UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Statements A, B, C and E correctly explain the roles of the three terms in a categorical syllogism and their exam relevance, whereas D is false. The major term is indeed the predicate of the conclusion, the minor term its subject, and the middle term connects the premises but does not appear in the conclusion. A valid syllogism requires the middle term to be distributed at least once, so it cannot remain undistributed in both premises, making D incorrect. Therefore A, B, C and E only is the correct combination.

Option A:
Option A is incorrect because it omits C and E, leaving out the description of the middle term and the explicit reference to exam use. A, B only reports only part of the true information and fails to capture the full set of correct statements.

Option B:
Option B improves on option A by including C, but it still omits E, which emphasises how these terms are tested in UGC NET. Since the question explicitly mentions such context, A, B, C only remains incomplete as an answer.

Option C:
Option C is correct because it gathers all the true statements about the three terms and their significance in exam questions while excluding D. This option reflects both the standard textbook account and the way syllogisms are handled in UGC NET Paper 1.

Option D:
Option D is wrong since it excludes A, the identification of the major term, and presents only a subset of true statements. B, C, E only does not include all the correct information and therefore cannot satisfy the requirement to pick all correct statements.