library science: UGC LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE Paper

LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE

Paper – III

Note : This paper contains seventy five (75) objective type questions of two (2) marks each. All questions are compulsory.

1. A Boolean query using only AND and NOT is

(A) Fuzzy query

(B) Conjunctive query

(D) Probabilistic query

2. In which year Janet (U.K.) was established ?

3. Who developed Repertory Grid Technique for assessing how the users view the world from their own perspective ?

(A) A. Delphi

(B) Calvin Mooer

(D) George Kelley

4. A chart in which some figures are broken down into its constituent parts is

(A) Bar chart

(B) Column chart

(C) Pie chart

(D) Band chart

5. OAISTER is an example of digital libraries architecture based on

(A) CORBA

(B) Software Agents Architecture

(D) Metadata Harvesting

6. RSS feed is a tool of

(A) Web 2.0

(B) Web 1.0

(D) Graphic Design

7. The use of more words or symbols than are necessary to convey a meaning results in

(A) Efficiency

(B) Accuracy

(C) Redundancy

(D) Precision

8. A rubber stamp impressed on the verso of title page giving information concerning the records and processing of each individual book acquired is called

(A) Book stamp

(B) Process stamp

(D) Accession stamp

9. Ontology is

(A) A Documentation service

(B) An Indexing method

(C) Classification of Internet based documents

(D) Cataloguing of Internet based documents

10. In colon classification, which mnemonic is displayed in the use of digit ‘4’ as for pathology, disease, transport, hybrid etc. ?

(A) Seminal

(B) Systematic

(D) Alphabetical

11. Name the similarity measure in which similarity of a document is adjusted such that the similarity of a document to itself is 1.

(A) Cosine measure

(B) Distance measure

(D) Normalised similarity measure

12. Which law states that “An information retrieval system will tend not to be used whenever it is more painful and troublesome for a customer to have information than for him not to have it” ?

(A) Bradford’s Law

(B) Mooer’s Law

(D) Lotka’s Law

13. Who is the compiler of Web- Bibliography of Rabindranath Tagore ?

(A) Bengal Library Association

(B) RRRLF

(D) IASLIC

14. Who are the publishers of ‘Year Book on Human Rights’ ?

(A) United Nations

(B) Ministry of Law, Govt. of India

(D) R.R. Bowker

15. ASTINFO stands for

(A) Asian Scientific and Technological Information Network

(B) Association of Scientific and Technological Information Scientists in Asia

(C) International Network for Exchange of Science and Technology Information

(D) Regional Network for the Exchange of Information and Experience in Science and Technology in Asia and the Pacific

16. IFLA’s programme for capacity building of library associations is named as

(A) BSLA (B) ALP (C) CLM (D) PAC

17. The measure of certainty or predictability is called as

(A) Entropy

(B) Feedback

(C) Redundancy

(D) Distortion

18. A characteristic in which information tends to leak and the more it leaks, the more we have, is

(A) Synergetic characteristics

(B) Diffusive characteristics

(D) Shareable characteristics

19. Which of the following organizations are associated with the concept of ‘1000 crore plan to link 9000 libraries in India’ ?

(i) National Library of India

(ii) National Mission on Libraries

(iii) INFLIBNET

(iv) RRRLF

Codes :

(A) (ii) and (iii) are correct.

(B) (iii) and (iv) are correct.

(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct.

20. Which of the following are the core content of ISI web of knowledge ?

(i) Current Contents

(ii) ISI proceedings

(iii) Derwent Information Index

(iv) AGRICOLA

Codes :

(A) (i), (iv) and (iii)

(B) (i), (ii) and (iii)

(D) (i), (ii) and (iv)

21. Which of the following are value added information services ?

(i) Aggregator Service

(ii) Referral Service

(iii) Document Delivery Service

(iv) Research Reports/Market Survey Reports

Codes :

(A) (i) and (iii) are correct

(B) (ii) and (iv) are correct

(D) (i) and (iv) are correct

22. Identify the methods used for plagiarism detection :

(i) Term occurrence analysis

(ii) API Testing

(iii) Citation-based plagiarism detection

(iv) Local similarity assessment

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.

