CAT (QA) PYQs

For any natural number n, suppose the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic progression is $(n + 2n^2)$. If the $n^{th}$ term of the progression is divisible by $9$, then the smallest possible value of $n$ is

If $x_1 = -1$ and $x_m = x_{m+1} + (m + 1)$ for every positive integer $m,$ then $x_{100}$ equals

Consider the sequence $t_1 = 1$, $t_2 = -1$ and $t_n = \left(\frac{n-3}{n-1}\right) t_{n-2}$ for $n \ge 3$. The, the value of the sum $\frac{1}{t_2} + \frac{1}{t_4} + \frac{1}{t_6} + \dots + \frac{1}{t_{2022}} + \frac{1}{t_{2024}}$ is