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UGC NET Question Paper June 2023 - Set 2
INSTRUCTIONS
Time Allowed: 1 hour      50 × 2 = 100 Marks
This paper consists of Fifty (50) objective type questions of Two (2) marks each.
All questions are compulsory.
Each item has four alternative responses marked (a), (b), (c) and (d). You have to darken the circle as
indicated below on the correct response against each item.
Example:  where (c) is the correct response.
Your responses to the items are to be indicated in the OMR Sheet given at the end of the book.
Read instructions provided with each question carefully.
There are no negative marks for incorrect answers.
Directions for questions 1 to 5: Based on the data in table, answer the five questions that follow:
The following table presents the findings of a survey into how people travel to work:
Note : (a) 1 in 8 of the people who cycled to work were found to be over 65 years of age.
(b) 1 in 3 of the cyclists stated that they travelled to work by bus on rainy days.
Based on the above, answer the question:
1. How many people cycled to work on a rainy day?
(a) 24
(b) 48
(c) 72
(d) 64
2. How many respondents indicated that they cycled to work and were over 65 years of age ?
(a) 12
(b) 9
(c) 8
(d) 7
3. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Slightly fewer than twice as many people indicated that they travelled to work by bus than by car.
(b) Slightly more than twice as many people indicated that they travelled to work by bus than by car.
(c) Slightly more people indicated that they travelled to work by bus than by car.
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UGC NET Question Paper June 2023 - Set 2
INSTRUCTIONS
Time Allowed: 1 hour      50 × 2 = 100 Marks
This paper consists of Fifty (50) objective type questions of Two (2) marks each.
All questions are compulsory.
Each item has four alternative responses marked (a), (b), (c) and (d). You have to darken the circle as
indicated below on the correct response against each item.
Example:  where (c) is the correct response.
Your responses to the items are to be indicated in the OMR Sheet given at the end of the book.
Read instructions provided with each question carefully.
There are no negative marks for incorrect answers.
Directions for questions 1 to 5: Based on the data in table, answer the five questions that follow:
The following table presents the findings of a survey into how people travel to work:
Note : (a) 1 in 8 of the people who cycled to work were found to be over 65 years of age.
(b) 1 in 3 of the cyclists stated that they travelled to work by bus on rainy days.
Based on the above, answer the question:
1. How many people cycled to work on a rainy day?
(a) 24
(b) 48
(c) 72
(d) 64
2. How many respondents indicated that they cycled to work and were over 65 years of age ?
(a) 12
(b) 9
(c) 8
(d) 7
3. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Slightly fewer than twice as many people indicated that they travelled to work by bus than by car.
(b) Slightly more than twice as many people indicated that they travelled to work by bus than by car.
(c) Slightly more people indicated that they travelled to work by bus than by car.
(d) Slightly fewer people indicated that they travelled to work by car than by bus.
4. The sum of which modes of travelling to work represents half the number of responses represented in the survey?
A. Cycle and Car
B. Bus and Car
C. Walk and Bus
D. Walk and Cycle
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) A and C only
(c) B and C only
(d) B and D only
5. How many more people indicated that they cycled to work compared with those who travelled by either bus or
car?
(a) 72
(b) 35
(c) 18
(d) 19
6. Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Learner-centerd approach is centerd on teacher needs.
Statement II : Learner-centered approach is centerd on cooperative determination of subject matter.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:
(a) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
(b) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
(c) Statement I is correct but Statment II is incorrect.
(d) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
7. Which of the following is a technique to provide right kind of support in right amount at right time to increase
child’s competence?
(a) Scaffolding
(b) Assistance
(c) Accommodation
(d) Schemas
8. SWAYAM PRABHA is an education learning platform initiated by ____, that is available 24 × 7 through 34 DTH
channels.
(a) Ministry of Human Resources and Development (Now Ministry of Education)
(b) University Grants Commission (UGC)
(c) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
(d) All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)
9. A learner combines her/his previous schemas or modifies them as per new experiences. The process of
combining/modifying existing schemas and to arrive at new schemas is known as ____.
