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

Total Questions: 50

21. In the given number series, determine the next term. -7, -5, -1, 7, 23, ?, ....... .

Correct Answer: (2) 55

22. In a coding scheme, the word 'SCHOOL' is coded as '72'. How will the word 'COLLEGE' be coded in this scheme?

Correct Answer: (3) 59

23. Given are two numbers whose ratio is 7 : 3. If '2' is added to each of them, their ratio becomes 2:1. What is the sum of these two numbers?

Correct Answer: (3) 20

24. A can do 1/3 of a work in 4 days and B can do 3/4 of the work in 15 days. Together, they will complete the work in

Correct Answer: (4) 7 ½ days

25. How much water (free of cost) should be added to 18 litres of milk worth ₹70 per litre so that the value of the mixture is ₹60 per litre?

Correct Answer: (2) 3 litres

26. Arrange the following group of terms in order of increasing extension.

(A). Feline
(B). Mammal
(C). Tiger
(D). Animal

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (1) (C), (A), (B), (D).

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

Assertion (A): In an inductive argument the truth of the premises does not show that the conclusion must be true.
Reason (R): If something has repeatedly happened in the past it makes it highly probable that the same thing will happen again in future in the same circumstances but does not ensure it.

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

Correct Answer: (1) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

28. Which fallacy is committed in the following statement?

"People who lack humility have no sense of beauty because everyone who has a sense of beauty also has humility".

Correct Answer: (2) Begging the Question

29. Identify the formal fallacy committed in the following argument

"One way humanity could die out is, if the Sun stopped functioning, then we would surely go extinct. If we all go extinct, it must have been because our Sun stopped working."

Correct Answer: Affirming the consequent

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

Assertion (A): According to the Classical Indian school of logic (Nyāya) the argument- 'Sound is eternal because it is audible' is fallacious.
Reason (R): In the argument- 'Sound is eternal because it is audible' the middle term is too wide.

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

Correct Answer: (3) (A) is correct but (R) is not correct.