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

Total Questions: 50

21. Find the missing term in the series given as:

4, 6, 12, 14, 28, 30, ?

Correct Answer: (d) 60

22. In a certain code, O is written as E, Aas C, M as|, Sas O Nas P, Eas M, las A, Pas N and C as S, then how will COMPANION be written in that code?

Correct Answer: (a) SEINCPAEP

23. In a class of 43 students, Aashman’s rank is 16" from the bottom. What is his rank from the top?

Correct Answer: (a) 28

24. A pipe can fill a water tank three times as fast as another pipe. If both are used together, these can fill the tank in 36 minutes. How much time will be taken by the slower pipe alone to fill the tank?

Correct Answer: (c) 144 minutes

25. A retailer buys 40 pens at the marked price of 36 pens from a wholesaler. If he sells these pens giving a discount of 1 %, what is the profit percentage?

Correct Answer: (d) 10

26. If the statement 'No birds are mammals' is given as true, what could be immediately inferred from it 7

A. "All birds are mammals' is false
B.'Some birds are mammals’ is false
C. 'Some birds are not mammals' is false
D. 'Some birds are not mammals' is true

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (b) A Band D only

27. "XYZ Home Finance offers best financial product in the country because like a family member and a good friend XYZ Home Finance fulfills your need to have your own sweet home". Which of the following fallacies is committed in this argument?

Correct Answer: (a) Ad Populum

28. Given below are two statements :

Statement I: ‘Some S is P' is contrary to ‘Some S is not P'.
Statement II: "Some S is not P" is contradictory to "All S is 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 II is true

29. Given below are two statements :-

Statement I: For the Indian thinkers, inference (anumana) means only a syllogistic inference based on the relation of invariable concomittance between middle term and major term.
Statement II: There should be absence of the middle term wherever there is an absence of the major term.

In 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

30. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: According to Classical Indian Logicians (Naiyayikas) the inference from the effect of the cause is called Purvavat.
Statement II: According to Naiyayikas the inference of cause from the effect is not possible.

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

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