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

Total Questions: 50

21. Find the missing number in the below given sequence.

4, 9, 20, 43, 90, ?

Correct Answer: (b) 185

22. A person is given 10 rupees for shooting at a target and if he misses, then he has to give 10 rupees. If he gets 300 rupees for 100 chances, then how many chances did he miss?

Correct Answer: (a) 35

23. There are a total of 15 tricycles and bicycles to be manufactured. If the total number of wheels available is 40, how many tricycles and bicycles can be manufactured, respectively?

Correct Answer: (d) 10, 5

24. In a certain coding language, 'GIVE' is written as 'VIEG' and 'OVER' is written as "EVRO". How will 'DISK" be written in the same code?

Correct Answer: (c) SIKD

25. A group of 3 inter-related numbers as (6, 10, 16) is given. By tracing the relationship among the numbers in this group, choose another group with similar relationship, from the given alternatives.

Correct Answer: (d) (7, 11, 17)

26. If the statement, 'Some animals are not ferocious' is given as true, then which of the following could be immediately inferred from it:

A. 'All animals are ferocious' is undetermined
B. 'Some animals are ferocious' is false
C. 'No animals are ferocious’ is undetermined
D. "All animals are ferocious' is false

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (a) C, and D only

27. “Miss World says that the socially correct thing for a vegetarian guest to do at a dinner party is to look perfectly happy eating salads. Therefore, to act likewise is the socially correct thing to do". Which fallacy is committed in the above argument?

Correct Answer: (c) Appeal to Inappropriate Authority

28. Given below are two statements

Statement I: ‘Some S is P' is contrary to ‘No S is P".
Statement II: 'Some S is P' is subcontrary to ‘Some S is not P".

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

Correct Answer: (d) Statement I is false but Statement Il is true

29. Given below are two statements

Statement I: According to Classical Indian Logicians, all fallacies are material fallacies.
Statement II: According to Classical Indian Logicians, fallacies could be purely formal as well as purely informal.

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

Correct Answer: (c) Statement I is correct but Statement Il is incorrect

30. Which of the following statements are true regarding Nyaya view of Inference as a valid source of knowledge?

A. It is a cognition which presupposes some other cognition
B. It is mediate or indirect
C. It arises through a mark (linga or hetu)
D. That mark is invariably connected with the object of inference (sadhya)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (d) A B, C and D