Information Services and Networks Questions and Answers

Q: Match the following :List IList II(a) 2002(i) ENVIS(b) 1958(ii) SENDOC(c) 1982(iii) DESIDOC(d) 1970(iv) NISCAIR/NISCPR

The correct match is a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii.NISCAIR was formed in 2002 by merging INSDOC and NISCOM, and was later merged into NIScPR (a-iv). DESIDOC began in 1958 as the Scientific Information Bureau of the defence research organisation (b-iii). ENVIS, the Environmental Information System of the environment ministry, was set up in 1982 (c-i). That leaves SENDOC, the Small Enterprises National Documentation Centre in Hyderabad, for 1970 (d-ii).Option A is the only one that gives 2002 to NISCAIR and 1958 to DESIDOC.

Q: National Knowledge Network is to be implemented by

The National Knowledge Network is to be implemented by the National Informatics Centre, here printed as National Information Centre, so the answer is C.The network was proposed by the National Knowledge Commission and is a high-bandwidth backbone that links universities, libraries, research laboratories and other institutions. The National Informatics Centre of the Government of India builds and runs it.The National Knowledge Commission (A) proposed it, but did not implement it. The Information and Library Network (B) is the INFLIBNET Centre, and the Department of Information Technology (D) is the parent department, not the implementing agency in the key.

Q: NICRYS is information system for

NICRYS is an information system for crystallography, so the answer is C.NICRYS is the National Information System for crystallography, one of the subject-oriented information systems built in India for a single discipline, in which data on crystal structures are collected, stored and supplied to scientists working in that field.Machine tools (A), food science (B) and drugs (D) are served by other, differently named systems and not by NICRYS, so they are the wrong options.

Q: The national convention regularly organized by DELNET is known as

The national convention regularly organised by DELNET is NACLIN, so the answer is C.NACLIN is the National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking, held by the Developing Library Network, which is a network of libraries based in Delhi.CALIBER (A) is the convention of the INFLIBNET Centre, ICDL (B) is an international conference on digital libraries, and DELNETCON (D) is not the name of the convention.

Q: Which of the following are not reference service ?(i) Preparation of user profile(ii) Initiation of freshman(iii) Compilation of documentation list(iv) Readers Advisory

The services that are not reference service are the preparation of user profiles and the compilation of a documentation list, so the answer is C.Reference service answers the readers' questions and helps them: orientation of the new reader (initiation of freshmen, ii) and readers' advisory work (iv) are part of it. Preparation of a user profile and compilation of a documentation list are services of the documentation and current awareness type and are classed apart from reference service in the key.Options A, B and D each name at least one item (ii or iv) that is a reference service.

81.

Match the following :

List I	List II
(a) 2002	(i) ENVIS
(b) 1958	(ii) SENDOC
(c) 1982	(iii) DESIDOC
(d) 1970	(iv) NISCAIR/NISCPR

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

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: A

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

NISCAIR was formed in 2002 by merging INSDOC and NISCOM, and was later merged into NIScPR (a-iv). DESIDOC began in 1958 as the Scientific Information Bureau of the defence research organisation (b-iii). ENVIS, the Environmental Information System of the environment ministry, was set up in 1982 (c-i). That leaves SENDOC, the Small Enterprises National Documentation Centre in Hyderabad, for 1970 (d-ii).

Option A is the only one that gives 2002 to NISCAIR and 1958 to DESIDOC.

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82.

Which of the following are library networks ?

(i) Internet (ii) DELNET
(iii) NICNET (iv) OCLC
Codes :

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

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

DELNET (Developing Library Network) of Delhi and OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) are library networks, in which libraries share catalogue records and resources. The Internet is a general network of networks and is not a library network, and NICNET is a government computer network of the National Informatics Centre, not a library network. So (ii) and (iv) are correct, and the answer is the second option. A library network links libraries to share resources, as opposed to a general network that merely connects computers.

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83.

Which of the following are review type services ?

(i) Current Awareness
(ii) Trend Reports
(iii) News Clippings
(iv) State of the Art Report
Codes :

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

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

Review services consolidate and evaluate the literature of a field: trend reports and state-of-the-art reports are of this type, so (ii) and (iv) are correct. Current awareness services only alert users to new publications, and news clipping is an alerting service that selects news items, so neither of those is a review service. The answer is (ii) and (iv). Reviews also serve the user who has no time to go through the primary literature, since they condense it and judge it.

