UGC-NET December 2019 Solved Questions with Explanations (71-80)

UGC-NET December 2019 Solved Questions with Explanations (71-80)

71.  INFOTERRA is a global environmental information network of __.

A.  UNDP

B.   UNISIST

C.   UNEP

D.  OECD

Answer:  C (UNEP)

Notes: INFOTERRA, the International Referral System for Sources of Environmental Information, is a component of EARTHWATCH, UNEP's programme (United Nations Environmental Program) for the critical assessment of the global environment.

72.  In data transfer process, which of the following is used for strengthening the signals?

A.  Firewalls

B.  Hubs

C.  Repeater

D.  Switching packets

Answer:  C (Repeater)

Notes: A repeater is an electronic device in a communication channel that receives a signal, increases its power and retransmits it, allowing it to travel further so that the signal can cover longer distances or be received on the other side of an obstruction.

73.  Who introduced the term ‘Literary Warrant’?

A.  S. R. Ranganathan

B.  Wyndham Hulme

C.  Melvil Dewey

D.  J. D. Brown

Answer:  B (Wyndham Hulme)

Notes: E. W. Hulme coined the term ‘Literary Warrant’ as the basis of book classification and the definition of subject classes in his paper ‘Principles of Book Classification’ in 1911.

74.  Which of the following is an example of ‘microblogging’?

A.  Word Press

B.  Blogspot

C.  Live Journal

D.  Twitter

Answer:  D (Twitter)

75.  Who popularized the term ‘Bibliomania’?

A.  Ted Nelson

B.  Thomas Frognall Dibdin

C.  George Kingsley Zipf

D.  Theodore Besterman

Answer:  B (Thomas Frognall Dibdin)

. 76. Assertion (A): The ‘Schedule tool’ of survey method helps the researcher to get information mostly from illiterates respondents.

       Reason (R): In the Schedule method, the onus of filling up of the questionnaire usually lies with the respondents.

A.  (A) is true but (R )is false

B.   (A) is false, but (R) is true

C.   Both (A) and (R) are false

D.  Both (A) and (R) are true

Answer: A

77.  Identify the publication years of different editions of AACR:

      a)    1967           

      b)    1970

      c)    1978

      d)    1988

             

         A.    (a), (c) and (d) are correct

         B.    (b), (c) and (d) are correct

         C.    (c) and (d) are correct

         D.    (a), (b) and (c) are correct

Answer: A

Notes: AACR-1 (1967); AACR-2 (1978); AACR-2R (1988)

78.  Identify the former Librarians of National Library of India from the names given below:

      a)    D. N. Banerjee       

      b)    Kalpana Dasgupta

      c)    R. K. Dasgupta

      d)    K. M. Asadullah

             

         A.    (a), and (b) are correct

         B.    (b), and (d) are correct

         C.    (a) and (c) are correct

         D.    (c), and (d) are correct

Answer: B

79.   Match the following notation of second summary of DDC (19^th ed.) with their correct terms:

      a)      110                        (i) Ethics (Moral Philosophy

      b)      120                        (ii) Epistemology Causation, Human Kind

      c)      160                        (iii) Meta Physics

      d)      170                        (iv) Logic

             

         A.     (a)-(i), (b)-iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)

         B.     (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(ii)    

         C.     (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)

         D.     (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)

Answer: D

80.   Match the following:

      a)      Barcode Technology         (i) Ray Theories Ray Tag

      b)      RFID Technology             (ii) Sir William Herschel

      c)      QR Code                           (iii) Norman Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver

      d)      Biometric Technology      (iv) Denson Wave

             

         A.     (a)-(i), (b)-iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)

         B.     (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(ii)    

         C.     (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)

         D.     (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)

Answer: D