Most Important PYQs Sequences and Series

Questions JEE Main Crash Course

1. The number of 3-digit numbers, that are divisible by either 2 or 3 but not divisible by 7 is _____ .
2. The sum of the common terms of the following three arithmetic progressions.3, 7, 11, 15, … … … … , 399
2, 5, 8, 11, . . . . . . . . . 359 and
2, 7, 12, 17, … … , 197 , is equal to _____ .
3. Suppose a 1, a2 , … , an , … be an arithmetic progression of natural numbers. If the ratio of the sum of the first five terms to the sum of first nine terms of the
progression is 5 : 17 and 110 < a 15
< 120 , then the sum of the first ten terms of the progression is equal to
(1) 290 (2) 380

(3) 460 (4) 510

4. If a 1, a2 , a3 . . . . . . . . . , an are in A. P. and a 1+ a4 + a7 . . . . . . . . . +a16 = 114 , then a 1 + a6 + a11 + a16 is equal to :

(1) 64 (2) 98

(3) 38 (4) 76

5. Let a 1, a2 , a3 , . . . . , an be n positive consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression. If d > 0 is its common difference, then

lim √
d

n
(
1
+
1
+ … +
1
) is
n→∞ √ a1 +√ a2 √ a2 +√ a3 √an−1 +√an

(1) 1
(2) √d
√d

(3) 1 (4) 2

6. Let a 1, a2 , … , an be a given A.P. whose common difference is an integer and S n = a1 + a2 + … + an . If a 1 = 1, an = 300 and 15 ≤ n ≤ 50, then the ordered
pair (S n−4
, an−4 ) is equal to:
(1) (2490, 249) (2) (2480, 249)

(3) (2480, 248) (4) (2490, 248)

7. If a 1 (> 0), a2 , a3 , a4 , a5 are in a G.P. , a2 + a4 = 2a3 + 1 and 3a 2 + a3 = 2a4 , then a 2 + a4 + 2a5 is equal to _____.
8. Let {a k
} and {b k
},k ∈ N , be two G.P.s with common ratio r and r respectively such that a 1 2 1
= b1 = 4 and r 1
< r2 . Let c k
= a k + bk , k ∈ N . If c 2
= 5 and
then ∑ is equal to
13 ∞
c3 = ck − (12a6 + 8 b4 )
4 k=1

9. Let 0 < z < y < x be three real numbers such that 1

x
,
1

y
,
1

z
are in an arithmetic progression and x, √2y, z are in a geometric progression. If
2
xy + yz + zx =
3
xyz , then 3(x + y + z) is equal to
√2

10. The 8 th
common term of the series
S1 = 3 + 7 + 11 + 15 + 19 + …S2 = 1 + 6 + 11 + 16 + 21 + … . is
11. 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 ______.
12. If for x, y ∈ R,
2+4+6+…+2y
upto ∞ terms and then the ordered pair (x, is equal to
1/3 1/9 4
x > 0, y = log x + log x + log x + … = , y)
10 10 10 log x
3+6+9+…+3y 10

(1) (10 , 6)
6
(2) 6
(10 , 9)

(3) (10 , 3)
2
(4) 4
(10 , 6)

13. If n arithmetic means are inserted between a and 100 such that the ratio of the first mean to the last mean is 1 : 7 and a + n = 33, then the value of n is
(1) 21 (2) 22

(3) 23 (4) 24

14. Consider two G.Ps. 2, 2

225
2 3
,2 ,… and 4, 4 2 3
,4 ,… of 60 and n terms respectively. If the geometric mean of all the 60 + n terms is (2) 8
, then ∑ n

k=1
k(n − k) is
equal to:
(1) 560 (2) 1540

(3) 1330 (4) 2600

15. Let x 1
, x2 , … , x100 be in an arithmetic progression, with x 1
= 2 and their mean equal to 200 . If y i
= i(xi − i), 1 ≤ i ≤ 100 , then the mean of y 1
, y2 , … ,y 100
is
(1) 10100 (2) 10101. 50

