13 Oct 2022- Morning Shift- UGC NET Paper 1 (English)

Total Questions: 50

21. Inatest consisting of 150 questions carrying 1 mark each, Rishab answered 80% of the first 75 questions correctly. What percent of the other 75 questions does he need to answer correctly to score 60% overall?

Correct Answer: (b) 40

22. The simple interest on a sum of money is 1/9 of the principal and the number of years is equal to the rate percent per annum. The rate percent per annum is :

Correct Answer: (c) 3.33%

23. Given below are two statements :

Statement (I) : One-fourth of sixty percent of a number is equal to two-fifth of twenty percent of another number. Then the respective ratio of the first number to the second number is 8:15.
Statement (II) : A student is studying for a test from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm on weekdays and one-third of that time on Saturday. On Sunday, he takes a break and goes for a movie. The fractional part of the entire week that the student is studying is 3/7.

In the 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

24. Given below are two statements :

Statement (I): A man sells his goods at 10% profit. If he sells his goods at 15% profit. he gets T 160 more. The cost price of his goods is ¥ 4.200.
Statement (II) : A man spends 80% of his earnings. His earnings increased by 25% and his expenses increased by 20%. The man's savings thus increased by 45%.

In the 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

25. A man who can swim 48 meter/minute in still water swims 200 meter against the current and 200 meter with the current. If the difference between these two times is 10 minutes, then what is the speed of the current?

Correct Answer: (d) 32 meter/minute

26. Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labeled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): A valid deductive argument with all true premises will lead to a true conclusion.
Reason (R) : In a valid deductive argument. the conclusion follows from the premises with absolute necessity.

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

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

27. Match List I with List II

List IIn a square of oppositionList IIResultant
(A) ‘A’ being given as true(I) ‘O’ is undetermined
(B) ‘E’ being given as true(II) ‘I’ is undetermined
(C) ‘I’ being given as true(III) ‘I’ is true
(D) ‘O’ being given as true(IV) ‘I’ is false

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (d) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

28. Which one of the following formal fallacies is committed in the given argument?

All snakes are reptiles.
Some snakes are poisonous creatures.
Therefore all poisonous creatures are reptiles.

Correct Answer: (b) Fallacy of Illicit process of minor term

29. Given below are two statements :

Statement I: An inference which is based on the middle term being only positively related to the major term is called Kevalanvayi.
Statement II: In Kevalanvayi anumana. the knowledge of vyapti between the middle and major terms is arrived at through the method of argument in absence.

In the 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

30. Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion (4) and the other is labeled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Sound is non eternal. because it is caused.
Reason (R) : The middle term does not prove the eternality of sound but it's non-eternality.

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

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