(a) Accommodation
(b) Assimilation
(c) Adaptation
(d) Equilibration
10. Which of the following curriculum development models come under Technical -Scientific Model?
(a) Open Classroom Model
(b) Taba’s Model
(c) Weinstein and Fantini Model
(d) Roger’s Model of Interpersonal Relations
11. Survey research is one of the key methods in
(a) Physics
(b) History
(c) Sociology
(d) Hermeneutics
12. Methods of social research are directly linked to different visions of
(a) Social reality
(b) Laboratory experiments
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UGC NET Question Paper June 2023 - Set 2
INSTRUCTIONS
Time Allowed: 1 hour      50 × 2 = 100 Marks
This paper consists of Fifty (50) objective type questions of Two (2) marks each.
All questions are compulsory.
Each item has four alternative responses marked (a), (b), (c) and (d). You have to darken the circle as
indicated below on the correct response against each item.
Example:  where (c) is the correct response.
Your responses to the items are to be indicated in the OMR Sheet given at the end of the book.
Read instructions provided with each question carefully.
There are no negative marks for incorrect answers.
Directions for questions 1 to 5: Based on the data in table, answer the five questions that follow:
The following table presents the findings of a survey into how people travel to work:
Note : (a) 1 in 8 of the people who cycled to work were found to be over 65 years of age.
(b) 1 in 3 of the cyclists stated that they travelled to work by bus on rainy days.
Based on the above, answer the question:
1. How many people cycled to work on a rainy day?
(a) 24
(b) 48
(c) 72
(d) 64
2. How many respondents indicated that they cycled to work and were over 65 years of age ?
(a) 12
(b) 9
(c) 8
(d) 7
3. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Slightly fewer than twice as many people indicated that they travelled to work by bus than by car.
(b) Slightly more than twice as many people indicated that they travelled to work by bus than by car.
(c) Slightly more people indicated that they travelled to work by bus than by car.
(d) Slightly fewer people indicated that they travelled to work by car than by bus.
4. The sum of which modes of travelling to work represents half the number of responses represented in the survey?
A. Cycle and Car
B. Bus and Car
C. Walk and Bus
D. Walk and Cycle
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) A and C only
(c) B and C only
(d) B and D only
5. How many more people indicated that they cycled to work compared with those who travelled by either bus or
car?
(a) 72
(b) 35
(c) 18
(d) 19
6. Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Learner-centerd approach is centerd on teacher needs.
Statement II : Learner-centered approach is centerd on cooperative determination of subject matter.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:
(a) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
(b) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
(c) Statement I is correct but Statment II is incorrect.
(d) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
7. Which of the following is a technique to provide right kind of support in right amount at right time to increase
child’s competence?
(a) Scaffolding
(b) Assistance
(c) Accommodation
(d) Schemas
8. SWAYAM PRABHA is an education learning platform initiated by ____, that is available 24 × 7 through 34 DTH
channels.
(a) Ministry of Human Resources and Development (Now Ministry of Education)
(b) University Grants Commission (UGC)
(c) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
(d) All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)
9. A learner combines her/his previous schemas or modifies them as per new experiences. The process of
combining/modifying existing schemas and to arrive at new schemas is known as ____.
(a) Accommodation
(b) Assimilation
(c) Adaptation
(d) Equilibration
10. Which of the following curriculum development models come under Technical -Scientific Model?
(a) Open Classroom Model
(b) Taba’s Model
(c) Weinstein and Fantini Model
(d) Roger’s Model of Interpersonal Relations
11. Survey research is one of the key methods in
(a) Physics
(b) History
(c) Sociology
(d) Hermeneutics
12. Methods of social research are directly linked to different visions of
(a) Social reality
(b) Laboratory experiments
(c) Simulations
(d) Virtual reality
13. Grand theories of social sciences operate at a
(a) ower level
(b) Simplistic level
(c) Categorical level
(d) Higher level of abstraction
14. Which of the following are considered major types of qualitative research questions?
A. Non-purposive
B. Causes and consequences
C. Predictive
D. Evaluative
E. Descriptive
(a) A, B and C only
(b) A, C and D only
(c) A, D and E only
(d) B, C, D and E only
15. Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Time and cost are not relevant in determining the sample size.
