Entrance Test 2021 Library Science PDF

TEST CODE PHET–421 ENTRANCE TEST-2021 LIBRARY SCIENCE _______________________________________ Maximum Marks : 70...

TEST CODE PHET–421 ENTRANCE TEST-2021 LIBRARY SCIENCE _______________________________________ Maximum Marks : 70 : 70 _______________________________________ Time : 2 Hour 2 _______________________________________ No. of Pages in Question Booklet : 28 100 SEAL Signature of Invigilator Instructions to the Examinee : 1. Do not open the Question Booklet unless you are asked to do so. 2. The Question Booklet contains 100 questions. Each questions carry 0.70 marks. Examinee is required to answer OMR all 100 questions in the OMR Answer- Sheet and not in the Question Booklet. All questions carry equal marks. 3. Examine the Question Booklet and OMR OMR Answer-Sheet very carefully before you proceed. Faulty Question Booklet due to missing or duplicate paper/question or having any other discrepancy should be immediately replaced. (Remaining instructions on last page) A-088 / PHET-421 P.T.O. A-088 / PHET-421 (2) 1. Research is an effort : 1. (A) To discover knowledge (A) (B) To verity the knowledge (B) (C) To discover and develop knowledge (C) (D) To discover, develop and verify (D) knowledge 2. The research on a particular problem with 2. some object is called : (A) Basic Research (A) (B) Fundamental Research (B) (C) Applied Research (C) (D) Interdisciplinary Research (D) 3. 3. immediate problem of the society/industry/ business is known as : (A) Pure research (A) (B) Applied research (B) (C) Fundamental research (C) (D) Conceptual research (D) 4. Which is the principal method of research 4. in Social Sciences ? (A) Historical method (A) (B) Descriptive method (B) (C) (D) Social Science method (D) A-088 / PHET-421 (3) P.T.O. 5. 5. method with : (A) Zenith (A) (B) Nadir (B) (C) Zenix (C) (D) None of these (D) 6. The Chi-square technique is used to compare 6. the observed data with that of : (A) Collected raw data (A) (B) Expected data (B) (C) Analysed data (C) (D) Graphical data (D) 7. Descriptive research is also called as : 7. (A) Analytical research (A) (B) Qualitative research (B) (C) Statistical research (C) (D) Applied research (D) 8. First stage of research process is : 8. (A) (B) Review of literature (B) (C) Research design (C) (D) Analysis of data (D) 9. A null hypothesis is : 9. (A) The same as research hypothesis (A) (B) Subjective in nature (B) (C) When there is no difference between the variables (C) (D) When there is difference between the (D) variables A-088 / PHET-421 (4) 10. What is the main aim of interdisciplinary 10. research ? (A) (A) To over simplify by problem of research (B) To bring out the holistic approach to (B) research (C) To create a new trend in research (C) methodology (D) To reduce the emphasis on a single (D) subject in the research domain 11. Which one is called non-probability 11. sampling ? (A) (A) Quota Sampling (B) (B) Cluster Sampling (C) (C) Systematic Sampling (D) Stratifred random sampling (D) 12. Which technique is generally followed when 12. (A) Systematic Sampling Technique (A) (B) Purposive Sampling Technique (B) (C) (C) Area Sampling Technique (D) (D) None of the above 13. Research problem is selected from the stand 13. point of : (A) Social relevance (A) (B) Financial support (B) (C) Researcher's interest (C) (D) Availability of relevant literature (D) A-088 / PHET-421 (5) P.T.O. 14. The process not needed in experimental 14. research is : (A) Controlling (A) (B) Observation (B) (C) Reference Collection (C) (D) Manipulation and replication (D) 15. How can the objectivity of the research be 15. enhanced ? (A) (A) Through its validity (B) (B) Through its reliability (C) Through its impartiality (C) (D) All of these (D) 16. Who was the first exponent of scientific 16. method : (A) (A) Aristotte (B) (B) Bacon (C) Bliss (C) (D) Newton (D) 17. Search for the information for research 17. normally starts with : (A) Tertiary Sources (A) (B) Primary Sources (B) (C) Secondary Sources (C) (D) Documentary Sources (D) 18. 18. (A) method (B) (C) Formulation of subjects (C) (D) Formulation of knowledge (D) A-088 / PHET-421 (6) 19. 