(3) 10049. 50 (4) 10051. 50

16. Let A and A be two arithmetic means and G

1 2 1, G2 and G be three geometric means of two distinct positive numbers. Then G
3
4
1
+ G
4
2
+ G
4
3
+ G G
2
1
2
3
is equal
to
(1) (2)
2
(A1 + A2 ) G1 G3 2(A1 + A2 )G1 G3

(3) (A1 + A2 )G G
2

1
2

3
(4) 2(A1 + A2 )G G
2

1
2

17. Let a 1 , a2 , a3 , … … . be an A.P. If a 7 = 3 , the product (a 1 a4 ) is minimum and the sum of its first n terms is zero then n! − 4a n ( n+2 )
is equal to
(1) 381

4
(2) 9

(3) 33

4
(4) 24

18. For p, q ∈ R, consider the real valued function f (x)= (x − p) and q > 0. Let a and a be in an arithmetic progression with mean p and
2
− q, x ∈ R 1, a2 , a3 4

positive common difference. If |f (a )|= 500 for all i = 1, 2, 3, 4, then the absolute difference between the roots of f (x)= 0 is
i

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Questions JEE Main Crash Course

19. Let A 1, A2 , A3 be the three A.P. with the same common difference d and having their first terms as A, A + 1, A + 2 , respectively. Let a, b, c be the
∣a 7 1∣

7
th
,9
th
, 17
th
terms of A 1, A2 , A3 , respectively such that ∣ 2b 17
∣
1 +70 = 0 . If a = 29, then the sum of first 20 terms of an AP whose first term is c − a − b
∣ ∣
∣c 17 1∣

and common difference is d

12
, is equal to _____ .
20. Consider the sequence a 1 , a2 , a3 , … … such that a 1 = 1, a2 = 2 and a n+2 =
2

an+1
+ an for n = 1, 2, 3, …
1 1 1 1
a1 + a2 + a3 + a30 +
a2 a3 a4 a31

If ( a3
)⋅(
a4
)⋅(
a5
)…(
a32
)= 2
α
(
61
C
31
) then α is equal to

(1) −30 (2) −31

(3) −60 (4) −61

21. Let {a be a sequence such that a and a .Then a is equal to

∞
n }n=0 0 = a1 = 0 n+2 = 3an+1 − 2an + 1, ∀n ≥ 0 25 a23 − 2a25 a22 − 2a23 a24 + 4a22 a24

(1) 483 (2) 528

(3) 575 (4) 624

22. Let a 1 = b1 = 1, an = an−1 + 2 and b n = an + bn−1 for every natural number n ≥ 2. Then ∑ 15

n=1
a n ⋅ bn is equal to _____ .
23. Let {a ∞
n }n=1 be a sequence such that a 1 = 1, a2 = 1 and a n+2 = 2an+1 + an for all n ≥ 1. Then the value of 47 ∑
∞

n=1
(
an

3n
) is equal to ________.
2

24. If the minimum value of f (x)= 5x

2
+
α

5
,x > 0 , is 14, then the value of α is equal to
x

(1) 32 (2) 64

(3) 128 (4) 256

25. Let x, y > 0. If x 3

y
2
= 2
15
, then the least value of 3x + 2y is
(1) 30 (2) 32

(3) 36 (4) 40

26. If sin 4 4
α + 4cos β + 2 = 4√2sinαcosβ , α, β ∈[0, π] , then cos(α + β)−cos(α − β) is equal to
(1) −1 (2) −√2

(3) √2 (4) 0

27*. The sum ∑ is equal to

21 3

n=1 ( 4n−1 ) ( 4n+3 )

(1) 7

87
(2) 7

29

(3) 14

87
(4) 21

29

28*. The sum to 10 terms of the series 1

2 4
+
2

2 4
+
3

2 4
+ … is :-
1+1 +1 1+2 +2 1+3 +3

(1) (2)
59 55

111 111

(3) 56

111
(4) 58

111

29*. The sum of the series 1 + 2 × 3 + 3 × 5 + 4 × 7 + … upto 11 term is: th

(1) 945 (2) 916

(3) 946 (4) 915

30*. Let [α] denote the greatest integer ≤ α. Then [√1]+[√2]+[√3]+. . . . . . . . . . . . . +[√120] is equal to

Note: Question with * denotes it is optional but good to solve.

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