Information Sources Questions and Answers

Q: Econstor is a non-profit digital archiving service provided by .......

EconStor is provided by the German National Library of Economics.EconStor is the open access repository for economics run by the ZBW, the Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, which is Germany's national library of economics. It makes working papers and articles freely available.It is not run by the Library of Congress, and there is no Australian or Dutch 'National Library of Economics' behind it.

Q: ............... and .......... are primary sources.(i) Bibliography(ii) Yearbooks(iii) Conference Proceedings(iv) JournalsCodes :

The answer is (iii) and (iv) are correct: conference proceedings and journals.Primary sources carry original information reported for the first time. Research journals and conference proceedings publish new findings, so they are primary sources.Bibliographies list other documents and yearbooks compile facts from other sources, so both are secondary sources.

Q: Which of the following is a secondary information source ?

The secondary source is Abstracting periodicals.Primary sources report original work for the first time. Secondary sources are compiled from primary ones to organise and point to them: indexing and abstracting periodicals, bibliographies, reviews and most reference works. An abstracting periodical such as Chemical Abstracts summarises articles already published elsewhere.Patents, conference proceedings and standards all present original information first-hand, which makes them primary sources.

Q: The Science Direct database is developed by ................. .

ScienceDirect is the platform of Elsevier.ScienceDirect is Elsevier's full-text database of its journals and books in science, technology and medicine, and it sits alongside Elsevier's abstracting and citation database Scopus.The others run their own platforms: Emerald publishes through Emerald Insight, EBSCO through EBSCOhost and its discovery service, and Sage Publications through Sage Journals. None of them produces ScienceDirect.

Q: ................... is a primary document.

The primary document is the Research report.A research report presents the results of an original investigation for the first time, which is what makes it a primary document, like a journal article, thesis, patent or standard.The other three are built from primary documents. A bibliography lists them, abstracts summarise them (both secondary sources), and an encyclopedia digests established knowledge into articles, so it is a reference or tertiary source rather than a primary one.

Q: A trade bibliography lists .............. .

A trade bibliography lists Books available for sale.Trade bibliographies are compiled for the book trade: they record books in print and newly published titles with the price, publisher and ISBN so that booksellers and libraries can order them. Books in Print and the Cumulative Book Index are standard examples.Directories of bookshops or of publishers are trade directories, not bibliographies, and 'various types of traders' plays on the word 'trade' without having anything to do with books.

Q: ............... and ............. are sources of geographical information.(i) Gazetteer(ii) Gazette(iii) Atlas(iv) Indexes and abstracts

The answer is (i) and (iii) are correct: the gazetteer and the atlas.A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary giving the location and description of places, and an atlas is a bound collection of maps. Both are the standard geographical sources in a reference collection.A gazette is an official government publication of notifications and orders, despite the similar spelling, and indexes and abstracts are general bibliographic tools, not geographical sources. Options naming (ii) or (iv) are therefore wrong.

Q: DOAJ ................ .(i) Provides abstracts only(ii) Provides full text articles(iii) Provides only list of journals(iv) Provides list of journals and articles

The answer is (ii) and (iv) are correct.The Directory of Open Access Journals lists quality-controlled open access journals and also indexes their articles, each with a link to the free full text. So it gives a list of journals and articles, and through it the reader reaches full-text articles.It does not stop at abstracts, since the whole point is free full text, and it is not merely a list of journals, because article-level records are searchable too. That rules out every option with (i) or (iii).

Q: Marathi Vishvakosh is a .............. .(i) Special encyclopedia of Marathi language(ii) Single volume encyclopedia(iii) General encyclopedia in Marathi language(iv) Multivolume encyclopedia

The answer is (iii) and (iv) are correct.The Marathi Vishwakosh, prepared by the Maharashtra government's Marathi Vishwakosh board, is a general encyclopedia written in Marathi, covering all subjects, and it runs to many volumes, so it is a multivolume work.It is not a special encyclopedia of the Marathi language, since its subject is general knowledge, not the language itself, and it is not a single-volume work. Options naming (i) or (ii) are therefore wrong.

Q: Match the following :List IList II(a) Knowledge Organization(i) India(b) Library Herald(ii) Germany(c) The Electronic Library(iii) United Kingdom(d) Library Trends(iv) USA

The correct match is a-ii, b-i, c-iii, d-iv.Knowledge Organization, the journal of the International Society for Knowledge Organization, is published in Germany (a-ii). Library Herald is published by the Delhi Library Association in India (b-i). The Electronic Library is an Emerald journal from the United Kingdom (c-iii). Library Trends comes from the USA, from the University of Illinois school of information sciences with Johns Hopkins University Press (d-iv).Option B swaps the British and American journals, and the others mismatch the Indian title.

61.

Econstor is a non-profit digital archiving service provided by .......

A.Library of Congress
B.Australian National Library of Economics
C.German National Library of Economics
D.National Library of Economics, Netherland

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: C

EconStor is provided by the German National Library of Economics.

