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

Total Questions: 50

21. Consider following sums of fractions:

Choose the correct ascending order of above sums of fractions from the following options:

Correct Answer: (2) B < A < C

22. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The sum of integers from 110 to 630 is over 300,000.
Statement II: The ratio of the circumference of a circle with its areas is inversely proportional to its diameter.

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

Correct Answer: (4) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

23. Witch letter completes this sequence?

A B D O P Q ?

Correct Answer: (4) R

24. A watch, which gains 5 seconds every 3 minutes, is set right at 8 AM. In the afternoon the same day, when the faulty watch indicates 5 : 15 the actual time is.

Correct Answer: (3) 5:00 PM

25. A bus takes two hours less for a journey of 300 km, if its speed is increased by 5 km/hr from its normal speed. The normal speed is.

Correct Answer: (2) 25 km/hr

26. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: According to Nyaya philosophy, the middle term (hetu or linga) must be found in the minor term (pakşa) in a case of inference.
Statement II: According to Nyaya philosophy the middle term should not be found anywhere where Sadhya or major term is not found.

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

27. "Mr. Quintal has argued that logic is not the most important thing in life. Apparently Mr. Quintal advocates irrationality. It has taken two million years for the human race to achieve the position that it has and Mr. Quintal would throw the whole thing into garbage:"

Which fallacy is committed in this arguments?

Correct Answer: (2) Strawman

28. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Formal fallacies are those that can be detected only through analysis of the content of the arguments.
Statement II: Formal fallacies pertain to deductive arguments that have identifiable forms.

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

Correct Answer: (4) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

29. The collection of all the objects to which a term may correctly be applied is called?

A. The intension of that term
B. Connotation of that term
C. The extension of that term
D. Denotation of that term

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (4) C and D only

30. A farmer sees the water level of river rising rapidly from that he concludes that it must have rained heavily upon the hills. Which of the instruments of knowledge is used in this example?

Correct Answer: (2) Inference (Anumāna)