(B) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

(D) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.

23. Which of the following are the main role operators of PRECIS ?

(i) Key System

(ii) Action

(iii) Performer of action

(iv) Form of Document

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii) and (iii)

(B) (ii), (i) and (iv)

(D) (ii), (iii) and (i)

24. Which of the following are the advantages of RFID technology in libraries ?

(i) Tags can be read inside a case.

(ii) Hundred of tags can be read at a time.

(iii) Cheaper than Barcode

(iv) More security and Privacy

Codes :

(A) (i) and (iii) are correct

(B) (i) and (ii) are correct

(D) (iii) and (iv) are correct

25. Which of the following are not Change Management Models ?

(i) Kurtlewin’s Model

(ii) Beer’s Model

(iii) Lasswell’s Model

(iv) Epidemic Model

Codes :

(A) (i) & (iii) are correct.

(B) (ii) & (iii) are correct.

(C) (iii) & (iv) are correct.

(D) (ii) & (iv) are correct.

26. Which of the following are the International Cooperative Serials Control Program ?

(i) CONSER

(ii) BIBCO

(iii) SERLINE

(iv) CATLINE

Codes :

(A) (i) & (ii) are correct.

(B) (ii) & (iii) are correct.

(C) (i) & (iii) are correct.

(D) (ii) & (iv) are correct.

27. Which of the following are called ‘path finders’ to the literature ?

(i) Bibliography

(ii) Catalogue

(iii) Shelf List

(iv) Indices and Abstracts

Codes :

(A) (i) & (ii) are correct

(B) (i), (ii) & (iv) are correct

(C) (i) & (iv) are correct

(D) (ii) & (iii) are correct

28. Which of the following facilitate informal communication on the web ?

(i) Split Screens

(ii) Chat

(iii) Wikis

(iv) RSS feeds

Codes :

(A) (i) & (iii) are correct

(B) (ii) & (iii) are correct

(D) (i) & (ii) are correct

29. Which of the following associations have sponsored the Text Encoding Initiatives (TEI) ?

(i) ACL (ii) ACRL

(iii) ALLC (iv) ACH

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct

(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct

(D) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct

30. Which of the following are limitations of digital libraries ?

(i) Full text searching

(ii) Operational costs

(iii) Rights management

(iv) Hyper text linking

Codes :

(A) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct

(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct

(D) (i) and (iv) are correct

31. The sources of hypothesis, as enunciated by P.V. Young are

(i) Genealogy (ii) Culture

(iii) Experiment (iv) Analogy

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct

(B) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct

(C) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct

(D) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct

32. “Women are more in library profession than men.” Identify the variable in the statement.

(i) Men and women are independent variables.

(ii) Men and women are dependent variables.

(iii) Library profession is a dependent variable.

(iv) Library profession is an independent variable.

Codes :

(A) (i) and (iii) are correct

(B) (i) and (iv) are correct

(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct

33. Systematic sampling is

(i) A type of probability sampling.

(ii) A type of non-probability sampling.

(iii) In which first unit is selected randomly.

(iv) Selected on the basis of specified characteristics.

Codes :

(A) (i) and (iii) are correct

(B) (i) and (iv) are correct

(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct

34. Who are associated with the digitization of the collection of Rabindra Bhavan, Vishav Bharati ?

(i) RRRLF

(ii) C-DAC

(iii) NIC

(iv) National Library of India

Codes :

(A) (i) and (iii) are correct

(B) (i) and (ii) are correct

(D) (iii) and (iv) are correct

35. Which of the following are the Pillars of SCONUL Seven Pillar Model ?

(i) Recognising Information need

(ii) Locating and accessing information

(iii) Using information technology for assessing information need.

(iv) Comparing and evaluating information.

