UGC NET Arithmetic Previous Year Questions
JRFSmart holds 6 previous-year questions on Arithmetic from UGC NET Paper 1 (Teaching and Research Aptitude), filed under Unit 5: Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude, drawn from 6 of the 87 exam papers in the bank (2025–2026). Each question can be practised with a full explanation and shows how often NTA has returned to the same idea.
What is asked in Arithmetic
The questions in this topic fall under these subtopics, ordered by how many previous-year questions each has.
| Subtopic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Mixed mathematical statements | 5 |
| Hits and misses | 1 |
NTA repeat analysis
Arithmetic appears in 6 of 87 papers (7%), which JRFSmart rates as low frequency.
Sample previous-year questions
Identify the correct mathematical statements: A. A batsman makes a score of 87 runs in the 17th inning and thus increases his average by 3. Then his average after 17th inning is 36. B. The value of a number substracted from Numerator and Denominator of the…
Identify the correct mathematical statement(s) : A. If the cost price of 10 articles is equal to selling price of 9 articles, then profit is 10%. B. 4(2/3) + 3(1/2) - 1(2/3) = 13/2 C. If x/y = 2/75, then (y-x)/(y+x) = 77/73 D. 1/0.04 is equal to 25 Choose…
Identify the correct mathematical statements : A. The value of 1/4 + 1/(4x5) + 1/(4x5x6) is equal to 37/120. B. 1 + 2 / {1 + 2 / (1 + 1/3)} is equal to 4/5. C. If the average of 6 numbers is 7, the average of 3 numbers of them is 5, then the average of…
Identify the correct mathematical statement(s): A. The expression 3/4 + 5/36 + 7/144 + ...... + 17/5184 + 19/8100 is equal to 0.09. B. The value of x/(x-1) + 1/(x+1) + 2x/(1-x^2) is 1. C. The value of 3.8 - (4.2 / 0.7 x 3) + 5 x 2 / 0.5 is 5.6. D. ((3.63)^2…
For aiming a target a person gets one rupee each time when he hits it and loses one rupee when he misses it. If he gets Rs 40 after aiming at the target one hundered times, then how many times did he miss the target?
Identify the correct mathematical statements: A. The expression 1/(5x6) + 1/(6x7) + 1/(7x8) + ...... + 1/(24x25) is equal to 4/25 B. Of the three numbers, second is twice the first and is also thrice of the third. If the average of three numbers is 55, then…
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