IPMAT Indore 2023 (MCQ) PYQs

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

If $f(n)= 1 + 2 + 3 +\cdots+(n+1)$ and $g(n)= \sum_{k=1}^{k=n} \dfrac{1}{f(k)}$, then the least value of $n$ for which $g(n)$ exceeds the value $\dfrac{99}{100}$ is:

Let $\alpha, \beta$ be the roots of $x^2 - x + p = 0$ and $\gamma, \delta$ be the roots of $x^2 - 4x + q = 0$ where p and q are integers. If $\alpha, \beta, \gamma, \delta$ are in geometric progression then $p + q$ is