UGC-NET Objective Question, Practice Set - E-1(1-50)

1. UNISIST is a 
(A) Software 
(B) A Programme 
(C) Welfare association 
(D) A committee 
Answer: (B)

2. Where did Dr. S. R. Ranganathan put forth his five laws of library science? 
(A) Meenakshi college, Annamalainagar 
(B) Hindu College, New Delhi 
(C) City College, Bangalore 
(D) Christ College, Bangalore 
Answer: (A) 

3. When did ILA became the member of IFLA? 
(A) 1952 
(B) 1955 
(C) 1957 
(D) 1965 
Answer: (C) 
 
4. In which year Aslib was acquired by MCB group, the holding company for emerald group publishing? 
(A) 2003 
(B) 2005 
(C) 2009 
(D) 2010 
Answer: (D) 

5. Which association`s tagline is “managing information”? 
(A) IFLA 
(B) Aslib 
(C) ALA 
(D) LC 
Answer: (B) 

6. Which association`s tagline is “connecting people and information”? 
(A) SLA 
(B) IFLA 
(C) ALA 
(D) COMLA 
Answer: (A) 

7. When was the International institute of Documentation established? 
(A) 1931 
(B) 1934 
(C) 1940 
(D) 1945 
Answer: (A) 

8. Which organization has introduced the concept of “Sister libraries” for children`s and young adults reading? 
(A) UNESCO 
(B) IFLA 
(C) LC 
(D) LA 
Answer: (B) 

9. In which year the ISBN allocation office in India shifted from Kolkatta to Delhi? 
(A) 2009 
(B) 2010 
(C) 2011 
(D) 2012 
Answer: (C) 

10. Which two organizations jointly publish survey on digitization and preservation? 
(A) IFLA + UNESCO 
(B) ALA + UNESCO 
(C) IFLA + ALA 
(D) IFLA + LC 
Answer: (A) 

11. Who said that “Librarianship is not a profession”? 
(A) Madden, Moon, Moore, Mc Pheron 
(B) Goode, Rossi, Shaffer, Gullis 
(C) Dewey, Rundey, Reeves, Aishen 
(D) Ranganathan, Dewey, Cutter 
Answer: (A) 

12. Which organization was joined with Library Association to form CILIP in 2002? 
(A) Institute of Bibliography 
(B) Institute of Information Scientists 
(C) Institute of Documentation 
(D) Institute of Librarianship 
Answer: (B) 

13.In which year International institute of Documentation changed to International federation of Documentation? 
(A) 1931 
(B) 1937 
(C) 1945 
(D) 1948 
Answer: (B) 

14.In which year headquarter of FID was shifted from Brussels to The Hague? 
(A) 1925 
(B) 1928 
(C) 1930 
(D) 1934 
Answer: (D) 

15. When was the curriculam development committee on LIS instituted? 
(A) 1988-89 
(B) 1990-93 
(C) 1994-97 
(D) 1999-02 
Answer: (B) 

16. Who published the journal International classification? 
(A) IFLA 
(B) UNESCO 
(C) ISKO 
(D) ALA 
Answer: (C) 

17. Which association in India awards teachers in LIS? 
(A) IATLIS 
(B) ILA 
(C) IASLIC 
(D) SIS 
Answer: (A) 

18. Where is the headquarter of SLA? 
(A) New York 
(B) Lagos 
(C) Shimla 
(D) New Delhi 
Answer: (A) 

19.Which law of library Science relates to the growth of libraries 
(A) Forth law 
(B) First law 
(C) Second law 
(D) Fifth law 
Answer: (D)

20. UAP stands for what of the following 
(A) United Academy of publication 
(B) Universal Association of Publishers 
(C) Universal Availability of Publications. 
(D) Universal Association of Publishers 
Answer: (C)

21. Resource sharing is a part of 
(A) Library cooperation
(B)Library Administration 
(C)Library Management
(D)Library Cataloging
Answer: (A)

22. When was the Amercian Library Assoication established
(A) 1876
(B) 1872
(C) 1875
(D) 1880
Answer: (A)

23. Which term was coined by Dr.S.R.Ranganathan for mobile libraries
(A) Moving Library
(B) Library on Wheels
(C) Library Machine
(D) All of above
Answer:(B) 

24. The Librarian Day celebrated on 
(A) 15th Sep
(B) 24th Nov
(C) 11th Dec
(D) 12th Aug
Answer: (D)

25. Forms of Extension service
(A) Library Websites
(B) Library Orientation
(C) Book fair and Exhibition
(D) All
Answer: (D)

