04 December 2021- Morning Shift- UGC NET Paper 1

Total Questions: 50

21. The rates of simple interests in two banks A and B are in the ratio 5: 4. A person wants to deposit his total savings in two banks in such a way that he receives equal half yearly interest from both. He should deposit the savings in banks A and B in the ratio:

Correct Answer: (C) 4:5

22. Three glasses are filled with a mixture of milk and water in the ratio 4: 3,5: 4 and 7: 6 respectively. If the contents of three glasses are poured into a single vessel. then the ratio of water to milk in the new vessel is:

Correct Answer: (D)

23. A certain culture of bacteria quadruples every hour. If a container with these bacteria was half full at 10 pm, at what time was it one-eighth full?

Correct Answer: (D) 9 p.m.

24. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The halves of diagonals and a side of a rhombus form a right angled triangle with side as hypotenuse.
Statement II: Area of a parallelogram is given by Base x Height.
In the light of the above statements. choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (A) Both Statement I and Statement II are true

25. Consider the following statements:

A. A-succession of numbers formed and arranged in a definite order according to certain definite rule, is called aprogression.
B. Two numbers are said to be prime. if their H.C.F. is 2.
C. A number is divisible by 9. if the sum of its digits is divisible by 9.
Choose the correct statements from above:

Correct Answer: (B) A and C only

26. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: If we infer "Socrates is a man, because he is mortal" we commit the fallacy named as sadharana by Classical Indian Logicians.
Statement II: An inference is fallacious if the middle term is found to be common to both the major term and its opposite. Such fallacy is named sadharana.
In the light of the above statements. choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (A) Both Statement I and Statement II are true

27. The space program deserves increased expenditure in the vears ahead. Not only does the national defense depend upon it. but the program will more than pay for itself in terms of technological snipoffs. Further more, at current funding levels the program cannot fulfill its anticipated potential". What is the conclusion in the above argument?

Correct Answer: (B) The space program deserves increased spending in the years ahead.

28. All mortals are men.

Socrates is mortal
Therefore Socrates is a man.
Which of the following statements are true of the above argument?
A. Above arguments is sound.
B. Above argument is valid.
C. Above argument is fallacious.
D. Above argument commits the fallacy of undistributed middle.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (D) Only C and D are correct

29. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: "Every thinkable is nameable, because it is thinkable". This is a fallacious argument because there can be no inference where the minor and the middle terms are the same.
Statement II: The fallacy committed in this statement is called the extra-ordinary (asadharana) because the middle term does not belong to anything other than the present minor term.
In the light of the above statements. choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (A) Both Statement I and Statement II are true

30. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Naiyāyikas define upadhi (conditionality) as the necessary relation of something only with major term but not with middle term. Statement II: According to Naiyāyikas wherever the major term is only conditionally true, it is invalid and the conclusion drawn from it cannot be valid.
In the light of the above statements. choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (A) Both Statement I and Statement II are true