21 March 2023 – Morning Shift – UGC NET Paper-1Total Questions: 5021. Consider the series given below:-5, -3, -5, -2, -5, -1, -5, P, -5, Q. ____.The values of P and Q i.e. (P,Q) are(1) (-2,-5)(2) (0, 1)(3) (-5,-2)(4) (1, 1)Correct Answer: (3) (-5,-2)22. 10 persons can cut 7 trees in 14 days. In how many days can 16 persons cut 12 trees?(1) 16 days(2) 13 days(3) 15 days(4) 12 daysCorrect Answer: (3) 15 days23. The average age of a family of 5 members, three years ago, was 17 years. Inspite of the birth of a child in the family during these 3 years the present average age of the family remains the same. What is the present age of the child?(1) 2 years(2) 3 years(3) 2.5 years(4) 3.5 yearsCorrect Answer: (1) 2 years24. Find a single discount equivalent to two successive discounts of 10% and 20%.(1) 27%(2) 28%(3) 30%(4) 25%Correct Answer: (2) 28%25. A person walks 30 meters North, then turns right and walks 30 meters. He then turns right and walks 45 meters. Then he turns left and walks 15 meters. Again he turns left and walks 15 meters. In which direction and how far is the person from his starting point?(1) 45 meters, west(2) 35 meters, east(3) 35 meters, west(4) 45 meters, eastCorrect Answer: (4) 45 meters, east26. Which informal fallacy is committed in the following statement - "Of course you want to buy XYZ toothpaste. There must be a reason, why, 90 per cent of India brushes with XYZ toothpaste"(1) Slippery slope(2) Hasty generalization(3) Argumentum ad populum(4) Strawman FallacyCorrect Answer: (3) Argumentum ad populum27. Which of the following statements is logically equivalent to the statement - "All women are honest human beings"(1) Some women are non-honest human beings.(2) Some honest human beings are women.(3) Some women are honest human beings.(4) No women are non-honest human beings.Correct Answer: (4) No women are non-honest human beings.28. Which of the following statements is contradictory to the statement - "Some birds are mammals"?(1) Some mammals are not birds.(2) Some birds are not mammals.(3) Some mammals are birds.(4) No birds are mammals.Correct Answer: (4) No birds are mammals.29. If the statement - "Some animals are not birds" is given as false, then which of the following statements can be immediately inferred to be false?(1) All animals are birds.(2) No animals are birds.(3) Some animals are birds.(4) Some animals can fly.Correct Answer: (2) No animals are birds.30. Given below are two statements:Statement I: Indian logic treats induction and deduction as separate processes. Statement II: Indian logic does not reject the verbalist view of logic.In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:(1) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct(2) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect(3) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect(4) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correctCorrect Answer: (2) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrectSubmit Quiz« Previous12345Next »
