UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Statements A, B, C and E correctly describe relational reasoning problems, whereas D and F are false. Exam puzzles commonly use transitive relations like taller, older or to the left of, and diagramming or listing helps manage multiple constraints. Information is often embedded in short narratives or tables in Paper 1. “Likes” is not necessarily transitive in real life, and ignoring constraints generally leads to wrong or incomplete solutions, so D and F are incorrect.

Option A:
Option A is incomplete because it omits E, which captures the exam format in which relational data are presented. While A, B and C describe the nature and strategies of such problems, they do not mention their typical presentation in UGC NET questions. Therefore A, B and C only is not fully adequate.

Option B:
Option B is correct as it gathers all the true statements and excludes D and F, which misrepresent the nature of real-life relations and the importance of constraints. It offers both conceptual and practical guidance for solving comparative reasoning problems in the test. Hence A, B, C and E only is the right combination.

Option C:
Option C is wrong because it includes F, suggesting that constraints can be safely ignored, which contradicts the logic of these puzzles. It also omits A, so the general idea of comparative relations is not explicitly stated. Thus B, C, E and F only cannot be chosen.

Option D:
Option D is incorrect as it includes F and omits B, removing the emphasis on transitivity while admitting a harmful suggestion about ignoring constraints. This makes A, C, E and F only an unsuitable answer.

The only wrong statement here is C; all of A, B, D and E are correct. Effective puzzle solving relies on diagrams and on respecting every given constraint, and some questions explore what is true in all valid arrangements. Random guessing and ignoring constraints is neither efficient nor recommended.

Option A:
Option A is incorrect because it treats both B and C as wrong, even though B is a sound reminder about using all constraints to avoid contradictions.

Option B:
Option B is wrong since it misclassifies A (diagramming) as wrong, even though it is correct.

Option C:
Option C is correct because it singles out C as the lone incorrect statement.

Option D:
Option D is incorrect because it includes D among wrong statements, even though D correctly notes multiple possible arrangements and “true in all cases” questions.

From the conditions, W must precede X, Y must come after Z, and X must come after Y. Taken together, this means Z must be before Y, Y must be before X, and W must be before X. In the order Z, W, Y, X, all three constraints are satisfied: Z is before Y, Y is before X, and W is also before X. None of the other options respects every condition simultaneously.

Option A:
Option A fails because X appears before Z and Y, while the rules require Y after Z and X after Y.

Option B:
Option B (Z, X, W, Y) violates both Y after Z and X after Y, since X comes immediately after Z and before both W and Y.

Option C:
Option C clearly satisfies Z < Y < X and places W before X, so all constraints hold, making it the only acceptable order among the choices. Option D: Option D puts X before Y, contradicting the requirement that X must be after Y.