Solved paper II of 2013 December UGC NET examination in Library and Information Science is given below.
1. Name the
scientist who said that Information Science is cluster of many disciplines
where in the central core is ‘Information’.
(A) B.C. Brooks
(B) Fritz
Machlup
(C) Daniel Bell
(D) N.J. Belkin
Answer: (B)
2. Which
committee recommended that imperial library be designated as copyright library?
(A) Fayzee
Committee, 1939
(B) Richey
Committee, 1926
(C) Statham
Committee, 1932
(D) Sadler
Committee, 1916
Answer: (B)
3. Who was the first
Librarian of Imperial Library, Calcutta?
(A) John
MacFarlane
(B) Harinath De
(C) B.S. Kesavan
(D) S.R.
Ranganathan
Answer: (A)
4. Who coined
the phrase ‘Information Retrieval’?
(A) Calvin
Mooers
(B) S.R.
Ranganathan
(C) J.D. Brown
(D) H.P. Luhan
Answer: (A)
5. In colon
classification which indicator has been used for indicating interpolation?
(A) Comma
(B) Hyphen
(C) Astericks
(D) Ampersand
Answer: (C)
6. What is
Denudation?
(A) Is dividing
classes to decrease the extension.
(B) Is dividing
classes to increase the extension.
(C) Is dividing
classes to increase intension and decrease extension.
(D) Is dividing
classes to decrease intension.
Answer: (C)
7. The
International Body that coordinates the assignment of unique domain names,
protocol address is
(A) IGF
(B) IANA
(C) ICANN
(D) ISP
Answer: (D)
8. Name the
Indian Librarian who was honoured with the title of “Khan Bahadur” in 1935 by
the British Government.
(A) S.R.
Ranganathan
(B) B.S. Kesavan
(C) K.M.
Asadullah
(D) D.R. Kalia
Answer: (C)
9. Which
approach of information is not given by Wersig and Neveling?
(A) Structural
Approach
(B) Knowledge
Approach
(C) Meaning
Approach
(D) Technique
Approach
Answer: (D)
10. Which of the
following citation style manuals are from the same publisher?
(i) A.P.A.
(ii) Turabian
(iii) Chicago
(iv) M.L.A.
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii)
are correct.
(B) (ii) and
(iii) are correct.
(C) (iii) and
(iv) are correct.
(D) (ii) and
(iv) are correct
Answer: (B)
11. Pre
co-ordinate Indexing system perceives:
(i) Syntax
(ii) Semantic
(iii) Context
(iv) Relation
Codes:
(A) (i) and (iv)
are correct
(B) (i), (ii)
and (iii) are correct
(C) (ii), (iii)
and (iv) are correct
(D) (ii) and
(iv) are correct
Answer: (C)
12. An
indispensable function of Thesaurus is to
(i) Knowledge
Classification
(ii) Grouping
the words together according to similarity of meaning
(iii)
Representation of Relationship between concepts
(iv) Knowledge
Engineering
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii)
are correct.
(B) (ii) and
(iii) are correct.
(C) (iii) and
(iv) are correct.
(D) (i) and (iv)
are correct.
Answer: (B)
13. Which of the
following are the basic components of expert system?
(i) User
interface
(ii) Knowledge
base
(iii) Inference
Mechanism
(iv) Schema
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii)
and (iii)
(B) (ii), (iii)
and (iv)
(C) (iii), (iv)
and (i)
(D) (iv), (iii)
and (ii)
Answer: (A)
14. Which of the
following are the types factors studies under ANOVA?
(i) Fixed
(ii) Frequency
(iii) Calculated
(iv) Random
Codes:
(A) (ii) and
(iii) are correct.
(B) (i) and (iv)
are correct.
(C) (i) and
(iii) are correct.
(D) (ii) and
(iv) are correct.
Answer: (B)
15. Which of the
following are the models of communication?
(i) Economic
Theory Model
(ii) Stock
Adjustment Model
(iii) Shanon
Weaver Model
(iv) Schramm
Model
Codes:
(A) (iii) and (iv)
are correct.
(B) (ii) and
(iii) are correct.
(C) (i) and (ii)
are correct.
(D) (ii) and
(iv) are correct.
Answer: (A)
16. Which of the
following are criteria for Web evaluation?
(i) Revision
(ii) Response
time
(iii) Format
(iv) Archiving
facility
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii)
are correct.
(B) (ii) and
(iv) are correct.
(C) (i) and
(iii) are correct.
(D) (ii) and
(iii) are correct.
