NTA NET Sample Test

1.Assertion (A) : Multilingual dictionaries provide equivalent words in three or more languages. Reason (R): They generally do not define the words but they give equivalent words in one or more foreign languages.

2 points

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

Both (A) and (R) are true

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

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2.Assertion (A) : An ISO 2709 : 2008 record structure and review format has ‘RecordLabel’, ‘Directory’, ‘Data fields’ and ‘Record Separator’. Reason (R): ISO 2709 is a subset of MARC

2 points

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

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

Both (A) and (R) are true.

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3.Assertion (A) : Knowledge Management is an extension of conventional library management. Reason (R): Knowledge Management deals with elements like content, technology and culture.

2 points

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

Both (A) and (R) are false.

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

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4.Which of the following are threats to information security ? i.Personal firewalls ii.Compromise to IPR iii.Anti-spyware iv.Acts of espionage

2 points

i, ii, iii are correct.

ii, iii, iv are correct.

ii, iv are correct.

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5.Identify the abilities of an information literate person : i.the ability to find information ii.the ability to prepare bibliographic description of information iii.the ability to use information iv.the ability to evaluate information

2 points

i, iii, iv are correct.

ii, iii, iv are correct

i, ii, iv are correct

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6.The CIP (India) Project is an initiation of :

2 points

NISCAIR

National Library of India

RRRLF

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7.Which of the following is an example of URN ?

2 points

URI

URL

ISBN

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8.Who advocated the seven basic statistical tools for quality control ?

2 points

Phillip Crosby

Joseph Juran

Kauro Ishikawa

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9.Semouv Lubutzsky and Mary Piggot are associated with which of the following ?

2 points

Classification

Cataloguing

Indexing

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10.‘Indian Citation Index’ (ICI) is developed by

2 points

Knowledge Foundation

DELNET

Veeru’s technologies

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11.Who has recommended the establishment of district, taluka, town and village libraries ?

2 points

S.R. Ranganathan

Velaga Venkatappayya

Fyzee Report

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12.Name the characteristics of information in which the more information we have, the more we use, the more it becomes useful.

2 points

Diffusive Characteristics

Shareable Characteristics

Synergetic Characteristics

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13. Assertion (A) :The principle of canonical sequence states when subjects in a array of subjects are traditionally referred to in a specific sequence, it will be convenient to conform to this traditional sequence. Reason (R) :In classification scheme, the principle of canonical sequence is mainly followed to arrange the array of subjects.

2 points

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

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

Both (A) and (R) are true.

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14.Assertion (A) : All unabridged dictionaries provide meaning, antonyms, synonyms and places, etc. Reason (R) : All dictionaries provide information on antonyms and homonym, etc.

2 points

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

Both (A) and (R) are true

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

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15.EUAL stands for

2 points

End User Logistics Association

Electronic Usage of Library Acquisitions

End User License Agreement

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16.What type of bibliography is ‘Indian National Bibliography’ ?

2 points

Analytical

Descriptive

Enumerative

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17.WIPO Academy deals with

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Patent Cooperation Treaty

Courses on Intellectual Property

All of the above

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18. Public Library Association (PLA) is a division of

2 points

ALA

IASLIC

IFLA

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19.In CDS/ISIS ‘delimiters’ means

2 points

Field repeatability

Field format

Subfield indicators

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20.Which of the following programming language is exclusively used for Artificial Intelligence ?

2 points

JAVA

C

Prolog

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21.A non-linear model of information seeking behavior was presented by

2 points

Kulthou

T.D. Wilson

Allen Foster

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22.What is the relationship between ISBD and cataloguing codes ?

2 points

ISBD includes cataloguing rules

They are not related to each other

Anglo-American codes include bibliographic description

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23.Who first used the phrase‘Bibliographical Control’ ?

2 points

Konrad Gesner

Henry La Fontaine

Luther Evans

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24.Damodaran Committee was appointed in 1971 to review working

2 points

Medical College Libraries

National Science Libraries

Polytechnic Libraries

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25. A systematic method and process of studying and evaluating whether the expenditure for products, materials,or services is justified by the benefits

2 points

System Analysis

Administrative Analysis

Cost-Effective Analysis

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26.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.

2 points

Both (A) and (R) are true

Both (A) and (R) are false.

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

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27.Assertion (A) : Approaches to Research is not dependent on Epistemologies. Reason (R): Scientific researchrelies on the application of the scientific method.

2 points

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

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

Both (A) and (R) are true.

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28. 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

2 points

iii i iv ii

iv ii iii i

iv i ii iii

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29.Which of the following are the mainrole operators of PRECIS ? (i)Key System (ii)Action (iii) Performer of action (iv)Form of Document

2 points

(ii), (i) and (iv)

(i), (iii) and (iv)

(i), (ii) and (iii)

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30.Identify the methods used for plagiarism detection : (i) Term occurrence analysis (ii) API Testing (iii) Citation-based plagiarism detection (iv) Local similarity assessment

2 points

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

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

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

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31.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

2 points

(i) and (iii) are correct

(ii) and (iii) are correct

(i) and (ii) are correct

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32.ASTINFO stands for

2 points

Asian Scientific and Technological Information Network

International Network for Exchange of Science and Technology Information

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

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33. 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” ?

2 points

Lotka’s Law

Ziff’s Law

Mooer’s Law

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

2 points

Bengal Library Association

National Library of India

RRRLF

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35. The measure of certainty or predictability is called as

2 points

Entropy

Feedback

Redundancy

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36.RSS feed is a tool of

2 points

Web 3.0

Web 2.0

Graphic Design

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

2 points

Federated Database System

Metadata Harvesting

CORBA

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38.Ontology is

2 points

An Indexing method

Cataloguing of Internet based documents

Classification of Internet based documents

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

2 points

Scheduled

Systematic

Seminal

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

2 points

Pie chart

Bar chart

Band chart

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41.A Boolean query using only AND and NOT is

2 points

Fuzzy query

Probabilistic query

Conjunctive query

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

2 points

1989

1987

1983

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

2 points

Date stamp

Process stamp

Accession stamp

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44.Assertion (A) : With the emergence of Internet, there is no need for reference service in this technology-based era. Reason (R) : Internet has allowed access to every one to seek his/her information from anywhere, any time.

2 points

(A) is false but (R) is partially True

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

Both (A) and (R) are true.

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45.Which one of the following is not the feature of H-index ?

2 points

Publication that are hardly ever cited don’t influence it.

Applied to any level of aggregation

Sensitive to performance change

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46.An Application Program Interface (API) language is used for

2 points

Database Management System

Network Management

Graphical user Interface

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47.Which of the following does not protect intellectual property ?

2 points

Digital watermark

Encryption of data

Plug-ins

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48.The following is a collaborative network of Reference Librarians

2 points

Global scholar

Worldcat

Question point

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49.Which of the following is not a synchronous virtual reference service ?

2 points

Video-conferencing

Voice over IP

E-mail

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50.What does encrypting a file mean ?

2 points

Set a password

Set the read only property

Scrambling the contents

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