2009 December UGC NET examination in Library and Information Science paper II

Solved paper II of 2009 December UGC NET examination in Library and Information Science is given below.

1. The quotation “Where is the Wisdom, We Lost in Knowledge...” is by

(A) John Keats

(B) M. P. Carter

(C) T. S. Eliot

(D) Marshall McLuhan

Answer: (C)

2. Entropy is a measure of

(A) Degree of relevance of information

(B) Quantity of irrelevant information

(C) Degree of uncertainty in information

(D) Degree of certainty in information

Answer: (C)

3. CONPOLIS (India) was set up in the year

(A) 1985

(B) 1986

(C) 1987

(D) 1988

Answer: (A)

4. First time efforts for the development of libraries in India were made

(A) S. R. Ranganathan

(B) S. Radhakrishnan

(C) Sayaji Rao Gaekwad I

(D) Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III

Answer: (D)

5. An E-book which does not require an internet connection to access its contents is

(A) Web book                      (B) Palm book

(C) Electronic Ink e-book    (D) Digital book

Answer: (D)

6. Emerald full text Database is published from

(A) USA

(B) Germany

(C) France

(D) U.K.

Answer: (D)

7. Who propounded “Conservative, moderate and liberal theories of reference service”?

(A) William A Katz

(B) S. R. Ranganathan

(C) James I. Wyer

(D) R. Emery

Answer: (C)

8. The input Centre for INIS in India is

(A) DRDO (B) DSIR (C) TFIR (D) BARC

Answer: (D)

9. The provision of phase relations in DDC was made available from

(A) 14th edition (B) 2nd edition (C) 7th edition (D) 11th edition

Answer: (D)

10. RDA stands for

(A) Resource Description Agency

(B) Reference Description and Access

(C) Reference Description Agency

(D) Resource Description and Access

Answer: (D)

11. Cost benefit analysis means

(A) Value for money

(B) Performance evaluation based on cost

(C) Finding out unit cost

(D) Performance evaluation based on inputs

Answer: (B)

12. Which national agency in India is assigning the ISBN?

(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Education Resource Centre

(B) Delhi Public Library

(C) Federation of Publishers in India

(D) National Library of India

Answer: (A)

13. The term ‘Cyberspace’ was first used by

(A) Andrew Pollock (B) William Gibson

(C) John Postal (D) Joe Flower

Answer: (B)

14. RFID Technology is used in

(A) Acquisition (B) Serial Control

(C) Circulation Control (D) OPAC

Answer: (C)

15. The Boolean operator ‘AND’ is related to

(A) Productive (B) Additive

(C) Logical Difference (D) None of the above

Answer: (B)

16. The process of configuring the disks into tracks and sectors is called

(A) Booting (B) Formatting

(C) Labelling (D) All the above

Answer: (B)

17. A research design is

(A) A series of guide posts (B) A series of sampling

(C) A hypothetical statement (D) A controller of variance

Answer: (A)

18. In a questionnaire, questionnaire on age, income and gender are the examples of

(A) Dependent variables (B) Intervening variables

(C) Independent variables (D) Manipulation variables

Answer: (C)

19. The simple Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES) consists of

(A) 10 elements (B) 15 elements

(C) 14 elements (D) 18 elements

Answer: (B)

20. ‘Libraries as Gateways to Knowledge’ is the title of the document

(A) National Information Policy, 1986

(B) Information Technology Act, 2000

(C) National Knowledge Commission on Libraries, 2007

(D) None of the above

Answer: (C)

21. Assertion (A): INDEST conceived J-Gate as a customized gate for e-journals subscribed by the member libraries.

Reason (R): J-Gate provides a common access platform for all its members to search and share resources subscribed by the member libraries.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation.

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation.

(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.

Answer: (A)

22. Assertion (A): XML, just like HTML is a meta language that is capable of containing extendable elements.

Reason (R): XML develop and deploy new specific mark up, enabling automatic authoring and processing of networked information.

(A) (A) is false but (R) is true.

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation.

(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true.

Answer: (B)

23. Assertion (A): Measuring the Internet and in particular the web is a difficult task.

Reason (R): Web is considered as a new publishing medium with inadequate editorial process.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation.

