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

Total Questions: 50

21. It takes 10 men to finish a work in 2 days. Four (4) men started to execute the work but after one (1) day, 3 of them left, How many days it will take the lone man to finish the remaining work?

Correct Answer: (4) 16 days

22. In a certain coding scheme:

'India is a growing economic power in world' is writen as 'ba, fa, ga, si, na, wa, ta, mo'
'Population of India is growing' is written as 'ja, ka, ba, si, ga'
'Culture of India is soft power' is written as 'sa, ka, si, ba, la, wa'

What are the codes for 'power' and 'of'?

Correct Answer: (1) wa, ka

23. Find the missing term in the following letter series AMZ, BLY, CNX, DKW, EOV, ....... ?

Correct Answer: (2) FJU

24. Time taken by a motor boat moving downstream in a river to cover a distance and time taken by the motor boat to cover the same distance upstream are in the ratio of 3:5. If speed of stream is 10 km/hr, what is the speed of boat?

Correct Answer: (4) 40km/hr

25. A Person sells an item at a discount of 40% and still makes a profit of 20%. By what percentage was the marked price of the item more than the cost price of the item?

Correct Answer: (2) 100%

26. Given below are two statements:

Statement (I): A fallacy is a defect in an argument that consists of something other than merely false premises
Statement (II): If an argument is unsound or uncogent, it has one or more false premises, or it contains a fallacy or both

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

Correct Answer: (1) Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are true.

27. Which of the following is arranged in order of decreasing connotation?

Correct Answer: (3) Violin, string instrument, musical instrument, instrument

28. Given below are two statements:

Statement (I): A valid deductive argument cannot have all true premises and a false conclusion
Statement (II): The concept of truth cannot be applied to arguments

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

Correct Answer: (1) Both Statement (1) and Statement (II) are true.

29. "If you love hot cakes and you love ice creams, then you will surely love hot cake ice cream". Which fallacy is committed in the above argument?

Correct Answer: (1) Fallacy of composition

30. Given below are two statements:

Statement (I): Nyaya syllogism has three propositions and five terms
Statement (II): Aristotelian syllogism has three propositions and three terms

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

Correct Answer: (4) Statement (I) is false but Statement (II) is true.