19. points, Descendant to Nadir contains : (A) Fundamental Phase (A) (B) Deductive Phase (B) (C) (D) Hypothesis Phase (D) 20. What does hypothesis become after 20. (A) (A) Research problem (B) (B) Theory of principles (C) (C) Formulation (D) Solution of the problem (D) 21. Idiographic hypothesis is directed towards 21. predicting the behaviour of : (A) An Individual (A) (B) Group of people (B) (C) Masses (C) (D) People from same school of thought (D) 22. 22. availability of internet”. State “students' visit to library” is which kind of variable ? (A) Independent Variable (A) (B) Intervening Variable (B) (C) Dependent Variable (C) (D) Intercept Variable (D) 23. Which of the following is not related to case 23. study approach in a research design ? (A) In depth study (A) (B) Study of one/limited cases (B) (C) General study (C) (D) Little concern about generalisation to (D) a large population A-088 / PHET-421 (7) P.T.O. 24. Mean, Median and Mode are : 24. (A) Measure of deviation (A) (B) Ways of sampling (B) (C) Measures of control tendency (C) (D) None of the above (D) 25. In a questionnaire ‘open-ended’ question are : 25. (A) Th e qu es t i o nnai re a re op en to (A) interpretation (B) The answer may be incomplete (B) (C) respondent (D) Those where long answers are required (D) 26. A research paper is a brief report of research 26. work based on : (A) Primary data only (A) (B) Secondary data only (B) (C) Both primary and secondary data (C) (D) None of the above. (D) 27. The process not needed in experimental 27. researches is : (A) Reference collection (A) (B) Controlling (B) (C) Observation (C) (D) Manipulation and replication (D) 28. Attributes of objects, events or things which 28. can be measured are called : (A) Data (A) (B) Ribulose biphosphate (B) (C) Variables (C) (D) None of the above (D) A-088 / PHET-421 (8) 29. Formulation of hypothesis may not be 29. necessary in : (A) Survey studies (A) (B) Historical studies (B) (C) Experimental studies (C) (D) Normative studies (D) 30. Which of the following is a non-probability 30. sample ? (A) Quota sample (A) (B) Simple random sample (B) (C) Purposive sample (C) (D) (A) and (C) both (D) (A) (B) 31. A research selects a probability sample of 31. 100 out of the total population. It is : (A) A cluster sample (A) (B) A random sample (B) (C) A systematic sample (C) (D) 32. Research is based upon : 32. (A) Rating scale (A) (B) Experiments (B) (C) General principles (C) (D) 33. Bibliographical coupling is related to : 33. (A) Bibliometric studies (A) (B) Bibliography compilation (B) (C) Modes of subject formation (C) (D) Vocabulary control (D) A-088 / PHET-421 (9) P.T.O. 34. The term ‘Cyberspace’ was first used 34. by : (A) Andrew Pollack (A) (B) Johan Postal (B) (C) William Gibson (C) (D) Joe Flower. (D) 35. ‘Controlled Group’ is a term used in : 35. (A) Survey research (A) (B) Historical research (B) (C) Descriptive research (C) (D) (D) Experimental research 36. Which of the following is not a ‘Graphic 36. representation’ ? (A) Pie chart (A) (B) Bar chart (B) (C) Table (C) (D) Histogram (D) 37. Do you think anti plagiarism detection 37. software are use able for : (A) Avoiding plagiarism (A) (B) Added features like instant feed back (B) to help improve writing (C) Getting comparison or similarity index (C) to check originality of assignment (D) A-088 / PHET-421 (10) 38. Plagiarism where writer changer a few words 38. in the original text of another is known as : (A) (A) Direct copying (B) (B) Word switch (C) Paraphrasing (C) (D) None of these (D) 39. Can multiple submission of a work be treated 39. as plagiarism ? (A) Yes (A) (B) No (B) (C) Maybe (C) (D) Can't say (D) 40. Which plagiarism software among the 40. following is a commercial software : (A) Viber (A) (B) Plag Track (B) (C) Turntin (C) (D) Copyleaks (D) 41. Informetrics is : 41. (A) Mathematical research related to (A) libraries (B) A branch of computer science (B) (C) Mathematical Economics (C) (D) The study of Internet (D) 42. Impact factor is devised by : 42. (A) Alan Pritchard (A) (B) (C) David Hume (C) (D) Louis Brandeis (D) A-088 / PHET-421 (11) P.T.O. 43. Limitations of Bibliometrics is/are : 43. (i) Analyzing