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

Total Questions: 50

21. What number would replace question mark (?) in the series given below? 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 2, 31, 37

Correct Answer: (4) 29

22. The present age of the father of a boy is twice the age of the boy. Six years later the ratio of their ages will be 11:6. Find the present age the boy?

Correct Answer: (1) 30 years

23. An amount of ₹ 2040 is to be divided among three friends x, y and z. The friend z is to be given 2/3rd of what y has to be given and y ha to be given 1/4th of that of x. How much money will y recieve?

Correct Answer: (1) ₹360

24. If in a certain coding language, PAINT is coded as 93546 and EXCEL is coded as 78271, then how will ACCEPT be coded in that language?

Correct Answer: (4) 322796

25. A sum of money doubles in 14 years. In how many years would it tripple if the rate of interest is considered as simple?

Correct Answer: (2) 28 years

26. Identify the common pattern of deductive reasoning in the following argument:

"If we don't stop for gas soon, then we will run out of gas. If we run out of gas, then we will be late for the wedding. Therefore, if we don stop for gas soon we will be late for wedding"

Correct Answer: (4) Chain argument

27. Match List I with List II

List-I (Hetvabhasa)List-II (Example)
A. AshrayāsiddhaI. Sound is eternal because it is audible
B. VyāptatvāsiddhaII. Sky lotus is fragrant because it a lotus like the lotus of lake
C. SvarūpāsiddhaIII. Wherever there is fire there is smoke
D. Asādhāraņa SavyābhichāraIV. Sound is a quality because it is visible
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Code:ABCD
(1)IIIIIIIV
(2)IIIIIIIV
(3)IVIIIIII
(4)IIIIIIVI
Correct Answer: (4)

28. Observe the following argument and pick the correct answer.

"All pigs are sheep
All sheep are goat

Therefore, all pigs are goats"

A. A valid argument because if the premises were true the conclusion would have been true.
B. An invalid argument because the conclusion does not follow from the premises.
C. The conclusion is probably true.
D. It is a weak argument.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (1) A only

29. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and other is labelled as Reason R

Assertion A: Atyantābhava is eternal.
Reason R: If a particular thing does not exist in a particular locus at any time, then it is said that there is Atyantābhava of that thing.

In the light of the above statements. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

30. Fire is cold because it is a substance' represents which of the following Hetvābhāsa?

Correct Answer: (2) Bādhita