22 March 2023 – Evening Shift – UGC NET Paper-1

Total Questions: 50

21. A shopkeeper purchases a packet of 60 pens at Rs. 10 per pen. He sells a part of the packet at a profit of 40%. On the remaining part, he bears a loss of 20%. If his overall profit on the whole packet is 20% of, find the number of pens he sold at profit

Correct Answer: (1) 40

22. A batsman scored 98 runs in his 17th match. As a result his average runs per match increased by 2.5. What was his average before playing 17th match?

Correct Answer: (1) 55.5

23. Water level of a river increases and decreases by 10% on alternate days in the rainy season. What shall be the increase or decrease in the water level at the end of second day, as compared to the initial water level?

Correct Answer: (2) 1% decrease

24. There are two numbers such that the sum of twice the first number and thrice the 2nd number is 39. Also the sum of thrice the first number and twice the 2nd number is 36. The largest of the two numbers is?

Correct Answer: (3) 9

25. If SEARCH is coded as 214673 and CHART is coded as 73465, then what will be the code for TEACHER?

Correct Answer: (1) 5147316

26. "Today on average we can look forward to a longer life span than the generation before us. It is obvious that it has been possible only and only because of the millions of dedicated doctors who have ensured our good health". Identify the fallacy committee in the above argument from the following options ?

Correct Answer: (2) False Cause

27. If the statement 'All cricketers are rich persons' is given as true which of the following statements can be inferred to be false?

A. No cricketers are rich persons.
B. Some cricketers are rich persons.
C. Some cricketers are not rich persons.
D. Some rich persons are cricketers.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (2) A and C Only

28. Which of the following propositions are so related that they cannot both be true, although they both may be false ?

A. All football players are rich persons.
B. No football players are rich persons.
C. Some football players are rich persons.
D. Some football players are not rich persons.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (1) A and B Only

29. Which of the following propositions are logically equivalent ?

A. No dogs are aggressive animals.
B. No aggressive animals are dogs.
C. All dogs are non-aggressive.
D. Some dogs are not aggressive animals.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (3) A, B and C Only

30. Given below are two Statements:

Statement I: According to classical Indian school of Logic, namely, Nyaya, we ascertain the relation of universal concomitance between x and y by perceiving that in all cases the presence of x is accompanied by presence of y, and not perceiving any instances to the contrary.
Statement II: Classical Indian materialists argue that universal relation between two events cannot be established, there being always a room for doubt about the unobserved cases.

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

Correct Answer: (1) Both Statement I and Statement II are true.