22 Aug 2024- Evening Shift- UGC NET Paper 1

21. A shopkeeper first increased the price of an item by 12% and then announces a discount of 20%. The actual discount on the original price is:

(1) 12.6%
(2) 10.4%
(3) 14.2%
(4) 12%

Correct Answer: (2) 10.4%

22. A 200 m long train is travelling at a constant speed of 20 m/s. How long will it take to completely cross a 1000 m long railway platform?

(1) 1 minute
(2) 1.5 minute
(3) 2 minutes
(4) 2.5 minutes

Correct Answer: (1) 1 minute

23. Arrange the following fractions in decreasing order?

(A). 17/21
(B). 15/19
(C). 13/16
(D). 14/17

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) D, C, B, A
(2) A, B, C, D
(3) C, D, B, A
(4) D, C, A, B

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

24. Identify the numbers that occur in the series 0, 7, 26,63, 124............

A. 344
B. 511
C. 215
D. 730

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) A and B only
(2) B and C only
(c) C and D only
(4) A and D only

Correct Answer: (2) B and C only

25. Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I (Word)		LIST II (Unique Code)
A. PRIME		I. NPGKC
B. SIGHT		II. QGEFR
C. QUITE		III. OSGRC
D. RHYME		IV. PFWKC

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
(2) A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
(3) A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
(4) A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

Correct Answer: (1) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

26. Which of the following is NOT a fallacy of Relevance?

(1) Ad Hominem (Personal Attack)
(2) Attacking the Motive
(3) Tu Quoque (Look who's talking)
(4) False Alternatives

Correct Answer: (4) False Alternatives

27. What can be inferred correctly from the following? “Science is based on experiment, on a willingness to challenge old dogma, on an openness to see the universe as it really is. Accordingly, science sometimes requires courage at the very least the courage to question the conventional wisdom.”

A. Premise: Science sometimes requires courage.
B. Premise: Science is based on experiment, as a willingness to see the universe as it really is.
C. It is merely an Illustration.
D. Conclusion: Science sometimes requires courage.
E. Conclusion: Science is based on experiment, on a willingness to see the universe as it really is.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) A, C and D only
(2) A and D only
(3) B and D only
(4) B, C and E only

Correct Answer: (3) B and D only

28. Observe the following argument and find the correct form:

"A" has characteristics of ‘X" and 'Y".
‘B has characteristics of ‘X" and 'Y".
'A’ has a characteristics of'Z’.
Therefore ‘B has a characteristics of 'Z'.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) Statistical Argument
(2) An argument from Authority
(3) Mathematical Argument
(4) Argument from Analogy

Correct Answer: (4) Argument from Analogy

29. Match the List-I with List-II

LIST I (Fallacy)		LIST II (Description)
A. Strawman		I. When an arguer tries to side track his audience by raising an irrelevant issue and he claims that the original issue is settled.
B. Red Herring		II. When an arguer states or assumes as a premise the very thing he/she is trying to prove as a conclusion.
C. Equivocation		III. When arguer distorts an opponents claim to make it easier to attack
D. Begging the Question		IV. When a key word is used in two or more senses in the same argument.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(1) A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II
(2) A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
(3) A-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III
(4) A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

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

30. In the light of Nyaya's Syllogism, which of the following are correct?

A. 'Sadhya' is the major term
B. ‘Linga’ is the minor term
C. 'Hetu is the middle term
D. ‘Paksa’ is the minor term
E. ‘Anumana’ is the inferential knowledge

Choose the correct answer from the options given below: