUE ?

A.
$T_{20}=1604$
B.
$\sum\limits_{k=1}^{20} T_{k}=10510$
C.
$T_{30}=3454$
D.
$\sum\limits_{k=1}^{30} T_{k}=35610$
2022 Q227 TS-EAMCET MCQ
20 May 2026

If $\alpha, \beta, \gamma$ are the roots of the equation $3 x^3-26 x^2+52 x-24=0$ such that $\alpha, \beta, \gamma$ are in geometric progression and $\alpha<\beta<\gamma$, then $3 \alpha+2 \beta+\gamma=$

A.

$68 / 3$

B.

$56 / 3$

C.

12

D.

24

2022 Q228 AP-EAPCET MCQ
20 May 2026

Suppose that the three points $A, B$ and $C$ in the plane are such that their $x$-coordinates as well as $y$-coordinates are in GP with the same common ratio. Then, the points $A, B$ and $C$

A.
constitute a right angled triangle
B.
form an isosceles triangle
C.
lie on a straight line
D.
form an equilateral triangle
2022 Q229 BITSAT MCQ
11 Jun 2026

Let a1, a2, ...... a40 be in AP and h1, h2, ..... h10 be in HP. If a1 = h1 = 2 and a10 = h10 = 3, then a4h7 is

A.
2
B.
3
C.
5
D.
6
2022 Q230 BITSAT MCQ
11 Jun 2026

Let a1, a2, a3 .... be a harmonic progression with a1 = 5 and a20 = 25. The least positive integer n for which an < 0, is

A.
22
B.
23
C.
24
D.
25
2022 Q231 BITSAT MCQ
11 Jun 2026

In a sequence of 21 terms, the first 11 terms are in AP with common difference 2 and the last 11 terms are in GP with common ratio 2. If the middle term of AP be equal to the middle term of the GP, then the middle term of the entire sequence is

A.
$-\frac{10}{31}$
B.
$\frac{10}{31}$
C.
$\frac{32}{31}$
D.
$-\frac{31}{32}$
2021 Q232 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let Sn = 1 . (n $-$ 1) + 2 . (n $-$ 2) + 3 . (n $-$ 3) + ..... + (n $-$ 1) . 1, n $\ge$ 4.

The sum $\sum\limits_{n = 4}^\infty {\left( {{{2{S_n}} \over {n!}} - {1 \over {(n - 2)!}}} \right)} $ is equal to :
A.
${{e - 1} \over 3}$
B.
${{e - 2} \over 6}$
C.
${e \over 3}$
D.
${e \over 6}$
2021 Q233 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let a1, a2, ..........., a21 be an AP such that $\sum\limits_{n = 1}^{20} {{1 \over {{a_n}{a_{n + 1}}}} = {4 \over 9}} $. If the sum of this AP is 189, then a6a16 is equal to :
A.
57
B.
72
C.
48
D.
36
2021 Q234 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let a1, a2, a3, ..... be an A.P. If ${{{a_1} + {a_2} + .... + {a_{10}}} \over {{a_1} + {a_2} + .... + {a_p}}} = {{100} \over {{p^2}}}$, p $\ne$ 10, then ${{{a_{11}}} \over {{a_{10}}}}$ is equal to :
A.
${{19} \over {21}}$
B.
${{100} \over {121}}$
C.
${{21} \over {19}}$
D.
${{121} \over {100}}$
2021 Q235 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
The sum of 10 terms of the series

${3 \over {{1^2} \times {2^2}}} + {5 \over {{2^2} \times {3^2}}} + {7 \over {{3^2} \times {4^2}}} + ....$ is :
A.
1
B.
${{120} \over {121}}$
C.
${{99} \over {100}}$
D.
${{143} \over {144}}$
2021 Q236 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Three numbers are in an increasing geometric progression with common ratio r. If the middle number is doubled, then the new numbers are in an arithmetic progression with common difference d. If the fourth term of GP is 3 r2, then r2 $-$ d is equal to :
A.
7 $-$ 7$\sqrt 3 $
B.
7 + $\sqrt 3 $
C.
7 $-$ $\sqrt 3 $
D.
7 + 3$\sqrt 3 $
2021 Q237 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If 0 < x < 1 and $y = {1 \over 2}{x^2} + {2 \over 3}{x^3} + {3 \over 4}{x^4} + ....$, then the value of e1 + y at $x = {1 \over 2}$ is :
A.
${1 \over 2}{e^2}$
B.
2e
C.
${1 \over 2}\sqrt e $
D.
2e2
2021 Q238 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If 0 < x < 1, then ${3 \over 2}{x^2} + {5 \over 3}{x^3} + {7 \over 4}{x^4} + .....$, is equal to :
A.
$x\left( {{{1 + x} \over {1 - x}}} \right) + {\log _e}(1 - x)$
B.
$x\left( {{{1 - x} \over {1 + x}}} \right) + {\log _e}(1 - x)$
C.
${{1 - x} \over {1 + x}} + {\log _e}(1 - x)$
D.
${{1 + x} \over {1 - x}} + {\log _e}(1 - x)$
2021 Q239 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If for x, y $\in$ R, x > 0, y = log10x + log10x1/3 + log10x1/9 + ...... upto $\infty$ terms