EconStor is the open access repository for economics run by the ZBW, the Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, which is Germany's national library of economics. It makes working papers and articles freely available.

It is not run by the Library of Congress, and there is no Australian or Dutch 'National Library of Economics' behind it.

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62.

............... and .......... are primary sources.

(i) Bibliography
(ii) Yearbooks
(iii) Conference Proceedings
(iv) Journals

Codes :

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

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: D

The answer is (iii) and (iv) are correct: conference proceedings and journals.

Primary sources carry original information reported for the first time. Research journals and conference proceedings publish new findings, so they are primary sources.

Bibliographies list other documents and yearbooks compile facts from other sources, so both are secondary sources.

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63.

Which of the following is a secondary information source ?

A.Patents
B.Conference proceedings
C.Abstracting periodicals
D.Standards

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: C

The secondary source is Abstracting periodicals.

Primary sources report original work for the first time. Secondary sources are compiled from primary ones to organise and point to them: indexing and abstracting periodicals, bibliographies, reviews and most reference works. An abstracting periodical such as Chemical Abstracts summarises articles already published elsewhere.

Patents, conference proceedings and standards all present original information first-hand, which makes them primary sources.

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64.

The Science Direct database is developed by ................. .

A.Emerald
B.EBSCO
C.Sage Publications
D.Elsevier

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: D

ScienceDirect is the platform of Elsevier.

ScienceDirect is Elsevier's full-text database of its journals and books in science, technology and medicine, and it sits alongside Elsevier's abstracting and citation database Scopus.

The others run their own platforms: Emerald publishes through Emerald Insight, EBSCO through EBSCOhost and its discovery service, and Sage Publications through Sage Journals. None of them produces ScienceDirect.

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65.

................... is a primary document.

A.Bibliography
B.Encyclopedia
C.Abstracts
D.Research report

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: D

The primary document is the Research report.

A research report presents the results of an original investigation for the first time, which is what makes it a primary document, like a journal article, thesis, patent or standard.

The other three are built from primary documents. A bibliography lists them, abstracts summarise them (both secondary sources), and an encyclopedia digests established knowledge into articles, so it is a reference or tertiary source rather than a primary one.

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66.

A trade bibliography lists .............. .

A.Books available for sale
B.Book shops
C.Commercial publishers
D.Various types of traders

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: A

A trade bibliography lists Books available for sale.

Trade bibliographies are compiled for the book trade: they record books in print and newly published titles with the price, publisher and ISBN so that booksellers and libraries can order them. Books in Print and the Cumulative Book Index are standard examples.

Directories of bookshops or of publishers are trade directories, not bibliographies, and 'various types of traders' plays on the word 'trade' without having anything to do with books.

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67.

............... and ............. are sources of geographical information.

(i) Gazetteer
(ii) Gazette
(iii) Atlas
(iv) Indexes and abstracts

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

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: B

The answer is (i) and (iii) are correct: the gazetteer and the atlas.

A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary giving the location and description of places, and an atlas is a bound collection of maps. Both are the standard geographical sources in a reference collection.

A gazette is an official government publication of notifications and orders, despite the similar spelling, and indexes and abstracts are general bibliographic tools, not geographical sources. Options naming (ii) or (iv) are therefore wrong.

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68.

DOAJ ................ .

(i) Provides abstracts only
(ii) Provides full text articles
(iii) Provides only list of journals
(iv) Provides list of journals and articles

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

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: D

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

The Directory of Open Access Journals lists quality-controlled open access journals and also indexes their articles, each with a link to the free full text. So it gives a list of journals and articles, and through it the reader reaches full-text articles.

It does not stop at abstracts, since the whole point is free full text, and it is not merely a list of journals, because article-level records are searchable too. That rules out every option with (i) or (iii).

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69.

Marathi Vishvakosh is a .............. .

(i) Special encyclopedia of Marathi language
(ii) Single volume encyclopedia
(iii) General encyclopedia in Marathi language
(iv) Multivolume encyclopedia

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

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: C

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

The Marathi Vishwakosh, prepared by the Maharashtra government's Marathi Vishwakosh board, is a general encyclopedia written in Marathi, covering all subjects, and it runs to many volumes, so it is a multivolume work.

It is not a special encyclopedia of the Marathi language, since its subject is general knowledge, not the language itself, and it is not a single-volume work. Options naming (i) or (ii) are therefore wrong.

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70.

Match the following :

List I	List II
(a) Knowledge Organization	(i) India
(b) Library Herald	(ii) Germany
(c) The Electronic Library	(iii) United Kingdom
(d) Library Trends	(iv) USA

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

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: A

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

Knowledge Organization, the journal of the International Society for Knowledge Organization, is published in Germany (a-ii). Library Herald is published by the Delhi Library Association in India (b-i). The Electronic Library is an Emerald journal from the United Kingdom (c-iii). Library Trends comes from the USA, from the University of Illinois school of information sciences with Johns Hopkins University Press (d-iv).

Option B swaps the British and American journals, and the others mismatch the Indian title.

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