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation.

(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.

Answer: (A)

24. Assertion (A): An indexing language is an artificial language as it uses controlled vocabulary.

Reason (R): It provides different relationships between terms.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are false. (B) Both (A) and (R) are true.

(C) (A) is true but (R) is false. (D) (A) is false but (R) is true.

Answer: (B)

25. Assertion (A): With large collection of documents, recall can be measured properly.

Reason (R): The proper estimation of maximum recall for a query requires detailed knowledge of all the documents in the collection.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation.

(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.

Answer: (C)

26. Assertion (A): In contemporary digital environment, IPR become the focal point.

Reason (R): Many fold increase of unfair use of I.P.

(A) (A) and (R) are true. (B) (A) and (R) are false.

(C) (A) is true and (R) is false. (D) (A) is false and (R) is true.

Answer: (A)

27. Assertion (A): Library automation is at a slow pace in Indian Libraries.

Reason (R): Lack of U.G.C. (India) support lead to this situation.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true. (B) Both (A) and (R) are false.

(C) (A) is true but (R) is false. (D) (A) is false but (R) is true.

Answer: (C)

28. Assertion (A): The development of Institutional Repositories in India is at a slow pace.

Reason (R): This can be attributed to the non-availability of open source software and lack of interest among the LIS professionals.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.

(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.

(C) (A) is true but (R) is partially true.

(D) (A) is false and (R) is true.

Answer: (C)

29. Assertion (A): Subject gateways offer the users an alternative to ‘Vacuum Cleaner’ type of search engines, such as Google, Infoseek, Alta Vista etc.

Reason (R): Subject Gateways hold manually created records, rich resource description containing relevant information.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation.

(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.

(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.

Answer: (B)

30. Assertion (A): Para-professional staff supports the professional staff in Library routines.

Reason (R): Para-professional staffs acquire skill by experience.

(A) (A) is false, but (R) is true. (B) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

(C) Both (A) and (R) are false. (D) Both (A) and (R) are true.

Answer: (D)

31. Public Library Law has already been passed in the following States. Identify the correct chronological order in which they were enacted.

(i) Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand) (ii) Orissa

(iii) Gujarat (iv) Haryana

Codes :

(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(B) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

(C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

(D) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

Answer: (B)

32. Arrange in chronological order the following persons who were associated with computing history:

(i) J. Presper Eckart (ii) John W Mauchly

(iii) August Ada (iv) Charles Babbage

Codes :

(A) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

(B) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

(C) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)

(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

Answer: (D)

33. Arrange the following events of Public Library movement in chronological order:

(i) Enactment of Press and Registration of Books Act

(ii) Establishment of the Punjab Library, Lahore

(iii) Constitution of Fyzee Committee

(iv) Declaration of Imperial Library (Calcutta) as National Library of India

Codes :

(A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)

(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

(D) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)

Answer: (A)

34. Arrange the following layers of OSI model in the sequence in which they function:

(i) Network Layer (ii) Physical Layer

(iii) Transport Layer (iv) Data Link Layer

Codes :

(A) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)

(B) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

(C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)

(D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

Answer: (C)

35. Arrange the following four quadrants of spiral of scientific method in their logical order :

(i) Ascendant (ii) Nadir

(iii) Zenith (iv) Descendent

Codes :

(A) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)

(B) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)

(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

(D) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)

Answer: (D)

36. Arrange the following books in order of their publication:

(i) Classified Catalogue Code (ii) Prolegamena to Library Classification

(iii) Five Laws of Library Science (iv) Colon Classification

Codes :

(A) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)

(B) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

(C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

(D) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)

Answer: (C)

37. Arrange the following bibliographies according to their date of origin:

(i) Indian National Bibliography (ii) Cumulative Book Index

(iii) Book In Print (iv) British National Bibliography

Codes :

(A) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

(C) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(D) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

Answer: (A)

38. Arrange the following schemes of classification according to their year of origin:

(i) Colon Classification (ii) Expansive Classification

(iii) Universal Decimal Classification (iv) Dewey Decimal Classification

Codes :

(A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

(B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

(C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)

