14 Dec 2023 – Morning Shift – UGC NET Paper-1

Total Questions: 50

21. A car starts running with the initial speed of 50 km/hour, with its speed increasing every hour by 5 km per hour. How many hours will it take to cover a distance of 630 km ?

Correct Answer: (2) 9 hours

22. In a factory, the average salary of the employees is ₹7000. If the average salary of 12 officers is ₹40000 and that of the remaining employees is ₹6000, then the number of employees is:

Correct Answer: (4) 408

23. The sum of three numbers is 124. If the ratio between the first and the second is 2 : 3 and between the second and the third is 7 : 9, then the third number is:

Correct Answer: (2) 54

24. What will be the value of P in the following number series? 0, 2, 24, 252, P, ....... .

Correct Answer: (1) 3120

25. The cost price of an article is 75% of its marked price for sale. How much percent does the trades-man gain after allowing a discount of 15% ?

Correct Answer: (2) 13 ⅓ %

26. Which of the following statements are so related that they cannot both be true, nor can they both be false?

(A) All mammals are vertebrates.
(B) Some mammals are vertebrates.
(C) Some mammals are not vertebrates.
(D) No mammals are vertebrates.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (2) (B) and (D) Only

27. Which of the following statements is logically equivalent to the statement - "All rectangles are polygon"?

Correct Answer: (2) No rectangles are non-polygon.

28. Arrange the following terms in order of increasing intension :

(A) Cheese
(B) Dairy product
(C) Soft Cheese
(D) Strong soft cheese

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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

29. "Political stability is indispensable to economic progress because economic progress can only be achieved by means of political stability" Which informal fallacy is committed in the above statement?

Correct Answer: (4) Begging the question

30. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The proposition "The hill has fire because it is knowable" commits the fallacy of the irregular middle.
Statement II: The proposition "Sound is eternal, because it is audible" commits the fallacy of the irregular middle.

In the 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