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UGC NET 03rd Jan 2026 Shift 2 Set A — Solved Previous Year Questions

50 previous-year questions from UGC NET 03rd Jan 2026 Shift 2 Set A (UGC NET) — each with the correct answer and a clear explanation. Use it as an answer key, or practise the full paper below.

  1. What is the number of males without low income in College C if the total number of students in that college is 5000? · Ans: A
  2. If the number of males without low income in College E is 2295, then the total number of students in College E is: · Ans: C
  3. Which college has the least number of male students with low income, if we assume that every college has equal number of total students? · Ans: B
  4. Which college has the least number of female students with low income, if we assume that every college has same number of total students? · Ans: D
  5. Which college has the least number of students without low income, if we assume that every college has same number of total students? · Ans: A
  6. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: B
  7. Match List I (Schedule of Reinforcement) with List II (Example). · Ans: A
  8. Arrange the following in chronological order: · Ans: C
  9. Which among the following is NOT a National Coordinator for Higher Education Courses on SWAYAM? · Ans: D
  10. Which of the following is NOT a correct statement? · Ans: C
  11. Identify the variables that pertain to interval scale of measurement: · Ans: D
  12. Arrange the following in terms of increasing order of the minimum number of variables required for their computation: · Ans: C
  13. Match List I (Standard Normal Variate) with List II (Probability). · Ans: C
  14. In qualitative research, the criterion that parallels internal validity is: · Ans: A
  15. Quantitative research can be represented as a research strategy that: · Ans: A
  16. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
  17. Arrange the following in the ascending order of adoption according to the Transmission Model of Learning. · Ans: D
  18. Match List I (Strategies for mitigating bias in classroom) with List II (Example). · Ans: D
  19. McLuhan's conception of a new form of social organization emerging due to instantaneous electronic media connecting the entire world into one great social, political, and cultural system, is known as: · Ans: A
  20. People who exercise influence over decisions made by others are known as: · Ans: D
  21. If 28% of a number is 75 less than 43% of the same number, then 30% of that number is: · Ans: C
  22. Complete the series: I2Z, K4X, M7V, O11T, ______, S22P · Ans: A
  23. Arrange the following fractions in ascending order: · Ans: B
  24. Identify the correct mathematical statement(s): · Ans: B
  25. Match List I (Cost Price = C.P. and Selling Price = S.P.) with List II (in Rs). · Ans: C
  26. "The sky-lotus is fragrant, because it has lotusness in it like a natural lotus", commits the fallacy (hetvābhāsa) of: · Ans: A
  27. Match List I (Relation between propositions) with List II (Propositions). · Ans: C
  28. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: A
  29. Which of the following is/are TRUE? · Ans: B
  30. Which of the following is/are NOT true: · Ans: D
  31. A person who uses his expertise to gain access to other people's computers to get information illegally or to cause damage, is a: · Ans: A
  32. Which of the following is related to computer software? · Ans: A
  33. Match List I with List II. · Ans: B
  34. Which of the following are system software? · Ans: A
  35. Arrange the following in ascending order of size: · Ans: C
  36. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: D
  37. Arrange the following states of India in the increasing order of total installed capacity of renewable power as of August, 2025. · Ans: C
  38. Match List I (Zone) with List II (Day time sound limits in dB as per Noise Pollution Rules, 2000). · Ans: A
  39. Which of the following are commonly responsible for acid rain? · Ans: B
  40. Which of the following is NOT a requirement for a proper sanitary landfill site? · Ans: B
  41. As per the National Education Policy-2020, what percent of learners from school and higher education were expected to have exposure to vocational education by 2025? · Ans: D
  42. Which one of the following is NOT the role of Higher Education Institutions for promoting inclusive practices? · Ans: C
  43. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. · Ans: C
  44. Arrange the following education institutions in the increasing order of the entry eligibility for the programs offered there? · Ans: A
  45. Match List I (Layer of Panchakosha) with List II (Aspect of Development). · Ans: B
  46. Choose the word that can replace the word "superficial" in the passage: · Ans: C
  47. According to the passage, when one partner is negative but appears as nice and pleasant to the other, it is because of the latter's · Ans: D
  48. In our daily life, according to the passage, the ____________ things are always noticed. · Ans: A
  49. The presence of attachment in a relationship will give rise to... · Ans: A
  50. The passage holds that "attachment" is a feeling of closeness projected by · Ans: B

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