QUADRATIC AND SEQUENCE / SERIES TEST

All questions have +3, -1 marking scheme. * marked questions have more than 1 option correct and
carry no negative marking.
Q.1. The number of terms in the series 101 + 99 + 97 +.....+ 47 is
(A) 25 (B) 28 (C) 30 (D) 20
Q.2. If the 9th term of an A.P. be zero, then the ratio of its 29th and 19th term is
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 2 : 1 (C) 1 : 3 (D) 3 : 1
Q.3.The sum of three consecutive terms of an increasing A.P. is 51. If the product of the first
and third of these terms be 273, then third term is
(A) 13 (B) 17 (C) 21 (D) 9
Q.4 If , o | are the real roots of
2
0 ax bx c + + = such that , 1 o | s . If S is the sum of an
infinite GP with first term o and common ratio | and S` is the sum of an inifinte GP with
first term | and common ratio o then the value of SS` =
(A)
a
a b c +
(B)
c
a b c +
(C)
a
a b c + +
(D)
c
a b c + +

Q.5 If , o | be the roots of
( )
2
1 0 x a x b = , then the value of
2 2
1 1 2
a b a a o o | |
+ +
+
is
(A)
( )
4
a b +
(B)
( )
1
a b +

(C) 0 (D)
( )
2
a b +

Q.6 A cubic polynomial p(x) is such that ( )
2
1 x is a factor of
( ) 2 p x + and ( )
2
1 x + is a
factor of
( ) 2 p x . The coefficient of x in the ( ) p x is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) None of these
Q.7* The integral values of m for which the root of the equation
( ) ( )
2
2 1 2 0 mx m x m + + = are rational are given by
(A) 380 (B) 110 (C) 56 (D) 42
Q.8. If we divide 20 into four parts which are in A.P. such that product of the first and the
fourth is to the product of the second and third is the same as 2 : 3, then the smallest part is-
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Q.9 Consider a polynomial equation
3 2
39 105 0 x x ax + = whose roots are three distinct
odd natural numbers. Then the value of a is
(A) 123 (B) 143 (C) None of these (D) insufficient data

Q.10 If p and q are the roots of the equation
2
2 0 x x A + = & r and s are the roots of the
equation
2
18 0 x x B + = . If p < q < r < s are in A.P, then the value of
37
A B +
is
_________. (Integer type +3, -1)
Q.11 If
3 2
4 0 x x qx r + + = has roots , , o | &
( )( )( ) 3 3 3 256 o | o | | o + + + = . Then the value of q r + is equal to
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10

Q.12 If the angles of a quadrilateral are in A.P. whose common difference is 10, then the
angles of the quadrilateral are-
(A) 65, 85, 95, 105 (B) 75, 85, 95, 105
(C) 65, 75, 85, 95 (D) 65, 95, 105, 115

Q.13 If the first term of a G.P. be 5 and common ratio be 5, then which term is 3125
(A) 6th (B) 5
th
(C) 7th (D) 8th

Q.14. Three numbers a, b, 12 are in G.P. and a, b, 9 are in A.P., then a and b are
(A) 3, 6 (B) 3, 6 (C) 3, 6 (D) 3, 6

Q.15 The sum of the first 10 terms of a certain G.P. is equal to 244 times the sum of the first
5 terms. Then the common ratio is-
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) None
Q.16 If sum of three numbers of a G.P. is 19 and their product is 216, then its common ratio
is-
(A) 1/2 (B) 1/3 (C) 3/2 (D) 3/4

Q.17 The sum of numbers lying between 10 and 200 which are divisible by 7 will be-
(A) 2800 (B) 2835 (C) 2870 (D) 2849
Q.18. The sum of first four terms of an A.P. is 56 and the sum of its last four terms is 112. If
its first term is 11, then number of its terms is-
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) None of these
Q.19 If the roots of the equation
2
0 ax bx c + + = be the reciprocal of a root of the equation
2
` ` ` 0 a x b x c + + = then
(A) ( )( ) ( )
2
` ` ` ` ` ` ab a b bc b c ac a c = (B) ( )( ) ( )
2
` ` ` ` ` ` ab c b ba b c aa c c =
(C) ( )( ) ( )
2
` ` ` ` ` ` ab a b bc b c aa c c = (D) None of these
Q.20 The sum of three numbers constituting an arithmetic progression is 15. If we add 1,4,19
to those numbers respectively. We get a geometric progression, then the common difference
of the numbers in A.P can be-
(A) 3 only (B) 21 only (C) 3 or 21 (D) None of these