24 November 2021- Evening Shift- UGC NET Paper 1

Total Questions: 50

21. What comes next in this sequence?

1, 2, 2, 4, 8, 32, ?

Correct Answer: (D) 256

22. If seven persons can build a house in 30 days, how long will it take three persons to build the same house, provided that they all work at the same rate?

Correct Answer: (B) 70 days

23. If the difference between compound interest and simple interest on some principal amount at 20% for 3 years is Rs 64, then the principal amount is -

Correct Answer: (D) Rs 500

24. Given below are two statements

Statement I: The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when the clock shows 3 hours 20 minutes is 25°
Statement II: Between 4 and 5, the minute hand and hour hand of a clock will be coincident at 21⁹⁄₁ minutes past 4.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

Correct Answer: (D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

25. Which of the following statements are correct?

A. If the cost price of an item is Rs.56 and the gain percentage is 20%, the selling price of the item is Rs.76.2.
B. If the cost price of an item is Rs.80 and the loss percentage is 15%, the selling price of the item is Rs. 68.
C. If an item purchased in Rs.5 is sold for Rs.6, the profit is 25%
Choose the correct answer from the options given below

Correct Answer: (B) B only

26. Match List I with List II

List I
A. Vyapti
B. Anumana
C. Pratyaksha
D. Upamana
List II
I. An immediate valid cognition of reality due to some kind of sense-object contact
II. A source of knowledge on the basis of the likeness of things
III. Knowledge of an object due to previous knowledge of some sign or mark
IV. The universal relation between the middle and major term of inference
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (D) A - IV, B - III, C-I, D- II

27. Match List I with List II

List I
A. Sannidhi
B. Tātparya
C. Yogyatā
D. Akankşā
List II
I. Mutual fitness and compatibility of the constituent words in a sentence
II. Expectancy between the words different in a sentences
III. Propinquity between the different words in a sentence
IV. Meaning intended by the sentence
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (D) A - III, В - IV, C - I, D - II

28. Name the fallacy committed in the argument.

"All household pets are domestic animals.
No unicorns are domestic animals.
Therefore, some unicorns are not household pets."
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (D) Existential fallacy

29. Consider 'A' proposition as "True' and 'False' respectively, in a square of the opposition of propositions, then which one of the following is correct?

Correct Answer: (D) 'I' is True and 'E' is False

30. In which of the following forms of knowledge there cannot be any predication of the object in terms of the subject-predicate relation?

Correct Answer: (A) Nirvikalpaka Pratyaksha