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This section includes 440 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your UGC-NET knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 201. |
Mary has three children. What is the probability that none of the three children is a boy? |
| A. | 1/2 |
| B. | 1/3 |
| C. | 3/4 |
| D. | 1/8 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 202. |
The missing number in the series :0, 6, 24, 60, 120, ?, 336, is |
| A. | 240 |
| B. | 220 |
| C. | 280 |
| D. | 210 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 203. |
If the radius of a circle is increased by 50 per cent. Its area is increased by: |
| A. | 125 per cent |
| B. | 100 per cent |
| C. | 75 per cent |
| D. | 50 per cent |
| Answer» B. 100 per cent | |
| 204. |
Find out the number which should come at the place of question mark which will complete the following series: 5, 4, 9, 17, 35, ? = 139 |
| A. | 149 |
| B. | 79 |
| C. | 49 |
| D. | 69 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 205. |
Which number is missing in the following series ?2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, 50, ? |
| A. | 63 |
| B. | 65 |
| C. | 67 |
| D. | 69 |
| Answer» C. 67 | |
| 206. |
January 12, 1980 was Saturday, what day was January 12, 1979: |
| A. | Saturday |
| B. | Friday |
| C. | Sunday |
| D. | Thursday |
| Answer» C. Sunday | |
| 207. |
Insert the missing number:36/62, 39/63, 43/61, 48/64, ? |
| A. | 51/65 |
| B. | 56/60 |
| C. | 54/60 |
| D. | 33/60 |
| Answer» D. 33/60 | |
| 208. |
Probability sampling implies: |
| A. | Stratified Random Sampling |
| B. | Systematic Random Sampling |
| C. | Simple Random Sampling |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 209. |
At what time between 3 and 4 O’clock will the hands of a watch point in opposite directions? |
| A. | 40 minutes past three |
| B. | 45 minutes past three |
| C. | 50 minutes past three |
| D. | 55 minutes past three |
| Answer» D. 55 minutes past three | |
| 210. |
Out of four numbers, the average of the first three numbers is thrice the fourth number. If the average of the four numbers is 5, the fourth number is: |
| A. | 4.5 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» D. 4 | |
| 211. |
How many Mondays are there in a particular month of a particular year, if the month ends on Wednesday? |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | either 5 or 4 |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 212. |
Find out the wrong number in the sequence:125, 127, 130, 135, 142, 153, 165 |
| A. | 130 |
| B. | 142 |
| C. | 153 |
| D. | 165 |
| Answer» D. 165 | |
| 213. |
If January 1st, 2007 is Monday, what was the day on 1st January 1995? |
| A. | Sunday |
| B. | Monday |
| C. | Friday |
| D. | Saturday |
| Answer» B. Monday | |
| 214. |
What was the day of the week on 1st January 2001? |
| A. | Friday |
| B. | Tuesday |
| C. | Monday |
| D. | Wednesday |
| Answer» D. Wednesday | |
| 215. |
Find out the wrong number in the sequence.52, 51, 48, 43, 34, 27, 16 |
| A. | 27 |
| B. | 34 |
| C. | 43 |
| D. | 48 |
| Answer» C. 43 | |
| 216. |
If an article is sold for Rs. 178 at a loss of 11%; what would be its selling price in order to earn a profit of 11% ? |
| A. | Rs. 222.50 |
| B. | Rs. 267 |
| C. | Rs. 222 |
| D. | Rs. 220 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 220 | |
| 217. |
The next term in the series: 2, 7, 28, 63, 126, — is |
| A. | 215 |
| B. | 245 |
| C. | 276 |
| D. | 296 |
| Answer» B. 245 | |
| 218. |
Insert the missing number in the following series:4 16 8 64 ? 256 |
| A. | 16 |
| B. | 24 |
| C. | 32 |
| D. | 20 |
| Answer» B. 24 | |
| 219. |
The next term in the series is:2, 5, 9, 19, 37, ? |
