1.
In a GP, the first term is 7 and n th term is 448, and the sum of
the n terms is 889. What is the common ratio of this GP?
a. 2 b. 4 c. 1 d. 3
2. Find the first term of the infinite GP whose first two terms add up to 5, and each terms add up
to 5, and each term is three times the sum of the all terms that follow it.
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
3. The sum of the three numbers in GP is 70. If the two extreme terms are multiplied by 4, and
The middle term by 5, the resultants are in an AP. Find the numbers:
a. 10, 25, 35 b. 10, 20, 40 c. 15, 30,35 d. 12, 24, 34
4. Find the first term of the infinite GP whose first two terms add up to 5, and each terms add up
to 5, and each term is three times the sum of the all terms that follow it.
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
5. If x=1+a+a2 + a3 +…….to∞ (|a|<¿ 1)
Y= 1+b+ b2 +b3 +……….to ∞ (|b| ¿ 1)
Then, find 1+ab +a2 b2 +a3b3 +………to ∞
a. X +y/x +y-1 b. x y/x+ y c. x y/x+ y -1 d. None of these
6. If the (n+1)th term of a harmonic progression is twice the (3n+1)th term , find the ratio of the
first term to the (n+1)th term:
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
7. If the sum of the reciprocals of the first seven terms a harmonic progression is 70, find the
fourth term of the HP.
a. 2/15 b. 1/10 c. 3/7 d. 5/12
8. If the m th term of a HP is n and the nth term is m, what is the value of the (m+ n)th term?
a. m (m +n) b. m n/m +n c. n/m +n d. None of these
9. Let f(x)=2x +1. Then ,the number of real values of x for which the three unequal numbers
f(x),f(2x), and f(4x) are in a GP is:
a. 1 b. 2 c. 0 d. none of these
10. If a, b and c are in a GP, then a +b, 2b b +c are in:
[Link] b. GP c. HP d. none of these
11. the common ratio of GP whose first term is 3, the last is 3072 and the sum of the series is 4095:
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 6
2 4
12. The least value of n, for which 1+4 +4 +……to n terms is greater than 1000,is:
a. 5 b. 4 c. 3 d. 2
3 2
13. If the roots of x −12 x +39 x−28=0 are in an AP, then find their common difference:
a. ± 1 b. ± 2 c. ± 3 d. ± 4
14. In an infinite GP, each term is equal to four times the sum of all the terms that follow. Find the
common ratio:
1 1 1 1
a. b. c. d.
4 5 8 7
15. If the terms of one geometric progression are multiplied by the corresponding terms of another
geometric progression, the sequence obtained will be in:
a. AP b. HP c. GP d. cannot be
determined
16. In a network system, each person has to include four more persons under him and such a chain
should continue. The person at any level would get 1 commission per person below him in his
group. If a person earns 84, find the number of persons under him. In his group earning zero
amount:
a. 32 b. 64 c. 128 d. 256
17. If the nth term of AP is p and the m th term of the same AP is q, then find ( m+n )th term of AP:
a. P +q b. p + q-a +d c. p+ q-d-a d. p +q- d +a
18. Two sequences of numbers {1,4,16,64…….} and {3,4,12,16,48,64,192,……}are mixed as follows:
{1 3, 4, 12, 16, 48, 64, 192, ….}. One of the numbers in the mixed series is [Link], the
number immediately preceding it is:
a. 7, 86, 432 b. 2, 62, 144 c. 8, 14, 572 d. 7, 86, 516
19. If three successive terms of a GP with the common ratio r>1 form the sides of triangle and
[r]denotes the integral part of x, then find [r]+[-r]:
a. 0 b. 1 c. -1 d. none of these
20. In how many ways, can we select three natural numbers out of the first 10 natural numbers so
that they are in a geometric progression with the common ratio greater than 1?
a. 2 ways b. 3 ways c. 4 ways d. 5 ways