NET Question papers Library & Information Science

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
    
    
    • loudness of signal
    • lack of understanding between sender and receiver
    • any disturbance which affects the transmission
    • irrelevant information
    
    
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. A document description 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)