| A. | 80 |
| B. | 73 |
| C. | 75 |
| D. | 78 |
| Answer» D. 78 | |
| 220. |
One day Prakash left home and walked 10 km towards south, turned right and walked 5 km, turned right and walked 10 km and turned left and walked 10 km. How many km will he have to walk to reach his home straight? |
| A. | 30 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 20 |
| D. | 15 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 221. |
In a post-office, stamps of three different denominations of Rs 7, Rs 8, Rs 10 are available. The exact amount for which one cannot buy stamps is |
| A. | 19 |
| B. | 20 |
| C. | 23 |
| D. | 29 |
| Answer» B. 20 | |
| 222. |
The mean of the ages of father and his son is 27 years. After 18 years, father will be twice as old as his son. Their present ages are |
| A. | 42, 12 |
| B. | 40, 14 |
| C. | 30, 24 |
| D. | 36, 18 |
| Answer» B. 40, 14 | |
| 223. |
A man started walking from his house towards south. After walking 6 km, he turned to his left and walked 5 km after. Then he walked further 3 km after turning left. He then turned to his left and continued his walk for 9 km. How far is he away from his house? |
| A. | 3 km |
| B. | 4 km |
| C. | 5 km |
| D. | 6 km |
| Answer» D. 6 km | |
| 224. |
At present a person is 4 times older than his son and is 3 years older than his wife. After 3 years the age of the son will be 15 years. The age of the person's wife after 5 years will be: |
| A. | 50 |
| B. | 42 |
| C. | 48 |
| D. | 45 |
| Answer» B. 42 | |
| 225. |
In this series6, 4, 1, 2, 2, 8, 7, 4, 2, 1, 5, 3, 8, 6, 2, 2, 7, 1, 4, 1, 3, 5, 8, 6, how many pairs of successive numbers have a difference of 2 each ? |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 6 |
| D. | 8 |
| Answer» D. 8 | |
| 226. |
lf the series 4,5,8,13,14,17,22,........ is continued in the same pattern, which one of the following is not a term of this series? |
| A. | 31 |
| B. | 32 |
| C. | 33 |
| D. | 35 |
| Answer» D. 35 | |
| 227. |
Two numbers are in the ratio 3:5. If 9 is subtracted from the numbers, the ratio becomes 12:23. The numbers are |
| A. | 30, 50 |
| B. | 36, 60 |
| C. | 33, 55 |
| D. | 42, 70 |
| Answer» D. 42, 70 | |
| 228. |
The next term in the series2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, ? is: |
| A. | 50 |
| B. | 57 |
| C. | 62 |
| D. | 72 |
| Answer» B. 57 | |
| 229. |
In the series1, 5, 13, 25, 41, …….the next term is |
| A. | 59 |
| B. | 63 |
| C. | 61 |
| D. | 68 |
| Answer» D. 68 | |
| 230. |
At present, a mother is 3 times older than her son. After 5 years, the sum of their ages will be 70 years. The age of the mother after 10 years will be |
| A. | 40 |
| B. | 55 |
| C. | 45 |
| D. | 60 |
| Answer» C. 45 | |
| 231. |
A group of 210 students appeared in some test. The mean of 1/3rd of students is found to be 60. The mean of the remaining students is found to be 78. The mean of the whole group will be: |
| A. | 80 |
| B. | 76 |
| C. | 74 |
| D. | 72 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 232. |
A person walks 10 m infront and 10 m to the right. Then every time turning to his left, he walks 5, 15 and 15 m respectively. How far is he now from his starting point? |
| A. | 20 m |
| B. | 15 m |
| C. | 10 m |
| D. | 5 m |
| Answer» E. | |
| 233. |
Anil after travelling 6 km towards East from his house realized that he has travelled in a wrong direction, lie turned and travelled 12 km towards West, turned right and travelled 8 km to reach his office. The straight distance of the office from his house is: |
| A. | 20 km |
| B. | 14 km |
| C. | 12 km |
| D. | 10 km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 234. |
Find the next number in the following series:2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, 50, ? |
