UGC NET December 2018 Paper 2 Library Science (81-90)

1. Assertion (A) : The newly emerging libraries are being designed to become active agents of learning.
Reason (R) : Participative new media tools and learning commons are transforming the library's physical and virtual spaces into collaborative work areas.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(3) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(4) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

2. Assertion (A) : In Unicode, the character encoding reflects the way the coded character set is mapped to bytes for manipulation in a computer.
Reason (R) : Unicode is a standard that defines all the characters needed for writing the majority of living languages in use on computer.
(1) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(4) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

3. Assertion (A) : Compound terms in a thesaurus are more exact and specific than single terms used in combination to represent the same concept.
Reason (R) : Compound terms are able to prevent false drops and to ensure good precision.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(3) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(4) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

4. Assertion (A) : The entry element in Leading Section has the potency to decide the position of an entry among the various entries in a catalogue.
Reason (R) : The potency of entries, sorted letter by letter or digit by digit goes on increasing rightwards and upwards.
(1) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(4) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

5. Assertion (A) : In an information economic society, much of the returns to information are distributive.
Reason (R) : Private returns to information can often exceed social returns.
(1) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(2) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are true

6. Assertion (A) : The emergence of the information economy, in an interdependent world, played an insignificant role in the development of transborder dataflow.
Reason (R) : Most of the data transmitted in transborder dataflow belongs to business and finance using both publicly and privately available channels.
(1) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(2) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are true.

7. Assertion (A) : In Colon Classification Ed. 6, Posteriorising Common Isolate 'Profession (b)' is an Energy Common Isolate.
Reason (R) : It is a manifestation of action.
(1) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(2) (A) is false,but (R) is true.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are false.

8. Assertion (A) : All LIS journals published in India are rigorously peer reviewed.
Reason (R) : Peer reviewing is seen as a key quality control mechanism for a reputed journal to keep it amongst the best in its subject field.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(2) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(3) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are false.

9. Assertion (A) : Infringement of copyright of digital materials is not a concern for rights owners.
Reason (R) : The cost of copying electronic resources are trivial and the copies can be easily disseminated.
(1) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(2) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(3) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(4) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

10. Assertion (A) : Users, more or less, have same access points and can broaden up or narrow down their search, both in OPAC and Card Catalogue.
Reason (R) : In OPAC, almost every single part of the bibliographic record is accessible through keyword searching which its traditional counterpart cannot.
(1) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(2) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(3) (A) is false, but (R) is true.
(4) Both (A) and (R) are true.

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