research and development (i) trends (ii) Describing text, not necessarily meaning (ii) and context (iii) Identifying the active areas of research (iii) (iv) Citation bias (iv) Codes : (A) (ii) (iv) (A) (ii) and (iv) are correct (B) (i) (iii) (B) (i) and (iii) are correct (C) (i), (ii) (iv) (C) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct (D) (ii) and (iii) are correct (D) (ii) (iii) 44. A census taker often collects data through 44. which of the following : (A) Standardized test (A) (B) Interviews (B) (C) Secondary data (C) (D) Observations (D) 45. Research journals with a high................. are 45. commonly considered to be more important than those with lower ones : (A) Eigen factor (A) (B) h-index (B) (C) Impact factor (C) (D) i-10 score (D) 46. Which of the following is the most recent 46. and dependable source of information on a (A) (A) Research paper (B) (B) Bibliography (C) Review article (C) (D) New textbook (D) A-088 / PHET-421 (12) 47. Why research is done ? 47. (A) (A) To make data as a fact (B) To make data as a universal fact (B) (C) To snow their research (C) (D) To the interest of research (D) 48. Inductive research proceeds from : 48. (A) (A) General to particular (B) (B) Particular to general (C) (C) Particular to particular (D) (D) General to general 49. 49. What type of research is the chain procedure of Ranganathan : (A) Applied Research (A) (B) Basic Research (B) (C) Pure Research (C) (D) Solo Research (D) 50. What type of solution is the hypothesis : 50. (A) Tested solution (A) (B) Half solution (B) (C) Full solution (C) (D) Tentative solution (D) 51. Informations is reduction of : 51. (A) Uncertainty (A) (B) Knowledge (B) (C) Confusion (C) (D) Delusion (D) A-088 / PHET-421 (13) P.T.O. 52. The distinct characteristic(s) of digital objects 52. are : (A) (A) Physical medium (B) (B) Logical process (C) (C) Conceptual recognition and transaction (D) (D) All the above 53. ‘Who's who in India’ is an irregular 53. publication is published by : (A) Sterling, New Delhi (A) (B) Business Press, Bombay (B) (C) Tradesman and Men Asia, Delhi (C) (D) Sahitya Samsad, Calcutta (D) 54. Sector Device is an extension of : 54. (A) Gap Device (A) (B) Empty Device (B) (C) Octave Device (C) (D) Group Notation Device (D) 55. A graphical representation using symbols to 55. (A) Logical chart (A) (B) Flow chart (B) (C) System Flow Chart (C) (D) Network Chart (D) 56. The 12 rules for relational database were 56. given by : (A) E.F. Codd (A) (B) Charles Babbage (B) (C) James Weyer (C) (D) Tim Berner's Lee (D) A-088 / PHET-421 (14) 57. ZOTERO is a.................. 57. (A) Content Management System (A) (B) Reference Management System (B) (C) Serials Management System (C) (D) Bibliographic Reference Management (D) System 58. A skillful method of providing means, 58. mechanism and structural elements to streamline organizational work is known as : (A) (A) Role Analysis (B) (B) Strategic Planing (C) (C) Work Culture (D) (D) Autonomous Planning 59. LISA 59. What kind of arrangement is followed in LISA ? (A) Alphabetical (A) (B) Chronological (B) (C) (D) Geographical (D) 60. An online search in which all aspects of the 60. records in natural language may be used as sought terms is : (A) Alphabetical collateral search (A) (B) Multi-aspect search (B) (C) Free-text searching (C) (D) Streaming search (D) A-088 / PHET-421 (15) P.T.O. 61. Science Abstracts published by : 61. (A) INSPEC (A) (B) Institute of Physics, London (B) (C) American Institute of Physics (C) (D) Physical Society of Japan (D) 62. What is the transferring software programme 62. from secondary storage media to the hard disc called ? (A) Download (A) (B) Upload (B) (C) Installation (C) (D) Storage (D) 63. ‘Information Literacy Competency standards 63. for Higher Education’ is prepared by : (A) AASL (A) (B) IFLA (B) (C) SCONUL (C) (D) ACRL (D) 64. Which set of rules is applicable for exchange 64. (A) FTP/IP (A) (B) HTTP (B) (C) HTML (C) (D) HYPERLINK (D) 65. 