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OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

1. In an AP, if 𝑑 = −4, 𝑛 = 7, 𝑎𝑛 = 4, find 𝑎.

(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 20 (d) 28
2. In an AP, if 𝑎 = 3.5, 𝑑 = 0, 𝑛 = 101, then 𝑎𝑛 will be
(a) 0 (b) 3.5 (c) 103.5 (d) 104.5
3. The list of terms –10, –6, –2, 2 ... is
(a) an A.P. with 𝑑 = −16 (b) an A.P. with 𝑑 = 4 (c) an A.P. with 𝑑 = −4 (d) not an A.P.
5 5
4. The 11th term of the AP: – 5, − 2 , 0, 2 , … is
(a) – 20 (b) 20 (c) – 30 (d) 30
5. The first four terms of an AP, whose first term is –2 and the common difference is –2 are
(a) −2, 0, 2, 4 (b) −2, 4, −8, 16 (c) −2, −4, −6, −8 (d) −2, −4, −8, −16
6. The 21st term of the AP whose first two terms are –3 and 4 is
(a) 17 (b) 137 (c) 143 (d) – 143
7. If the 2nd term of an AP is 13 and the 5th term is 25, what is its 7th term?
(a) 30 (b) 33 (c) 37 (d) 38
8. Which term of the AP: 21, 42, 63, 84 ... is 210?
(a) 9th (b) 10th (c) 11th (d) 12th
9. If the common difference of an AP is 5, then what is 𝑎18 − 𝑎13?
(a) 5 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 30
10. What is the common difference of an AP in which 𝑎18 − 𝑎14 = 32?
(a) – 1 (b) – 8 (c) 7 (d) – 9
11. Two APs have the same common difference. The first term of one of these is –1 and that of the other is
– 8. The difference between their 4th terms is
(a) – 1 (b) – 8 (c) 7 (d) – 9
12. If 7 times the 7th term of an AP is equal to 11 times its 11th term, then its 18th term will be
(a) 7 (b) 11 (c) 18 (d) 0
13. The 4th term from the end of the AP: –11, –8, –5, ..., 49 is
(a) 37 (b) 40 (c) 43 (d) 58
14. The famous mathematician associated with finding the sum of the first 100 natural numbers is
(a) Pythagoras (b) Newton (c) Gauss (d) Euclid
15. If the first term of an AP is –5 and the common difference is 2, then the sum of the first 6 terms is
(a) 0 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 15
16. The sum of first 16 terms of the AP: 10, 6, 2 ... is
(a) – 320 (b) 320 (c) – 352 (d) – 400
17. In an AP if 𝑎 = 1, 𝑎𝑛 = 20 and 𝑆𝑛 = 399, then 𝑛 is
(a) 19 (b) 21 (c) 38 (d) 42
18. The sum of first five multiples of 3 is
(a) 45 (b) 55 (c) 65 (d) 75

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 VERY SHORT ANSWER (VSA)

1. Which of the following form an AP? Justify your answer.

(i) –1, –1, –1, –1... (ii) 0, 2, 0, 2 ... (iii) 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3... (iv)11, 22, 33,...
1 1 1
(v) 2 , 3 , 4 , … (vi) 2, 22 , 23 , 24 , … (vii) √3 , √12 , √27 , √48 , …
3 5
2. Justify whether it is true to say that – 1, − 2
, – 2, 2
, … forms an AP as 𝑎2 − 𝑎1 = 𝑎3 − 𝑎2 .
3. For the AP: –3, –7, –11... can we find directly 𝑎30 − 𝑎20 without actually finding 𝑎30 and 𝑎20 ? Give
reasons for your answer.
4. Two APs have the same common difference. The first term of one AP is 2 and that of the other is 7. The
difference between their 10th terms is the same as the difference between their 21st terms, which is
the same as the difference between any two corresponding terms. Why?
5. Is 0 a term of the AP: 31, 28, 25…? Justify your answer.
6. The taxi fare after each km, when the fare is ₹15 for the first km and ₹8 for each additional km, does
not form an AP as the total fare (in ₹) after each km is 15, 8, 8, 8, ... Is the statement true? Give reasons.
7. In which of the following situations, do the lists of numbers involved form an AP? Give reasons for your
answers.
(i) The fee charged from a student every month by a school for the whole session, when the monthly
fee is ₹400.
(ii) The fee charged every month by a school from Classes I to XII, when the monthly fee for Class I is
₹250, and it increases by ₹50 for the next higher class.
(iii) The amount of money in the account of Akash at the end of every year when ₹1000 is deposited at
simple interest of 10% per annum.
(iv) The number of bacteria in a certain food item after each second, when they double in every second.
8. Justify whether it is true to say that the following are the nth terms of an AP.
(i) 2𝑛– 3 (ii) 3𝑛2 + 5 (iii) 1 + 𝑛 + 𝑛2

