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

Total Questions: 50

21. A man, a woman and a boy can do a piece of work in 6, 9 and 18 days, respectively. How many boys should assist one man and one woman to do the work in one day?

Correct Answer: (1) 13

22. A family consists of 6 members namely A, B, C, D, E and F. B is the brother-in-law of C's mother. C is the father of F. Dis the father of A and F is the grandson of D. There are two female members in the family. Which of the following pairs represent the female members in the family?

Correct Answer: (3) A and E

23. Find the number that can replace question mark (?) in the series given below. 1.5, 5, 10.5, 18, 27.5, 39, ?, ...

Correct Answer: (2) 52.5

24. A child is looking for his father. He goes 100 meter towards east and then turns to his right and goes 30 meters. From there the child again turns to his right and goes for 40 meters. Where he finds his father at his uncle's place. How far is his uncle's place from the starting point of the child?

Correct Answer: (1) 30√5 meter

25. In a certain coding language :

(a) 1000 i.e. 10³ is coded as 1331
(b) 125 i.e. 5³ is coded as 216

How 729 will be coded in that language ?

Correct Answer: (1) 1000

26. Which of the following statements are contradictory to each other?

(A) All plants are fungi
(B) No plants are fungi
(C) Some plants are not fungi
(D) Some plants are fungi

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (1) (B) and (D) Only

27. If the statement - "All trucks are polluting vehicles" is given as false, then which of the following statements can be immediately inferred to be true?

Correct Answer: (2) Some trucks are not polluting vehicles.

28. Which of the following statements is equivalent to the statement - "Some philosophers are not idealists."?

Correct Answer: (4) Some non-idealists are not non-philosophers.

29. Which fallacy is involved in the following statement "Indian pharmaceutical companies are profitable, therefore, average Indian pharmaceutical company is profitable"?

Correct Answer: (1) Fallacy of Division

30. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The Aristotelian syllogism is only inductive and formal.
Statement II: Nyāya syllogism is deductive - inductive and formal-material.

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

Correct Answer: (4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true