Statement II: Unit non-response do not matter in deciding the sampling error.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(a) Both Statement I and Statement II are true.
(b) Both Statement I and Statement II are false.
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.
16. The science of studying the feedback systems in humans, animals and machines is described as
(a) Feedback science
(b) Experience study
(c) Message Hermeneutics
(d) Cybernetics
17. De Saussure labelled language as a
(a) Technical code
(b) Profusion of signs
(c) Verbalism
(d) Macro generaliser
18. Which of the following are the criteria for public service communication?
A. Personal bias
B. Ideological slant
C. Accuracy
D. Comprehensiveness
E. Separation of opinion and facts
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B, C only
(b) B, C, D only
(c) C, D, E only
(d) A, D, E only
19. According to some experts like Marshal McLuhan, the following are considered hot media:
A. Telephone
B. Television
C. Radio
D. Cinema
E. Print
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B, C only
(b) B, C, D only
(c) C, D, E only
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UGC NET Question Paper June 2023 - Set 2
INSTRUCTIONS
Time Allowed: 1 hour      50 × 2 = 100 Marks
This paper consists of Fifty (50) objective type questions of Two (2) marks each.
All questions are compulsory.
Each item has four alternative responses marked (a), (b), (c) and (d). You have to darken the circle as
indicated below on the correct response against each item.
Example:  where (c) is the correct response.
Your responses to the items are to be indicated in the OMR Sheet given at the end of the book.
Read instructions provided with each question carefully.
There are no negative marks for incorrect answers.
Directions for questions 1 to 5: Based on the data in table, answer the five questions that follow:
The following table presents the findings of a survey into how people travel to work:
Note : (a) 1 in 8 of the people who cycled to work were found to be over 65 years of age.
(b) 1 in 3 of the cyclists stated that they travelled to work by bus on rainy days.
Based on the above, answer the question:
1. How many people cycled to work on a rainy day?
(a) 24
(b) 48
(c) 72
(d) 64
2. How many respondents indicated that they cycled to work and were over 65 years of age ?
(a) 12
(b) 9
(c) 8
(d) 7
3. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Slightly fewer than twice as many people indicated that they travelled to work by bus than by car.
(b) Slightly more than twice as many people indicated that they travelled to work by bus than by car.
(c) Slightly more people indicated that they travelled to work by bus than by car.
(d) Slightly fewer people indicated that they travelled to work by car than by bus.
4. The sum of which modes of travelling to work represents half the number of responses represented in the survey?
A. Cycle and Car
B. Bus and Car
C. Walk and Bus
D. Walk and Cycle
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) A and C only
(c) B and C only
(d) B and D only
5. How many more people indicated that they cycled to work compared with those who travelled by either bus or
car?
(a) 72
(b) 35
(c) 18
(d) 19
6. Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Learner-centerd approach is centerd on teacher needs.
Statement II : Learner-centered approach is centerd on cooperative determination of subject matter.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:
(a) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
(b) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
(c) Statement I is correct but Statment II is incorrect.
(d) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
7. Which of the following is a technique to provide right kind of support in right amount at right time to increase
child’s competence?
(a) Scaffolding
(b) Assistance
(c) Accommodation
(d) Schemas
8. SWAYAM PRABHA is an education learning platform initiated by ____, that is available 24 × 7 through 34 DTH
channels.
(a) Ministry of Human Resources and Development (Now Ministry of Education)
(b) University Grants Commission (UGC)
(c) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
(d) All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)
9. A learner combines her/his previous schemas or modifies them as per new experiences. The process of
combining/modifying existing schemas and to arrive at new schemas is known as ____.
