04 March 2023 – Morning Shift – UGC NET Paper-1

Total Questions: 50

21. In a certain coding language:

A. 'odo pado fao' means 'order packed food'
B. 'pado fao sa digo' means 'packed food is good'
C. 'digo yao mao' means 'good young man'
D. 'Yao mao sa sito' means 'young man is strong'

Which of the following means 'order' and 'strong', respectively in that language?

Correct Answer: (4) 'odo' and 'sito'

22. In a competitive examination held in the year 2000, a total of 6,00,000 (6.0 lakh) students appeared and 40% passed the examination. Forty percent (40%) of the total students were females and the rest were males. The pass percentage among the males was 50%. Find the pass percentage among the females.

Correct Answer: (1) 25%

23. What number should replace question mark (?) in the following series: 450, 473, 519, 588, 680, 795 ?

Correct Answer: (1) 933

24. A businessman buys a house for ₹ 9.0 lakhs. He puts the house on rent and keeps 15% of each month's rent separately for repairs. After paying ₹ 2106 as annual taxes on the rent, he realizes 10% annually on his investment. Find the monthly rent of the house.

Correct Answer: (3) ₹ 9,030

25. Sum of 3 consecutive odd numbers and 3 consecutive even numbers together is 231. Also the smallest odd number is 11 less than the smallest even number. What is the sum of the largest odd number and the largest even number?

Correct Answer: (1) 81

26. "First it is staying out late, then it is not calling home, then wild parties, and before you know it, your life will be completely out of control. Someday you will be glad that you had a lockdown." Which informal fallacy is committed in the above argument?

Correct Answer: (2) Slippery slope

27. Which of the following statements are logically equivalent?

A. No philosophers are industrialists.
B. No industrialists are philosophers.
C. All non-industrialists are non-philosophers.
D. All philosophers are non-industrialists.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (2) A, B and D only

28. Which of the following statements are logically contradictory to each other?

A. All philosophers are industrialists.
B. Some philosophers are not industrialists.
C. No philosophers are industrialists.
D. No industrialists are philosophers.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (1) A and B only

29. If the statement 'No philosophers are industrialists' is given as true which of the following statements can be immediately inferred from it to be true?

Correct Answer: (4) Some philosophers are not industrialists.

30. According to Nyāya (Classical Indian school of Logic) which means of knowledge (pramāņa) is used in the following argument - "The world is an effect and hence it must have an efficient cause like all objects e.g. pots, cloth etc. do. That efficient cause is God".

Correct Answer: (2) Inference (anumāna)