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84.

Assertion (A) : Indian libraries are making optimum use of social networking.

Reason (R) : Social networking has wider role in dissemination of information.
Codes :

A.(A) is true but (R) is false.
B.(A) is false but (R) is true.
C.(A) and (R) both are true.
D.(A) and (R) both are false.

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

The assertion is false: Indian libraries are using social networking tools such as Facebook and blogs, but not to the optimum extent, and many use them only in a limited way. The reason is true: social networking has a wider role in the dissemination of information, since it reaches many users quickly. So (A) is false but (R) is true. The other options either accept the assertion or deny the reason. Optimum use would mean that every library employs the tools to the full, which is not the position in India.

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85.

Match the following :

List - I	List - II
a. Guiding users to the place of information	i. Digest
b. Guiding users in the use of information	ii. User orientation
c. Alerting users with the latest arrivals	iii. Referral
d. Providing users with summarised information	iv. Current Awareness

Codes : a b c d

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

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

The correct match is a-iii, b-ii, c-iv, d-i. Guiding users to the place of information is referral service. Guiding users in the use of information is user orientation. Alerting users to the latest arrivals is current awareness service, and giving summarised information is a digest. This gives the code iii ii iv i, which is option (B). Referral service sends a user to another library, person or organisation holding the information, which is why it counts as guiding the user to the place of information.

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86.

National Knowledge Network is to be implemented by

A.National Knowledge Commission
B.Information and Library Network
C.National Information Centre
D.Department of Information Technology

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

The National Knowledge Network is to be implemented by the National Informatics Centre, here printed as National Information Centre, so the answer is C.

The network was proposed by the National Knowledge Commission and is a high-bandwidth backbone that links universities, libraries, research laboratories and other institutions. The National Informatics Centre of the Government of India builds and runs it.

The National Knowledge Commission (A) proposed it, but did not implement it. The Information and Library Network (B) is the INFLIBNET Centre, and the Department of Information Technology (D) is the parent department, not the implementing agency in the key.

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87.

NICRYS is information system for

A.Machine tools
B.Food science
C.Crystallography
D.Drugs

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

NICRYS is an information system for crystallography, so the answer is C.

NICRYS is the National Information System for crystallography, one of the subject-oriented information systems built in India for a single discipline, in which data on crystal structures are collected, stored and supplied to scientists working in that field.

Machine tools (A), food science (B) and drugs (D) are served by other, differently named systems and not by NICRYS, so they are the wrong options.

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88.

The national convention regularly organized by DELNET is known as

A.CALIBER
B.ICDL
C.NACLIN
D.DELNETCON

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

The national convention regularly organised by DELNET is NACLIN, so the answer is C.

NACLIN is the National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information Networking, held by the Developing Library Network, which is a network of libraries based in Delhi.

CALIBER (A) is the convention of the INFLIBNET Centre, ICDL (B) is an international conference on digital libraries, and DELNETCON (D) is not the name of the convention.

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89.

Which of the following are not reference service ?

(i) Preparation of user profile
(ii) Initiation of freshman
(iii) Compilation of documentation list
(iv) Readers Advisory

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

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: C

The services that are not reference service are the preparation of user profiles and the compilation of a documentation list, so the answer is C.

Reference service answers the readers' questions and helps them: orientation of the new reader (initiation of freshmen, ii) and readers' advisory work (iv) are part of it. Preparation of a user profile and compilation of a documentation list are services of the documentation and current awareness type and are classed apart from reference service in the key.

Options A, B and D each name at least one item (ii or iv) that is a reference service.

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90.

Which of the following functions are analysed by ALA as reference service functions ?

(i) Consultation function
(ii) Guidance function
(iii) Instruction function
(iv) Bibliographic function

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

Exam Year(s)

UGC NET - 2012,

Answer: B

The functions that the ALA analysed as reference service functions, according to the key, are the guidance, instruction and bibliographic functions, so the answer is B.

The ALA described reference work as informing the reader, guiding him to the right material, teaching him how to use the library and supplying bibliographic help. In the key these appear as the guidance function (ii), the instruction function (iii) and the bibliographic function (iv).

The key does not include the consultation function (i), so options A, C and D, which have it, are wrong.

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