MATHEMATICS

F.Sc / ICS – 1st Year

Practice Sheet Chapter 6
MCQs
(1) Sequence is denoted by:
(A) a n (B)  an (C) {an } (D) {sn}

(2) The harmonic mean between two numbers a and b is equal to:
2ab ab 2ab 2ab
(A) (B) (C) (D)
ab 2ab a b ba

(3) Harmonic mean between 3 and 7 is:

5 21
(A) (B) (C) 5 (D) 21
21 5

1 1
(4) Arithmetic mean between and is:
a b
ab ab 2ab ab
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2ab ab ab ab

1
(5) If nth term of A.P is  3  n  then first three terms are:
2
1
(A) 3,2,1 (B) 1,2,3 (C) 1,2,1 (D) 1, ,0
2

(6) Geometric mean between 4 and 16 is:

(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 64

(7) Geometric Mean between –2 and 8 is:

(A) 4 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 4i

1 1 1
(8) The 10th term of , , ,... is:
2 5 8
1 1
(A) 30 (B) 28 (C) (D)
29 32
(9) Formula for the sum of n terms of A.P (Arithmetic Progression):
n a 1  r n  a
(A) an  a1   n  1 d (B) sn   a1  an  (C) sn  (D) s  1
2 1 r 1 r

(10) The arithmetic mean between 2 and 3 2 is:

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

1 1 1
(11) 9th term in the sequence , , ,... is:
3 5 7
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
13 15 17 19

 1 :
k
(12)
k 1

n  n  1 n n  n  1
(A) (B) (C) n (D)
2 2 2

(13) No term of geometric sequence can be:

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

(14) If an3  2n  5 then 7th term is = :

(A) 9 (B) 15 (C) 11 (D) 13

(15) For an infinite geometric series of which r  1 we have S :

a 1  r  a a a
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1 r 1 r 2r 1 r

(16) The arithmetic mean between 1  x  x 2 and 1  x  x 2 is:

x 1 x2  1
(A) x  1 (B) x2  1 (C) (D)
2 2

1 1
(17) The geometric mean between and is:
a b
1 1
(A)  (B)  ab (C) (D) ab
ab ab
 The 3rd term of the sequence an   1  n  7  is:
n
(18)
(A) 8 (B) 4 (C) –8 (D) –4

(19) If a, b are negative and G.M is also negative, then:

(A) H  A  G (B) A  H  G (C) G  A  H (D) A  G  H

(20) The sum of 10 A.Ms between 2 and 6 will be:

(A) 40 (B) 30 (C) 20 (D) 10

(21) 7th term of the sequence 2,6,11,17,... is:

(A) 24 (B) 41 (C) 30 (D) 32

EXERCISE 6.1
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. Write the first four terms of the following sequences, if:
(i) an  (1) n n 2

(ii) an  an1  n  2, a1  2

(iii) an  nan1 , a1  1

n
(iv) an 
2n  1
2. Find the next two terms of the following sequences:
(i) 1,3,7,15,31,

(ii) 1, 2,12, 40,

(iii) 1, 3,5, 7,9, 11,

EXERCISE 6.2
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. Define arithmetic progression.

2. Find the number of terms in the A.P. if; a1  3, d  7 and an  59.

3. If an3  2n  5, find the nth term of the sequence.

4. Find the 18th term of the A.P. if its 6th term is 19 and the 9th term is 31.

5. Which term of the A.P. 5, 2, 1, is 85?

6. How many terms are there in the A.P. in which a1  11, an  68, d  3?

7. If the nth term of the A.P. is 3n  1, find the A.P.

8. Determine whether  19 is the term of the A.P. 17,13,9, or not.

2 2 2
4 7  10 
9. Find the nth term of the sequence   ,  ,  ,
3 3  3

1 1 1 ac
10. If , and are in A.P., show that the common difference is .
a b c 2ac

EXERCISE 6.3
SHORT QUESTIONS
ab
1. Prove that A  , where A is A.M. between two numbers a and b.
2

2. Find A.M. between:

(i) x  3 and x  5

(ii) 1  x  x 2 and 1  x  x 2
3. If 5, 8 are two A.Ms between a and b, find a and b.

4. Find three A.Ms between 3 and 11.

5. Find three A.Ms between 2 and 3 2.

EXERCISE 6.4
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. How many terms of the series 9  6  3  0  amount to 66?

2. Sum the series: (i) 3  (1)  1  3  5   a16

3 5
(ii) 2 2  a13
2 2

1
(iii) 8  3  1   a11
2

(iv) ( x  a)  ( x  a)  ( x  3a)  to n terms

3. How many terms of the series 7  (5)  (3)  amount to 65?

4. Sum the series: 3  5  7  9  11 13  15  17 19 to3n terms.

5. Find the sum of 20 terms of the series whose rth term is 3r  1.

EXERCISE 6.6
SHORT QUESTIONS
th
1. Find the 5 term of the G.P. 3,6,12,

4
2. Find the 11th term of the sequence, 1  i, 2, ,
1 i

3. Find the 12th term of 1  i, 2i, 2  2i,

x y x y
4. Which term of the sequence: x 2  y 2 , x  y, , is ?
x y ( x  y )9
5. If a, b, c, d are in G.P., prove that a  b, b  c, c  d are in G.P.

6. Show that the reciprocals of the terms of the geometric sequence a1 , a1r 2 , a1r 4 ,     form
another geometric sequence.

1 1 1 a
7. If , and are in G.P. show that the common ratio is 
a b c c

EXERCISE 6.7
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. Find G.M. between 2i and 8i.

2. Insert two G.Ms. between 2 and 16.

3. Insert three G.Ms. between 2 and 32.

4. Insert four real geometric means between 3 and 96.

EXERCISE 6.8
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 1
1. Find the sum of first 15 terms of the geometric sequence 1, , ,
3 9

2. Find the sums of the following infinite geometric series:

1 1 1
(i)   
5 25 125

1 1 1
(ii)   
2 4 8

9 3 2
(iii)  1 
4 2 3

(iv) 2  1  0.5 

(v) 4  2 2  2  2 1

(vi) 2, 2,1,
3. Find vulgar fractions equivalent to the following recurring decimals.
 
(i) 1.34


(ii) 0.7

 
(iii) 1.53

 
(iv) 1.14 7

x 1 2 1 3 2y
4. If y   x  x  and if 0  x  2, then prove that x 
2 4 8 1 y

x x2
5. If y  1   
2 4

 y 1 
(i) Show that x  2   (ii) Find the interval in which the series is convergent.
 y 
 EXERCISE 6.10
SHORT QUESTIONS
1 1 1
1. Find the nth and 8th term of H.P. , , ,
2 5 8

1 2 1
2. Find the 12th terms of the harmonic sequences , , ,
3 9 6

1 5
3. If the 7th and 10th terms of an H.P. are and respectively, find its 14th term.
3 21

4. If 5 is the harmonic mean between 2 and b, find b.

1 1 1
5. If the numbers , and are in harmonic sequence, find k .
k 2k  1 4k  1

6. If A, G and H are the arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means between a and b respectively,
show that G2  AH .
7. Show that G2  AH if a  2i, b  4i

8. Find A, G, H and verify that A  G  H (G  0), if a  2, b  8.