26. The first library school was started by
(A) Melvin Dewey
(B) Charles Williamson
(C) John Macfarlane
(D) William Allenson Borden
Answer:(A)

27. Encyclopedia of library and Information Science is published by :
(A) H. W. Wilson 
(B) R. R. Bowker 
(C) Marcel Dekker 
(D) Andrew Deutsch 
Answer: (C) Marcel Dekker

28. The secondary source of information comprised of: 
(A) Text books and research monographs. 
(B) Subject periodicals and encycyclopaedias 
(C) Indexing and Abstracting periodicals 
(D) Bibliography and patents 
Answer:(C) Indexing and Abstracting periodicals 

29. Who categorized information source into conventional, non conventional, neo conventional and micro documents : 
(A) Ranganthan 
(B) Bradford 
(C) Grogan 
(D) Henson 
Answer: (A) Ranganthan 

   
30. Article published in research journal are… 
(A) Reference sources 
(B) Secondary sources 
(C) Primary sources 
(D) Tertiary sources 
Answer: (C)

31. What is the Thesaurus? 
(A) A collection of selected terminology 
(B) Synonymous terms 
(C) List of words 
(D) All of the above 
Answer: (D)

32. What is a Patent 
(A) An agreement to the Government 
(B) Document of the library 
(C) An agreement between the inventor and the Government 
(D) An agreement between library and Publisher 
Answer: (C)

33. World of learning is a what source of information 
(A) Primary source 
(B) Documentary source 
(C) Secondary source 
(D) Tertiary source 
Answer: (C)

34. Indian books in Print are published from 
(A) Tamil nadu 
(B) Chennai 
(C) Bombay 
(D) New Delhi 
Answer: (D)

36. What is e-prints ?

(A) A catalogue

(B)  A journal

(C) A repository Software

(D) An encyclopeadia
Answer: (C)

37. What  two is a Library Management  Software for small libraries?

(A) Library Solution and Follet

(B) Follet and MSN

(C) MSN and Tar

(D) LYCOS and Live  Search

Answer: (A)

38. What is APS ? 

(A) A Search Engine?

(B) A Full-text e-resourse

(C) Bibliographic database

(D) Library Management Software

Answer: (B)

39. Which one is Library and Information Science Journal name?

(A) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book Guide

(B) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book journals

(C) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book Review
(D) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB E-Book

Answer: (A)

40. "Shodhganga" is a national level repository of: 
(A) E-Books 
(B) E-Journals 
(C) E-Theses 
(D) Journal Articles 
Answer: (C) 

41. Questionnaire is a :
(A) Research method
(B) Measurement Technique 
(C) Tool for data collection 
(D) All the above
Answer: (C)

42. Mean, Median and Mode are :
(A) Measures of deviation 
(B) Sampling Techniques 
(C) Measures of control tendency 
(D) None of the above
Answer: (D)
43.  ‘Cranfield Studies’ are an example of :
(A) Survey Research 
(B) Experimental Research 
(C) Historical Research 
(D) Case Study
Answer: (B)

44. Research is
(A) Searching again and again
(B) Finding solution to any problem
(C) Working in a scientific way to search for truth of any problem
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)

45. Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process?
(A) Searching sources of information to locate problem.
(B) Survey of related literature
(C) Identification of problem
(D) Searching for solutions to the problem
Answer: (C)

46. A common test in research demands much priority on
(A) Reliability
(B) Useability
(C) Objectivity
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D)

47. Action research means
(A) A longitudinal research
(B) An applied research
(C) A research initiated to solve an immediate problem
(D) A research with socioeconomic objective
Answer: (C)

48. A reasoning where we start with certain particular statements and conclude with a universal statement is called
(A) Deductive Reasoning
(B) Inductive Reasoning
(C) Abnormal Reasoning
(D) Transcendental Reasoning
Answer: (B)

49. Research is conducted to
I. Generate new knowledge
II. Not to develop a theory
III. Obtain research degree
IV. Reinterpret existing knowledge
Which of the above are correct?
(A) I, III & II 
(B) III, II & IV
(C) II, I & III 
(D) I, III & IV
Answer: (D)

UGC-NET Objective Question, Practice Set-C (51-100)(Part-2)