(a) Accommodation
(b) Assimilation
(c) Adaptation
(d) Equilibration
10. Which of the following curriculum development models come under Technical -Scientific Model?
(a) Open Classroom Model
(b) Taba’s Model
(c) Weinstein and Fantini Model
(d) Roger’s Model of Interpersonal Relations
11. Survey research is one of the key methods in
(a) Physics
(b) History
(c) Sociology
(d) Hermeneutics
12. Methods of social research are directly linked to different visions of
(a) Social reality
(b) Laboratory experiments
(c) Simulations
(d) Virtual reality
13. Grand theories of social sciences operate at a
(a) ower level
(b) Simplistic level
(c) Categorical level
(d) Higher level of abstraction
14. Which of the following are considered major types of qualitative research questions?
A. Non-purposive
B. Causes and consequences
C. Predictive
D. Evaluative
E. Descriptive
(a) A, B and C only
(b) A, C and D only
(c) A, D and E only
(d) B, C, D and E only
15. Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Time and cost are not relevant in determining the sample size.
Statement II: Unit non-response do not matter in deciding the sampling error.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(a) Both Statement I and Statement II are true.
(b) Both Statement I and Statement II are false.
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.
16. The science of studying the feedback systems in humans, animals and machines is described as
(a) Feedback science
(b) Experience study
(c) Message Hermeneutics
(d) Cybernetics
17. De Saussure labelled language as a
(a) Technical code
(b) Profusion of signs
(c) Verbalism
(d) Macro generaliser
18. Which of the following are the criteria for public service communication?
A. Personal bias
B. Ideological slant
C. Accuracy
D. Comprehensiveness
E. Separation of opinion and facts
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B, C only
(b) B, C, D only
(c) C, D, E only
(d) A, D, E only
19. According to some experts like Marshal McLuhan, the following are considered hot media:
A. Telephone
B. Television
C. Radio
D. Cinema
E. Print
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B, C only
(b) B, C, D only
(c) C, D, E only
(d) A, C, E only
20. Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Internet itself is a network and also a model for Cyberspace relations.
Statement II: Global interactive technologies, aided by the Internet, heralded the arrival of the ‘second media
age’ by the end of the twentieth century.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) Both Statement I and Statement II are true.
(b) Both Statement I and Statement II are false.
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.
21. The monthly income of a person in the year 2020 was 65,000 and his monthly expenditure was 45,000. In the
year 2021 his monthly income increased by 15% and his monthly expenditure by 7%. What is the percentage
increase in his savings ?
(a) 33%
(b) 31%
(c) 35%
(d) 28%
22. 5/9 of a number is equal to twenty five percent of a second number. Second number is equal to 1/4 of a third
number. The value of the third number is 2960, how much is the 30% of the first number ?
(a) 9.99
(b) 99.9
(c) 89.9
(d) 88.9
23. A man invested 1/3 of his retirement gratuity at 6% simple interest; 1/4 of his gratuity at 7% and the rest at 8%
simple interest. If his annual return on these investments is ?7012.5, find the total amount of gratuity invested by
the man.
(a) ?89,000
(b) ?99,000
(c) ?95,000
(d) ?1,05,000
24. If in a ceratin, coding language, ‘Cheater’ is coded as ‘ejgcvgt’, then how ‘Preacher’ will be coded in that
language?
(a) ‘rtgcejgt’
(b) ‘qsfbdifs’
(c) ‘rtgbdjgt’
(d) ‘stgbdjgt’
25. What number should replace question mark (?) in the series given below?
7, 10, 19, 46, 127?
(a) 202
(b) 192
(c) 173
(d) 370
26. Which fallacy is committed in the following argument?
‘When I called you, you were neither in your class nor in the laboratory. Why are you avoiding me ?’’
(a) Circular argument
(b) Red herring
(c) Complex question
(d) Slippery slope
27. Which of the following statements are logically equivalent?
A. Some animals are birds.
B. Some animals are not non-birds
C. Some non-birds are not non-animals
D. Some birds are animals.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) B and C only
(b) B, C, D only
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UGC NET Question Paper June 2023 - Set 2
INSTRUCTIONS
Time Allowed: 1 hour      50 × 2 = 100 Marks
This paper consists of Fifty (50) objective type questions of Two (2) marks each.