SHORT ANSWER (SA)

1. Match the A.P.s given in column A with suitable common differences given in column B.
Column A Column B
(𝐴1 ) 2, −2, −6, −10 (𝐵1 )2/3
(𝐴2 ) 𝑎 = −18, 𝑛 = 10, 𝑎𝑛 = 0 (𝐵2 ) − 5
(𝐴3 ) 𝑎 = 0, 𝑎10 = 6 (𝐵3 ) 4
(𝐴4 ) 𝑎2 = 13, 𝑎4 = 3 (𝐵4 ) − 4
(𝐵5 ) 2
1
(𝐵6 )
2
(𝐵7 ) 5
2. Verify that each of the following is an AP, and then write its next three terms.
1 1 3 14 13
(i) 0, 4 , 2 , 4 … (ii) 5, , ,4… (iii) √3, 2√3, 3√3 …
3 3

(iv) 𝑎 + 𝑏, (𝑎 + 1) + 𝑏, (𝑎 + 1) + (𝑏 + 1) … (v) 𝑎, 2𝑎 + 1, 3𝑎 + 2, 4𝑎 + 3 …
3. Write the first three terms of the APs when 𝑎 and 𝑑 are as given below:
1 1 1
(i) 𝑎 = , 𝑑 = − (ii) 𝑎 = −5, 𝑑 = −3 (iii) 𝑎 = √2, 𝑑=
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4. Find a, b and c such that the following numbers are in AP: 𝑎, 7, 𝑏, 23, 𝑐.
5. Determine the AP whose fifth term is 19 and the difference of the eighth term from the thirteenth term
is 20.
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6. The 26th, 11th and the last term of an AP are 0, 3 and− 5, respectively. Find the common difference and
the number of terms.
7. The sum of the 5th and the 7th terms of an AP is 52 and the 10th term is 46. Find the AP.
8. Find the 20th term of the AP whose 7th term is 24 less than the 11th term, first term being 12.
9. If the 9th term of an AP is zero, prove that its 29th term is twice its 19th term.
10. Find whether 55 is a term of the AP: 7, 10, 13… or not. If yes, find which term it is.
11. Determine 𝑘 so that 𝑘 2 + 4𝑘 + 8, 2𝑘 2 + 3𝑘 + 6, 3𝑘 2 + 4𝑘 + 4 are three consecutive terms of an AP.
12. Split 207 into three parts such that these are in AP and the product of the two smaller parts is 4623.
13. The angles of a triangle are in AP. The greatest angle is twice the least. Find all the angles of the triangle.
14. If the nth terms of the two APs: 9, 7, 5... and 24, 21, 18... are the same, find the value of n. Also find that
term.
15. If sum of the 3rd and the 8th terms of an AP is 7 and the sum of the 7th and the 14th terms is –3, find
the 10th term.
16. Find the 12th term from the end of the AP: –2, –4, –6 ... –100.
17. Which term of the AP: 53, 48, 43 ... is the first negative term?
18. How many numbers lie between 10 and 300, which when divided by 4 leave a remainder 3?
4 2 1
19. Find the sum of the two middle most terms of the AP: − , −1, − , … ,4 .
3 3 3
20. The first term of an AP is –5 and the last term is 45. If the sum of the terms of the AP is 120, then find
the number of terms and the common difference.
21. Find the sum:
1 2 3 𝑎−𝑏 3𝑎−2𝑏 5𝑎−3𝑏
(i) 4 − 𝑛 + 4 − 𝑛 + 4 − 𝑛 + ⋯ upto n terms (ii) 𝑎+𝑏 + 𝑎+𝑏
+ 𝑎+𝑏
+ ⋯ to 11 terms.

