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81.

Arrange the following State Library Acts in chronological order :

(i) Karnataka Public Library Act
(ii) Uttar Pradesh Public Library Act
(iii) Goa Public Library Act
(iv) Bihar Public Library Act

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

The chronological order of the State Library Acts in the key is Karnataka, Goa, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, so the answer is (i), (iii), (ii), (iv), option A.

The Karnataka Public Libraries Act was passed in 1965, the Goa Public Libraries Act in 1993, the Uttar Pradesh Public Library Act in 2005, and the Bihar Act later still.

Options B, C and D put the Uttar Pradesh or the Bihar act before the Karnataka or the Goa act, which reverses the order.

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82.

The significance of the year 2011 for LIS education in India is

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: D

The year 2011 was the centenary of library and information science education in India, option D. Formal training in librarianship began in 1911, when a training class was started at Baroda, so 2011 marked one hundred years.

Golden Jubilee (option A) means fifty years, Diamond Jubilee (option C) means sixty years and Platinum Jubilee (option B) means seventy-five years; none of these fits a starting date of 1911. The calculation 2011 minus 1911 gives one hundred, which is a centenary.

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83.

'RRRLF' falls under the :

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

RRRLF, the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, falls under the Ministry of Culture, option C. It is the national agency set up by the Government of India to promote public library services and to support libraries through matching grants.

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (option A) deals with education and includes the UGC and the INFLIBNET Centre, but not this foundation. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (option B) deals with media. The Ministry of Science and Technology (option D) houses the CSIR and so bodies such as NISCAIR, which is a different institution. The foundation is linked with culture, hence option C.

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84.

Arrange the following associations according to their year of establishment :

(i) IASLIC (ii) ASLIB
(iii) ALA (iv) SLA

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

The correct order of establishment is ALA, SLA, ASLIB and IASLIC, option C, (iii), (iv), (ii), (i). The American Library Association was founded in 1876, the Special Libraries Association in 1909, ASLIB (the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux) in 1924, and IASLIC (the Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres) in 1955.

Options A, B and D place ASLIB or IASLIC ahead of the American associations, or put IASLIC first, which goes against the dates. Only option C starts with the oldest body and ends with the newest.

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85.

Match the following :

List - IList - II
(a) Obligation of the State(i) First Law
(b) Shelf Arrangement & Catalogue(ii) Second Law
(c) Open Access & Shelf Arrangement(iii) Third Law
(d) Library location/hours(iv) Fourth Law

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

The match is Obligation of the State with the Second Law, Shelf Arrangement and Catalogue with the Fourth Law, Open Access and Shelf Arrangement with the Third Law, and Library location and hours with the First Law, option A, a-ii, b-iv, c-iii, d-i. The second law, every person his or her book, puts an obligation on the State to provide libraries for all. The fourth law, save the time of the reader, calls for good shelf arrangement and catalogues. The third law, every book its reader, is served by open access. The first law, books are for use, is behind a convenient location and long opening hours.

Options B, C and D mismatch at least two pairs, for example by assigning open access to the second law.

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86.

The initiation, selection, exploration, formulation, collection and presentation are two stages of which model of information seeking behaviour

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UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

Initiation, selection, exploration, formulation, collection and presentation are the six stages of Kuhlthau's model of the information search process, which also describes the feelings of uncertainty, optimism, confusion and relief that go with each stage. Ellis's model has behavioural features such as starting, chaining, browsing, differentiating, monitoring and extracting. Krikelas's model and Wilson's model of information seeking behaviour do not use this list of stages. The answer is the Kuhlthau (printed Kuhlthou) model, option (C).

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87.

The publisher of "Information Power : Building Partnership for Learning" is

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

'Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning' (1998) is the American guideline on school library media programmes. It was prepared jointly by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) and published by the American Library Association (ALA), which the key gives as the publisher. ILA, the Indian Library Association, has no part in it. The answer is ALA, option (C).

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88.

Where the first M. Phil programme in Library and Information Science was started in India ?

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

The key gives the University of Delhi as the place where the first M.Phil. programme in Library and Information Science was started in India. Madras, Mysore and Bombay also teach library science, and Madras is the university at which Ranganathan taught and where the first university course in the subject was begun in 1931, but the key does not name any of them as the first for the M.Phil. degree, which is a research degree between the master's degree and the doctorate. The answer is University of Delhi, option (B), and the key is followed.

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89.

Corollary for Second Law of Library Science is

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UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

Ranganathan's second law is 'Every person his or her book', and its corollary is 'Books for all', which says that every reader must be given a book, whatever the person's age, sex, religion or position. The other options, Free books service, Free library service and 'Books every where', are not stated as the corollary of the second law. The answer is Books for all, option (A).

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90.

Assertion (A) : LIS Education in India achieved a landmark of 100 years but quality is compromised.

Reason (R) : Unplanned proliferation of LIS schools and open learning programmes.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: A

Library and information science education in India completed 100 years in 2011, counted from the training given at Baroda by W.A. Borden in 1911, and its quality has been compromised, so (A) is true. The unplanned growth of LIS schools and open learning programmes is a cause of the fall in quality, so (R) is true. Both statements are true, option (A). The options calling either statement false are wrong.

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