1/18/2017

UGC NET Library and Information Science Paper 3 (2016 August)



61. Assertion (A): A larger chunk of public libraries in India today are in a state of chaos due to lack of adequate government patronage.


Reason (R): Enactment of rigorous Public Library Law alone can save the Public Libraries from going down the drain and can vitalize and energise to ensure their sustenance.


Codes:


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


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


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


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


Answer: (2)





62. Assertion (A): An illiterate does not have an insatiable desire to know or to acquire information as he is intellectually underdeveloped.


Reason (R): Illiteracy does not bar an illiterate to generate curiosity to know or to become intelligent, as intellectual requires the use of mind, but not emotions or instinct.


Codes:


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


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


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


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


Answer: (1)





63. Assertion (A): Digitization of documents is the most viable method for long­term preservation.


Reason (R): Digital preservation ensures the accessibility and usability of documents forever.


Codes:


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


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


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


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


Answer: (1)





64. Assertion (A): An open access publishing embargo is a period during which the access to articles is not allowed to the users assuming that immediate open access will hamper their business interest.


Reason (R): Publishers assume that the users from subscribing institutions won’t visit their journal site.


Codes:


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


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


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


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


Answer: (1)





65. Assertion (A): Over the past few years, the usage of bound volumes of Journals in Libraries has decreased considerably.


Reason (R): Availability of electronic journals in large number has led to such decrease.


Codes:


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


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


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


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


Answer: (1)





66. Assertion (A): The approach of the Relative Index of DDC, is an alternate to the approach of the Schedules.


Reason (R): Relative Index does not bring at one place all the related aspects of a subject scattered in the schedules, since its an alphabetical index to the classification (not to page numbers).


Codes:


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


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


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


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


Answer: (1)





67. Assertion (A): RDA is not a ‘content’ standard.


Reason (R): RDA data are being used as the basis for a meta data element set.


Codes:


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


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


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


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


Answer: (4)








68. Assertion (A): Quality is not measured by confirmation to specifications, but by meeting users’requirements.


Reason (R): The fulfilment of users’ requirements depends upon the professional attitude of the staff.


Codes:


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


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


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


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


Answer: (3)





69. Assertion (A): SDI services are no more in demand by users after growth of internet usage and emergence of W3


Reason (R): Contemporary analogous systems for SDI services such as alerts, current awareness tools or qtrackers (eg. RSS feed, TOC alerts, etc) often lead to relevant information needed by users.


Codes:


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


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


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


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


Answer: (2)





70. Assertion (A): Controlled vocabularies are not being used in the traditional way for organising libraries.


Reason (R): The use of controlled vocabularies is now being extended through social book marking and tagging


of images.


Codes:


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


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


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


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


Answer: (4)




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