and ${{2 + 4 + 6 + .... + 2y} \over {3 + 6 + 9 + ..... + 3y}} = {4 \over {{{\log }_{10}}x}}$, then the ordered pair (x, y) is equal to :
A.
(106, 6)
B.
(104, 6)
C.
(102, 3)
D.
(106, 9)
2021 Q240 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
The sum of the series

${1 \over {x + 1}} + {2 \over {{x^2} + 1}} + {{{2^2}} \over {{x^4} + 1}} + ...... + {{{2^{100}}} \over {{x^{{2^{100}}}} + 1}}$ when x = 2 is :
A.
$1 + {{{2^{101}}} \over {{4^{101}} - 1}}$
B.
$1 + {{{2^{100}}} \over {{4^{101}} - 1}}$
C.
$1 - {{{2^{100}}} \over {{4^{100}} - 1}}$
D.
$1 - {{{2^{101}}} \over {{2^{400}} - 1}}$
2021 Q241 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If the sum of an infinite GP a, ar, ar2, ar3, ....... is 15 and the sum of the squares of its each term is 150, then the sum of ar2, ar4, ar6, ....... is :
A.
${5 \over 2}$
B.
${1 \over 2}$
C.
${25 \over 2}$
D.
${9 \over 2}$
2021 Q242 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let Sn be the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic progression. If S3n = 3S2n, then the value of ${{{S_{4n}}} \over {{S_{2n}}}}$ is :
A.
6
B.
4
C.
2
D.
8
2021 Q243 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let Sn denote the sum of first n-terms of an arithmetic progression. If S10 = 530, S5 = 140, then S20 $-$ S6 is equal to:
A.
1862
B.
1842
C.
1852
D.
1872
2021 Q244 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If sum of the first 21 terms of the series ${\log _{{9^{1/2}}}}x + {\log _{{9^{1/3}}}}x + {\log _{{9^{1/4}}}}x + .......$, where x > 0 is 504, then x is equal to
A.
243
B.
9
C.
7
D.
81
2021 Q245 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let S1 be the sum of first 2n terms of an arithmetic progression. Let S2 be the sum of first 4n terms of the same arithmetic progression. If (S2 $-$ S1) is 1000, then the sum of the first 6n terms of the arithmetic progression is equal to :
A.
7000
B.
1000
C.
3000
D.
5000
2021 Q246 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If $\alpha$, $\beta$ are natural numbers such that
100$\alpha$ $-$ 199$\beta$ = (100)(100) + (99)(101) + (98)(102) + ...... + (1)(199), then the slope of the line passing through ($\alpha$, $\beta$) and origin is :
A.
540
B.
550
C.
530
D.
510
2021 Q247 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
${1 \over {{3^2} - 1}} + {1 \over {{5^2} - 1}} + {1 \over {{7^2} - 1}} + .... + {1 \over {{{(201)}^2} - 1}}$ is equal to
A.
${{101} \over {404}}$
B.
${{25} \over {101}}$
C.
${{101} \over {408}}$
D.
${{99} \over {400}}$
2021 Q248 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
The sum of the series

$\sum\limits_{n = 1}^\infty {{{{n^2} + 6n + 10} \over {(2n + 1)!}}} $ is equal to :
A.
${{41} \over 8}e + {{19} \over 8}{e^{ - 1}} - 10$
B.
${{41} \over 8}e - {{19} \over 8}{e^{ - 1}} - 10$
C.
${{41} \over 8}e + {{19} \over 8}{e^{ - 1}} + 10$
D.
$ - {{41} \over 8}e + {{19} \over 8}{e^{ - 1}} - 10$
2021 Q249 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
The sum of the infinite series
$1 + {2 \over 3} + {7 \over {{3^2}}} + {{12} \over {{3^3}}} + {{17} \over {{3^4}}} + {{22} \over {{3^5}}} + ......$ is equal to :
A.
${9 \over 4}$
B.
${13 \over 4}$
C.
${15 \over 4}$
D.
${11 \over 4}$
2021 Q250 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
In an increasing geometric series, the sum of the second and the sixth term is ${{25} \over 2}$ and the product of the third and fifth term is 25. Then, the sum of 4th, 6th and 8th terms is equal to :
A.
30
B.
32
C.
26
D.
35