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

Total Questions: 50

21. Two old cars are sold for Rs. 48,000 each. One is sold at a profit of 20% and another at a loss of 20%. Find the net profit/loss percentage and the total amount of profit/loss.

Correct Answer: (1) 4% loss, Rs. 4,000 loss

22. If 10th term of an Arithmetic Progression (AP) series is 34 and the difference between any two consecutive terms is 3, then find the first term of the series.

Correct Answer: (3) 7

23. The average age of a committee of 10 members is 42 years. A member of age 53 retires and a new member of age 45 years takes his place. What is the average age of the new committee?

Correct Answer: (2) 41.2 years

24. Consider a two digit number. If the digits of this number are interchanged, the new number obtained is lesser than the original number by 18. If the sum of the digits of the number is 12, then find the original number.

Correct Answer: (2) 75

25. In a certain coded language: (A) 'muj paa doda' means 'bring me water' (B) 'paa jo toda' means 'water is life' Ⓒ 'Jo lin kota' means 'life and death'. Which of the following represents 'is' in that coded language?

Correct Answer: (3) toda

26. "Ten milligrams of substance X was fed to ten mice. All of them died within two minutes. One could conclude. This amount of substance is fatal to the average mouse". Which of the following statements regarding above argument are true?

A. It commits the fallacy of Hasty generalization.
B. It commits the fallacy of Irrelevant conclusion.
C. It is a strong inductive argument.
D. It is a weak deductive argument.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (4) C only

27. If the statement 'all golf players are rich persons' is given as true which of the following statements can be inferred to be true?

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

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (2) B and C only

28. Which of the following statements is contradictory to the statement-" all dogs are friendly animals"?

Correct Answer: (4) Some dogs are not friendly animals.

29. Which of the following statements are logically equivalent ?

A. Some fishes are not amphibians.
B. Some fishes are amphibians.
C. Some fishes are non-amphibians.
D. Some non-amphibians are not non-fishes.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (3) A, C and D only

30. "There is smoke on the distant hill. Since smoke is always accompanied by fire, the hill must have fire too." Which of the terms corresponds to the Sadhya (major term) in the above argument according to classical Indian school of Logic?

Correct Answer: (2) Fire