JEE Main · Maths · Sequences and Series
AP Odd vs Even Index Sums
JEE Main asked AP Odd vs Even Index Sums once in the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, on 2 Apr 2025, Shift 2. It belongs to AP and GP, in Sequences and Series (Maths).
Updated 2026-10-24
- Times asked
- 1
- in 1 shift
- Years
- 1 of 8
- First asked
- 2025
- the only year
- Pattern
- New since 2024
- asked once so far
Questions on this idea a shift, by year
2017–2026. Asked in 2025. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Maths questions.
Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 1 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.
How JEE Main framed it
Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: multi-step.
- Ap with odd and even term sum conditions
Difficulty
The question was multiple choice.
Every question
The question
From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.
Shift: 2 Apr 2025, Shift 2.
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