JEE Main · Maths · Sequences and Series
Symmetric Selection of GP Terms
JEE Main asked Symmetric Selection of GP Terms once in the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, on 2 Sep 2020, Shift 1. 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
- 2020
- the only year
- Pattern
- Gone quiet
- asked once so far
Questions on this idea a shift, by year
2017–2026. Asked in 2020. 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: 1 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 0 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 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.
How JEE Main framed it
Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: multi-step.
- Range of sum of three gp terms
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 Sep 2020, Shift 1.
Same topic
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