Answer: (B)
17. Which of the
following countries do not have a code of Ethics for library profession?
(i) America
(ii) Sri Lanka
(iii) India
(iv) China
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii)
are correct.
(B) (i) and (iv)
are correct.
(C) (iii) and
(ii) are correct.
(D) (iii) and
(iv) are correct.
Answer: (D)
18. Which of the
following are the components of Search Engine?
(i) Spider
(ii) TCP/IP
(iii) Search
Mechanism
(iv) Index
Codes:
(A) (iv), (i)
and (ii)
(B) (iii), (ii)
and (i)
(C) (i), (iii)
and (iv)
(D) (ii), (iv)
and (iii)
Answer: (C)
19. When the
permission of copyright owner is not needed?
(i) Criticism or
review
(ii) Translation
(iii) Research
purpose
(iv) Photocopy
for sale
Codes:
(A) (i) and
(iii) are correct.
(B) (i) and (iv)
are correct.
(C) (iii) and
(iv) are correct.
(D) (ii) and
(iii) are correct.
Answer: (A)
20. Which of the
following are Library net works?
(i) Internet
(ii) Indonet
(iii) INFLIBNET
(iv) OCLC
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii)
are correct.
(B) (ii) and
(iv) are correct.
(C) (iii) and
(iv) are correct.
(D) (i) and (iv)
are correct.
Answer: (C)
21. Arrange the
following University Libraries according to the year of their establishment:
(i) Madras
University Library
(ii) Delhi
University Library
(iii) Calcutta
University Library
(iv) Bombay
University Library
Codes:
(A) (iv) (ii)
(iii) (i)
(B) (ii) (i)
(iv) (iii)
(C) (i) (iii)
(ii) (iv)
(D) (iii) (iv)
(i) (ii)
Answer: (D)
22. What is the
correct sequence of the following sections of the main entry as per classified
catalogue code (CCC)?
(i) Note Section
(ii) Leading
Section
(iii) Heading
Section
(iv) Title
Section
Codes:
(A) (i) (iv)
(iii) (ii)
(B) (ii) (iii)
(iv) (i)
(C) (iii) (iv)
(ii) (i)
(D) (iv) (i)
(iii) (ii)
Answer: (B)
23. Arrange the
following indexing sources according to the year of their first publication:
(i) Biological
Abstracts
(ii) Chemical
Abstracts
(iii) Index
Medicus
(iv) Poole’s
Index to Periodical Literature
Codes:
(A) (i) (ii)
(iii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (iii)
(ii) (i)
(C) (iv) (ii)
(i) (iii)
(D) (i) (iv)
(iii) (ii)
Answer: (B)
24. Arrange the
following library associations according to their year of emergence :
(i) CILIP
(ii) ALA
(iii) SLA
(iv) ASLIB
Codes:
(A) (iii) (iv)
(i) (ii)
(B) (iii) (iv)
(ii) (i)
(C) (ii) (iii)
(iv) (i)
(D) (ii) (iv)
(i) (iii)
Answer: (C)
25. Match the
following:
List – I List
– II
a. Library
Advisory Committee i.
1962
b. Review Committee ii.
1963
c. DRTC iii.
1957
d. Sarada Ranganathan
Endowned iv.
1961
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) ii i iii iv
(D) i iv iii ii
Answer: (B)
26. Match the
following:
List – I List
– II
a. Facts on File
i.
Periodical Directory
b. World of Learning ii.
Index
c. Concordance iii.
Newspaper Digest
d. Willing’s Press
Guide iv.
Directory
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv ii i iii
Answer: (C)
27. Match the
following:
List – I List
– II
a. McGroger Theory
X i.
Less External Control
b. McGroger Theory
Y ii.
PERT
c. Unity of Command iii.
Workers’ Participation in Decision Making
d. Time and Cost iv.
All Powers in
One Person
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii i iv ii
(B) iv i iii ii
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) i iii ii iv
Answer: (A)
28. Match the
following:
List – I List
– II
a. User
Education i.
James I Wyer
b. Conservative,
Liberal and Moderate Theory of Reference Service ii. Patricia B. Knapp
c. Minimum, Middling
and Maximum Theories of Reference Service iii.
Eugene P. Sheehy
d. Guide to Reference
Book iv.
Samuel Rothstein
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) i ii iv iii
(C) iii ii iv i
(D) iv iii i ii
Answer: (A)
29. Match the
following:
List – I List
– II
a. W. Edward Deming
i.
