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

Total Questions: 50

21. A fruit seller has some stock of fruits to be sold in three days period. Everyday he sells 50% of the available fruits and 10% of the leftover fruits gets spoiled during every night. If the total number of fruits that got spoiled in three days in 1983, then find how many fruits were there with the seller in the beginning?

Correct Answer: (4) 24,000

22. The difference between simple and compound interest on certain principal amount, for 2 years at the rate of 5% per annum, is ₹ 11.25. Find the principal amount.

Correct Answer: (1) ₹4,500

23. If x 10 and y = 0.1, which of the following expressions, has the highest value?

Correct Answer: (4) x²/y²

24. In a certain coding language; Tour is written as 4156, Screw is written as 73698 and Tear is written is 4926. How the word Sweater will be written in that language?

Correct Answer: (4) 7892496

25. What number should replace question mark (?) in the below given series: 5, 7, 11, 19, 35, 67, ?

Correct Answer: (3) 131

26. Which fallacy is committed in the following argument? "As a society we have an obligation to support the needy, because people who do not have sufficient resources have a right to the resources of the community".

Correct Answer: (1) Begging the question

27. Match List I with List II

List-I (Statement)List-II (Logical Equivalent)
A. No fishes are mammals.I. No fishes are non-mammals.
B. All fishes are mammals.II. No mammals are fishes.
C. Some fishes are mammals.III. Some mammals are non fishes.
D. Some mammals are not fishes.IV. Some mammals are fishes.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Code:ABCD
(1)IIIIIIIV
(2)IVIIIIII
(3)IIIIVIII
(4)IIIIVIII
Correct Answer: (3)

28. If the statement 'Some animals are birds', is given as false, then which of the following statements could be immediately inferred to be true?

A. All animals are birds.
B. No animals are birds.
C. Some animals are not birds.
D. All birds are animals.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (4) B and C only

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

A. All trees have roots.
B. No trees have roots.
C. Some trees have roots.
D. Some trees do not have roots.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Correct Answer: (2) A and B only

30. According to Nyaya (classical Indian school of logic) which of the following is an example of Badhit fallacy (non-inferentially contradicted middle)?

Correct Answer: (4) Fire is cold because it is a substance.