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Sequences & Series JEE Main PYQs, 2020 to 2025

Sequences & Series has 199 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2025, about 33 per year across all shifts. The most asked topic is Arithmetic Progression (70 questions), followed by Special Sums (44) and Geometric Progression (43).

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199Total PYQs
6Years covered
5Topics
2025 Apr S2Latest paper

Sequences & Series questions per year

YearQuestions
202528
202430
202339
202237
202135
202030

Topic-wise weightage

TopicQuestionsShare of chapterLast asked
Arithmetic Progression7035%2025
Special Sums4422%2025
Geometric Progression4322%2025
Telescoping Series2915%2025
Arithmetico-Geometric Progression136%2025

Sample questions from recent papers

JEE Main 2025 · 8 Apr · Shift 2 · Special Sums

If 114+124+134+…∞=π490\frac{1}{1^4} + \frac{1}{2^4} + \frac{1}{3^4} + \ldots \infty= \frac{\pi^4}{90},

114+134+154+…∞=α\frac{1}{1^4} + \frac{1}{3^4} + \frac{1}{5^4} + \ldots \infty= \alpha,

124+144+164+…∞=β\frac{1}{2^4} + \frac{1}{4^4} + \frac{1}{6^4} + \ldots \infty= \beta,

then αβ\frac{\alpha}{\beta} is equal to :

  1. (A)

    23

  2. (B)

    14

  3. (C)

    18

  4. (D)

    15

Answer: (D)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2025 · 7 Apr · Shift 2 · Arithmetic Progression

Let ana_n be the nthn^{th} term of an A.P. If Sn=a1+a2+a3+…+an=700S_n = a_1 + a_2 + a_3 + \ldots + a_n = 700, a6=7a_6 = 7 and S7=7S_7 = 7, then ana_n is equal to :

  1. (A)

    65

  2. (B)

    56

  3. (C)

    70

  4. (D)

    64

Answer: (D)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2025 · 7 Apr · Shift 2 · Geometric Progression

If the sum of the second, fourth and sixth terms of a G.P. of positive terms is 21 and the sum of its eighth, tenth and twelfth terms is 15309, then the sum of its first nine terms is :

  1. (A)

    757

  2. (B)

    755

  3. (C)

    750

  4. (D)

    760

Answer: (A)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2025 · 4 Apr · Shift 2 · Telescoping Series

If the sum of the first 20 terms of the series 4⋅14+3⋅12+14+4⋅24+3⋅22+24+4⋅34+3⋅32+34+4⋅44+3⋅42+44+…⋅\frac{4 \cdot 1}{4+3 \cdot 1^2+1^4}+\frac{4 \cdot 2}{4+3 \cdot 2^2+2^4}+\frac{4 \cdot 3}{4+3 \cdot 3^2+3^4}+\frac{4 \cdot 4}{4+3 \cdot 4^2+4^4}+\ldots \cdot is mn\frac{\mathrm{m}}{\mathrm{n}}, where m and n are coprime, then m+n\mathrm{m}+\mathrm{n} is equal to :

  1. (A)423
  2. (B)421
  3. (C)422
  4. (D)420

Answer: (B)

Step-by-step solution

JEE Main 2025 · 24 Jan · Shift 2 · Arithmetico-Geometric Progression

If 7=5+17(5+α)+172(5+2α)+173(5+3α)+…………∞7=5+\frac{1}{7}(5+\alpha)+\frac{1}{7^2}(5+2 \alpha)+\frac{1}{7^3}(5+3 \alpha)+\ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \infty, then the value of α\alpha is :

  1. (A)17\frac{1}{7}
  2. (B)1
  3. (C)67\frac{6}{7}
  4. (D)6

Answer: (D)

Step-by-step solution

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Frequently asked

How many questions come from Sequences & Series in JEE Main?

199 questions from 2020 to 2025, about 33 per year. In 2025 it had 28.

Which Sequences & Series topics are most important for JEE Main?

By past papers: Arithmetic Progression (35%), Special Sums (22%) and Geometric Progression (22%) of all Sequences & Series questions.

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