UGC NET Qeustion Paper June 2000

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UGC NET Exam. - Library and Information Science-Paper II :: June 2000
[Attempt all questions in each paper. All questions carry equal marks i.e 2. Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes]

  1. In CC, the principle that helps in the identification of personality category is

    • Cow-calf principle
    • Whole-organ principle
    • Neti-neti principle
    • Later-in-time principle

  2. In DDC Phoenix schedules represent

    • classes which are slightly modified
    • classes which are completely changed
    • classes to be modified in the future
    • classes not to be modified

  3. What is the relationship between ISBD and Cataloguing Codes?

    • They are not related at all
    • Cataloguing codes will include bibliographic description
    • ISBD includes cataloguing rules
    • ISBD can replace cataloguing codes

  4. Which one of the following is not a part of the MARC record structure?

    • Leader
    • Directory
    • Record terminator
    • Check digit

  5. Which of the following combinations is wrong

    • PRECIS-Dreck Austin-BNB
    • KWIC-H.P. Luhn-Chemical titles
    • Citation Indexing-Eugene Garfield-SCI
    • Relational indexing-E.J. Coates-Biological Abstracts

  6. Citation indexing was first developed in the field of

    • Science
    • Mathematics
    • Law
    • Social sciences

  7. In a thesaurus, under an item "Internal Migration", which of the following lines would you expect to find

    • BT Migration
    • NT Rural-to-Urgan Migration
    • RT International Migration
    • All of the above

  8. The PERT approach is a device developed to

    • Better utilize of time in a series of activities
    • Allow studies to be made between people and machine
    • Analyse a workflow to facilitate decision-making
    • Establish quality control

  9. The acronym "POSDCORB" was coined by

    • Gulick and Urwick
    • Taylor
    • Mayo
    • Gilberths

  10. The basic theory regarding human motivation is propounded by

    • Taylor
    • Maslow
    • Mayo
    • Likert

  11. The method of budgeting, which is not concerned with what happened previously but is more concerned with the requirements of the future is known as

    • Line Budget
    • Programme Budget
    • Formula Budget
    • Zero Based Budget

  12. Among the different Boolean operators "AND" is used

    • to widen the search
    • to narrow the search
    • to begin the search
    • to end the search

  13. Which of the following is not a secondary source of information

    • An encyclopedia
    • A textbook
    • A biographical dictionary
    • Patents

  14. Which of the following reference source will you consult to locate information on the Pokharn test?

    • Encyclopedia of Britannica
    • Asian Recorder
    • Commonwealth Universities Yearbook
    • Dictionary of National Biography

  15. Information about Indian research studies on bakery and milling is input to IFIS through

    • The Central Rice Research Institute
    • Indian Agricultural Research Institute
    • National Institute of Nutrition
    • Central Food Technological Research Institute

  16. Which of the following is not an example of Current Awareness Service (CAS)?

    • SDI
    • An Indexing Bulletin
    • Current Contents
    • A Reading List

  17. Non-bibliographic Database contain

    • Numeric Data
    • Textual Data
    • Visual Data
    • All of the above

  18. Indexing and abstracting sources are available in print, optical and online. Among the three formats there is usually

    • a difference in price, but not capability
    • no difference in price, but difference in capability
    • a difference both in price and in capability
    • no difference in price or capability

  19. In an empirical study on the impact of television viewing on violence, violence would be

    • the dependent variable
    • an independent variable
    • an intervening variable
    • not a variable at all

  20. A big difference between the mean and median is an indication that

    • there is a mistake in the calculation
    • the calculation is correct
    • there is a wide variation in the data
    • None of the above

  21. Which of the following research methods is useful in a study on measuring the active life of periodicals

    • Survey
    • Citation Analysis
    • Interview
    • Case study

  22. Which of the following types of memory is volatile

    • ROM
    • PROM
    • WORM
    • RAM

  23. Which of the following is not a programming language

    • FORTRAN
    • BASIC
    • COBOL
    • ASCII

  24. When you create a worksheet in CDS/ISIS you are defining

    • the external user view
    • the internal file structure
    • the conceptual frame
    • All of the above