(D) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)

Answer: (C)

39. Arrange the following principles and canons according to their levels as enunciated by Dr. S. R. Ranganathan :

(i) Principles of Cataloguing (ii) General Normative Principles

(iii) Laws of Library Science (iv) Canons of Cataloguing

Codes :

(A) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)

(B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

(C) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

(D) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)

Answer: (B)

40. Arrange the following Associations according to their year of formation:

(i) ASLIB (ii) LA

(iii) ALA (iv) SLA

Codes :

(A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

(B) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)

(C) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

(D) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)

Answer: (A)

41. Match the following:

List-I List-II

(a) Little Science, Big Science (i) S.C. Bradfold

(b) Documentation (ii) William Martin

(c) The Third Wave (iii) Eric J de Solla Price

(d) The Information Society (iv) Alwin Toffler

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(B) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

(D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

Answer: (B)

42. Match the following:

List-I List-II

(a) Key Word Indexing (i) J. R. Sharp

(b) Citation Indexing (ii) H. P. Luhn

(c) Uniterm Indexing (iii) E. Garfield

(d) SLIC Indexing (iv) M. Taube

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

(B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

(C) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)

(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)

Answer: (A)

43. Match the following:

List-I List-II

(a) Web Navigation Element (i) Telecommunication

(b) Shift + Tab (ii) SQL

(c) ANSI Standard (iii) Hyperlink

(d) TELNET (iv) Select the previous link

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(B) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

(C) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)

(D) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

Answer: (C)

44. Match the following:

List-I List-II

(a) Mcfee (i) DOAJ

(b) Directory (ii) Antivirus

(c) Personal Web pages (iii) Vendor on Internet

(d) Amazon.com (iv) Blogs

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

(B) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)

(C) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

Answer: (A)

45. Match the following:

List-I List-II

(a) Theory of Knowledge (i) Farmington Plan

(b) IS : 1553-1960 (ii) Metadata Format

(c) Resource Sharing (iii) Library Building

(d) TEI (iv) Epistomology

Codes :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)

(B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

(C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)

(D) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)

Answer: (C)

Read the passage given below, and answer the questions based on your understanding of the passage:

Rolland Munro describes accountability as an informal giving that is part of everyday conversation, as well as more formal transactions generally involving some sort of documentary artifact (what we archivists refer to as a “record”). He notes that the authors move “between accounts as stories, explanations and reasons for conduct on the one hand and accounts as coded representations, records, often in the form of numbers, on the other hand”. Each of these modes mediates the other in what he refers to as “accountability relationships.” “Distributions of materials and devices are as much as effect of the giving and calling for accounts, as they are integral to the business of producing and consuming accounts”. Records are both intermediaries in the accountability process and evidence of it.

In our daily language we often refer to accountability as something that must be achieved, rather than as something that is done informally yet continuously. The difference here is between viewing accountability as a thing represented by an artifact, such as a record, and thinking about accountability as a process in which people and records must interact to achieve accountability. In this latter view, the focus on accountability becomes an analysis of the methods people use to engage in accountability relations.

46. Rolland Munro described accountability as

(A) Classified documentary artifacts

(B) Formal artifacts only

(C) Unpublished and published documents

(D) Informal, formal and documentary records

Answer: (D)

47. The phrase ‘record keeping’ is associated with

(A) Computer programmers (B) Archivists

(C) Chartered Accountants (D) Office Managers

Answer: (B)

48. What integral components Munro has identified for accounting in the business?

(A) Records and Codes (B) Documentary archives

(C) Materials and devices (D) Legal Regulations

Answer: (C)

49. In general usage accountability means

(A) Something done informally (B) Something achieved

(C) Something done continuously (D) All of the above

Answer: (B)

50. Accountability, which is represented by an artifact, includes

(A) Process, Records, People (B) Theory, Practice, Records

(C) Theory, Practice, People (D) People, Records, Accounts

Answer: (A)

