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

Total Questions: 50

21. What number would replace question mark (?) in the series given below ? 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, ?, 36, ...

Correct Answer: (2) 28

22. The ratio of water and milk in a 27 litre mixture is 5: 4. Find the quantity of water to be added to the mixture in order to make the ratio of water and milk as 3 : 1.

Correct Answer: (3) 21 litres

23. The difference between the compound interest and simple interest on a principal amount for 2 years at 10% per annum is ₹ 5431. Find the principal amount.

Correct Answer: (4) ₹ 543100

24. Two friends A and B live 140 km apart. They both drive in a straight line towards each other to meet. If A drives at 80 km/h and B drives at 40 km/hr, then how many kilometres apart will they be exactly 45 minutes before they meet?

Correct Answer: (2) 90 km

25. In a certain coded language, 'RAM' is coded as 32 and 'SITA' is coded as 49. How 'SHYAM' will be coded in that language?

Correct Answer: (3) 66

26. Analogy roughly corresponds to :

Correct Answer: (2) Upamiti

27. In order to know if the argument is deductive or inductive, out of the four given tests which one applies to the following example ?

"Alan is a father. Therefore, Alan is a male".

Correct Answer: (2) The Strict necessity test

28. Pick a correct observation from the following argument:

"All dogs are cats
All cats are whales

Therefore, all whales are dogs"

Correct Answer: (3) It is invalid argument and contains false premise and false conclusion

29. Given below are two statements:

Statement (I): Arguments from analogy are generally deductive, weak or strong
Statement (II): Arguments from analogy are generally inductive and neither valid nor invalid.

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

Correct Answer: (4) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

30. In the light of syllogistic argument which of the following is/are incorrect?

(A) The predicate term of the conclusion is the major term.
(B) The subject term of the conclusion is the minor term.
(C) The middle term must occur only once in the premise.
(D) The middle term must be distributed at least once in the conclusion.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (4) (C) and (D) Only