Wednesday, November 25, 2009

NET Exam: Library and Information Science-Paper II

June, 2000

  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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Which one of the following is not a part of the MARC record structure?
    • Leader
    • Directory
    • Record terminator
    • Check digit

  1. 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

  1. Citation indexing was first developed in the field of
    • Science
    • Mathematics
    • Law
    • Social sciences

  1. 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


  1. 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

  1. The acronym "POSDCORB" was coined by
    • Gulick and Urwick
    • Taylor
    • Mayo
    • Gilberths

  1. The basic theory regarding human motivation is propounded by
    • Taylor
    • Maslow
    • Mayo
    • Likert

  1. 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

  1. Among the different Boolean operators "AND" is used
    • to widen the search
    • to narrow the search
    • to begin the search
    • to end the search

  1. Which of the following is not a secondary source of information
    • An encyclopedia
    • A textbook
    • A biographical dictionary
    • Patents

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Which of the following is not an example of Current Awareness Service (CAS)?
    • SDI
    • An Indexing Bulletin
    • Current Contents
    • A Reading List

  1. Non-bibliographic Database contain
    • Numeric Data
    • Textual Data
    • Visual Data
    • All of the above

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Which of the following research methods is useful in a study on measuring the active life of periodicals
    • Survey
    • Citation Analysis
    • Interview
    • Case study


  1. Which of the following types of memory is volatile
    • ROM
    • PROM
    • WORM
    • RAM

  1. Which of the following is not a programming language
    • FORTRAN
    • BASIC
    • COBOL
    • ASCII

  1. 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

  1. UNESCO's information programme is known as
    • NATIS
    • GIP
    • UAP
    • UBC

  1. Which of the following networks does not have its own tele-communication infrastructure
    • NICNET
    • ERNET
    • INIS
    • EURONET

  1. OPAC stands for
    • Online Public Access Catalogue
    • Online Periodicals Access Centre
    • Online Patents Access Centre
    • None of the above

  1. In a communication model, noise refers to
    • loudness of signal
    • lack of understanding between sender and receiver
    • any disturbance which affects the transmission
    • irrelevant information

  1. 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

  1. SENDOC is the national documentation centre for
    • Science and Environment
    • Sociology and Economics
    • Sri Lanka
    • Small Scale Enterprise

  1. 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

  1. The table standard subdivision helps a classification scheme
    • to ensure consistency
    • to add mnemonic value
    • both the above
    • None of the above

  1. Which of the following names are associated with Post-Coordinate indexing
    • Taube, Mooers, Batten
    • Taube, Austin, Coats
    • Taube, Austin, Garfield
    • Mooers, Taube, Garfield

  1. A document description is not found in a
    • Catalogue entry
    • Citation
    • Bibliographic entry
    • Class number

  1. The following is not an example of re-packaging of information
    • Trend report
    • Catalogue
    • Summary
    • Digest

  1. In UDC the inter-relationship between the two subjects is denoted by
    • Ampersand followed by Roman Smalls
    • A Colon
    • Double Colon
    • Hyphen

  1. GOC helps libraries in determining
    • foreign exchange rates
    • names of foreign agents and vendors
    • books available in the market
    • which books to buy

  1. 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)


  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. The resource sharing strategy of a library may not include
    • joint acquisition
    • shared use
    • exchange of materials
    • restricted access

  1. Which of the following is not a national library?
    • Library of Congress
    • British Library
    • Bibliotheque Nationale
    • Smithsonian Institute

  1. UNESCO's Public Library Manifesto was last revised in
    • 1990
    • 1998
    • 1997
    • 1994

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. The relationship between the terms "Ship" and "Boats" is
    • syntactic relationship
    • semantic relationship
    • both
    • neither

  1. Which of the following cannot be regarded as 'multimedia'
    • A tape-slide programme
    • A CD-ROM with text and visuals
    • Microfilm
    • A web page

  1. 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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