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

Total Questions: 50

21. In a bookshop 40% of the books are in English. Out of the remaining books 60% are in Hindi. The remaining 3600 books are in other regional language. Find the total number of books in the bookshop.

Correct Answer: (1) 15,000

22. Find the value of the following expression:

Correct Answer: (4) 4

23. If A is an integer, then which of the following statement(s) is/are true?

A. A+1 will be odd
B. A²+2 will be odd
C. A+2 will be odd
D. 2A-1 will be odd
E. A²+1 will be odd

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (4) D only

24. If the fractions 2/5, 3/8, 4/9, 5/13 and 6/11 are arranged in ascending order of their values, then which of the fractions will be the third in the ordered sequence?

Correct Answer: (1) 2/5

25. If in a coded language, '154' means 'Good and Tasty'; '4 6 8' means 'See Good Pictures'; and "6 2 9' means 'Pictures are Faint'. then which of the following digit stands for 'See'?

Correct Answer: (2) 8

26. "Does the distinguished Member of the Parliament really believe that the Indian public is so naive that they will endorse just any stopgap measure"? Which fallacy is committed in the above arugument?

Correct Answer: (4) Complex Question

27. If the statement - "Some pandas are herbivorous animals", is given as true, then which of the following statements can be immediately inferred to be false?

Correct Answer: (1) No pandas are herbivorous animals.

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

A. All mushrooms are fungi.
B. No mushrooms are fungi.
C. Some mushrooms are fungi.
D. Some mushrooms are not fungi.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (1) C and D only

29. Which of the following statements are logically equivalent?

A. Some plants are non-fungi.
B. Some plants are not fungi.
C. Some fungi are plants.
D. Some non-fungi are not non-plants.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (4) A, B and D only

30. According to classical Indian School of logic (Nyaya) which of the following steps of inference (anumāna) corresponds to application (upnaya)?

A. That mountain has fire.
B. Whatever has smoke has fire, e.g. an oven.
C. That mountain has smoke such as is invariably accompanied by fire.
D. Because it has smoke.
E. Therefore that mountain has fire.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (1) C only