UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Statements A, B, D and E are correct, while C is false. Illicit process concerns the major or minor term being distributed in the conclusion without being distributed in its respective premise, violating the rule that distribution cannot increase from premise to conclusion. Errors involving the middle term give rise to fallacies like undistributed middle, not “illicit middle” in standard terminology. UGC NET questions often ask candidates to identify illicit major or minor in flawed syllogisms, so E is true. Therefore A, B, D, E only is the correct combination.

Option A:
Option A is incomplete because it omits E, failing to mention that this topic appears explicitly in exam items. A, B, D only thus does not fully respond to the stem.

Option B:
Option B is correct as it contains all true descriptive and exam-related statements and excludes C, which mislabels middle-term errors. This matches standard syllogistic terminology used in UGC NET preparation material.

Option C:
Option C is wrong since it leaves out A and still misclassifies the middle-term error as “illicit middle”, which is not the usual name. B, D, E only therefore provides an incomplete and partly incorrect picture.

Option D:
Option D is incorrect because it includes C, the misnamed error, and so A, B, C, D only mixes correct information with an inaccurate label. It cannot be accepted as the correct option.