(iii) 1 + (−2) + (−5) + (−8) + ⋯ + (−236)

22. Which term of the AP: –2, –7, –12 ... will be –77? Find the sum of this AP up to the term –77.
23. If 𝑎𝑛 = 3 − 4𝑛, show that 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 , … form an AP. Also find 𝑆20 .
24. In an AP, if 𝑆𝑛 = 𝑛(4𝑛 + 1), find the AP.
25. In an AP, if 𝑆𝑛 = 3𝑛2 + 5𝑛 and 𝑎𝑘 = 164, find the value of 𝑘.
26. If 𝑆𝑛 denotes the sum of first 𝑛 terms of an AP, prove that 𝑆12 = 3(𝑆8 − 𝑆4 ).
27. Find the sum of first 17 terms of an AP whose 4th and 9th terms are –15 and –30 respectively.
28. If sum of first 6 terms of an AP is 36 and that of the first 16 terms is 256, find the sum of first 10 terms.
29. Find the sum of all the 11 terms of an AP whose middle most term is 30.
30. Find the sum of last ten terms of the AP: 8, 10, 12 … 126.
31. Find the sum of first seven numbers which are multiples of 2 as well as of 9.
32. How many terms of the AP: –15, –13, –11… are needed to make the sum –55? Explain the reason for
double answer.
33. The sum of the first 𝑛 terms of an AP whose first term is 8 & the common difference is 20 is equal to
the sum of first 2𝑛 terms of another AP whose first term is –30 & the common difference is 8. Find 𝑛.
34. Kanika was given her pocket money on Jan 1st, 2018. She puts ₹1 on Day 1, ₹2 on Day 2, ₹3 on Day 3,
and continued doing so till the end of the month, from this money into her piggy bank. She also spent
₹204 of her pocket money, and found that at the end of the month she still had ₹100 with her. How
much was her pocket money for the month?
35. Yasmeen saves ₹32 during the first month, ₹36 in the second month and ₹40 in the third month. If he
continues to save in this manner, in how many months will he save ₹2000?

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 LONG ANSWER (LA)

1. The sum of the first five terms of an AP and the sum of the first seven terms of the same AP is 167. If
the sum of the first ten terms of this AP is 235, find the sum of its first twenty terms.
2. Find the
(i) sum of those integers between 1 and 500 which are multiples of 2 as well as of 5.
(ii) sum of those integers from 1 to 500 which are multiples of 2 as well as of 5 .
(iii) sum of those integers from 1 to 500 which are multiples of 2 or 5.
3. The eighth term of an AP is half its second term and the eleventh term exceeds one third of its fourth
term by 1. Find the 15th term.
4. An AP consists of 37 terms. The sum of the three middle most terms is 225 and the sum of the last three
is 429. Find the AP.
5. Find the sum of the integers between 100 and 200 that are (i) divisible by 9 (ii) not divisible by 9
6. The ratio of the 11th term to the 18th term of an AP is 2 : 3. Find the ratio of the 5th term to the 21st
term, and also the ratio of the sum of the first five terms to the sum of the first 21 terms.
7. Show that the sum of an AP whose first term is a, the second term b and the last term c, is equal to
(𝑎 + 𝑐)(𝑏 + 𝑐 − 2𝑎)
2(𝑏 − 𝑎)
8. Solve the equation: −4 + (−1) + 2 + ⋯ + 𝑥 = 437.
9. Jaspal Singh repays his total loan of ₹118000 by paying every month starting with the first instalment
of ₹1000. If he increases the instalment by ₹100 every month, what amount will be paid by him in the
30th instalment? What amount of loan does he still have to pay after the 30th instalment?
10. The students of a school decided to beautify the school on the Annual Day by fixing colourful flags on
the straight passage of the school. They have 27 flags to be fixed at intervals of every 2 m. The flags are
stored at the position of the middle most flag. Ruchi was given the responsibility of placing the flags.
Ruchi kept her books where the flags were stored. She could carry only one flag at a time. How much
distance did she cover in completing this job and returning back to collect her books? What is the
maximum distance she travelled carrying a flag?

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