UGC-NET LIS MCQs Practice Set - 13

UGC-NET LIS MCQs Practice Set: National Eligibility Test (NET) of UGC or State Eligibility Test (SET) has become compulsory to get employment in Universities and Colleges in India. In order to help aspiring professionals to appear for UGC-NET exam, I have started uploading a series of PRACTICE SET of Library and Information Science Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) based on the new UGC /NTA–NET Syllabus from June 2019 onward.

UGC-NET exams are getting tougher with the time and require to study thoroughly and practice new and tough set of objective questions. It is hoped that the PRACTICE SET will serve a useful purpose and help a large number of LIS professionals to qualify NET/SLET and other competitive examinations in order to get better job opportunities and become a qualified library professionals.

UGC-NET LIS MCQs Practice Set - 13

1. How can TQM be employed in libraries and Information Centres?

(A) By applying ISO-2901
(B) By applying ISO-9000
(C) By applying ISO-8002
(D) By applying ISO-9002

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Answer: (B) By applying ISO-9000

2. Which of the following new category is added for 2021 NIRF Ranking?

(A) Humanities
(B) Research Institutions
(C) Libraries & Information Centres
(D) Museum & Archives

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Answer: (B) Research Institutions

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

(a) 1967
(b) 1970
(c) 1978
(d) 1988

(A) (a), (b), and (c) are correct
(B) (b), (c), and (d) are correct
(C) (a), (c), and (d) are correct
(D) (a), (b), and (d) are correct

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Answer: (C)

4. Portico is a service for __.

(A) Electronic archiving
(B) Literature search
(C) Document delivery
(D) Book binding

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Answer: (A) Electronic archiving

5. Which service of SHERPA is related with copyright and open access self-archiving policies for academic journals?

(A) SHARPA/RoMEO
(B) SHERPA/Juliet
(C) SHERPA/FACT
(D) None of the above

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Answer: (A) SHARPA/RoMEO
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6. Statement (A): The iPod, first version released in 2001, is a portable media player and smaller in size as compared to iPad. Statement (B): The iPad, first version released in 2010 is a tablet computing device, much bigger in size as compared to iPod.

(A) (A) is false but (B) is true
(B) Both (A) and (B) are false
(C) Both (A) and (B) are true
(D) (A) is true but (B) is false

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Answer: (C)

7. Which publisher is involved in the TULIP Program?

(A) JSTOR
(B) SAGE
(C) Springer
(D) Elsevier

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Answer: (D) Elsevier
Notes: TULIP (The University Licensing Program), a five year co-operative project (1991-1995) involving Elsevier and nine university libraries in the USA, aims to determine the feasibility of the networked distribution of scientific journals, to understand the economic and practical viability of the method and to study usage patterns.

8. Which one is NOT an E-contract license?

(A) Click Wrap
(B) Shrink Wrap
(C) Browse Wrap
(D) Cyber Wrap

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Answer: (D) Cyber Wrap

9. Dr. S. R. Ranganathan enunciated the five laws of library science in the year __.

(A) 1930
(B) 1931
(C) 1933
(D) 1928

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Answer: (D) 1928
Notes: Five Laws of Library Science was first conceived by S. R. Ranganathan in 1928 at Meenakshi College, Annamalai Nagar. However, it was first published in 1931 by Madras Library Association.

10. Under RRRLF Financial Assistant Matching scheme, assistance is shared on matching basis between RRRLF and Developed States as per the given ratio:

(A) 70:30
(B) 60:40
(C) 50:50
(D) 90:10

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Answer: (C) 50:50
Notes: Under RRRLF Financial Assistance Matching Scheme, assistance is shared on matching basis between RRRLF and different states/Union Territories Administration, as follows: Developed States – 50:50; Developing states – 60:40; and North-Easter States – 90:10.