UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

The argument moves from an institute’s high success rate to a personal guarantee of success. For this to hold, it must be assumed that the student will be able to benefit from whatever facilities and teaching produced that rate. This assumes sufficient personal effort, attendance, and basic ability to keep up with the programme. Without this assumption, the high success rate of others does not automatically guarantee success for a particular individual.

Option A:
Option A may be relevant but is not strictly necessary; even if some variation exists, individuals who work hard can still succeed.

Option B:
Option B concerns the stability of the success rate over time, which is important but does not directly guarantee any one person’s result.

Option C:
Option C focuses on the learner’s own effort and ability, which is crucial for translating institutional success into personal success, making it a key hidden assumption.

Option D:
Option D is a background consideration about systemic change but is not the central unspoken premise tying institute performance to individual guarantee.

A is correct because assumptions are taken as underlying ideas that the argument depends on. C is true as implicit ideas that make the statement meaningful count as assumptions. D is also correct because many NET items ask whether a given assumption is implicit in the statement. B is false since assumptions are not always explicitly stated, and E is false because some proposed assumptions may be illogical or extreme. Therefore, A, C and D only are correct.

Option A:
Option A correctly gathers the three statements that reflect how assumptions work in reasoning questions and discards B and E, which misrepresent explicitness and logical acceptability. It fits the exam pattern for statement–assumption items.

Option B:
Option B wrongly includes B, which insists on explicit stating, contrary to the very idea of an assumption being implicit. Hence it cannot be correct even though it includes A and C.

Option C:
Option C includes B and thus inherits the same error about explicitness, even though it also includes C and D, both of which are true. Mixing a false statement with true ones invalidates the option.

Option D:
Option D is incorrect because it includes E, which incorrectly suggests all assumptions offered are sound, and omits C, ignoring the role of implicit background beliefs.

Statements A, B, C and E correctly describe how propositions are understood in logic and how they are used in reasoning questions, while D and F are false. A is right that propositions are truth-apt contents of declarative sentences, and B is right that questions and commands are normally excluded. C is correct that different sentences can express the same proposition, and E rightly notes that identifying propositions helps in argument analysis. D is wrong because some grammatical sentences lack a clear truth value, and F is wrong because long or complex sentences can also express propositions.

Option A:
Option A is correct because it includes exactly A, B, C and E, which are the four true statements in the list. It avoids D, which overgeneralisers grammaticality, and F, which incorrectly restricts propositions to short sentences. This combination matches the logical treatment of propositions and their role in UGC NET reasoning.

Option B:
Option B is incorrect because it omits statement E, which truly points out the exam relevance of identifying propositions. Although A, B and C are all true, leaving out E means this option does not contain all the correct statements. Hence it gives only a partial picture of the role of propositions.

Option C:
Option C is wrong because it includes F, which falsely claims that only short simple sentences can express propositions, and it also omits A, the basic definition. Without A, the notion of a proposition as a truth-apt content is lost. Including a false statement and excluding a central true one makes this combination unacceptable.

Option D:
Option D is incorrect because it includes F and leaves out B. By accepting F, it endorses an unjustified restriction on propositions, and by omitting B it ignores the standard exclusion of questions and commands. This mixture of omission and error prevents the option from representing the full set of correct statements.

The argument links online courses with distraction at home and then directly concludes they are ineffective. For this move to work, the speaker must be assuming that distraction has a strong negative impact on learning outcomes. If distraction did not significantly reduce learning effectiveness, the fact that students “often get distracted” would not support the claim of ineffectiveness. Thus, the hidden bridge premise is that distraction harms learning in a substantial way.

Option A:
Option A overstates the issue by claiming distraction is the only factor, which is not required for the argument; the reasoning can proceed even if other factors exist.

Option B:
Option B is an additional claim about traditional classrooms that is not necessary for the argument; the focus is on online context and distraction.

Option C:
Option C correctly identifies the needed link between distraction and reduced effectiveness, which is what turns the observation into a criticism of online courses.

Option D:
Option D introduces cost, which is irrelevant to the line of reasoning about effectiveness and distraction.

Statements A, C, D and E correctly characterise assumptions and inferences in exam-style passages. Assumptions are often unstated but necessary for the statement or argument to be reasonable, and inference questions focus on what follows necessarily from the given information. B is false because assumptions are frequently implicit, and F is false because not every possible supportive idea is presupposed by the argument. Thus the true statements are A, C, D and E only.

Option A:
Option A is incomplete since it omits E, ignoring the important point that assumptions may be unstated yet taken for granted. Without E, the description of assumptions is not fully accurate. Therefore A, C and D only cannot be the right combination.

Option B:
Option B is correct because it gathers all the true statements and leaves out B and F, which misrepresent how assumptions function. It ties conceptual understanding to the way UGC NET questions are structured. This makes it the appropriate answer.

Option C:
Option C is wrong as it includes F, which treats any potentially helpful idea as an assumption, even if the argument does not depend on it. It also omits A, leaving out the necessity aspect that defines assumptions.

Option D:
Option D is incorrect because it includes F and omits C, thereby losing the description of inference questions and endorsing an overly broad notion of assumption. This mismatch prevents it from being correct.

Statements B and E are the wrong statements here. A is correct because assumptions are unstated ideas that the statement presupposes. C is true since many assumptions concern whether the suggested action can realistically be carried out. D is also correct because candidates should judge assumptions based mainly on what the statement reasonably implies. B is wrong because not every inference is an assumption; some inferences go beyond what is taken for granted. E is wrong because assumptions that contradict the statement are weak, not strong. So the wrong statements are B and E only.

Option A:
Option A is incorrect because it names only B as wrong and ignores E, even though E clearly mischaracterises how strong assumptions are judged in reasoning questions. This makes the option incomplete.

Option B:
Option B is correct as it identifies precisely B and E as the problematic statements. It recognises that both overgeneralising inferences and treating contradictions as strong assumptions are errors in reasoning.

Option C:
Option C is wrong because it also labels A as wrong, even though A is the standard definition of an assumption used in exam questions and reasoning textbooks.

Option D:
Option D is incorrect since it lists only A, C and D as wrong. All three actually describe accepted guidelines for evaluating assumptions, so this option misclassifies core principles as incorrect.