29 Aug 2024- Morning Shift- UGC NET Paper 1

Total Questions: 50

21. Find the value of the expression :

Correct Answer: (4) 1/64

22. Consider the series given below. Find the number which can be inserted at the place of question mark (?).

5, 14, 39, 88, 209, ?, 667

Correct Answer: (1) 378

23. Which of the following is/are true ?

(A) If the selling price (SP) of an article is ₹ 40 and the gain is 15 %, the cost price (CP) of the article is ₹ 32
(B) A man bought a toy for ₹ 150 and sold it at a profit of 8 %. He sold the toy for ₹ 162
(C) A man buys a cycle for ₹ 500, but due to some problem, he sells it for ₹ 400. He thus incurs a loss of 22 %
(D) Cost price of an article, if its SP is ₹ 210 and the loss 30 %, is ₹ 300

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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

24. In a certain code language :

“Bitter patience sweet fruit” is coded as : “Bo Po So To”
“Art is sweet happiness” is coded as : “Ao Io So Ho”
“Hoping is concealing bitter” is coded as : “Hp Io Co Bo”
“Patience is art of hoping” is coded as : “Po Io Ao Fo Hp”

How “Patience is happiness” will be coded in this language ?

Correct Answer: (4) Po Io Ho

25. A man invests ₹ 1550 in two parts, one part at the rate of 8 % interest and another part at the rate of 6%. If the total interest earned in one year is ₹ 106, find the amount invested at each rate of interest, respectively.

Correct Answer: (1) ₹ 650 and ₹ 900

26. “If one eats mushrooms after a long gap of time, one falls ill. I have been having some digestive issues since morning today, therefore there must have been mushroom in that mixed vegetable soup we had last night” which fallacy, if any, committed in the above argument ?

Correct Answer: (2) Affirming the consequent

27. If the statement “Some rectangles are squares” is given as true then which of the following statements can be inferred to be false.

(A) All rectangles are squares
(B) Some rectangles are not squares
(C) Some squares are not rectangles
(D) No rectangles are squares

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (2) (D) Only

28. Which of the following propositions are contradictory ?

(A) All squares are rectangles
(B) No squares are rectangles
(C) Some squares are rectangles
(D) Some squares are not rectangles

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Correct Answer: (2) (A) and (D) Only

29. From the following identify the propositions that are logically equivalent .

(A) Some books are novels
(B) Some books are not non-novels
(C) Some novels are not non-books
(D) Some novels are books

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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

30. “Somdutta who is never seen eating during the day time is constantly gaining weight. Therefore, she must be eating during the night time”. As per classical Indian philosophy which instrument of knowledge is used in the above statement ?

Correct Answer: (4) Postulation