11 July 2022- Evening Shift- UGC NET Paper 1 (English)

Total Questions: 50

21. Find the missing term in the sequence given below:

1,4, 27, 16, ?, 36, 343, .......

Correct Answer: (d) 125

22. A person deposited some money at a simple interest rate for 3 years. Had he deposited the money at 2% higher rate, it would have fetched Rs. 360 more. Find the amount of the money deposited.

Correct Answer: (c) 6000

23. What is the average of first 40 natural numbers?

Correct Answer: (d) 20.5

24. After getting two successive discounts, a shirt with a list price of Rs.150 is available at Rs.105. If the value of second discount is 12.5%, what is the value of the first discount?

Correct Answer: (b) 20%

25. A man takes 6 hours 30 minutes in going by a cycle and coming back by scooter. He would have lost 2 hrs. and 10 minutes by going on cycle both ways. How long would it take him to go by scooter both ways?

Correct Answer: (a) 4 hrs., 20 minutes

26. In classical square of opposition if ‘Some S is P’ is given as false then which of the following could be immediately inferred from it?

(A) ‘All S is P is false
(B) ‘All Sis P’ is undetermined
(C) ‘No S is P is undetermined
(D) ‘No S is Pistrue
(E) ‘Some S is not P’ is true

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (d) (A), (D), (E) only

27. Which of the following Fallacy involves defective Induction?

Correct Answer: (c) The Argument from Ignorance

28. Given below are two statements :

Statement I: Analogical reasoning is based on a likeness drawn between two or more entities in one or more respects.
Statement II : There could be argumentative as well as nonargumentative uses of analogy.

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

29. According to Classical Indian School of Logic (Nyaya) which of the following conditions must be fullfilled by a true middle term (hetu)?

(A) It must be found in minor term (paksa).
(B) It must be found in all similar instances.
(C) It should not be found anywhere where major term (sadhya) is absent.
(D) The minor term in which it is said to exist should not be impossible.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (c) (4), (B), (0), (D) only

30. In which of the following means of knowledge a hitherto unseen object is known through cognition of its similarity in some respects with an already seen object when one comes across that hitherto unseen object?

Correct Answer: (c) Comparison (Upmana)