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

Total Questions: 50

21. Find the correct sequence of five (5) missing letters which will complete the following letter series:

daa_bc_cda_a_c_c

Correct Answer: (3) a, c, a, b, c

22. If in a scheme, the word 'FATHER' is coded as '104', how the word 'MOTHER' will be coded in the same scheme?

Correct Answer: (2) 83

23. A circle has the diameter same as the length of the side of an equilatral triangle. What is the ratio of their respective areas?

Correct Answer: (2) 22 : 7√3

24. An article is sold at a gain of 10%. Had it been sold for Rs. 26 more, the profit would have been 15%. The cost price of the article is

Correct Answer: (4) Rs.520/-

25. The difference between the compound interest and simple interest on ₹10,000/- for 3 years at 10% per annum is

Correct Answer: (1) 310

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

(A). Mammal
(B). Wildcat
(C). Feline
(D). Animal
(E). Vertebrate

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

27. "If you like ketchup and you also like icecream, then you would sure like ketchup icecream." Which fallacy is committed in this argument?

Correct Answer: (4) Fallacy of composition

28. Which formal fallacy is committed in the following argument: "No politicians are idiots. Some voters are not idiots. Therefore, some voters are not politicians."?

Correct Answer: Exclusive Premises

29. Given below are two statements:

Statement (I): Inductive arguments can only be stronger or weaker.
Statement (II): Deductive arguments are either invalid or valid.

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

Correct Answer: (1) Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are correct.

30. In which of the following arguments the reason is counterbalanced by another reason as per classical Indian school of logic (Nyay)?

(A). All things are non-eternal, because they are knowable.
(B). Fire is cold because it is a substance.
(C). Sound is eternal because it is produced.
(D). Sound is a quality, because it is visible.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (*)