51. Following is not a network protocol: 
(A) HTTP 
(B) SMTP 
(C) TCP/IP 
(D) Z39.50 
Answer: (D) 
 

52. LOCKOSS (Software) is an international community initiative by: 
(A) MIT Libraries 
(B) Stanford University 
(C) University of Waikato 
(D) University of Southampton 
Answer: (B) 


53. Who invented OSI Model in 1982
(A) BSO
(B) ISI
(C) Indian standerd orgganisation
(D) International standard organisation
Answer: (D)

54. Where ISDN was first started in 1990
(A) USA
(B) UK
(C) India
(D) Singapore
Answer: (D)

55. Now-a-days how many tipes of Protocol are used ?
(A) 5
(B) 4
(C) 3
(D) 2
Answer: (D)

56. Which type of protocol is used by interface for public data network(PDN) ?
(A) X.25
(B) X.12
(C) X.13
(D) X.20
Answer: (A)

57. CCF stands for 
(A) Common Communication Format 
(B) Centre for Communication Format 
(C) Committee for Communication Format 
(D) Common Curriculum Format 
Answer: (A) 


58. In Which five year plan the INFLIBNET was established 
(A) Fourth five year plan 
(B) Fifth five year plan 
(C) sixth five year plan 
(D) seventh five year plan 
Answer: (D)

 
59. Which network in India provided the first e-mail service in the country? 
(A) NICNET 
(B) DELNET 
(C) ERNET 
(D) INFLIBNET 
Answer: (C)


60. Who publishes Annals of Library Science and documentation? 
(A) ILA 
(B) INSDOC 
(C) DRTC 
(D) IASLIC 
Answer: (B) 

61. What is full text e-Resource ?
(A) JCCC
(B) ISID
(C) Science finder scholar
(D) ACS
Answer: (D) (American chemical society)

62. Which one is E-Bibliographic database? 
(A) Nature
(B) Blackwell
(C) ISID
(D) Springer
Answer: (C)

63. Virtua accommodates which version of the MARC Standard?
(A) USMARC
(B) UKMARC
(C) CANMARC
(D) SWEMARC/All of above
Answer: (D) 

64.  Which one is a journal of Library and Information Science?
(A) Abacus
(B) Acta numerica
(C) Interlending and Document supply
(D) 4OR
Answer: (C)

65. The Electronic Library is......................
(A) A Magazine
(B) A Journal Name
(C) A LIbrary
(D) An Encyclopeadia
Answer: (B)

66. Where is the headquarter of RRRLF? 
(A) Banglore 
(B) Delhi 
(C) Calcutta 
(D) Lucknow 
Answer: (C) 
 

67. Who provides the ISBN?
(A) Niscair 
(B) Nissat 
(C) Insdoc 
(D) RRRLF 
Answer: (D) 
 
68. RRRLF provides the? 
(A) ISSN 
(B) ISBN 
(C) CCF 
(D) MARC
Answer: (B)  

69. ”It is a library with little or no physical presence of books, periodicals, reading space or support staff, but are that disseminate selective information directly to distribute library customers, usually electronically”. Said by whom? 
(A) Kay Gapen 
(B) Powell 
(C) Sherwell 
(D) H. G. Wells 
Answer: (B) 

70. ”A library is a public institution or establishment charged with the care of collection of books, the duty of making them accessible to those who require the use of them and the task of converting every person in its neighborhood into a habitual library goers and reader of books.”Quoted by whom? 
(A) Dr S R Ranganathan 
(B) K.N.Raj 
(C) C.A.Cutter 
(D) W.C.Sayers 
Answer: (A) 
 
71. Classification of all types of libraries has been made by- 
(A) IFLA 
(B) UNISIST 
(C) UNESCO 
(D) INSDOC 
Answer: (C) 

72. ”Special libraries serve a specialist clientele, located within a single establishment or group and all engaged in working towards one common purpose.” Who said this
(A) R.Astall 
(B) UNESCO 
(C) J.D.Brown 
(D) E.C.Richardson 
Answer: (A) 

73. Reading centre’s, story hours, exhibitions and reading to literature are forms of … 
(A) Extension service 
(B) Service of a public library 
(C) Both 
(D) None 
Answer: (C)

74. Which library first introduced the printed catalog 
(A) British Museum 
(B) Library of Congress 
(C) Lelin State 
(D) Imperial Library 
Answer: (A)

