Information, Communication and Information Policy Questions and Answers

Q: Videotext is a generic term that refers to both videotext and ......... .

The missing term is Teletext.Videotex (often written videotext) is the umbrella name for systems that deliver pages of text and simple graphics to a television screen or terminal. It has two forms: teletext, which is broadcast one way inside the television signal so the viewer can only select pages, and interactive viewdata, which runs over telephone lines so the user can send requests back.Video, plain text and multimedia are general media words, not the paired system that the generic term covers.

Q: The word 'communication' is derived from ............... language.

The word comes from Latin.'Communication' derives from the Latin communicare, to share or make common, which comes from communis, common. The idea built into the word is that communication makes information common to the sender and the receiver.Greek gave library science words such as 'bibliography' and 'biblion', and French and German supplied other borrowings, but not this one; English took 'communication' through Old French from the Latin root.

Q: The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines ................. as 'a thing that happens or takes place'.

The word the dictionary defines this way is Event.'A thing that happens or takes place' is the dictionary sense of an event: an occurrence, especially an important one. Information science uses the word in the same sense when it treats an event as something that produces data to be recorded.Information, data and knowledge are not things that happen. Data are raw recorded facts, information is data processed to have meaning, and knowledge is information understood and organised by a mind, so none of them fits the quoted definition.

Q: Data is the building block for information and information is the building block of .................. .

Information is the building block of Knowledge.This is the data-information-knowledge-wisdom (DIKW) hierarchy. Raw data, once processed and given context, becomes information; information that is assimilated, related to experience and organised becomes knowledge; and knowledge applied with judgement becomes wisdom.Wisdom is the step above knowledge, so information does not build it directly. A message is simply a unit of communication, and perception is a psychological process, so neither belongs in the hierarchy the statement describes.

Q: International copyright is regulated by ............... and ................ .(i) Berne Convention(ii) Inter-American Convention(iii) New York Revision(iv) Berlin Convention

The answer is (i) and (ii) are correct: the Berne Convention and the Inter-American Convention.The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886) is the foundation of international copyright, and it is the only listed item that any option must contain. The Inter-American (Buenos Aires) Convention of 1910 governed copyright among the countries of the Americas, many of which stayed outside Berne for decades.There is no copyright treaty called the New York Revision or the Berlin Convention (Berlin was only the place of a 1908 revision of Berne), so every option without (i) fails.

Q: ................. and ................ are the recommendations of National Knowledge Commission.(i) Prepare a list of all books in India(ii) Prepare a bi-lingual dictionary(iii) Prepare a National census of all libraries(iv) Set up a National Commission on libraries

The answer is (iii) and (iv) are correct.The National Knowledge Commission's recommendations on libraries asked the government to set up a National Commission on Libraries and to prepare a national census of all libraries, alongside revamping library and information science education and modernising library management.A list of every book in India is the job of the national bibliography, and a bilingual dictionary was not among the library recommendations, so options containing (i) or (ii) are wrong.

Q: Arrange the following Acts as per their enactment year.(i) Information Technology Act(ii) The Trademark Act(iii) British Copyright Law(iv) Indian Patents Act

The order is (iii) (iv) (ii) (i).British copyright law: the Statute of Anne of 1710, and the Copyright Act of 1911 that extended to India, both long before the others.Indian Patents Act: 1970.The Trade Marks Act: 1999.Information Technology Act: 2000.The trap is the last pair. The Trade Marks Act and the IT Act are a year apart, so the order must end (ii) (i). Options opening with the IT Act or the Trade Marks Act put the most recent laws first.

Q: Match the following :List IList II(a) Information society(i) Otto Nacke(b) Informetrics(ii) Habermas(c) Action theory(iii) Fritz Machlup(d) The constructivist model(iv) Jean Piaget

The correct match is a-iii, b-i, c-ii, d-iv.Fritz Machlup's study of the production and distribution of knowledge (1962) laid the ground for the idea of an information society (a-iii). Otto Nacke coined the term informetrics (Informetrie) in 1979 (b-i). Jurgen Habermas built his theory of communicative action, an action theory (c-ii). Jean Piaget is the source of the constructivist model of learning (d-iv).Piaget with the constructivist model alone rules out the options pairing (d) with (iii) or (i), and Nacke with informetrics leaves only this pattern.

51.

In which year was the 'National Policy on Library and Information System' introduced in India ?

A.2000
B.1986
C.1988
D.2012

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: B

The National Policy on Library and Information System was introduced in 1986.

The Government of India set up a committee under D.P. Chattopadhyaya, which submitted the National Policy on Library and Information System in 1986. It proposed a national network of libraries and information centres.

1988, 2000 and 2012 are wrong; for example, the National Knowledge Commission's library recommendations came only in 2007.

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52.

Videotext is a generic term that refers to both videotext and ......... .

A.Video
B.Teletext
C.Text
D.Multi-media

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: B

The missing term is Teletext.

Videotex (often written videotext) is the umbrella name for systems that deliver pages of text and simple graphics to a television screen or terminal. It has two forms: teletext, which is broadcast one way inside the television signal so the viewer can only select pages, and interactive viewdata, which runs over telephone lines so the user can send requests back.

