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UGC NET 02nd Jan 2026 Shift 1 — Solved Previous Year Questions

UGC NET · Paper 1 — 50 previous year questions, each with the answer and an explanation.

  1. Arrange the following phrases in the vision of National Education Policy, 2020 in the correct sequence of their appearance: · Ans: D
  2. Match List I (Body under HECI) with List II (Function). · Ans: A
  3. In simple terms, the first line of the given passage means: · Ans: C
  4. USB stands for ___________. · Ans: B
  5. The work of Kautilya is of significance because: · Ans: B
  6. Which of the following is NOT a programming language? · Ans: D
  7. The word 'comprehensive' in the passage can be replaced by the word ________. · Ans: D
  8. Match List I with List II. · Ans: A
  9. The passage tells the reader that Kautilya 'makes no attempt to reduce the variety of laws within society to the single category of dharma'. This demonstrates his argument for the ________ of law. · Ans: A
  10. Which of the following memories/storage are volatile? · Ans: C
  11. Which of the following is concerned primarily with jurisprudential reflection according to Brahmanical scholastic tradition? · Ans: C
  12. Identify the correct mathematical statements: · Ans: A
  13. The Black-foot disease is caused by the contamination of ________ in drinking water. · Ans: A
  14. Match List I (Word) with List II (Code). · Ans: C
  15. Which education policy first recommended 6% of GDP as public expenditure on education in India? · Ans: A
  16. "Sound is eternal, because it is caused" commits the fallacy (hetvābhāsa) of: · Ans: D
  17. National Education Policy 2020 has entrusted ___________ with the responsibility to setup the standards of content, technology and pedagogy for online/digital teaching-learning. · Ans: A
  18. Match List I (Source of Knowledge) with List II (Accepted by). · Ans: D
  19. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
  20. Match List I (Non-probability sampling) with List II (Characteristic). · Ans: B
  21. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  22. Arrange the following intervals of standard normal variate in increasing order of probabilities. · Ans: A
  23. Which of the following are TRUE: · Ans: C
  24. In quantitative research strategy, the principal orientation to the role of theory in relation to research is · Ans: C
  25. Which of the following are TRUE: · Ans: D
  26. Whether the results of a study can be generalized beyond the specific research context, refers to · Ans: D
  27. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  28. Arrange the following in the ascending order of year of appearance beginning with the oldest. · Ans: C
  29. Match List I (Types of groups in communication) with List II (Characteristic). · Ans: A
  30. A person who believes that all social, political, economic and cultural change is inevitably based on the development and diffusion of technology, is a · Ans: A
  31. Arrange the following operating systems in correct chronological order of their development. · Ans: B
  32. During which of the following years, product B has the lowest percentage of manufacturing with reference to combined manufacturing of that year? · Ans: C
  33. In everyday conversation, when people make reference to paying attention, planning, forgetting, guessing, daydreaming and so on, they are invoking: · Ans: B
  34. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion A and the other labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
  35. Manufacturing of product D in the year 2021 is approximately less by what percent of its production in the year 2024? · Ans: D
  36. The incomes of A and B are in the ratio of 3:2 and their expenses are in the ratio of 5:3. If each of them saves Rs.3000, then A's income (in Rs.) is · Ans: D
  37. Arrange the following in ascending order of their moisture content. · Ans: A
  38. Complete the following series: 582, 581, 585, 576, 592, 567, ______ · Ans: C
  39. Match List I (Convention/Protocol) with List II (Related With). · Ans: B
  40. Arrange the following fractions in descending order: · Ans: D
  41. Which of the following renewable energy resources contributes highest proportion to the total installed power capacity in India? · Ans: A
  42. Match List I with List II. · Ans: B
  43. The SWAYAM was launched in ________. · Ans: B
  44. Which of the following is NOT the criticism of behaviourist model of teaching? · Ans: C
  45. Identify the advantages of open ended questions in survey research. · Ans: D
  46. During which of the following years, manufacturing of product A was approximately equal to the average production of that year? · Ans: A
  47. Manufacturing of product C in the year 2023 was approximately what percent of the total production of product B in years 2022 and 2024 together? · Ans: A
  48. If we consider the combined production of product C and E in each year, then what is the difference of their combined production in the years 2023 and 2025? · Ans: B
  49. Choose the correct statements among the following: · Ans: C
  50. Arrange the educational objectives of cognitive domain from lower order to higher order skills. · Ans: B

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