Quality Control Circles
b. Joseph M. Juran ii.
TQM
c. Armand V. Feigenbaum
iii.
Planning, Control, Improvement
d. Kaoru Ishikava iv.
Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA)
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) iv ii i iii
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer: (D)
30. Match the
following:
List – I List
– II
a. Encyclopaedia
of Associations i.
Secondary sources
b. Whitaker’s Almanac
ii.
Primary sources
c. LISA iii.
Directories
d. Economic Times
iv.
Yearbooks
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) iv iii i ii
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) i iv iii ii
Answer: (A)
31. Match the
following:
List – I List
– II
a. Books in Print
i.
National Bibliography
b. Social Science
: A Bibliography of Doctoral Dissertations ii.
Trade Bibliography
c. Asian Social Science
Bibliography iii.
National & Trade Bibliography
d. Cumulative Book
Index iv.
Subject Bibliography
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) iv i ii iii
(D) iii ii i iv
Answer: (A)
32. Match the
following:
List – I List
– II
a. Dictionary i.
Foreign Language
b. Glossary ii.
Synonymous terms
c. Thesaurus iii.
Words, Synonyms
d. Lexicon iv.
Specific subjects
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv ii i
(B) iv iii i ii
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) ii iv iii i
Answer: (A)
33. Match the
following:
List – I List
– II
a. Curriculum Development
Committee (P.N. Kaula) i.
2001
b. Curriculum Development
Committee (C.R. Karrisidappa) ii.
1992
c. Working Group
on Libraries iii.
1910
d. Library Movement
in Baroda iv.
1964
Codes:
a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) i ii iv iii
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) iii iv ii i
Answer: (A)
34. Match the
following:
List – I List
– II
a. Current Biography i.
Russia
b. Index Translationum
ii.
University of Illinois
c. VINITI iii.
U.S.A.
d. Library Trends iv.
UNESCO
Codes:
a b c d
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) iv i ii iii
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) ii iii iv i
Answer: (A)
35. Match the
following:
List – I List
– II
a. Herbert Hicks i.
The Elements of Administration
b. F.W. Taylor ii.
The Management of Organisation
c. Henry Fayol iii.
Scientific Management
d. Colonel L. Urwick iv.
Administrative Management
Codes:
a b c d
(A) i iv ii iii
(B) iv ii iii i
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iii iv i ii
Answer: (C)
36. Assertion
(A) : In the study of History, as an academic discipline, a primary source is
an artefact, a document, a recording or other source of information that was
created during the event or immediately after the event.
Reason (R) :
Primary sources are considered as original material or evidences about the
topic and are fundamental to history.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true,
but (R) is false.
(B) (A) is
false, but (R) is true.
(C) Both (A) and
(R) are true.
(D) Both (A) and
(R) are false.
Answer: (C)
37. Assertion
(A): Indian National Bibliography is the most comprehensive source of Indian
publications.
Reason (R):
National Library of Kolkata is entitled to receive one copy of each Indian
publication under Delivery of Book Act.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true,
but (R) is false.
(B) (A) is
false, but (R) is true.
(C) Both (A) and
(R) are true.
(D) Both (A) and
(R) are false.
Answer: (B)
38. Assertion
(A) : As per the generally accepted principles of construction of statistical tabulation,
every table should have a clear, concise and adequate title so as to make the table
intelligible without reference to the text and this title should always be
placed just below the body of the table.
Reason (R) : A
statistical table which reflects its title just above the table and supply
information about several interrelated characteristics of data makes the table
unwield and inconvenient.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and
(R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and
(R) are false.
(C) (A) is true,
but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is
false, but (R) is true.
Answer: (B)
39. Assertion
(A): Knowledge Management involves a number of assets and value added to them.
Reason (R):
Knowledge Management is the core activity of information transfer.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true,
but (R) is false.
(B) (A) is true,
but (R) is partially true.
(C) Both (A) and
(R) are true.
(D) (A) is
partially true but (R) is true.
Answer: (B)
40. Assertion
(A): According to Horton and Merchant, information is a commodity like other
resources.
Reason (R):
Information is a tangible commodity.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true,
but (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and
(R) are false.
(C) Both (A) and
(R) are true.
(D) (A) is
false, (R) is true.
Answer: (A)
41. Assertion
(A): Reference section in a Library became insignificant.
Reason (R): The
Web. 2.0 services replaces the reference desk services.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true,
but (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and
(R) are true.
(C) Both (A) and
(R) are false.
(D) (A) is false
and (R) is true.