All questions are compulsory.
Each item has four alternative responses marked (a), (b), (c) and (d). You have to darken the circle as
indicated below on the correct response against each item.
Example:  where (c) is the correct response.
Your responses to the items are to be indicated in the OMR Sheet given at the end of the book.
Read instructions provided with each question carefully.
There are no negative marks for incorrect answers.
Directions for questions 1 to 5: Based on the data in table, answer the five questions that follow:
The following table presents the findings of a survey into how people travel to work:
Note : (a) 1 in 8 of the people who cycled to work were found to be over 65 years of age.
(b) 1 in 3 of the cyclists stated that they travelled to work by bus on rainy days.
Based on the above, answer the question:
1. How many people cycled to work on a rainy day?
(a) 24
(b) 48
(c) 72
(d) 64
2. How many respondents indicated that they cycled to work and were over 65 years of age ?
(a) 12
(b) 9
(c) 8
(d) 7
3. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Slightly fewer than twice as many people indicated that they travelled to work by bus than by car.
(b) Slightly more than twice as many people indicated that they travelled to work by bus than by car.
(c) Slightly more people indicated that they travelled to work by bus than by car.
(d) Slightly fewer people indicated that they travelled to work by car than by bus.
4. The sum of which modes of travelling to work represents half the number of responses represented in the survey?
A. Cycle and Car
B. Bus and Car
C. Walk and Bus
D. Walk and Cycle
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A and B only
(b) A and C only
(c) B and C only
(d) B and D only
5. How many more people indicated that they cycled to work compared with those who travelled by either bus or
car?
(a) 72
(b) 35
(c) 18
(d) 19
6. Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Learner-centerd approach is centerd on teacher needs.
Statement II : Learner-centered approach is centerd on cooperative determination of subject matter.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the option given below:
(a) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
(b) Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
(c) Statement I is correct but Statment II is incorrect.
(d) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
7. Which of the following is a technique to provide right kind of support in right amount at right time to increase
child’s competence?
(a) Scaffolding
(b) Assistance
(c) Accommodation
(d) Schemas
8. SWAYAM PRABHA is an education learning platform initiated by ____, that is available 24 × 7 through 34 DTH
channels.
(a) Ministry of Human Resources and Development (Now Ministry of Education)
(b) University Grants Commission (UGC)
(c) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
(d) All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)
9. A learner combines her/his previous schemas or modifies them as per new experiences. The process of
combining/modifying existing schemas and to arrive at new schemas is known as ____.
(a) Accommodation
(b) Assimilation
(c) Adaptation
(d) Equilibration
10. Which of the following curriculum development models come under Technical -Scientific Model?
(a) Open Classroom Model
(b) Taba’s Model
(c) Weinstein and Fantini Model
(d) Roger’s Model of Interpersonal Relations
11. Survey research is one of the key methods in
(a) Physics
(b) History
(c) Sociology
(d) Hermeneutics
12. Methods of social research are directly linked to different visions of
(a) Social reality
(b) Laboratory experiments
(c) Simulations
(d) Virtual reality
13. Grand theories of social sciences operate at a
(a) ower level
(b) Simplistic level
(c) Categorical level
(d) Higher level of abstraction
14. Which of the following are considered major types of qualitative research questions?
A. Non-purposive
B. Causes and consequences
C. Predictive
D. Evaluative
E. Descriptive
(a) A, B and C only
(b) A, C and D only
(c) A, D and E only
(d) B, C, D and E only
15. Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Time and cost are not relevant in determining the sample size.
Statement II: Unit non-response do not matter in deciding the sampling error.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
(a) Both Statement I and Statement II are true.
(b) Both Statement I and Statement II are false.
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.