  25. UNESCO's information programme is known as

    • NATIS
    • GIP
    • UAP
    • UBC

  26. Which of the following networks does not have its own tele-communication infrastructure

    • NICNET
    • ERNET
    • INIS
    • EURONET

  27. OPAC stands for

    • Online Public Access Catalogue
    • Online Periodicals Access Centre
    • Online Patents Access Centre
    • None of the above

  28. In a communication model, noise refers to


  29. Zero-growth libraries contradict the fifth law of library science. The statement is

    • true, because no new books are added
    • true, because the totla size of the bookstock is steady
    • false, since the library may grow in other ways
    • false, since there can be no zero-growth libraries

  30. SENDOC is the national documentation centre for

    • Science and Environment
    • Sociology and Economics
    • Sri Lanka
    • Small Scale Enterprise

  31. Extension services to the blind by a public library is justified by

    • the fourth law of library science
    • the fifth law of library science
    • the first law of library science
    • all the laws of library science

  32. The table standard subdivision helps a classification scheme

    • to ensure consistency
    • to add mnemonic value
    • both the above
    • None of the above

  33. Which of the following names are associated with Post-Coordinate indexing

    • Taube, Mooers, Batten
    • Taube, Austin, Coats
    • Taube, Austin, Garfield
    • Mooers, Taube, Garfield

  34. All resume writing jobs is not found in a

    • Catalogue entry
    • Citation
    • Bibliographic entry
    • Class number

  35. The following is not an example of re-packaging of information

    • Trend report
    • Catalogue
    • Summary
    • Digest

  36. In UDC the inter-relationship between the two subjects is denoted by

    • Ampersand followed by Roman Smalls
    • A Colon
    • Double Colon
    • Hyphen

  37. GOC helps libraries in determining

    • foreign exchange rates
    • names of foreign agents and vendors
    • books available in the market
    • which books to buy

  38. In a library which of the following positions are line positions

    a. Junior library assistant
    b. Subject Specialist
    c. Deputy Librarian
    d. Systems Librarians

    • (a) and (b)
    • (a) and (c)
    • (a) and (d)
    • (b) and (d)

  39. An organizational structure is determined by

    a. span of control
    b. hierarchy
    c. space and location

    • (a) and (b)
    • (b) and (c)
    • (a) and (c)
    • All the factors

  40. According to AACR-II, the heading of the main entry for conference proceeding edited by an individual is prepared under

    • name of editor
    • place of conference
    • title of the volume
    • name of the conference

  41. The Indian National Bibliography does not include

    • Books published in India in English
    • Official reports
    • Books on India, published abroad
    • Books published in recognised Indian languages

  42. The subject headings "Money" and "Inflation" are both used in a retrieval system

    • be linked by a "see also" reference
    • be linked by a "see" reference
    • be linked by both "see" and "see also" references
    • not be linked

  43. The resource sharing strategy of a library may not include

    • joint acquisition
    • shared use
    • exchange of materials
    • restricted access

  44. Which of the following is not a national library?

    • Library of Congress
    • British Library
    • Bibliotheque Nationale
    • Smithsonian Institute

  45. UNESCO's Public Library Manifesto was last revised in

    • 1990
    • 1998
    • 1997
    • 1994

  46. The ICCP did not lead to

    • agreement on the need for uniformity and standards
    • a defination of main entry
    • a recognition of corporate authorship
    • the development of MARC format

  47. In KWIC index the keyword appears

    • at the beginning of each entry
    • at the centre of the line
    • as the highlighted word
    • at the end of the line

  48. The relationship between the terms "Ship" and "Boats" is

    • syntactic relationship
    • semantic relationship
    • both
    • neither

  49. Which of the following cannot be regarded as 'multimedia'

    • A tape-slide programme
    • A CD-ROM with text and visuals
    • Microfilm
    • A web page

  50. Invisible colleges are

    • networks of people interested in the same subject
    • help in communication
    • neither (1) nor (2)
    • both (1) and (2)

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