UGC-NET June 2020 Solved Questions with Explanations (1-10)
1. Which Law of Library Science enunciated by S. R. Ranganathan
has been reinterpreted by OCLC Research Group as, ‘Develop the physical and
technical infrastructure needed to deliver physical and digital material’?
A. ‘Every
reader his/her book’
B. ‘Books
are for use’
C. ‘Save
the time of the reader’
D. ‘Every
book its reader’
Answer: B
Notes: OCLC published a book in 2014 titled ‘Reordering Ranganathan: Shifting User Behaviors, Shifting Priorities’
by Lynn Silipigni Connaway and Ixchel M.
Faniel. In this book, they have changed the order of Ranganathan’s Five
laws as follows: (1) Save the time of the reader (2) Every Person his or her
book (3) Books are for use (4) Every book its reader (5) A library is a growing
organism.
2. How many colour shades will be displayed in an 11-bits image?
A. 512
B. 256
C. 2048
D. 1024
Answer: C
Notes: 2 bits per pixel means 22=4.
Similarly 11 bits image means 211= 2048 shades of gray levels
3. From the following, identify the System/Networks that
came into existence in 1982:
a) ERNET
b) FORSA
c) ENVIS
d) CONCERT
A. (a) and (b) only
B. (b) and (c) only
C. (c) and (d) only
D. (a) and (d) only
Answer: B
4. Match the following:
a) Statistical Yearbook of
India (i) INFA, New Delhi
b) India, Who’s
Who (ii) Ministry of Culture, Government
of India
c) India, A
Reference Annual (iii) Ministry
of Statistics and Programme
Implementation,
GOI
d) Indian
Literature Abroad (iv) Publication Division, Ministry of Information
and Broadcasting
A. (a)-(iii),
(b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)
B. (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(ii)
C. (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)
D. (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)
Answer: A
5. Arrange the following Public Library Acts according to
their years of enactment in ascending order:
a) Goa
b) Chhattisgarh
c) Rajasthan
d) Odissa
A. (a), (b) (d)
and (c)
B. (a), (d),
(c) and (b)
C. (d), (c),
(a) and (b)
D. (d), (b),
(c) and (a)
Answer: B
Notes: Goa (1993); Odissa (2001-2);
Rajasthan (2006); Chhattisgarh (2008)
6. Match the following:
a) The Changing Academic
Library (i) Jose-Marie
Griffiths
b) Planning
Public Library Buildings (ii) John
Budd
c) Introduction
to Public Librarianship (iii) Michael
Dewe
d) Special
Libraries (iv) Kathleen de la Pana
McCook
A. (a)-(ii),
(b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
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: A
Notes: The Changing Academic Library:
Operations, Culture, Environments (John M Budd, 1998); Planning Public Library
Buildings (Michael Dewe, 1978); Introduction to Public Librarianship (Kathleen
de la Pana McCook, 2004); Special Libraries: Increasing the Information Edge (Jose-Marie
Griffiths, 1993)
7. Which of the following are the Subject Gateways?
a) BIOME
b) Internet Public Library
(iPL2)
c) LIS Learning
d) INFOPORT
A. (a) and (b) only
B. (b) and (c) only
C. (c) and (d) only
D. (a) and (d) only
Answer: D
Notes: BIOME (University of Nottingham, UK); INFOPORT (INFLIBNET Centre, India)
8. Arrange the
steps that are required in a general framework for compiling any IACR product
as stated by Prof. A. Chatterjee:
a)
Planning and preparation
b) Determination
of scope
c) Initiation
d) Processing
and organization of information
A. a, b, c, d
B. b, c, d, a
C. a, c, b, d
D. c, b, a, d
Answer: D
Notes: Prof. Amitabh Chatterjee in his book titled ‘Elements of Information
Organization and Dissemination’ published in 2016 states that information
consolidation presupposes three activities: information analysis, information
consolidation, and information repackaging. According to him, the compilation
of IACR product involves the following steps: initiation, determination of
scope/product characteristics, planning and preparation, collection of
information, processing and organization of information, undertaking
complimentary tasks, and consummation.
9. Which of the following
is a searching platform for academic and research publications?
A. Research Gate
B. Google Scholar
C. Mendeley
D. Academia
Answer: B
Notes: Google Scholar, first launched in November 2004, is
a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of
scholarly literature.
10. Identify the intermediaries
of an information industry among the following:
a)
Invisible colleges
b) Online
vendors
c) Computer
Programmers
d) Students
and Research Scholars
A. (a) and (b) only
B. (b) and (c) only
C. (c) and (d) only
D. (a) and (d) only
Answer: A
Notes: Information intermediaries are basically of two types: the profit
making and the non-profit making. Information Brokers, Information
Consultants, Online Vendors comes under profit making category. However, non-profit
making information intermediaries are: Information Officers, Knowledge
Officers, Knowledge Managers, Publication Officers, Documentation Officers,
Information Analysts, Reference librarians, Invisible Colleges, Extension
Workers etc.
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