IPMAT Indore 2022 (SA) PYQs

If the sum of the first $21$ terms of the sequence: $\ln \frac{a}{b}, \ln \frac{a}{b \sqrt{b}}, \ln \frac{a}{b^{2}}, \ln \frac{a}{b^{2} \sqrt{b}}, \ldots$ is $\ln \frac{a^{m}}{b^{n}}$, then the value of $m+n$ is $\qquad$

The $3^{\text {rd }}, 14^{\text {th }}$ and $69^{\text {th }}$ terms of an arithmetic progression form three distinct and consecutive terms of a geometric progression. If the next term of the geometric progression is the $n^{\text {th }}$ term of the arithmetic progression, then $n$ equals ________.

Let $a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}$ be three distinct real numbers in geometric progression. If the equations $a_{1} x ^ 2 + 2a_{2}x + a_{3} = 0$ and $b_{1} x ^ 2 + 2b_{2}x + b_{3} = 0$ have a common root, then which of the following is necessarily true?