2009 December UGC NET Previous Years Solved Paper I

2009 December UGC NET Previous Years Solved Paper I

1. The University which telecasts interaction educational programmes through its own channel is (A) Osmania University (B) University of Pune (C) Annamalai University (D) Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Answer: (D) 2. Which of the following skills are needed for present day teacher to adjust effectively with the classroom teaching? 1. Knowledge of technology 2. Use of technology in teaching learning 3. Knowledge of students’ needs 4. Content mastery (A) 1 & 3 (B) 2 & 3 (C) 2, 3 & 4 (D) 2 & 4 Answer: (C) 3. Who has signed an MOU for Accreditation of Teacher Education Institutions in India? (A) NAAC and UGC (B) NCTE and NAAC (C) UGC and NCTE (D) NCTE and IGNOU Answer: (B) 4. The primary duty of the teacher is to (A) raise the intellectual standard of the students (B) improve the physical standard of the students (C) help all round development of the students (D) imbibe value system in the students Answer: (C) 5. Micro teaching is more effective (A) during the preparation for teaching-practice (B) during the teaching-practice (C) after the teaching-practice (D) always Answer: (B) 6. What quality the students like the most in a teacher? (A) Idealist philosophy (B) Compassion (C) Discipline (D) Entertaining Answer: (C) 7. A null hypothesis is (A) when there is no difference between the variables (B) the same as research hypothesis (C) subjective in nature (D) when there is difference between the variables Answer: (A) 8. The research which is exploring new facts through the study of the past is called (A) Philosophical research (B) Historical research (C) Mythological research (D) Content analysis Answer: (B) 9. Action research is (A) An applied research (B) A research carried out to solve immediate problems (C) A longitudinal research (D) Simulative research Answer: (B) 10. The process not needed in Experimental Researches is (A) Observation (B) Manipulation (C) Controlling (D) Content Analysis Answer: (B) 11. Manipulation is always a part of (A) Historical research (B) Fundamental research (C) Descriptive research (D) Experimental research Answer: (C) 12. Which correlation co-efficient best explains the relationship between creativity and intelligence? (A) 1.00 (B) 0.6 (C) 0.5 (D) 0.3 Answer: (A) Read the following passage and answer the Question Nos. 13 to 18: The decisive shift in British Policy really came about under mass pressure in the autumn and winter of 1945 to 46 – the months which Perderel Moon while editing Wavell’s Journal has perceptively described as ‘The Edge of a Volcano’. Very foolishly, the British initially decided to hold public trials of several hundreds of the 20,000 I.N.A. prisoners (as well as dismissing from service and detaining without trial no less than 7,000). They compounded the folly by holding the first trial in the Red Fort, Delhi in November 1945, and putting on the dock together a Hindu, a Muslim and a Sikh (P.K. Sehgal, Shah Nawaz, Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon). Bhulabhai Desai, Tejbahadur Sapru and Nehru appeared for the defence (the latter putting on his barrister’s gown after 25 years), and the Muslim League also joined the countrywide protest. On 20 November, an Intelligence Bureau note admitted that “there has seldom been a matter which has attracted so much Indian public interest and, it is safe to say, sympathy … this particular brand of sympathy cuts across communal barriers.’ A journalist (B. Shiva Rao) visiting the Red Fort prisoners on the same day reported that ‘There is not the slightest feeling among them of Hindu and Muslim … A majority of the men now awaiting trial in the Red Fort is Muslim. Some of these men are bitter that Mr. Jinnah is keeping alive a controversy about Pakistan.’ The British became extremely nervous about the I.N.A. spirit spreading to the Indian Army, and in January the Punjab Governor reported that a Lahore reception for released I.N.A. prisoners had been attended by Indian soldiers in uniform. 13. Which heading is more appropriate to assign to the above passage? (A) Wavell’s Journal (B) Role of Muslim League (C) I.N.A. Trials (D) Red Fort Prisoners Answer: (C) 14. The trial of P.K. Sehgal, Shah Nawaz and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon symbolises (A) communal harmony (B) threat to all religious persons (C) threat to persons fighting for the freedom (D) British reaction against the natives Answer: (C) 15. I.N.A. stands for (A) Indian National Assembly (B) Indian National Association (C) Inter-national Association (D) Indian National Army Answer: (D) 16. ‘There has seldom been a matter which has attracted so much Indian Public Interest and, it is safe to say, sympathy … this particular brand of sympathy cuts across communal barriers.’ Who sympathises to whom and against whom? (A) Muslims sympathised with Shah Nawaz against the British (B) Hindus sympathised with P.K. Sehgal against the British (C) Sikhs sympathised with Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon against the British (D) Indians sympathised with the persons who were to be trialled Answer: (D) 17. The majority of people waiting for trial outside the Red Fort and criticising Jinnah were the (A) Hindus (B) Muslims (C) Sikhs (D) Hindus and Muslims both Answer: (B) 18. The sympathy of Indian soldiers in uniform with the released I.N.A. prisoners at Lahore indicates (A) Feeling of Nationalism and Fraternity (B) Rebellious nature of Indian soldiers (C) Simply to participate in the reception party (D) None of the above Answer: (A) 19. The country which has the distinction of having the two largest circulated newspapers in the world is (A) Great Britain (B) The United States (C) Japan (D) China Answer: (C) 20. The chronological order of non-verbal communication is (A) Signs, symbols, codes, colours (B) Symbols, codes, signs, colours (C) Colours, signs, codes, symbols (D) Codes, colours, symbols, signs Answer: (A) www.netugc.com 21. Which of the following statements is not connected with communication? (A) Medium is the message. (B) The world is an electronic cocoon. (C) Information is power. (D) Telepathy is technological. Answer: (D) 22. Communication becomes circular when (A) the decoder becomes an encoder (B) the feedback is absent (C) the source is credible (D) the channel is clear Answer: (A) 23. The site that played a major role during the terrorist attack on Mumbai (26/11) in 2008 was (A) Orkut (B) Facebook (C) Amazon.com (D) Twitter Answer: (D) 24. Assertion (A): For an effective classroom communication at times it is desirable to use the projection technology. Reason (R): Using the projection technology facilitates extensive coverage of course contents. (A) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation. (B) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation. (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false. (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true. Answer: (B) 25. January 1, 1995 was a Sunday. What day of the week lies on January 1, 1996? (A) Sunday (B) Monday (C) Wednesday (D) Saturday Answer: (B) 26. When an error of 1% is made in the length and breadth of a rectangle, the percentage error (%) in the area of a rectangle will be (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4 Answer: (C) 27. The next number in the series 2, 5, 9, 19, 37, ? will be (A) 74 (B) 75 (C) 76 (D) None of the above Answer: (B) 28. There are 10 true-false questions in an examination. Then these questions can be answered in (A) 20 ways (B) 100 ways (C) 240 ways (D) 1024 ways Answer: (D) 29. What will be the next term in the following? DCXW, FEVU, HGTS, ? (A) AKPO (B) ABYZ (C) JIRQ (D) LMRS Answer: (C) 30. Three individuals X, Y, Z hired a car on a sharing basis and paid Rs. 1,040. They used it for 7, 8, 11 hours, respectively. What are the charges paid by Y? (A) Rs. 290 (B) Rs. 320 (C) Rs. 360 (D) Rs. 440 Answer: (B) 31. Deductive argument involves (A) sufficient evidence (B) critical thinking (C) seeing logical relations (D) repeated observation Answer: (C) 32. Inductive reasoning is based on or presupposes (A) uniformity of nature (B) God created the world (C) unity of nature (D) laws of nature Answer: (A) 33. To be critical, thinking must be (A) practical (B) socially relevant (C) individually satisfying (D) analytical Answer: (B) 34. Which of the following is an analogous statement? (A) Man is like God (B) God is great (C) Gandhiji is the Father of the Nation (D) Man is a rational being. Answer: (A) Questions from 35 - 36 are based on the following diagram in which there are three intersecting circles. H representing The Hindu, I representing Indian Express and T representing The Times of India. A total of 50 persons were surveyed and the number in the Venn diagram indicates the number of persons reading the newspapers. 