65. (A) 3XX (A) 3XX (B) 4XX (B) 4XX (C) 5XX (C) 5XX (D) 6XX (D) 6XX A-088 / PHET-421 (16) 66. Transformation of traditional libraries to 66. hybrid/digital libraries is : (A) Crisis Management (A) (B) Re-engineering (B) (C) Change Management (C) (D) Project Management (D) 67. Which one of the following is not a switching 67. system : (A) Packet (A) (B) Circuit (B) (C) Router (C) (D) Message (D) 68. FRBR is developed by : 68. FRBR (A) LC (A) (B) IFLA (B) (C) UNESCO (C) (D) FID (D) 69. 69. which of the following term ? (A) Digital Literacy (A) (B) Media Literacy (B) (C) Computer Literacy (C) (D) Information Literacy (D) 70. Semantic differential scale is concerned 70. with : (A) (A) Pool of items (B) (B) Selection from two opposite positions (C) Five points scale (C) (D) Selection from a check list (D) A-088 / PHET-421 (17) P.T.O. 71. 71. help of : (A) (B) (C) (D) 72. The physical and Chemical treatment of 72. materials to retard their further electerioration refers to : (A) Conservation (A) (B) Rescuing (B) (C) Prevention (C) (D) Restoration (D) 73. Name of the president of Srilanka can be 73. found in : (A) International who's who (A) (B) Stateman's Year book (B) (C) Who's who in the world (C) (D) (D) Wilson Biographies 74. 74. AACR-II (R) is : (A) Internal user label (A) (B) Title page (B) (C) (C) Colophone (D) (D) Title frame A-088 / PHET-421 (18) 75. The national convention regularly organized 75. by DELNET is known as : (A) CALIBER (A) (B) ICDL (B) (C) NACLIN (C) (D) DELNETCON (D) 76. Which state Public Library Act has the 76. provision to collect library fund through land tax ? (A) Tamil Nadu (A) (B) Karnataka (B) (C) Andhra Pradesh (C) (D) (D) Maharashtra 77. Which of the following is not an implication 77. of Fourth Law of Library Science ? (A) (B) Stack-room-guides (B) (C) (C) Issue Methods (D) (D) Rural Library services 78. Which is not a reprographic service ? 78. (A) Micro Copying (A) (B) (B) Blue Printing (C) (C) Paper Printing (D) (D) Thermo Copying A-088 / PHET-421 (19) P.T.O. 79. In the library hierarchy which level of 79. management is responsible for execution of policies ? (A) (A) Middle Level (B) (B) Operational Level (C) (C) Top Level (D) (D) Lower Level 80. Financial allocation made to a library for 80. purchase of furniture and equipment usually comes under the budget head : (A) Recurring grant (A) (B) Endowments (B) (C) Non-recurring grant (C) (D) Annual grant (D) 81. Which Committee/Commission recommended 81. that imperial library be designated as Copyright Library ? (A) Fayzee Committee, 1919 (A) (B) Riche Committee, 1926 (B) (C) Startham Committee, 1932 (C) (D) Sadler Committee, 1916 (D) 82. Who said that information is both a product 82. and process ? (A) (A) S.R. Ranganathan (B) (B) D.J. Foskett (C) J. Martin (C) (D) S.D. Bradford (D) A-088 / PHET-421 (20) 83. If two citations are cited together, it is known 83. as : (A) Double Citatiron (A) (B) Twin Citatiron (B) (C) Co-Citatiron (C) (D) Controlled Citatron (D) 84. National centre for science Information was 84. established at : (A) New Delhi (A) (B) Bangalore (B) (C) Kolkatta (C) (D) Mumbai (D) 85. KWIC indexing system was developed 85. KWIC by : (A) Mortimer Toube (A) (B) S.R. Ranganathan (B) (C) H.P. Luhn (C) (D) Derek Austin. (D) A-088 / PHET-421 (21) P.T.O. 86. CCF for bibliographic record refers to : 86. (i) Data Transfer (i) (ii) Data Storage (ii) (iii) (iv) Formatting of records (iv) Codes : (A) (i) and (iii) are correct (A) (i), (iii) (B) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct (C) (ii) and (iii) are correct (B) (i), (ii) (iv) (D) (iii), (i) and (ii) are correct (C) (ii) (iii) 87. Assertion (A) : The exclusive rights conferred (D) (iii), (i) (ii) by Intellectual property rights can generally 87. (A) : be transferred/licenced to third parties. Reason (R) : The creators want to make product. (R) : Codes : (A) (A) is true but (R) is false (A) (A) (R) (B) (A) is false but (R) is true (B) (A) (R) (C) Both (A) and (R) are true (C) (A) (R) (D) Both (A) and (R) are false. (D) (A) (R) A-088 / PHET-421 (22) 88. Match the following : 88. List-I List-II -I -II (a) William Martin (i) Little Science (a) (i) (b) (ii) (c) Eric J de Solla (iii) Documentation (c) (iii) price (d) S.C. Bradford (iv) The third Wave (d) (iv) Codes : (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i) (A) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i) (B) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i) (B) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i) (C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii) (C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii) (D) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii) (D) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii) 89. The professional ethics help to.............. 89. (i) Get the right direction (i) (ii) Enhance image (ii) (iii) Get more salaries (iii) (iv) Resolve day to day issues (iv) Codes : (A) (ii) and (iii) are correct (A) (ii) (iii) (B) (i) and (iv) are correct (B) (i) (iv) (C) (i) and (ii) are correct (D) (ii) and (iv) are correct (C) (i) (ii) (D) (ii) (iv) A-088 / PHET-421 (23) P.T.O. 90. Give in sequence, the following in order of 90. their origin : (i) National Library (i) (ii) Calcutta Public Library (ii) (iii) Imperial Library Act (iii) (iv) Imperial Library (iv) Codes : (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) (A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) (B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (C) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii) (C) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii) (D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i) (D) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i) 91. Berne convention is concerned with : 91. (A) Patents (A) (B) Standards (B) (C) Copyright (C) (D) Digital Publications (D) 92. Arrange the following according to year of 92. publication : (i) (iii) Five Laws of Library Science (ii) (iii) (iv) Codes : (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d) (A) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) (A) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) (B) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii) (B) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii) (C) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii) (C) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii) (D) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii) (D) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii) A-088 / PHET-421 (24) 93. Web form is used in : 93. (A) Synchronous Virtual Reference (A) Service (B) (B) Asynchronous Virtual Reference Service (C) (A) (B) (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) (D) None of these 94. 94. Clear demarcation of duties and responsibilities in HR management known as : (A) (A) Job analysis (B) (B) Job description (C) (C) Job hunting (D) (D) Job Satisfaction 95. 95. An example for post-coordinate indexing system is : (A) (A) Uniterm indexing (B) (B) DDC (C) (C) PRECIS (D) (D) None of the above 96. 96. What is postscript ? (A) (A) Command language (B) (B) Markup language (C) (C) Page description language (D) (D) Audio programming language 97. 97. A website that provides an entry point to the internet and offers value added services is called as : (A) (A) Portal (B) (B) Subject Gateway (C) (C) Information Gateway (D) (D) All of the above A-088 / PHET-421 (25) P.T.O. 98. ‘Ubuntu’ the open source system software 98. works with : (A) Desktop computers (A) (B) Smart phones (B) (C) Music systems (C) (D) All of the above (D) 99. Und er what mode of fo rmati on o f 99. universe of subjects can ‘space science’ be categorized ? (A) (A) Fission (B) (B) Fusion (C) Dissection (C) (D) Cluster (D) 100. Access to back volumes of E-journals is 100. known as : (A) Random Access (A) (B) Perpetual Access (B) (C) Online Access (C) (D) Retrospective Access (D) A-088 / PHET-421 (26)  ROUGH WORK A-088 / PHET-421 (27) P.T.O. 4. Four alternative answers are mentioned for each questions as A, B, C & D in the (A, B, C & D) Question Booklet. The candidate has to choose the most appropriate and correct answer and mark the same in the OMR Answer sheet as per the direction: Example : Q1 A B C D Q1 A B C D Q2 A B C D Q2 A B C D Q3 A B C D Q3 A B C D Illegible answers with cutting and over- writing will be cancelled. 5. In case the candidate does not the appropriates circle in the Answer- Sheet and leave blank 'Zero' mark will be given. 6. 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