02 Sep 2024- Morning Shift- UGC NET Paper 1

Total Questions: 50

21. Two persons X and Y invested ₹15,000 and ₹20,000, respectively, in a business. At the end of the year, they share the profit in the ratio of 3:1. If X has invested his money for the whole year, for how many months Y has invested his money?

Correct Answer: (1) 3

22. In a certain code language A is coded as Z, B is coded as Y, C is coded as X, and so on. How ‘PERFECT’ will be coded in that language?

Correct Answer: (1) KVIUVXG

23. A sum of money becomes ₹ 34800 in 2 years and ₹ 42,000 in 5 years at simple interest per annum. Find the rate of interest and the sum of money respectively

Correct Answer: (3) 8%, ₹ 30,000

24. What number would replace question mark (?) in the series given below?

1, 7, 16, 28, 43, 61, 82 ?

Correct Answer: (3) 106

25. In an examination, average marks of six students is 50. However, during cross checking of the papers, it is found that the marks of one student has been misread as 48 instead of 84. Find the correct average marks of the students.

Correct Answer: (3) 56

26. Which informal fallacy is committed in the following statement “Famous actor Jimmy Pecker has said in an interview that astrology is a real science, therefore scientists now must acknowledge that astrology is actually a science.”?

Correct Answer: (1) Appeal to Inappropriate authority

27. Which of the following statements are subalternate as per traditional square of opposition?

A. All plants are green organisms
B. No plants are green organisms
C. Some plants are not green organisms
D. Some plants are green organisms

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (1) A and D only

28. Which of the following statements are logically equivalent?

A. All cats are carnivorous animals
B. All non-carnivorous animals are non-cats
C. No cats are non-carnivorous animals
D. Some carnivorous animals are cats

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (1) A, B and C only

29. If the statement “all lions are carnivorous animals” is given as true which of the following statements can be immediately inferred to be false?

A. No lions are carnivorous animals
B. Some lions are carnivorous animals
C. Some lions are not carnivorous animals
D. Some carnivorous animals are lions

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (2) A and C only

30. As per classical Indian school of logic (Nyāya) which of the following fallacy is committed when the middle term is too wide?

Correct Answer: (3) Sādhāraṇa