35. How many persons would be reading at least two newspapers? (A) 23 (B) 25 (C) 27 (D) 29 Answer: (C) 36. How many persons would be reading almost two newspapers? (A) 23 (B) 25 (C) 27 (D) 48 Answer: (A) 37. Which of the following graphs does not represent regular (periodic) behaviour of the variable f(t)? (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 Answer: (C) Study the following graph and answer the questions 38 to 40: 38. In which year total number of patients registered in hospital X and hospital Y was the maximum? (A) 2003 (B) 2004 (C) 2005 (D) 2006 Answer: (C) 39. What is the maximum dispersion in the registration of patients in the two hospitals in a year? (A) 8000 (B) 6000 (C) 4000 (D) 2000 Answer: (A) 40. In which year there was maximum decrease in registration of patients in hospital X? (A) 2003 (B) 2004 (C) 2005 (D) 2006 Answer: (D) 41. Which of the following sources of data is not based on primary data collection? (A) Census of India (B) National Sample Survey (C) Statistical Abstracts of India (D) National Family Health Survey Answer: (C) 42. Which of the four data sets have more dispersion? (A)       88        91        90        92        89        91 (B)       0          1          1          0          –1        –2 (C)       3          5          2          4            1          5 (D)       0          5          8          10        –2        –8 Answer: (D) 43. Which of the following is not related to information security on the Internet? (A) Data Encryption (B) Water marking (C) Data Hiding (D) Information Retrieval Answer: (D) 44. Which is the largest unit of storage among the following? (A) Terabyte (B) Megabyte (C) Kilobyte (D) Gigabyte Answer: (A) 45. bit stands for (A) binary information term (B) binary digit (C) binary tree (D) Bivariate Theory Answer: (B) 46. Which one of the following is not a linear data structure? (A) Array (B) Binary Tree (C) Queue (D) Stack Answer: (B) 47. Which one of the following is not a network device? (A) Router (B) Switch (C) Hub (D) CPU Answer: (D) 48. A compiler is used to convert the following to object code which can be executed (A) High-level language (B) Low-level language (C) Assembly language (D) Natural language Answer: (A) 49. The great Indian Bustard bird is found in (A) Thar Desert of Rajasthan (B) Coastal regions of India (C) Malabar Coast (D) Delta regions Answer: (A) 50. The Sagarmanthan National Park has been established to preserve the eco-system of which mountain peak? (A) Kanchenjunga (B) Mount Everest (C) Annapurna (D) Dhaulavira Answer: (B) 51. Maximum soot is released from (A) Petrol vehicles (B) CNG vehicles (C) Diesel vehicles (D) Thermal Power Plants Answer: (D) 52. Surface Ozone is produced from (A) Transport sector (B) Cement plants (C) Textile industry (D) Chemical industry Answer: (A) 53. Which one of the following non-conventional energy sources can be exploited most economically? (A) Solar (B) Wind (C) Geo-thermal (D) Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Answer: (A) 54. The most recurring natural hazard in India is (A) Earthquakes (B) Floods (C) Landslides (D) Volcanoes Answer: (B) 55. The recommendation of National Knowledge Commission for the establishment of 1500 Universities is to (A) create more teaching jobs (B) ensure increase in student enrolment in higher education (C) replace or substitute the privately managed higher education institutions by public institutions (D) enable increased movement of students from rural areas to urban areas Answer: (B) 56. According to Article 120 of the Constitution of India, the business in Parliament shall be transacted in (A) English only (B) Hindi only (C) English and Hindi both (D) All the languages included in Eighth Schedule of the Constitution Answer: (C) 57. Which of the following is more interactive and student centric? (A) Seminar (B) Workshop (C) Lecture (D) Group Discussion Answer: (D) 58. The Parliament in India is composed of (A) Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha (B) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha & Vice President (C) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha & President (D) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha with their Secretariats Answer: (C) 59. The enrolment in higher education in India is contributed both by Formal System of Education and by System of Distance Education. Distance education contributes (A) 50% of formal system (B) 25% of formal system (C) 10% of the formal system (D) Distance education system’s contribution is not taken into account while considering the figures of enrolment in higher education Answer: (B) 60. Assertion (A): The U.G.C. Academic Staff Colleges came into existence to improve the quality of teachers. Reason (R): University and college teachers have to undergo both orientation and refresher courses. (A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation. (B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). (C) (A) is correct and (R) is false. (D) (A) is false and (R) is correct. Answer: (A)