Let $a$, $b$ be two non-zero real numbers. If $p$ and $r$ are the roots of the equation $x ^{2}-8 ax +2 a =0$ and $q$ and $s$ are the roots of the equation $x^{2}+12 b x+6 b$ $=0$, such that $\frac{1}{ p }, \frac{1}{ q }, \frac{1}{ r }, \frac{1}{ s }$ are in A.P., then $a ^{-1}- b ^{-1}$ is equal to $......$

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  • A

    $37$

  • B

    $36$

  • C

    $38$

  • D

    $32$

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Let $a_1, a_2, a_3, \ldots$ be an arithmetic progression with $a_1=7$ and common difference $8$ . Let $T_1, T_2, T_3, \ldots$ be such that $T_1=3$ and $T_{n+1}-T_n=a_n$ for $n \geq 1$. Then, which of the following is/are $TRUE$ ?

$(A)$ $T_{20}=1604$

$(B)$ $\sum_{ k =1}^{20} T_{ k }=10510$

$(C)$ $T_{30}=3454$

$(D)$ $\sum_{ k =1}^{30} T_{ k }=35610$

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