16. The science of studying the feedback systems in humans, animals and machines is described as
(a) Feedback science
(b) Experience study
(c) Message Hermeneutics
(d) Cybernetics
17. De Saussure labelled language as a
(a) Technical code
(b) Profusion of signs
(c) Verbalism
(d) Macro generaliser
18. Which of the following are the criteria for public service communication?
A. Personal bias
B. Ideological slant
C. Accuracy
D. Comprehensiveness
E. Separation of opinion and facts
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B, C only
(b) B, C, D only
(c) C, D, E only
(d) A, D, E only
19. According to some experts like Marshal McLuhan, the following are considered hot media:
A. Telephone
B. Television
C. Radio
D. Cinema
E. Print
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) A, B, C only
(b) B, C, D only
(c) C, D, E only
(d) A, C, E only
20. Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Internet itself is a network and also a model for Cyberspace relations.
Statement II: Global interactive technologies, aided by the Internet, heralded the arrival of the ‘second media
age’ by the end of the twentieth century.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) Both Statement I and Statement II are true.
(b) Both Statement I and Statement II are false.
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
(d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.
21. The monthly income of a person in the year 2020 was 65,000 and his monthly expenditure was 45,000. In the
year 2021 his monthly income increased by 15% and his monthly expenditure by 7%. What is the percentage
increase in his savings ?
(a) 33%
(b) 31%
(c) 35%
(d) 28%
22. 5/9 of a number is equal to twenty five percent of a second number. Second number is equal to 1/4 of a third
number. The value of the third number is 2960, how much is the 30% of the first number ?
(a) 9.99
(b) 99.9
(c) 89.9
(d) 88.9
23. A man invested 1/3 of his retirement gratuity at 6% simple interest; 1/4 of his gratuity at 7% and the rest at 8%
simple interest. If his annual return on these investments is ?7012.5, find the total amount of gratuity invested by
the man.
(a) ?89,000
(b) ?99,000
(c) ?95,000
(d) ?1,05,000
24. If in a ceratin, coding language, ‘Cheater’ is coded as ‘ejgcvgt’, then how ‘Preacher’ will be coded in that
language?
(a) ‘rtgcejgt’
(b) ‘qsfbdifs’
(c) ‘rtgbdjgt’
(d) ‘stgbdjgt’
25. What number should replace question mark (?) in the series given below?
7, 10, 19, 46, 127?
(a) 202
(b) 192
(c) 173
(d) 370
26. Which fallacy is committed in the following argument?
‘When I called you, you were neither in your class nor in the laboratory. Why are you avoiding me ?’’
(a) Circular argument
(b) Red herring
(c) Complex question
(d) Slippery slope
27. Which of the following statements are logically equivalent?
A. Some animals are birds.
B. Some animals are not non-birds
C. Some non-birds are not non-animals
D. Some birds are animals.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) B and C only
(b) B, C, D only
(c) A, B and D only
(d) A, B and C only
28. If the statement ‘‘no animals are fishes’’ is given as false, then which of the following statements can be
immediately inferred to be true?
A. All fishes are animals.
B. Some animals are not fishes.
C. All animals are fishes.
D. Some animals are fishes.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) B and D only
(b) A, C and D only
(c) C and D only
(d) D only
29. Which of the following propositions are contrary to each other?
A. All fishes are mammals.
B. Some fishes are mammals.
C. No fishes are mammals.
D. Some fishes are not mammals.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
(a) B and D only
(b) A and C only
(c) A and D only
(d) B and C only
30. According to Nyaya (Classical Indian School of Logic) Which of the following argument involves the fallacy of
Anuspsamhari (non-exclusive middle term)?
(a) The hill has smoke because it has fire.
(b) Sound is eternal because it is audible.
(c) All things are non-eternal because they are knowable.
(d) Sound is eternal because it is produced.
31. Consider the following MS-Excel spreadsheets in which the population column represents the city’s population
in millions of people:
Suppose the formula -IF ($B2=D$1,$A2,0) is entered into cell D2 and then the cell D2 is copied and pasted to
D2:F9. How many cells in the range D2:F9 contains 0?
(a) 0
(b) 6
(c) 12