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct

(B) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct

(D) (i) and (iv) are correct

36. Resource Description Framework consists which of the following ?

(i) Subject (ii) Thread

(iii) Predicate (iv) Object

Codes :

(A) (i), (ii) and (iii)

(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv)

(C) (iii), (iv) and (i)

(D) (iv), (i) and (ii)

37. Arrange the following factors of TQM in the order of their implementation :

i. Development of Human Resource Management

ii. Standardisation of Work process

iii. Improvement in Internal Organisation Management

iv. Quality Management Procedures

Codes :

(A) ii iii i iii

(B) iii iv ii i

(D) ii iv iii i

38. Arrange the following according to their year of emergence :

i. ADINET ii. SIRNET

iii. MANLIBNET iv. DELNET

Codes :

(A) i iv ii iii

(B) iv ii iii i

(D) iii i iv ii

39. Arrange the following according to their year of origin :

i. Indian National Bibliography

ii. British National Bibliography

iii. Cumulative Book Index

iv. Books in Print

Codes :

(A) i ii iv iii

(B) iii iv ii i

(D) iv i ii iii

40. Arrange the following according to their levels :

i. Canons of Cataloguing

ii. Laws of Library Science

iii. General Normative Principles

iv. Principles of Cataloguing

Codes :

(A) ii iv i iii

(B) i iii ii iv

(D) iii ii i iv

41. Arrange the following according to their year of emergence :

i. LISA

ii. Dissertation Abstracts International

iii. Indian Science Abstracts

iv. Indian Library & Information Science Abstracts

Codes :

(A) iii iv ii i

(B) iv iii i ii

(C) ii i iii iv

(D) i ii iii iv

42. Arrange the following according to their year of emergence :

i. INIS ii. AGRIS iii. NATIS iv. UNISIST

Codes :

(A) iii iv ii i

(B) iv i iii ii

(D) i iii iv ii

43. Arrange in sequence the following Model Public Library Acts/Bills in India :

i. Model Public Library Bill by M.D. Sen Committee

ii. Model Public Library Act by S.R. Ranganathan

iii. Model Public Library Act of ILA

iv. Model Public Library Bill by working group of Planning Commission

Codes :

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) ii i iv iii

(D) iv iii ii i

44. Arrange in sequence the medium used for ‘Virtual Reference’ in the order of their progress.

i. Web form

ii. Ask a Service

iii. E-mail

iv. Social Networking

Codes :

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) ii iii iv i

(C) iii i ii iv

(D) iv ii i iii

45. Arrange in order the process of stock rectification and stock verification as suggested by S.R. Ranganathan :

i. Checking with charged tray

ii. Shelf Rectification

iii. Shelf checking

iv. Deciding the Quota

Codes :

(A) iii i iv ii

(B) iv i ii iii

(D) ii iv i iii

46. Match the following :

List – I List – II

a. Outdated Information i. Information Diffusion

b. Condensed Information ii. Obsolete Information

c. Message iii. Compressible Information

d. Vintage model iv. Understanding

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iv iii ii i

(B) i ii iv iii

(D) ii iii iv i

47. Match the following :

List – I List – II

a. Technique for identifying the theme of a document i. Cataloguing

b. Prussian Instruction ii. Standard for encoding data on CD-ROM

c. ISO-9960 iii. Data Transmission Speed

d. Baud iv. Bibliographic coupling

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iv i ii iii

(B) i ii iii iv

(D) iii ii i iv

48. Match the following :

List – I List – II

a. Maurice B. Line i. Resource Management in Academic Libraries

b. David Baker ii. Planning Academic and Research Library Buildings

c. Peter Brophy iii. Academic Library Management

d. K.D. Metcalf iv. The Academic Libraries

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iii i iv ii

(B) i ii iii iv

(D) ii iii i iv

49. Match the following :

List – I List – II

a. Digital Library i. Collections are stored in electronic media formats and accessible via computers

b. Hybrid Library ii. Access to electronic information in a variety of remote locations through a local online catalogue or other gateway

c. Virtual Library iii. Provides services in a mixed mode electronic and paper environment

d. Electronic Library iv. Collection of electronic resources that provides direct/indirect access to a systematically organised collection of digital objects

