21 November 2021- Morning Shift- UGC NET Paper 1

Total Questions: 50

21. A milkman has been mixing water with milk to earn 25 per cent profit by selling the mixture at the cost price. The ratio of water and milk. respectively, is?

Correct Answer: (D) 1:4

22. A 12 percent debt instrument fields 20 percent return. The market price of the underlying debt instrument is

Correct Answer: (*)

23. The difference between the simple interest received from two different sources on Rs. 1.500 for three years is Rs. 13.50. The difference between their rates of interest is

Correct Answer: (C) 0.8%

24. A watch reads 4.30. If the minute hand points East. in which direction will the hour hand point?

Correct Answer: (D) North-East

25. In a certain code language, 24685 is written as 33776. How is 35791 written in that code?

Correct Answer: (B) 44882

26. According to Nyaya the argument -'Sound is eternal because it is produced commits, which of the following fallacy?

Correct Answer: (A) Viruddha (Contradicting reason)

27. With reference to pramāna theory both on dialogical and philosophical discourse, which of the following options are correct?

A. It furnishes the required grounding for the thesis to be backed up by a certain means of knowledge.
B. It provides the necessary platform to incisely analyze the proposed thesis.
C. It enables us to succinctly summarize the observations, that stem out of analysis, in the form of anumāna or nyāya prayoga.
D. It enables the debater to elicit acceptance of his/her own belief system on the basis of formal validity alone.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (C) A, B and C only

28. Given below are two statements:

Statement I: The works in Nyaya- Sastra discuss the aggregate causal conditions and the process involved in inferential cognition.
Statement II: The works in Nyaya -Sastra do not however dwell upon analysis of the factors that help to assess and decide the formal validity of a judgement.
In the light of the above statements. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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

29. "Famous Singer Himanshu says that Coffeehill chocolates are groovy. We can only conclude that Coffeehill chocolates are groovy indeed".

Which of the fallacy is committed in the above statement?

Correct Answer: (B) Appeal to unqualified authority

30. The set of attributes shared by all and only those objects to which a general term refers, 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: (A) A and B only