75. Informal self education is possible in what kind of library? 
(A) National Library 
(B) Public Library 
(C) Specific Library 
(D) College Library
Answer: (B)

76. API stands for

(A) Application Programming Interface

(B) American Public Initiative 
(C) All Programing Interface
(D) American Program for Information

Answer -(A)

UGC-NET Objective Question, Practice Set B (1) with answer

1) Hybrid library deals with 

(A) Print Collection 
(B) Digital Collection 
(C) Both (A) and (B) 
(D) None of the above 

2) Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) is now looked after by? 
(A) UNESCO 
(B) CILIP 
(C) ALA 
(D) OCLC 

3) Which type of books should be weeded in a library? 
(A) Superseded editions 
(B) Theasurus 
(C) Dictionary 
(D) Encyclopaedia 

4) The standard size of a catalogue card is 
(A) 12.5 cm X 7.5 cm 
(B) 12 cm X 7 cm 
(C) 11 cm X 5 cm 
(D) 10 cm X 4 cm 

5) The Library of Congress Classification system divides human knowledge into 
(A) 20 major classes. 
(B) 21 major classes. 
(C) 25 major classes. 
(D) 30 major classes. 

6) The Delivery of Books (Public Libraries) Act, 1954 was not implemented in 
(A) Assam 
(B) Jammu and Kashmir 
(C) Haryana 
(D) Delhi 

7) Who invented World Wide Web (WWW) 
(A) Vint Cerf 
(B) Charles Babbage 
(C) Tim Berners-Lee 
(D) Steve Jobs 

8) According to General Financial Rules, 2005, loss of how many volumes per thousand volumes issued / consulted in a year is to be taken as reasonable. 
(A) Three 
(B) Four 
(C) Five 
(D) Six 

9) According to Ranganathan, many collections lose its relevance in how many years? 
(A) 20 years. 
(B) 30 years 
(C) 40 Years 
(D) 50 years. 

10) Annual withdrawals from the collection should average at least how many percent of the total collection.
(A) 5%
(B) 10%
(C) 15%
(D) 20%

11) The standard size of a catalogue card is
(A) 5 inch X 3 inch
(B) 4 inch X 3 inch
(C) 4 inch X 4 inch
(D) 3 inch X 3 inch

12) IFLA Head office located at
(A) Paris, France
(B) Netherlands, in The Hague
(C) Canada
(D) London

13) The head office of Indian Library Association (ILA) is
(A) Delhi
(B) Kolkata
(C) Bengalore
(D) Mumbai

14) The word “Archives” is most relevant to
(A) Historical material
(B) National bibliography
(C) Free of charge
(D) Family members

15) The word “Referral service” is most relevant to
(A) Database search service
(B) Inter Library Loan
(C) Information scouting
(D) Retrospective searching

16) Which of the following is a Library Management Software?
(A) LibSys 7
(B) EPrints
(C) Joomla
(D) Drupal

17) Which of the following is an Open Source Software?
(A) E-Granthalaya
(B) SOUL 2.0
(C) Koha
(D) LibSys 7

18) Which of the following is a Secondary source of information?
(A) Journal
(B) Text book
(C) Bibliography of Bibliography
(D) Bibliography

19) First generation computer uses
(A) Microprocessor
(B) Transistors
(C) Integrated circuits
(D) Thermionic valves or vacuum tube or electronic valves

20) Shannon and Weaver related to
(A) Psycho-biology of language: An introduction to dynamic philosophy
(B) Information is data of value to decision making
(C) Mathematical Theory of Information
(D) Bradfords Law of Information

21) Delivery of Books (Public Libraries Act) enacted in
(A) 1977
(B) 1944
(C) 1967
(D) 1954

22) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan related to
(A) The disciple of Melvil Dewey who worked in India
(B) The first professionally qualified university librarian in India
(C) He for the first time in India, DDC and AACR rule introduced.
(D) The first librarian of the Imperial Library (now National Library, Kolkata)

23) First university to introduce MPhil and PhD in LIS in India
(A) Aligarh Muslim University
(B) University of Calcutta
(C) University of Delhi
(D) University of Madras

24) UGC Curriculum Development Committee formed in
(A) 1993
(B) 1991
(C) 1968
(D) 1989

25) Second generation computer uses
(A) Thermionic valves or vacuum tube or electronic valves
(B) Microprocessor
(C) Integrated circuits
(D) Transistors 

25) Second generation computer uses
(A) Thermionic valves or vacuum tube or electronic valves
(B) Microprocessor
(C) Integrated circuits
(D) Transistors

26) Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine related to
(A) Sears List of Subject Heading
(B) Library of Congress Classification System
(C) UDC
(D) Dictionary Catalogue

27) CCF was developed by
(A) UNESCO
(B) IFLA
(C) FID
(D) Library of Congress

28) Berne Convention and Universal Copyright Convention was revised in Paris in
(A) 1949
(B) 1952
(C) 1971
(D) 1931
29) The UNESCO Public Library Manifesto was revised in
(A) 1956
(B) 1931
(C) 1972
(D) 1972

30) Which of the following is a social network?
(A) BUBL Link
(B) LIS Links
(C) Intute
(D) DMOZ

31) Peter A. Phyor related to
(A) Ranganathan formulated his first law of library from his casual hint.
(B) Library legislation
(C) Living with book
(D) Zero Based Budget

32) Koha was developed at
(A) Katipo Communications Ltd, New Zealand
(B) University of Waikato, New Zealand.
(C) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) libraries & Hewlett-Packard labs
(D) Wikimedia Foundation

33) C. W. Hanson
(A) Categorized information need into current approach, everyday approach, and exhaustive approach.
(B) Divides documentary sources of information into primary and secondary.
(C) Divides documentary sources of information into primary, secondary and tertiary.
(D) Classified documentary sources of information into Conventional, Neo Conventional, Non Conventional and meta document.

34) The First and Oldest University Library was established in British India at
(A) University of Delhi
(B) Calcutta University
(C) Aligarh Muslim University
(D) University of Madras

35) Deleted email can be found in the
(A) Trash folder
(B) Inbox folder
(C) Starred folder
(D) Spam folder

36) RDA related to
(A) Classification
(B) Cataloguing
(C) Searching
(D) Browsing

37) George Kingsely Zipf related to
(A) Psycho-biology of language: An introduction to dynamic philosophy
(B) Mathematical Theory of Information
(C) Information is data of value to decision making
(D) Bradfords Law of Information

38) WIPO was established by the WIPO Convention in
(A) 1977
(B) 1944
(C) 1954
(D) 1967

39) Alireza Noruzi related to
(A) Application of Ranganathan's Laws to the Web
(B) The disciple of Melvil Dewey who worked in India
(C) Our Singular Strengths
(D) The first librarian of the Imperial Library (now National Library, Kolkata)

40) E. B. Ross related to
(A) Ranganathan formulated his first law of library from his casual hint.
(B) Library legislation
(C) Living with book
(D) Zero Based Budget

41) Denis Grogan
(A) Categorized information need into current approach, everyday approach, and exhaustive approach.
(B) Divides documentary sources of information into primary and secondary.
(C) Divides documentary sources of information into primary, secondary and tertiary.
(D) Classified documentary sources of information into Conventional, Neo Conventional, Non Conventional and meta document.

42) The Head Office of IASLIC located at
(A) Kolkata
(B) Delhi
(C) Mumbai
(D) Chennai

43) Reference and information service is most relevant to
(A) Referral Service
(B) SDI
(C) CAS
(D) Retrospective searching

44) Which of the following is an Institutional Repository Software Package?
(A) Joomla
(B) EPrints
(C) Koha
(D) Drupal

45) Which of the following is a Tertiary Sources of Information?
(A) Journal
(B) Bibliography
(C) Encyclopaedia
(D) Bibliography of Bibliographies

46) First library act was enacted in Great Britain in
(A) 1847
(B) 1850
(C) 1867
(D) 1840

47) Michael Gorman related to
(A) Application of Ranganathan's Laws to the Web
(B) The disciple of Melvil Dewey who worked in India
(C) Our Singular Strengths
(D) The first librarian of the Imperial Library (now National Library, Kolkata)

48) Dr. Nihar Ranjan Roy related to
(A) Application of Ranganathan's Laws to the Web
(B) The first professionally qualified university librarian in India
(C) He for the first time in India, DDC and AACR rule introduced.
(D) The first librarian of the Imperial Library (now National Library, Kolkata)

49) The Head Office of UNESCO located at
(A) Paris, France
(B) Netherlands, in The Hague
(C) London
(D) England

50) M. C. Yovits related to
(A) Psycho-biology of language: An introduction to dynamic philosophy
(B) Information is data of value to decision making
(C) Mathematical Theory of Information
(D) Bradfords Law of Information