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

Total Questions: 50

21. In an arithmetic series having 50 terms, the first and last terms are 3 and 199, respectively. What is the sum of the series?

Correct Answer: (2) 5050

22. Find the next term (?) in the following letters series AM, GJ, MG, SD, ?, .......

Correct Answer: (4) YA

23. The sum and difference of two numbers are 19 and 7, respectively. What is the sum of their squares?

Correct Answer: (3) 205

24. A certain sum of money doubles in 4 years at a compound rate of interest per annum. The rate of interest is

Correct Answer: (3) ~18.9%

25. A train moving at a speed of 63 km/hr enters a railway station and crosses the platform in 20 s. If the length of the train is 100 m, what is the length of the platform?

Correct Answer: (3) 250 m

26. As per square of opposition which of the following propositions are so related that if one of them is true, the other must be false and vice-vessa?

(A) All mammals are vertebrates.
(B) No mammals are vertebrates.
(C) Some non mammals are not vertebrates.
(D) Some mammals are not vertebrates.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (1) (A) and (D) Only

27. Which of the following statements are logically equivalent ?

(A) No liquids are beverages.
(B) No beverages are liquids.
(C) All non-beverages are non-liquids.
(D) All non-liquids are non-beverages.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (1) (A) and (B) Only

28. If the statement "Some rectangles are not squares" is given as true, then according to the square of opposition which of the following statements can by immediately inferred to be false ?

Correct Answer: (1) All rectangles are squares.

29. "More laws have been added on the books in past five years than ever before, yet the number of crimes committed during the same period has significantly increased. Therefore, to bring the crime rate down, we must eliminate the laws". Which fallacy is committed in the above statement?

Correct Answer: (4) False cause

30. Given below are two statements:

Statement (I): According to classical Indian school of logic (Nyaya) the argument "Sound is eternal because it is audible" is fallacious.
Statement (II): According to classical Indian school of logic the argument "Sound is eternal because it is audible" commits the fallacy of irregular middle term where the middle term is too wide.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (3) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.