06 Dec 2023 – Evening Shift – UGC NET Paper-1

Total Questions: 50

21. A person buys a mobile phone from a shop for Rs. 7800.00. The shopkeeper makes a profit of 20% at the cost price. What is the cost price of the mobile phone?

Correct Answer: (1) ₹6500

22. Two railway stations A and B are 380 km apart. Train-1 leaves station A at 7:00 A.M moving with a speed of 80 km/hour towards B. After half an hour Train- 2 leaves station B towards A moving with speed of 90 km/hour. At what time, the two trains will cross each other?

Correct Answer: (3) 9:30 AM

23. In a certain code 'DELHI' is coded as '19' and CHENNAI is coded as '27'. How will 'GUWAHATI' be coded in the above code?

Correct Answer: (2) 45

24. The monthly expenses (in thousand) of a family during a year from January to December months were 16, 19, 18, 23, 24, 28, 26, 19, 19, 22, 20 and 18, respectively

In which of the months the deviation of the expenses from the average monthly expenses of the year was the least?

Correct Answer: (4) October and November

25. The first term in an arithmetic series of 100 terms is 7. If the last term is 205, what is the 71th term of the series?

Correct Answer: (3) 147

26. As per square of opposition, which of the following propositions are contradictories?

A. All birds are apes.
B. No birds are apes.
C. Some birds are apes.
D. Some birds are not apes.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (3) B and C only

27. Which of the following statements are logically equivalent?

A. All non-apes are non-monkeys.
B. No apes are non-monkeys.
C. No monkeys are non-apes.
D. All monkeys are apes.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

28. As per square of opposition, if the statement- "All apes are mammals" is given as true, which of the following statements can be immediately inferred to be false?

A. No apes are mammals
B. Some apes are mammals
C. Some mammals are apes.
D. Some apes are not mammals.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (3) A and D only

29. "Either you let me go to Las Vegas for a vacation or I will be miserable for the rest of my life. I am sure you don't want to see me miserable so you have a clear decision to allow me to go for a vacation to Las Vegas." Which fallacy is committed in this statement?

Correct Answer: (2) False Dichotomy

30. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): According to classical Indian view of logic the argument - 'Fire is cold, because it is a substance' is fallacious.
Reason (R): As per classical Indian view of logic the argument- 'Fire is cold, because it is a substance' involves a middle term that is not exclusive

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Correct Answer: (3) (A) is true but (R) is false.