UGC NET Solved Question Paper-III [November 2017] Library and Information Science [Que. 1 to 40]

1. Identify the author of “Essays of an Information Scientist” from among the following.
(1) F.W. Lancaster
(2) Derek J. de Solla Price
(3) Eugene Garfield
(4) B.C. Vickery
Answer: (3)

2. Who has coined the term “Information Society” from the following?
(1) B.C. Brookes
(2) Fritz Machlup
(3) B.C. Vickery
(4) N.J. Belkin
Answer: (2)

3. Dance’s Helical Spiral Communication model is a——-
(1) Classical
(2) Linear
(3) Non-Linear
(4) Multi-dimensional
Answer: (3)

4. What was the theme of IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2017?
(1) Connections. Collaboration. Community
(2) Dynamic Libraries: Access, Development and Transformation
(3) Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence of knowledge
(4) Libraries. Solidarity. Society
Answer: (4)

5. Which of the following is a collaborative network of Reference Librarians?
(1) World Cat
(2) eSS
(3) Question Point
(4) Google Scholar
Answer: (3)

6. Resource Description and Access (RDA) is divided into how many sections?
(1) 9
(2) 10
(3) 11
(4) 12
Answer: (2)

7. p, q, r in the schema of operators in PRECIS belongs to:
(1) Core elements
(2) Extra-core concepts
(3) Dependent elements
(4) Special classes of action
Answer: (3)

8. According to APA Style Manual, a section at the end of a paper that includes information that is too detailed for the text of the paper itself and would “burden the reader” or be “distracting” or “in appropriate” is called:
(1) Appendix
(2) Bibliography
(3) References
(4) Tables
Answer: (1)

9. Who coined the word “Management theory jungle”?
(1) Henry Fayol
(2) F.W. Taylor
(3) Heinz Weihrich
(4) Harold Koontz
Answer: (4)

10. Which of the following case require the application of new ISSN?
(1) Change of publisher
(2) Change in publication medium and title
(3) Change in location of publication
(4) Change in editorial policy
Answer: (2)

11. Which of the following organizations have introduced “Dig by” – a new mobile application available as a part of “Worldshare Management Service”?
(1) Library of Congress
(2) NISCAIR
(3) OCLC
(4) UTLAS
Answer: (3)

12. Percentage (%) sign is used in an URL to represent:
(1) Space
(2) Date
(3) Time
(4) Person
Answer: (1)

13. FRBRoo version 2 is based on:
(1) FRBR model alone
(2) FRAD model alone
(3) FRBR and FRAD models only
(4) FRBR, FRAD and FRSAD models
Answer: (4)

14. Which one of the following is not Image format?
(1) TIFF
(2) MPEG
(3) JPEG
(4) GIF
Answer: (2)

15. Which of the following does not come under the domain of Descriptive bibliometrics (Descriptive Studies)?
(1) Geographical Distribution of Documents
(2) Nature of Information Conveyed
(3) Subject Distribution
(4) Medium of Communication
Answer: (2)

16. “Half-life” in the context of literary growth is used to indicate:
(1) Rate of obsolescence
(2) Rate of growth
(3) Degree of scatter
(4) Information explosion
Answer: (1)

17. Which sampling method is not suitable, if unit members are homogenous?
(1) Simple random
(2) Cluster
(3) Stratified
(4) Systematic
Answer: (2)

18. Hermeneutics, principle is primarily related with:
(1) Interpretation of texts
(2) Interrelation between data and knowledge
(3) Human experience
(4) Human behavious
Answer: (1)

19. How may Working Groups are constituted under National Mission on Libraries, India?
(1) Two
(2) Three
(3) Four
(4) Five
Answer: (3)

20. Who is responsible for development and maintenance of UGC official website?
(1) MHRD
(2) DoE
(3) NIC
(4) INFLIBNET
Answer: (4)

21. Which of the following are the necessary elements of an information society?
(a) Confidentiality
(b) Vulnerability
(c) Integrity
(d) Availability

