IPMAT Indore (MCQ) PYQs

A new sequence is obtained from the sequence of positive integers $(1,2,3, \ldots)$ by deleting all the perfect squares. Then the $2022^{\text {nd }}$ term of the new sequence is ________.

The numbers $-16,2^{x+3}-2^{2 x-1}-16,2^{2 x-1}+16$ are in an arithmetic progression. Then $x$ equals ________.

Given that $1 + \frac{1}{2^2} + \frac{1}{3^2} + \frac{1}{4^2} + ... = \frac{\pi^2}{6}$, the value of $1 + \frac{1}{3^2} + \frac{1}{5^2} + \frac{1}{7^2} + ...$ is