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iv iii ii i

(B) i iii iv ii

(D) ii ii i iii

50. Match the following :

List – I List – II

a. Survey of requirements i. Design phase

b. Determining cost efficiency and effectiveness ii. Installation phase

c. Review of the programs and their goals iii. Analysis phase

d. Complete change over basics of system iv. Evaluation phase

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) ii iii iv i

(C) iii iv i ii

(D) iv i ii iii

51. Match the following :

List – I List – II

a. Nadir to Ascending i. Hypothesizing

b. Ascending to Zenith ii. Verification

c. Zenith to Descending iii. Deductive

d. Descending to Nadir iv. Empirical

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i iii ii iv

(B) ii iv i iii

(D) iv i iii ii

52. Match the following characteristics of DBMS with respective activity :

List – I List – II

a. Reduction of redundancy i. Encryption

b. Data sharing ii. Centralized control

c. Data integrity iii. No. of application programs

d. Data security iv. Accurate and consistent data

Codes :

a b c d

(A) ii iii iv i

(B) iv iii ii i

(D) i ii iv iii

53. Match the following :

List – I List – II

a. XML i. Joe Becker

b. METS ii. Defence Organizations

c. UNICODE iii. W3C

d. Cryptography iv. Library of Congress

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) iii iv i ii

(D) iv i ii iii

54. Match the following :

List – I List – II

a. Social Microscope i. Cluster Technique

b. Fundamental Research ii. No control over variance

c. Ex-post facto research iii. Case study method

d. Multi stage random sampling iv. Knowledge for knowledge sake

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) iii iv ii i

(D) iv i ii iv

55. Match the following :

List – I List – II

a. Estimation of future expenditure on the basis of previous year expenditure i. Programme

b. ` 15 per student and ` 200/- per teacher ii. Comparison

c. 6.5%-10% of university budget for the development of library iii. Per capita

d. Activities to be accomplished by the library iv. Proportional

Codes :

a b c d

(A) ii iii iv i

(B) i ii iii iv

(D) iv i ii iii

56. Match the following :

List – I List – II

a. Identification of user categories i. Market positioning

b. Prioriting user groups and services ii. Segmentation

c. Information seeking behavior of users iii. Marketing Mix

d. Product, price, place, promotion iv. Consumer analysis

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i ii iii iv

(B) ii i iv iii

(D) iv iii ii i

57. Match the following :

List – I List – II

a. FRBR i. Paul Otlet

b. POPSI ii. IFLA

c. UDC iii. G. Bhattacharya

d. www iv. Tem Berners-Lee

Codes

a b c d

(A) ii i iii iv

(B) ii iii i iv

(D) iv ii iii i

58. Match the following :

List – I List – II

a. Index Translationum i. NISCAIR

b. Translation Register Index (TR-I) ii. NTC, Chicago

c. World Trans Index iii. UNESCO

d. Common-wealth Index of Unpublished Transtations iv. ITC, Delft, Netherlands

v. ASLIB

Codes :

a b c d

(A) ii iii i iv

(B) iii ii iv v

(D) iv ii v iii

59. Match the following evaluation criteria of print materials :

List – I List – II

a. Authority i. Typography

b. Scope ii. Stated purpose

c. Format iii. Publisher’s reputation

d. Arrangement iv. Cross references

Codes :

a b c d

(A) ii iii i iv

(B) i iv ii iii

(C) iii ii i iv

(D) iii iv ii i

60. Match the following :

List – I List – II

a. Measure of similarity between two documents i. Proportion of coefficient association

b. Similarity measure based on overlap in terms between two documents ii. Rectangular distance coefficient

c. Document similarity based solely on the occurrence of words iii. Coefficient of association

d. Similarity measure which is based on the city block distance between two documents

iv. Lexical similarity

Codes :