Code:
(1) (b), (c) and (d) are correct
(2) (a), (b) and (c) are correct
(3) (a), (c) and (d) are correct
(4) (a), (b) and (d) are correct
Answer: (3)

22. Which of the following components are essential for National Information Policy?
(a) Legislation framework
(b) E-Journal consortium
(c) Digital repositories
(d) National bibliography

Code:
(1) (a) and (b) are correct
(2) (a) and (d) are correct
(3) (b) and (c) are correct
(4) (b) and (d) are correct
Answer: (2)

23. SWAYAM, the free online education was developed by:
(a) IIT, Madras
(b) AICTE
(c) IIM, Ahmedabad
(d) MHRD, Govt. of India

Code:
(1) (b) and (d) are correct
(2) (c) and (d) are correct
(3) (a) and (b) are correct
(4) (a) and (d) are correct
Answer: (1)

24. Which of the following are the activities of National Mission on Libraries?
(a) CIP Project
(b) Capacity Building
(c) Library Assistance Programme
(d) Setting up of Model Libraries

Code:
(1) (a) and (d) are correct
(2) (b) and (d) are correct
(3) (b) and (c) are correct
(4) (c) and (d) are correct
Answer: (2)

25. Which of the following indicate the purpose of reference list in a thesis / dissertation?
(a) Allows author to credit the work of others that directly influenced the present work.
(b) Gives interested readers the information necessary to identify and retrieve the sources.
(c) An expansive list that covers works that are consulted.
(d) Recommends to the interested readers the works that are not cited in the text.

Code:
(1) (a) and (b) are correct
(2) (b) and (c) are correct
(3) (c) and (d) are correct
(4) (b) and (d) are correct
Answer: (1)

26. Which of the following are the products of Chemical Abstract services?
(a) Sci Finder
(b) Sci Val
(c) Methods Now
(d) Analytical Services

Code:
(1) (a) and (c) are correct
(2) (b) and (d) are correct
(3) (a), (b) and (c) are correct
(4) (b), (c) and (d) are correct
Answer: (1)

27. Which of the following roles does a library have in the information transfer cycle?
(a) Information organization and control
(b) Primary distribution
(c) Secondary Publication
(d) Secondary distribution

Code:
(1) (b) and (d) are correct
(2) (b) and (c) are correct
(3) (a) and (d) are correct
(4) (a) and (b) are correct
Answer: (3)

28. Who among the following are associated with established theories of reference service?
(a) C.M. Winchell
(b) James I Wyer
(c) Daniel Brophy
(d) Samuel Rothstein

Code:
(1) (a) and (b) are correct
(2) (b) and (d) are correct
(3) (c) and (d) are correct
(4) (a) and (c) are correct
Answer: (2)

29. Which of the following are related to ‘Sugamya Pustakalaya’?
(a) An online platform that makes accessible the content available to ‘print disabled people’.
(b) Created by Department of Empowerment of persons with disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, GOI.
(c) Powered by TCS Access.
(d) Maintained by National Association for the Blind (India).

Code:
(1) (a), (b) and (d) are correct
(2) (a), (b) and (c) are correct
(3) (b), (c) and (d) are correct
(4) (a), (c) and (d) are correct
Answer: (2)

30. ‘Entropy’ in the context of ‘Information Science’ is:
(a) Measure which cannot be normalised by dividing it by information length.
(b) Measure of unpredictability of the state or equivalently, of its average information content.
(c) Average amount of information produced by a probabilistics stochastic source of data.
(d) Way to measure diversity.