Answer: (B)
42. Assertion
(A): Newspaper Digests are the best sources of information to get current and authentic
information like books.
Reason (R):
These sources are compiled by going through various newspapers.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and
(R) are true.
(B) (A) is
partially true but (R) is true.
(C) Both (A) and
(R) are false.
(D) (A) is true
but (R) is partially true.
Answer: (B)
43. Assertion
(A): Encyclopaedias have been regarded as the substitute of all categories of reference
sources as these provide all types of information.
Reason (R):
Encyclopaedias provide comprehensive information on all aspects which otherwise
are scattered in different categories of reference sources.
Codes:
(A) (R) is true
but (A) is false.
(B) Both (A) and
(R) are true.
(C) (A) is true
but (R) is false.
(D) Both (A) and
(R) are false.
Answer: (C)
44. Assertion
(A): Chi-square is an important non-parametric test which does not require
rigid assumptions in respect of the type of population being studied.
Reason (R):
Since χ2 is a nonparametric test, it requires only the degrees of freedom (implicitly,
the size of the population) for using the test.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true,
but (R) is false.
(B) Both (A) and
(R) are true.
(C) (A) is false
but (R) is true.
(D) Both (A) and
(R) are false.
Answer: (B)
45. Assertion
(A): Information is commodity.
Reason (R):
Commodity is a marketable item produced to satisfy human wants or needs.
Codes:
(A) (A) is
false, and (R) is true.
(B) (R) is false
and (A) is true.
(C) Both (A) and
(R) are false.
(D) Both (A) and
(R) are true.
Answer: (D)
Read
the passage given below and answer the questions based on your understanding of
the passage (Question Nos. 46-50) :
According
to Wikipedia ‘social media’ is media designed to be disseminated through social
interaction, created using highly accessible and scalable publishing
techniques. According to search engine partner, the term social media describes
media that is posed by the user and can take many different forms. Some type of
social media are forums, message boards, blogs, wikis and podcarts. Social
media applications include Google, Facebook and You tube. In social media, communication
takes place through messages, status updates, voice chats etc. or through
photos/videos sharing, games, virtual goods etc. Antony Mayfield in his e-book
titled ‘What is Social Media’ ? has defined social media as online media, which
encourages contributions and feedback from everyone who is interested, is open
to feedback and participation, is a two way conversation, allows communities to
form quickly and communicate effectively to share common interests and thrive
on their connectedness.
The
growth of social media is phenomenal. It is being used by all netizens all over
the world to a great extent in all areas including business, government,
fashion etc. A research conducted by the Institute for Prospective Technological
Studies (IPTS) indicates that high take up of social media application outside
formal educational settings provides new opportunities for innovation and
modernisation.
With
this growing trend, political leaders have also realized its importance as an effective
tool to spread awareness and to reach out their voters. Democratic presidential
candidate Barack Obama used it during the Presidential elections. Since then,
social media is being highly used by a number of politicians all over the
world. Myspace has more than 7400 discussion groups related to politics.
According to a survey by manpower, 29% of the companies in America and 20% of companies
worldwide have a social media policy.
People
even update themselves through micro-blogging on every aspect of human life
including the natural and human diasters. In China, Twitter became the first media
in the world to break the news of the Wenzhou earthquake. Social media is being
used in fashion industry as well to generate interest in a brand through publicity
across online communities and websites.
India
is one of the most culturally, linguistically and genetically diverse regions
having more than one billion people. It is ranked third in Asia in terms of the
internet users and quite a number of them are using social media. In fact, approximately
60 millions to 65 millions netizens in India open most of their time on social
media/networking sites.
46. Who defined
social media as ‘online media’ which encourages contributions and feedback from
everyone who is interested ?
(A) Wikepedia
(B) Institute
for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS)
(C) Myspace
(D) Antony
Myfield
Answer: (D)
47. Who used the
social media for conversing during recent Presidential Election in U.S.A.?
(A) Jimmy Carter
(B) Barack Obama
(C) George Bush
(D) John F.
Kennedy
Answer: (B)
48. In China,
which social media became the first media to break the news of earthquake?
(A) Facebook
(B) Youtube
(C) Twitter
(D) Myzamana
Answer: (C)
49. In Asia,
which country is ranked third in terms of using social media by the people?
(A) China
(B) Pakistan
(C) Japan
(D) India
Answer: (D)
50. Which social
website has more than 7400 discussion groups relate to politics?
(A) Orkut
(B) Myspace
(C) Facebook
(D) Twitter
Answer: (B)
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