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Question 1. If Sn denotes the sum of the first r terms of an A.P. Then, S3n : (S2n – Sn) is
  1.    n
  2.    3n
  3.    3
  4.    None of these
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Answer: Option C. -> 3
Question 2. If $$\frac{1}{{x + 2}},$$  $$\frac{1}{{x + 3}},$$  $$\frac{1}{{x + 5}}$$   are in A.P. then x = ?
  1.    5
  2.    3
  3.    1
  4.    2
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Answer: Option C. -> 1
Question 3. If $$\frac{{5 + 9 + 13 + ...\,{\text{to}}\,n\,{\text{terms}}}}{{7 + 9 + 11 + ...\,{\text{to}}\,\left( {n + 1} \right)\,{\text{terms}}}}$$       $$ = \frac{{17}}{{16}},$$  then n = ?
  1.    8
  2.    7
  3.    10
  4.    11
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Answer: Option B. -> 7
Question 4. If the first term of an A.P. is a and nth term is b, then its common difference is
  1.    $$\frac{{b - a}}{{n + 1}}$$
  2.    $$\frac{{b - a}}{{n - 1}}$$
  3.    $$\frac{{b - a}}{n}$$
  4.    $$\frac{{b + a}}{{n - 1}}$$
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Answer: Option B. -> $$\frac{{b - a}}{{n - 1}}$$
Question 5. The common difference of the A.P. is $$\frac{1}{{2q}},$$ $$\frac{{1 - 2q}}{{2q}},$$  $$\frac{{1 - 4q}}{{2q}},$$  . . . . is
  1.    -1
  2.    1
  3.    q
  4.    2q
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Answer: Option A. -> -1
Question 6. The first three terms of an A.P. respectively are 3y – 1, 3y + 5 and 5y + 1. Then, y equals
  1.    -3
  2.    4
  3.    5
  4.    2
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Answer: Option C. -> 5
Question 7. If 7th and 13th terms of an A.P. be 34 and 64 respectively, then its 18th term is
  1.    87
  2.    88
  3.    89
  4.    90
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Answer: Option C. -> 89
Question 8. If the sum of it terms of an A.P. is 2n2 + 5n, then its nth term is
  1.    4n - 3
  2.    3n - 4
  3.    4n + 3
  4.    3n + 4
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Answer: Option C. -> 4n + 3
Question 9. In an AP, Sp = q, Sq = p and S denotes the sum of first r terms. Then, Sp+q is equal to
  1.    0
  2.    – (p + q)
  3.    p + q
  4.    pq
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Answer: Option C. -> p + q
Question 10. If the sum of first n even natural number is equal to k times the sum of first n odd natural numbers, then k =
  1.    $$\frac{1}{n}$$
  2.    $$\frac{{n - 1}}{n}$$
  3.    $$\frac{{n + 1}}{{2n}}$$
  4.    $$\frac{{n + 1}}{n}$$
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Answer: Option D. -> $$\frac{{n + 1}}{n}$$

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