General Aptitude - Progression
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Which term of the AO-3,3,9,.....is 117?
- (a)
21st
- (b)
25th
- (c)
18th
- (d)
15th
If five times term of an AP is equal to seven times. The seventh term of the AP, ten what is the twelth term?
- (a)
-1
- (b)
0
- (c)
1
- (d)
-2
Determine k=, so that (k+2), (4k-6) and (3k-2) are three consective terms what is the twelth term?
- (a)
3
- (b)
2
- (c)
4
- (d)
6
In an AP, the first term is 2 and the sum of the first five terms is one-fourth the sum of the next five terms. Find the second term.
- (a)
-4
- (b)
-10
- (c)
-16
- (d)
-12
The sum of four terms in an AP is 64. The product of the extreme terms is 220. Find the first and fourth term.
- (a)
14,28
- (b)
10,22
- (c)
28,14
- (d)
6,30
Find the sum of all odd numbers between 200 and 300
- (a)
10000
- (b)
12000
- (c)
12500
- (d)
10100
Find the sum of all the two-digit numbers which leave a remainder of 3 when divided by 7
- (a)
676
- (b)
467
- (c)
567
- (d)
476
The arithmetic mean of two numbers is 46 and the difference between these numbers is 40. Find the two numbers.
- (a)
26,66
- (b)
28,68
- (c)
22,62
- (d)
27,67
The sum of all integers between 50 and 300 which end in 2 is
- (a)
4500
- (b)
4100
- (c)
4300
- (d)
4200
Divide 124 into four parts which are in AP such that the product of the first and fourth part is 128 less than the product of the second and third part.
- (a)
17,25,37,45
- (b)
19,27,35,43
- (c)
21,29,33,41
- (d)
15,23,39,47
If 20 is divided into four parts which are in AP such that the product of the first and fourth is to the product of the second and third is in tha ratio 2:3.
- (a)
1,3,7,9
- (b)
2,4,6,8
- (c)
3,5,5,7
- (d)
4,6,3,7
A man saves Rs.145000 in ten years. In each year after the first year he saved Rs.2000 more than he did in the proceeding year. How much did he save in the first year?
- (a)
Rs.5000
- (b)
Rs.5500
- (c)
Rs.6000
- (d)
Rs.6500
Find three numbers in GP whose sum is 26 and product is 216.
- (a)
2,6,18
- (b)
3,4,18
- (c)
3,6,12
- (d)
4,6,8
The first three terms of a GP are 2x,3x+8 and 5x+24. Find the eighth term of the progression if x>0.
- (a)
2048
- (b)
1024
- (c)
512
- (d)
256
Which term of the GP \(\sqrt { 3 } ,\frac { 1 }{ \sqrt { 3 } } ,\frac { 1 }{ 3\sqrt { 3 } } ,.....is\quad \frac { 1 }{ 243\sqrt { 3 } } \)
- (a)
5th
- (b)
7th
- (c)
8th
- (d)
6th
How many terms of a GP 1,416, ...... must be taken to have their sum equal to 341?
- (a)
5
- (b)
6
- (c)
7
- (d)
8
In a GP, the sum of infinite series is 2 and the sum of the squares of the infinite series is \(\frac { 4 }{ 3 } \). Find the first term of the series.
- (a)
1
- (b)
\(\frac { 1 }{ 2 } \)
- (c)
2
- (d)
\(\frac { 1 }{ 4 } \)
If the first and fourth terms of a GP are 1 and 27 the common ratio is
- (a)
1
- (b)
\(\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \)
- (c)
3
- (d)
\(\frac { 1 }{ 27 } \)
If the Arithmetic Mean (AM) and Geometric Mean (GM) of two numbers are 13 and 12 respectively, find the numbers.
- (a)
16,9
- (b)
12,12
- (c)
8,18
- (d)
36,4
A man has to pay Rs.2000 in yearly instalments, each instalment being less than the earlier one by Rs.10. The amount of first instalment is Rs.200. In what time the entire amount will be paid?
- (a)
14 yr
- (b)
10 yr
- (c)
12 yr
- (d)
16 yr
A display of canned soup in a supermarket is such that the top layer contains one can and each lower layer has one more can than the layer above. If there are 12 layers, the total number of cans will be
- (a)
72 cans
- (b)
78 cans
- (c)
81 cans
- (d)
86 cans
The age of the father of two children is twice that of the elder one added to four times that of the younger one. If the geometric mean of the ages of the two children is \(4\sqrt { 3 } \) and their harmonic mean is 6, then what is the father's age?
- (a)
48 yr
- (b)
32 yr
- (c)
40 yr
- (d)
56 yr
The mth term of an arithmetic progression eries is n and the nth term is m. The rth term of the series would be
- (a)
\(\frac { m+n+r }{ 2 } \)
- (b)
\(\frac { m+n-r }{ 2 } \)
- (c)
\(m+n-r\)
- (d)
\(n+m-2r\)
If the3rd and 7th terms of an arithmetic progression are 8 and 20 respectively, then the 5th term in that progression is
- (a)
10
- (b)
12
- (c)
14
- (d)
16
The geometric mean of 4 and x is10, then x is equal is
- (a)
5/2
- (b)
5
- (c)
25
- (d)
50
If m,n,r are in arithmetic progression and a,b,c are in geometric progression, then \({ a }^{ n-r }{ b }^{ r-m }{ c }^{ m-n }\)is eqal to
- (a)
0
- (b)
1
- (c)
\(\sqrt { 2 } \)
- (d)
2
If \({ a }_{ k }=(\sqrt { 3 } { ) }^{ k }\)for k=1,2,3,...and \(\sum _{ k=1 }^{ n }{ { a }_{ k } } =39+13\sqrt { 3 } \) then n is equal to
- (a)
6
- (b)
8
- (c)
10
- (d)
12
If \({ a }_{ k }\)=\((\sqrt { 3 } { ) }^{ k }\) for k=1,2,3,...and \(\sum _{ k=1 }^{ n }{ { a }_{ k } } \)=39+\(3\sqrt { 3 } \) then n is equal to
- (a)
6
- (b)
8
- (c)
10
- (d)
12
The least value of n such that
\(1+3+{ 3 }^{ 2 }+...+{ 3 }^{ n }>2007\) is
- (a)
7
- (b)
8
- (c)
9
- (d)
10
If \({ a }_{ 1 }=7,{ a }_{ 2 }=11,{ a }_{ 3 }=15,...and\quad { a }_{ n }=403,\quad then\quad is\quad equal\quad to\quad \)
- (a)
97
- (b)
98
- (c)
99
- (d)
100