UGC NET Fallacies Previous Year Questions
JRFSmart holds 42 previous-year questions on Fallacies from UGC NET Paper 1 (Teaching and Research Aptitude), filed under Unit 6: Logical Reasoning, drawn from 39 of the 87 exam papers in the bank (2023–2026). Each question can be practised with a full explanation and shows how often NTA has returned to the same idea.
What is asked in Fallacies
The questions in this topic fall under these subtopics, ordered by how many previous-year questions each has.
| Subtopic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Begging the question | 5 |
| Hasty generalization | 3 |
| Whole-to-part inference | 3 |
| Part-to-whole inference | 3 |
| False cause | 2 |
| False dichotomy | 2 |
| Informal fallacies | 2 |
| Affirming the consequent | 2 |
| Classifying informal fallacies | 2 |
| Definition of a fallacy | 1 |
| Strawman, red herring, equivocation, begging the question | 1 |
| Fallacies of relevance | 1 |
NTA repeat analysis
Fallacies appears in 39 of 87 papers (45%), which JRFSmart rates as high frequency.
Sample previous-year questions
Which of the following are true ? A. In Equivocation fallacy, two or more meanings of the same word create confusion. B. Amphiboly is not a fallacy of Ambiguity. C. Accent is a fallacy that moves in a circle. D. Composition and division are fallacies of…
Which of the following are not true ? A. In the argument from ignorance fallacy, something is accepted as true because it is not proven false. B. In Hasty generalisation fallacy, a general truth is applied to a particular case ignoring its uniqueness. C. In…
Which of the following is/are TRUE? A. The Appeal to the Populace is a formal fallacy. B. In the Red Herring fallacy, some distraction is used to mislead and confuse. C. In the Appeal to Force fallacy, personalized criticism is made. D. In the Strawman…
"Statistically speaking, men who eat more bananas are more likely to be in committed relations. So start eating more bananas". Which of the following fallacies is committed in the above argument ?
"Just look around yourself, everything around us is so intelligently organized. Obviously this world must have been created by an intelligent God." Which of the following fallacy is committed in the above argument?
Which of the following statements correctly explain the fallacy of hasty generalization? A. It draws a general conclusion from insufficient evidence B. It is also known as converse accident C. It relies on large and representative samples D. It often results…
Match the LIST-I with LIST-II LIST-I (Name of Fallacy) | LIST-II (Type of Fallacy) A. The Red Herring | I. Fallacy of Ambiguity B. Division | II. Fallacy of Presumption C. Begging the Question | III. Fallacy of Relevance D. False Cause | IV. Fallacy of…
"With all of the hysteria and all of the phony science, could it be that man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on human beings." Which fallacy is involved in the above statement?
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