| A. | 63 |
| B. | 65 |
| C. | 67 |
| D. | 69 |
| Answer» C. 67 | |
| 235. |
In the series3, 11, 23, 39, 59, ..........The next term will be |
| A. | 63 |
| B. | 73 |
| C. | 83 |
| D. | 93 |
| Answer» D. 93 | |
| 236. |
There are 10 true-false questions in an examination. Then these questions can be answered in |
| A. | 20 ways |
| B. | 100 ways |
| C. | 240 ways |
| D. | 1024 ways |
| Answer» B. 100 ways | |
| 237. |
A group of 7 members having a majority of boys is to be formed out of 6 boys and 4 girls. The number of ways the group can be formed is |
| A. | 80 |
| B. | 100 |
| C. | 90 |
| D. | 110 |
| Answer» C. 90 | |
| 238. |
How many numbers between 100 and 300 begin or end with 2? |
| A. | 100 |
| B. | 110 |
| C. | 120 |
| D. | 180 |
| Answer» C. 120 | |
| 239. |
On January 12, 1980, it was a Saturday. The day of the week on January 12, 1979 was |
| A. | Thursday |
| B. | Friday |
| C. | Saturday |
| D. | Sunday |
| Answer» C. Saturday | |
| 240. |
When an error of 1% is made in the length of a square, the percentage error in the area of a square will be |
| A. | 0 |
| B. | 1/2 |
| C. | 1 |
| D. | 2 |
| Answer» D. 2 | |
| 241. |
Let a means minus (–), b means multiplied by (ᵡ), C means divided by (÷) and D means plus (+). The value of 90 D 9 a 29 C 10 b 2 is |
| A. | 8 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 12 |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 242. |
What will be the next term in the following?DCXW, FEVU, HGTS, ? |
| A. | AKPO |
| B. | ABYZ |
| C. | JIRQ |
| D. | LMRS |
| Answer» D. LMRS | |
| 243. |
The price of oil is increased by 25%. If the expenditure is not allowed to increase, the ratio between the reduction in consumption and the original consumption is |
| A. | 1 : 3 |
| B. | 1 : 4 |
| C. | 1 : 5 |
| D. | 1 : 6 |
| Answer» D. 1 : 6 | |
| 244. |
In certain city the Taxi charges comprise of a fixed charge and the charge of the distance travelled. A person paid Rs.156 for a journey of 16 km and another person paid Rs.204 for the journey of 24 km. The amount paid by a passenger who has travelled 30 km is |
| A. | 236 |
| B. | 240 |
| C. | 248 |
| D. | 256 |
| Answer» C. 248 | |
| 245. |
Find the wrong number in the sequence :52, 51, 48, 43, 34, 27, 16 |
| A. | 27 |
| B. | 37 |
| C. | 39 |
| D. | 41 |
| Answer» C. 39 | |
| 246. |
Three individuals X, Y, Z hired a car on a sharing basis and paid Rs. 1,040. They used it for 7, 8, 11 hours, respectively. What are the charges paid by Y? |
| A. | Rs. 290 |
| B. | Rs. 320 |
| C. | Rs. 360 |
| D. | Rs. 440 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 360 | |
| 247. |
Anil is twice as old as Sunita. Three years ago, he was three times as old as Sunita. The present age of Anil is |
| A. | 6 years |
| B. | 8 years |
| C. | 12 years |
| D. | 16 years |
| Answer» D. 16 years | |
| 248. |
Four pipes can fill a reservoir in 15, 20, 30 and 60 hours respectively. The first one was opened at 6 AM, second at 7 AM, third at 8 AM and the fourth at 9 AM. When will the reservoir be filled ? |
| A. | 11 AM |
| B. | 12 Noon |
| C. | 1 PM |
| D. | 1:30 PM |
| Answer» D. 1:30 PM | |
| 249. |
Anil played 8 cricket matches. The mean (average) of the runs was found to be 80. After playing four more matches, the mean of the runs of all the matches was found to be 70. The total runs made in the last four matches is |
| A. | 400 |
| B. | 300 |
| C. | 200 |
| D. | 100 |
| Answer» D. 100 | |
| 250. |
A bag contains an equal number of one rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins. If the total amount in the bag is Rs. 35, how many coins of each type are there ? |
| A. | 15 |
| B. | 18 |
| C. | 20 |
| D. | 25 |
| Answer» D. 25 | |