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JEE Main · Maths · Sequences and Series

AGP General Term

JEE Main asked AGP General Term 2 times in 2 of the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, in 2022 and 2023. It belongs to Arithmetico-Geometric Series, in Sequences and Series (Maths). The longest wait between two years asking it was 1 year.

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
2
in 2 shifts
Years
2 of 8
First asked
2022
last in 2023
Pattern
Occasional
across the analysed shifts

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2022 and 2023. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Maths questions.

00.050.10’170’200’210.04’220.07’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 1 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 0 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.

  • 20260 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20231 of 12
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Numerical value is the usual form. Skill tested: multi-step.

  • Agp terms from given sum
  • Coefficients forming an agp

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 2Hard 0

2 of the 2 questions had a numerical answer.

Every question

All 2 questions

From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.

  1. 10 Apr 2023, Shift 2 · Q24Suppose a1,a2,2,a3,a4a_1, a_2, 2, a_3, a_4 be in an arithmetico-geometric progression. If the common ratio of the corresponding geometric progression…MediumNumerical value
  2. 30 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q22Let for f(x)=a0x2+a1x+a2f(x) = a_0x^2 + a_1x + a_2, f′(0)=1f'(0) = 1 and f′(1)=0f'(1) = 0. If a0,a1,a2a_0, a_1, a_2 are in an arithmatico-geometric progression, whose…MediumNumerical value

Shifts: 30 Jun 2022, Shift 1, 10 Apr 2023, Shift 2.

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