PROGRESSIONS
DPP-15
PROGRESSIONS
Topics- Relation between A.P, G.P & H.P
1. If the ratio of two numbers be 9: 1, then the ratio of geometric and harmonic
means between them will be
(a) 1: 9 (b) 5: 3
(c) 3: 5 (d) 2: 5
2. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in H.P., then , , are in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P.
(c) H.P. (d) None of these
3. If , 𝑦, are in H.P., then 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧are in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P.
(c) H.P. (d) None of these
4. If the first and (2𝑛 − 1) ℎ terms of an A.P., G.P. and H.P. are equal and their 𝑛
terms are respectively 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐, then
(a) 𝑎 ≥ 𝑏 ≥ 𝑐 (b) 𝑎 + 𝑐 = 𝑏
(c) 𝑎𝑐 − 𝑏 = 0 (d) (a) and (c) both
5. An A.P., a G.P. and a H.P. have the same first and last terms and the same odd
number of terms. The middle terms of the three series are in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P.
(c) H.P. (d) None of these
6. If , 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 be in G.P. and 𝑎 + 𝑥, 𝑏 + 𝑥, 𝑐 + 𝑥 in H.P., then the value of 𝑥 is (𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐
are distinct numbers)
(a) 𝑐 (b) 𝑏
(c) 𝑎 (d) None of these
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7. If , 𝑏, are in A.P., then 𝑎, , 𝑐 are in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P.
(c) H.P. (d) None of these
8. If all the terms of an A.P. are squared, then new series will be in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P.
(c) H.P. (d) None of these
9. If 2(𝑦 − 𝑎) is the H.M. between 𝑦 − 𝑥 and 𝑦 − 𝑧, then 𝑥 − 𝑎, 𝑦 − 𝑎, 𝑧 − 𝑎 are in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P.
(c) H.P. (d) None of these
10. If the ratio of A.M. between two positive real numbers 𝑎 and 𝑏to their H.M. is
𝑚: 𝑛, then 𝑎: 𝑏 is
√ √ √ √
(a) (b)
√ √ √ √
√ √
(c) (d) None of these
√ √
11. If 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑦 , 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑥 , 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑧 are in G.P. 𝑥𝑦𝑧 = 64 and 𝑥 , 𝑦 , 𝑧 are in A.P., then
(a) 𝑥 = 𝑦 = 𝑧 (b) 𝑥 = 4
(c) 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧 are in G.P. (d) All the above
12. If three unequal numbers 𝑝, 𝑞, 𝑟 are in H.P. and their squares are in A.P., then
the ratio 𝑝: 𝑞: 𝑟 is
(a) 1 − √3: 2: 1 + √3 (b) 1: √2: −√3
(c) 1: −√2: √3 (d) 1 ∓ √3: −2: 1 ± √3
13. The geometric mean of two numbers is 6 and their arithmetic mean is 6.5 . The
numbers are
(a) (3, 12) (b) (4, 9)
(c) (2, 18) (d) (7, 6)
14. If = = (𝑥 ≠ 0), then 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐, 𝑑 are in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P.
(c) H.P. (d) None of these
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15. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in A.P. and 𝑎, 𝑐 − 𝑏, 𝑏 − 𝑎 are in G.P. (𝑎 ≠ 𝑏 ≠ 𝑐), then 𝑎: 𝑏: 𝑐 is
(a) 1: 3: 5 (b) 1: 2: 4
(c) 1: 2: 3 (d) None of these
16. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in H.P., then for all 𝑛 ∈ 𝑁 the true statement is
(a) 𝑎 + 𝑐 < 2𝑏 (b) 𝑎 + 𝑐 > 2𝑏
(c) 𝑎 + 𝑐 = 2𝑏 (d) None of the above
17. If A.M. of two terms is 9 and H.M. is 36, then G.M. will be
(a) 18 (b) 12
(c) 16 (d) None of the above
18. If 𝑥 = 𝑥 /
𝑧 /
= 𝑧 , then 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are in
(a) A.P. (b) G.P.
(c) H.P. (d) None of these
19. If the product of three terms of G.P. is 512. If 8 added to first and 6 added to
second term, so that number may be in A.P., then the numbers are
(a) 2, 4, 8
(b) 4, 8, 16
(c) 3, 6, 12
(d) None of these
20. If the ratio of H.M. and G.M. between two numbers 𝑎 and 𝑏 is 4: 5, then the ratio
of the two numbers will be
(a) 1: 2 (b) 2: 1
(c) 4: 1 (d) 1: 4
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Answers
1 B
2 C
3 B
4 D
5 B
6 B
7 C
8 D
9 B
10 C
11 D
12 D
13 B
14 B
15 C
16 B
17 A
18 C
19 B
20 C,D
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