Video, plain text and multimedia are general media words, not the paired system that the generic term covers.

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53.

The word 'communication' is derived from ............... language.

A.Latin
B.Greek
C.French
D.German

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: A

The word comes from Latin.

'Communication' derives from the Latin communicare, to share or make common, which comes from communis, common. The idea built into the word is that communication makes information common to the sender and the receiver.

Greek gave library science words such as 'bibliography' and 'biblion', and French and German supplied other borrowings, but not this one; English took 'communication' through Old French from the Latin root.

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54.

When words, information or ideas are taken from the source and used without acknowledgement is known as .................. .

A.Copyright
B.Plagiarism
C.Citation
D.Index

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: B

Using someone else's words, information or ideas without acknowledgement is plagiarism.

Plagiarism is presenting another person's work as one's own. It covers copied text, paraphrased ideas, data and images alike, and it is avoided by citing the source.

The other terms are different things. Copyright is the legal right of a creator to control copying of a work. A citation is the acknowledgement that prevents plagiarism. An index is a finding tool that points to where topics occur in a document or collection.

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55.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary defines ................. as 'a thing that happens or takes place'.

A.Information
B.Data
C.Knowledge
D.Event

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: D

The word the dictionary defines this way is Event.

'A thing that happens or takes place' is the dictionary sense of an event: an occurrence, especially an important one. Information science uses the word in the same sense when it treats an event as something that produces data to be recorded.

Information, data and knowledge are not things that happen. Data are raw recorded facts, information is data processed to have meaning, and knowledge is information understood and organised by a mind, so none of them fits the quoted definition.

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56.

Data is the building block for information and information is the building block of .................. .

A.Knowledge
B.Wisdom
C.Message
D.Perception

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: A

Information is the building block of Knowledge.

This is the data-information-knowledge-wisdom (DIKW) hierarchy. Raw data, once processed and given context, becomes information; information that is assimilated, related to experience and organised becomes knowledge; and knowledge applied with judgement becomes wisdom.

Wisdom is the step above knowledge, so information does not build it directly. A message is simply a unit of communication, and perception is a psychological process, so neither belongs in the hierarchy the statement describes.

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57.

International copyright is regulated by ............... and ................ .

(i) Berne Convention
(ii) Inter-American Convention
(iii) New York Revision
(iv) Berlin Convention

A.(i) and (ii) are correct
B.(ii) and (iii) are correct
C.(iii) and (iv) are correct
D.(ii) and (iv) are correct

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: A

The answer is (i) and (ii) are correct: the Berne Convention and the Inter-American Convention.

The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886) is the foundation of international copyright, and it is the only listed item that any option must contain. The Inter-American (Buenos Aires) Convention of 1910 governed copyright among the countries of the Americas, many of which stayed outside Berne for decades.

There is no copyright treaty called the New York Revision or the Berlin Convention (Berlin was only the place of a 1908 revision of Berne), so every option without (i) fails.

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58.

................. and ................ are the recommendations of National Knowledge Commission.

(i) Prepare a list of all books in India
(ii) Prepare a bi-lingual dictionary
(iii) Prepare a National census of all libraries
(iv) Set up a National Commission on libraries

A.(i) and (ii) are correct
B.(ii) and (iii) are correct
C.(ii) and (iv) are correct
D.(iii) and (iv) are correct

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: D

The answer is (iii) and (iv) are correct.

The National Knowledge Commission's recommendations on libraries asked the government to set up a National Commission on Libraries and to prepare a national census of all libraries, alongside revamping library and information science education and modernising library management.

A list of every book in India is the job of the national bibliography, and a bilingual dictionary was not among the library recommendations, so options containing (i) or (ii) are wrong.

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59.

Arrange the following Acts as per their enactment year.

(i) Information Technology Act
(ii) The Trademark Act
(iii) British Copyright Law
(iv) Indian Patents Act

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

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: D

The order is (iii) (iv) (ii) (i).

British copyright law: the Statute of Anne of 1710, and the Copyright Act of 1911 that extended to India, both long before the others.
Indian Patents Act: 1970.
The Trade Marks Act: 1999.
Information Technology Act: 2000.

The trap is the last pair. The Trade Marks Act and the IT Act are a year apart, so the order must end (ii) (i). Options opening with the IT Act or the Trade Marks Act put the most recent laws first.

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60.

Match the following :

List I	List II
(a) Information society	(i) Otto Nacke
(b) Informetrics	(ii) Habermas
(c) Action theory	(iii) Fritz Machlup
(d) The constructivist model	(iv) Jean Piaget

A.a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv
B.a-iii, b-i, c-ii, d-iv
C.a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i
D.a-i, b-ii, c-iv, d-iii

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: B

The correct match is a-iii, b-i, c-ii, d-iv.

Fritz Machlup's study of the production and distribution of knowledge (1962) laid the ground for the idea of an information society (a-iii). Otto Nacke coined the term informetrics (Informetrie) in 1979 (b-i). Jurgen Habermas built his theory of communicative action, an action theory (c-ii). Jean Piaget is the source of the constructivist model of learning (d-iv).

Piaget with the constructivist model alone rules out the options pairing (d) with (iii) or (i), and Nacke with informetrics leaves only this pattern.

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