CAT (QA) PYQs

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

For some positive and distinct real numbers $x, y$ and $z$, if $\frac{1}{\sqrt{y}+\sqrt{z}}$ is the arithmetic mean of $\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{z}}$ and $\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{y}}$, then the relationship which will always hold true, is

If $\mathrm{a}_{1}=\frac{1}{2 \times 5}, \mathrm{a}_{2}=\frac{1}{5 \times 8}, \mathrm{a}_{3}=\frac{1}{8 \times 11}$, then $\mathrm{a}_{1,}+\mathrm{a}_{2,}+\mathrm{a}_{3,}+\ldots . . \mathrm{a}_{100}$ is