Code:
(1) (a), (b) and (d) are correct
(2) (a), (b) and (c) are correct
(3) (a), (c) and (d) are correct
(4) (b), (c) and (d) are correct
Answer: (4)

31. Controlled vocabularies fall broadly into following categories:
(a) Subject Heading Lists
(b) Thesauri
(c) Folksonomies
(d) Ontologies

Code:
(1) (a) and (c) are correct
(2) (b), (c) and (d) are correct
(3) (a), (b) and (d) are correct
(4) (c) and (d) are correct
Answer: (3)

32. Which of the following are the components of a barcode symbol?
(a) Antenna
(b) Quiet zone
(c) Transponder
(d) Start character

Code:
(1) (a) and (c) are correct
(2) (b) and (c) are correct
(3) (b) and (d) are correct
(4) (a) and (d) are correct
Answer: (3)

33. ‘Embargo’ in the context of ‘Book Trade’ is:
(a) A limitation on access, to older resources by the publishers.
(b) Perpetual ban on the access of the given resources of a publisher.
(c) A limitation on access to resources placed by publishers.
(d) A limitation on access to the resources usually to prevent the cancellation of individual
subscription.

Code:
(1) (c) and (d) are correct
(2) (a) and (b) are correct
(3) (a) and (c) are correct
(4) (a), (c) and (d) are correct
Answer: (1)

34. Which of the following are Research Information Management System?
(a) Pure
(b) Quetext
(c) Converis
(d) VIVO

Code:
(1) (a), (b) and (d) are correct
(2) (a), (b) and (c) are correct
(3) (a), (c) and (d) are correct
(4) (b), (c) and (d) are correct
Answer: (3)

35. Which of the following are the open access initiatives of INFLIBNET?
(a) Shodhganga
(b) e-Shodh Sindhu
(c) Infoport
(d) IndCat

Code:
(1) (a) and (b) are correct
(2) (b) and (c) are correct
(3) (c) and (d) are correct
(4) (a) and (c) are correct
Answer: (4)

36. Which of the following are embedded processors?
(a) Micro Controller
(b) Digital Signal Processor
(c) Cor 2 extreme
(d) Intel Xeon

Code:
(1) (a), (b) and (d) are correct
(2) (b), (c) and (d) are correct
(3) (a), (b) and (c) are correct
(4) (a), (c) and (d) are correct
Answer: (1)

37. Jubilee (JISC User Behaviour in Information Seeking: Longitudinal Evaluation of Electronic Information Services ) seeks to :
(a) Predict, monitor and characterise ISB in relation to EIS (Electronic Information Services).
(b) Provide illuminative and contextual pictures built up overtime to users and non-users.
(c) Evaluate materials of rarity in nature.
(d) Adjudge the quality of hard copies of e-reference tools served to readers in a given library over a period of time.

Code:
(1) (c) and (d) are correct
(2) (a) and (b) are correct
(3) (b) and (c) are correct
(4) (a) and (d) are correct
Answer: (2)

38. Arrange the following state Public Library Acts according to their year of enactment:
(a) Chhattisgarh Public Libraries Act
(b) Haryana Public Libraries Act
(c) Orissa Public Libraries Act
(d) Lakshadweep Public Libraries Act

Code:
(1) (b), (c), (d), (a)
(2) (d), (b), (c), (a)
(3) (c), (b), (d), (a)
(4) (a), (b), (c), (d)
Answer: (1)

39. Arrange in sequence the following public libraries according to their year of origin.
(a) Connemara Public Library
(b) Delhi Public Library
(c) Calcutta Public Library
(d) Baroda Central Library

Code:
(1) (c), (a), (d), (b)
(2) (c), (d), (b), (a)
(3) (a), (b), (d), (c)
(4) (a), (d), (b), (c)
Answer: (1)

40. Arrange the following laws / principles from lower to higher level as propounded by S.R. Ranganathan.
(a) Fundamental Laws
(b) Canons
(c) Principles
(d) Basic Laws

Code:
(1) (c), (b), (a), (d)
(2) (a), (b), (c), (d)
(3) (b), (d), (a), (c)
(4) (d), (c), (b), (a)
Answer: (1)

• UGC NET Solved Que Paper-III [November 2017]Library and Information Science[Que.41 to 75]