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

Total Questions: 50

21. Find the missing term in the following series 0, 6, 24, 60, 120, 7, 336, ......... .

Correct Answer: (2) 210

22. If 'MALE' is coded as 31 and 'FEMALE' is coded as 42, then how will 'ADULT' be coded in the same scheme?

Correct Answer: (3) 58

23. A rectangular sports field has dimensions (150 mx 120 m). Its length is increased by 0.8% and width is reduced by 0.5%. What is the percent change in the area of the field?

Correct Answer: (1) ~0.3%

24. A and B can complete a work in 10 days: B and C in 12 days: C and A in 15 days. A alone can complete the work in

Correct Answer: (2) 24 days

25. How many kilograms of sugar costing Rs.50 per kg should be mixed with 30kg of sugar costing Rs.45 per kg so that the mixture is worth Rs.48 per kg?

Correct Answer: (3) 45kg

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

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

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (4) D, E, A, C, В

27. Which fallacy is exemplified in the following statement. "There is no such things as knowledge which cannot be carried into practice, for such knowledge is really no knowledge at all"?

Correct Answer: (1) Begging the question

28. Which formal fallacy is committed in the following argument: "if your pet is a cat, then it as a tail. Your pet is not a cat. therefore your pet does not have a tail"?

Correct Answer: (2) Denying the antecedent

29. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: In deductive arguments, the claim is made that conclusions follow with certainly from their premises.
Statement II: Any inductive argument, if is is good, brings to light in its conclusion what was already burried in its premises.

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

Correct Answer: (3) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

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

Assertion A: The argument that sound is eternal because it is produced, is fallacious.
Reason R: In the argument-"sound is eternal because it is produced," the middle term is contradicted by some other pramāņa and not by inference.

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

Correct Answer: (3) A is true but R is false