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Sequences and Series PYQs (previous year questions) for JEE Advanced: Sequences and Series (Mathematics) had 15 questions across the 22 official JEE Advanced papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 11 of them. Asked in 9 of 11 years; last in 2025. The concepts asked in the most papers: Arithmetic Progression, Summation of Series, Recurrence Relations.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 9 of 11 years, with 2 papers each year.
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arithmetic Progression | 5 | 5 | 2025, 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017 |
| Recurrence Relations | 2 | 2 | 2019, 2017 |
| Summation of Series | 2 | 2 | 2023, 2020 |
| Geometric Progression | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| AM-GM Inequality | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| AP and GP | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Arithmetic and Geometric Progression | 1 | 1 | 2016 |
| Sequences and Series | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
How to practise Sequences and Series PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Sequences and Series questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.
Questions by year
Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary and the official answer, with a link to the official PDF.
JEE Advanced2025
- Q.12 (Paper 1) · Numerical · Arithmetic Progression: Value from an exponential functional equation evaluated on an AP (official answer: 96) PDF
JEE Advanced2023
- Q.10 (Paper 1) · Integer · Summation of Series: Find m+n from a sum of numbers of the form 75...57 (official answer: 1219) PDF
JEE Advanced2022
JEE Advanced2021
JEE Advanced2020
- Q.13 (Paper 1) · Numerical · AM-GM Inequality: Log expression combining min and max values under constraints PDF
- Q.14 (Paper 1) · Numerical · AP and GP: Count of first terms where sums of an AP and GP satisfy a relation PDF
- Q.16 (Paper 2) · Numerical · Summation of Series: Sum of f(k/40) using f(x)+f(1-x) symmetry PDF
JEE Advanced2019
JEE Advanced2018
- Q.9 (Paper 1) · Numerical · Arithmetic Progression: Size of union of two arithmetic progressions PDF
JEE Advanced2017
JEE Advanced2016
- Q.38 (Paper 2) · MCQ · Arithmetic and Geometric Progression: Compare sums of a GP-like and an AP sequence (official answer: B) PDF
Sequences and Series in other exams
The same chapter in other official papers we tagged: JEE Main (19 questions).
Other Mathematics chapters
- Sets, Relations and Functions PYQs
- Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations PYQs
- Matrices and Determinants PYQs
- Permutations and Combinations PYQs
- Binomial Theorem PYQs
- Limits, Continuity and Differentiability PYQs
- Integral Calculus PYQs
- Differential Equations PYQs
- Coordinate Geometry PYQs
- Three-Dimensional Geometry PYQs
- Vector Algebra PYQs
- Statistics and Probability PYQs
- Trigonometry PYQs
FAQ
How many Sequences and Series questions come in JEE Advanced?
In the official papers we tagged: 1 in 2025, 1 in 2023, 2 in 2022, 2 in 2021, 3 in 2020, 2 in 2019, 1 in 2018, 2 in 2017 and 1 in 2016 (2 papers each year). Not asked in the other 2 years. That is 15 questions in all, about 4% of Mathematics.
Which Sequences and Series topics repeat in JEE Advanced?
Asked in the most papers: Arithmetic Progression, Summation of Series, Recurrence Relations. The concept table lists every one with its count.
Are these official JEE Advanced questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official JEE Advanced paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.