a b c d

(A) i iii ii iv

(B) iii i ii iv

(C) iii i iv ii

(D) ii iii iv i

61. Match the following authors with their statements on information characteristics :

List – I List – II

a. Peter Drucker i. Human and shareable

b. Borlando Cleveland ii. Quantity, Quality, Life

c. K.J. McGarry iii. Natural and man-made physical resources

d. Williams iv. Resources by analogy with classic resources of labour

Codes :

a b c d

(A) iii i iv ii

(B) iii ii i iv

(D) i iv ii iii

62. Match the following :

List – I List – II

a. Saraswati Mahal Library, Tanjavur (1535) i. Lord Curzon

b. Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library, Patna (1876) ii. Telugu Nayakas

c. Library of Asiatic Society of Bengal (1784) iii. Maulana M.B. Khan

d. Imperial Library, Calcutta (1901) iv. Sir G. William Jones

Codes

a b c d

(A) iii ii iv i

(B) ii iii i iv

(C) ii iii iv i

(D) iii ii i iv

63. Assertion (A) : With the introduction of Internet, need for reference librarians has been minimised to fulfill the users reference needs.

Reason (R) : FAQ facility on internet is substituting the need for human interface in libraries.

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are partially true.

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true.

(D) (A) is true but (R) is false.

64. Assertion (A) : Approaches to Research is not dependent on Epistemologies.

Reason (R) : Scientific research relies on the application of the scientific method.

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.

(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.

(D) (R) is true and (A) is false.

65. Assertion (A) : According to the Third Law of Librarianship given by Michael Gorman, we need to use technology intelligently to enhance service.

Reason (R) : Technology is used to solve problems and improve services and achieve cost effectiveness rather than adopted for its own sake.

Codes :

(A) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but

(R) is not correct explanation of (A).

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true.

66. Assertion (A) : All reference sources provide up to date information in their respective categories.

Reason (R) : As these are compiled from primary sources of information.

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.

(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.

(C) (A) is false but (R) is partially true.

(D) (A) is true but (R) is false.

67. Assertion (A) : The hierarchy based classification schemes have a major role in the organization of the web.

Reason (R) : The ‘hotlists’ retrieved by robots based search engines use the technique of relevance of subject descriptors.

Codes :

(A) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(B) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

(D) Both (A) and (R) are wrong.

68. Assertion (A) : Performance Based Budgeting demands that the objectives and goals of agency be clear and performance measures and target to put in place.

Reason (R) : The key to success firmly rely upon its clear sense of mission and objectives which the funding agencies have proposed to reach them.

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.

69. Assertion (A) : Majority of University Libraries in India are not fully automated.

Reason (R) : University Libraries in India are meddling with automation of circulation activities. 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.

70. Assertion (A) : Mean, median and mode are the simple techniques to get exact averages for data analysis in research.

Reason (R) : These are the well accepted statistical techniques of research for data analysis of historical data.

Codes :

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true.

(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.

(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.

71. Assertion (A) : Online Reference Service can be offered using IMs, SMs, VoIP, Video, Blogs, Websites and host of such other mechanisms.

Reason (R) : Majority of academic libraries in India are equipped with required infrastructure.

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.

(B) (A) is true, (R) is false.

(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.

72. Assertion (A) : Semantic web is an extension of www in which web contents cannot be expressed in natural language.

Reason (R) : Semantic web can be easily associated with spider web.

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are false.

(B) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

73. Assertion (A) : BIOS is a set of programs that handles startup operations in a computer such as power on, self tested and low level control for hardware.

Reason (R) : The graphical display at the beginning of the program prolongs the life of monitor.

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.

(B) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

(D) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

74. Assertion (A) : For providing an effective reference service, best & up to date reference collection is not as important as is the competent reference librarian.

Reason (R) : An efficient reference librarian can serve the users more effectively even in the absence of best reference collection.

Codes :

(A) (A) is true but (R) is false.

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true.

(D) Both (A) and (R) are false.

75. Assertion (A) : India’s contribution to LIS literatures is decreasing.

Reason (R) : Authors find it more convenient to get their articles published in open access journals.

Codes :

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.

(B) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

(D) (A) is true but (R) is false.

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UGC LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE Paper - III (2013 December)

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