CAT (QA) PYQs

If the square of the $7$th term of an arithmetic progression with positive common difference equals the product of the $3$rd and $17$th terms, then the ratio of the first term to the common difference is

For a sequence of real numbers $x_1, x_2, ...... x_n$, if $x_1 - x_2 + x_3 - .... + (-1)^{n + 1} x_n = n^2 + 2n$ for all natural numbers n, then the sum $x_{49} + x_{50}$ equals

Let $a_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots \ldots . . . a_{3 n}$ be an arithmetic progression with $a_{1}=3$ and $a_{2}=7$. If $a_{1}+a_{2}+\ldots .+a_{3 n}=1830$, then what is the smallest positive integer $m$ such that $m\left(a_{1}+a_{2}+\ldots .+a_{n}\right)>1830$ ?