Information Sources Questions and Answers

101.

Information about scale and projection can be found in

A.Encyclopaedias
B.Hand books of Manuals
C.Geographical sources
D.Directories

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

The scale and projection of a map are part of the information a map gives, so they are found in geographical sources: atlases, maps, gazetteers and globes. An atlas states the scale of each map, and the projection used, such as Mercator or conical, in its legend or notes. An encyclopaedia gives articles on topics, a handbook or manual gives working facts and procedures on a subject, and a directory lists persons and organisations with addresses, so none of these three is where scale and projection are looked up. The answer is Geographical sources, option (C).

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102.

Who of the following is not the author of any reference book ?

A.C.M. Winchell
B.William A Katz
C.Louis Shores
D.Maurice B. Line

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: D

C.M. Winchell compiled the Guide to Reference Books, William A. Katz wrote Introduction to Reference Work and Louis Shores wrote Basic Reference Sources, so they are authors of reference books. Maurice B. Line is known as the head of the British national lending library services, a librarian and writer on library and information services, and the key counts him as not the author of any reference book. The answer is Maurice B. Line, option (D).

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103.

Which of the following is not a part of word treatment in language dictionaries ?

A.Gloss
B.Vernacular
C.Etymology
D.Grammatical information

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

The word treatment of a language dictionary covers the spelling, pronunciation, etymology (the origin of the word), grammatical information and the meaning with usage. A vernacular is a language that people speak naturally in a place, and etymology and grammatical information are plainly parts of the treatment of a word. The key picks Gloss as not being part of the word treatment, which is the printed answer here, option (A).

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104.

Science Citation Index is published by

A.Thomson Reuters
B.H.W. Wilson
C.Whitaker
D.R.R. Bowker

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

The Science Citation Index was begun by Eugene Garfield's Institute for Scientific Information and is published by Thomson Reuters, as the key states for the 2012 booklet. H.W. Wilson publishes indexes such as the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, Whitaker publishes the British book trade directories and R.R. Bowker publishes Books in Print and Ulrich's directory, so none of these three publishes the index. The answer is Thomson Reuters, option (A).

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105.

Match the following :

List-I	List-II
(a) Whitaker’s Almanack	(i) Year of starting ‘Publishers Weekly’
(b) Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory	(ii) Availability of V 50 of ‘Library Journal’
(c) National Union Catalogue of Scientific Serials in India	(iii) Information on discontinuation of New Encyclopaedia Britannica
(d) Data India	(iv) Astronomical information

Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)

A.(iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
B.(ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
C.(iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
D.(i) (iv) (ii) (iii)

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

As the key pairs them, Whitaker's Almanack carries astronomical information (iv), Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory gives the year in which a periodical such as Publishers Weekly started (i), the National Union Catalogue of Scientific Serials in India shows whether a library holds a volume such as volume 50 of Library Journal (ii), and Data India carries news such as the discontinuation of the print New Encyclopaedia Britannica (iii). So the code is (iv), (i), (ii), (iii), option (A). Options (B), (C) and (D) put the astronomical information with the periodicals directory or the union catalogue, so they are wrong.

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106.

Match the following :

List-I	List-II
(a) J. Thompson	(i) Basic Statistics for Libraries
(b) S. Halkett of J Laing	(ii) Planning of Academic and Research Buildings
(c) William A Katz	(iii) Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous literature
(d) K.D. Metcalf	(iv) Introduction to reference work

Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)

A.(i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
B.(i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
C.(ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
D.(iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

The dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous literature is the work of Halkett and Laing (iii), Introduction to Reference Work is by William A. Katz (iv), and Planning Academic and Research Library Buildings is by K.D. Metcalf (ii). That leaves Basic Statistics for Libraries (i) for J. Thompson, as the key pairs it. So the code is (i), (iii), (iv), (ii), option (B). Option (A) gives Halkett and Laing the buildings book and Katz the dictionary, option (C) gives Thompson the buildings book, and option (D) gives Thompson the reference work, so they are wrong.

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