29 Aug 2024- Evening Shift- UGC NET Paper 1

Total Questions: 50

21. Match List - I with List - II

List – I (Expression)List – II (Value)
(A) 0.5 × 0.05 × 0.005 × 50(I) 154.15125
(B) 5.55 × 55.5 × 55(II) 16941.375
(C) 5.05 × 5.55 × 5.5(III) 1678.875
(D) 5.5 × 5.5 × 55.5(IV) 0.00625

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (3) (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

22. Find the number that can be inserted at the place of question mark (?) in the series given below :

6, 7/2,8/3,9/4,?,11/6

Correct Answer: (3) 2

23. Which of the following statements are true ?

(A) A single discount, equivalent to a series of discounts of 20%, 10% and 5%, is 35%.
(B) If after two successive discounts of 12% and 5%, an article was sold for ₹ 209, then the original price of the article is ₹ 250.
(C) If a shopkeeper allows two successive discounts of 5% each on the marked price of ₹ 80, the selling price of the article is ₹ 75.
(D) If the difference between a single discount of 35% and two successive discounts of 20% on a certain bill is ₹ 22, then the total amount of the bill is ₹ 2200.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (3) (B) and (D) Only

24. In a certain coded language :

“Indian cuisines are good” is coded as : “MI CI FI GI”
“They like Indian cuisines” is coded as : “AI LI MI CI”
“People like Indian Chinese” is coded as : “PI LI MI HI”
“They and people are best” is coded as : “AI DI PI FI BI”

How the words ‘good’ ‘Chinese’ and ‘cuisines’ are coded in this language ?

Correct Answer: (1) GI, HI and CI

25. The average age of a group of workers is 42 yrs, If eight (8) new workers of average age of 36 yrs join the group, the average age of the group becomes 40 yrs. Find the number of workers initially present in the group :

Correct Answer: (2) 16

26. “According to some newspapers today the Crime rate in New York has slightly increased in the recent past. New Yorkers are nothing but a bunch of criminals”. Which fallacy is committed in the above statement ?

Correct Answer: (3) Hasty Generalization

27. Which of the following statements are true ?

(A) An argument is sound when it is valid and has only true premises
(B) In an argument truth of its conclusion determines its validity by itself.
(C) Some valid arguments have false premises and a true conclusion
(D) Some invalid arguments have false premises and a true conclusion

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (1) (A), (C) and (D) Only

28. Arrange the following in order of decreasing extension.

(A) Sonnet
(B) Poem
(C) Verse
(D) Literature

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (3) (D), (B), (A), (C)

29. Match List - I with List - II

List – I (Informal fallacy)List – II (Reason)
(A) Argument from Ignorance(I) Presumption
(B) Appeal to Emotion(II) Ambiguity
(C) Fallacy of Division(III) Relevance
(D) Begging the Question(IV) Defective Induction

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (4) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

30. According to Nyaya logic, which of the following statements is fallacious because it involves a non-inferentially contradicted middle term ?

Correct Answer: (2) Fire is cold because it is a substance