UTTHAN BATCH

JEE (Main + Adv.) Division

Mathematics
CPS - 2

SEQUENCE
&
PROGRESSION

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[STRAIGHT OBJECTIVE TYPE]

Q.1 to Q.5 has four choices (A), (B), (C), (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct
1. Let s1, s2, s3 …… and t1, t2, t3 …… are two arithmetic sequences such that s1 = t1  0; s2 = 2t2 and
10 15
s  s1

i1
si  
i 1
t i . Then the value of 2
t 2  t1
is
(A) 8/3 (B) 3/2 (C) 19/8 (D) 2

ax by cz
2. If x  b  y  b  z  b and x, y, z are in H.P. then a, b, c are in
(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) none of these

x 2  y2
3. If x and y are real numbers with x > y and xy = 1 then the minimum possible value of is
xy
(A) 4 2 (B) 2 2 (C) 8 2 (D) 2

 1 1 
4. The value of the expression   3n  1  3n  2  is
n 0
  
(A) (B) (C) (D) finite between (0,1/2)
3 2 3 3 3

1 16 1 24 1 32
5. If sum of series . + 2. 2 + . + 2. 2 + . + 2 2 +...........n terms (n is even)
en) is
35 3 5 57 5 7 79 7 .9
n(5n  a) 6a
then is equal to
b(n  3)2 b
(A) 9 (B) 8 (B) 5 (D) 7

[MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE TYPE]

Q.6 to Q.11 has four choices (A), (B), (C), (D) out of which ONE OR MORE THAN ONE is correct.
6. Let a1, a2, ……. be in A.P. with common difference 'd' and g1, g2, ……. be in G.P. with common ratio
'r'. If a1 = g1 = 2 and a10 = g10 = 3, then
(A) a7 g19 is an integer (B) a19 g7 is an integer
1
(C) a7 g19 = a19 g10 (D) value of dr9 is .
6

7. Let S1, S2 ...... be squares such that for each n  1, the length of a side of Sn equals the length of a
diagonal of Sn + 1. If the length of a side of S1 is 10 cm, then for which of the following values of
n is the area of Sn less than 1 sq. cm ?
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10

8. Let x, y, z, t > 0 and x + y + z + t = 20. If x4y3z2 t is maximum then

(A) z = 4, t = 2 (B) x = 8, y = 6 (C) y = 6, z = 4 (D) x = y = z = t = 5

9. Let P(x) = 1 + a1 x + a2 x2 + a3 x3 where a1, a2, a3  and a1 + a2 + a3 is an even number, then
(A) P(–1) is an even number (B) P(–1) is an odd number
(C) P(x) = 0 has no integral solutions (D) P(x) = 0 has atleast one integral solution

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10. If the sum of infinite terms of a decreasing G.P. is equal to the greatest value of the function
f(x) = x3 – 3x + 9 in [– 2, 3] and the difference between first two terms is | f '(0) |, then
2 2
(A) common ratio of G.P. is . (B) common ratio of G.P. is .
3 3
(C) first term of G.P. is 9. (D) first term of G.P. is 10.

101 101
1
11. Let a1, a2, …… a101 are in G.P. if a51= 10 and  a r = 100, then the value of a is less than
r 1 r 1 r

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

[COMPREHENSION TYPE]
Q.12 to Q.14 are based upon a paragraph. Each questions has four choice (A), (B), (C), (D) out of
which ONLY ONE is correct

Paragraph for Question Nos. 12 to 14

Let am (m = 1, 2, .......,p) be the possible integral values of a for which the graphs of
f (x) = ax2 + 2bx + b and g (x) = 5x2 – 3bx – a meets at some point for all real values of b.
p n
Let tr =  (r  a m ) and Sn =  t r , n  N.
m 1 r 1

12. The minimum possible value of a is

1 5 3 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 26 38 43

13. The sum of values of n for which Sn vanishes is

(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 15


1
14. The value of t is equal to
r 5 r

1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 6 15 18

[ MATCH THE COLUMN TYPE ]

Q.15 has matching list. The codes of list have choices (A), (B), (C) & (D) out of which Only one is correct

15. Column – I
(A) If a2 + b2 + c2 = x2 + y2 + z2 = 4, and ax + by + cz  m, then the value of (m/2) is equal to
(B) If 9 arithmetic means and 9 harmonic means are inserted between 2 and 3 alternatively,
then the value of A + 6/H is (where A is any of the A.M.’s and H the corresponding H.M.).
(C) If the polynomial f(x) = 4x4 – ax3 + bx2 – cx + 5 where a, b, c  R has four positive real zeros

r1 r2 r3 r4  4a 
r1, r2, r3 and r4 ; such that     1. Then find the value of  
2 4 5 8  19 

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 (D) If set of values of ‘a’ for which f(x) = ax2 – (3 + 2a)x + 6, a  0 is positive for exactly three
distinct negative integral values of x is (c, d] then the value of (c2 + 16d2) is equal to
Column – II
(P) 4
(Q) 5
(R) 2
(S) 10

[NUMERICAL VALUE TYPE]

Q.16to Q.20 are NUMERICAL VALUE Questions. (whose answer may be Single digit, Multiple digit & decimal number)

16. The H.M. of two positive numbers a and b is 4, their A.M. is A and Geometric mean G satisfy the
2 5
  
relation 2A + G2 = 27. If a + b = , |a – b| = , then find the value of 1 +       ..........    .

     

17. If a > 0, b > 0, c > 0 and abc = 8, find the minimum value of (1 + a + a2)(1 + b + b2)(1 + c + c2).

18. In an arithmetic progression of which a is the first term. If the sum of the first ten terms is zero
and the sum of next ten terms is – 200 then find the value of a.

19. Given that dn be the distance travelled by a fighter plane in nth hour.
Let d1, d2, d3,......, dn, dn + 1, ...... are such that dn + 1 = 2dn + n(1+ 2n) , d1 = 1 and n  10.
If dn = (n2 – 2n + 13)2n – 2 – (n + 1), then find the value of n.

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20. If the sum 1  + 1  1  1 
2 + 2 + ....... + 2 equal
1 2
2 2
2 2
3 3 2
4 (1999) (2000) 2
1
to n – where n  N. Find n.
n