Note: All questions were asked in weekly evolution in

ETTLIS (Emerging Trend and Technology in Library and

Information Services). An Annual Refresher Program in
Teaching by SWAYAM and coordinated by Dr. Nabi Hasan
(Librarian) IIT, Delhi.

Compiler: Mr. Nahav Alam Ansari (Librarian)

BKSN Govt. PG College, Shajapur-MP
Email: nahav546@gmail.com
 (UNDERLINED OPTIONS ARE CORRECT ANSWERS)
Who propound the theory of disruptive technologies in the year 2000?
Elon Mask
Clayton Christensen
John Fallon
None of these

What are the top scientific and medical search resources for librarians?
Google, Yahoo, PubMed
Science Direct, Web of Science
Medline, JSTOR
Both (b) and (C)

According to BBC News, which company is the biggest publishers of

educational books in the world?
Pearson
McGraw-Hill
Scholastic Corporation
Emerald group publishing

The Five assumptions about libraries coined by

S.R. Ranganathan
S. Radhakrishnan
David W. Lewis
David L. Rogers

As per David W. Lewis, what is the second assumption about libraries?

Libraries are a means, not the end
Real change requires real change
Disruptive technologies are disrupting libraries
Funds Available to Libraries / Institutions are Limited
When Tim Berners Lee invented World Wide Web (WWW)?
1989
1991
1992
1994

Who is the creator of OpenURL?

Tim Berners Lee
Herbert Van de Sompel
Alan Harvey Guth
Georges Lemaître

Vidya-Mitra is an integrated portal on YouTube for

E-journal
E-book
E-content
E- thesis

SCOAP stands for__

Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics
Sponsoring Consortium for Online Access Publishing in Particle Physics
Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Partial Physics
Sponsoring Consortium for Online Access Publishing in Partial Physics

Where is the World‟s first 3D-printed office building located?

London
Dubai
India
Australia
DelCON and CeRA are
Library Consortium
Library Management Tool
Library Genesis
Library Administrator

Web of Science (previously known as Web of Knowledge) is an online

subscription-based scientific citation indexing service.
True
False

Joomla is a __
Content Management System
Reference Management System
Serials Management System
Bibliographic Reference Management System

NAAC stands for

National Accreditation and Authority Council
Northern Accreditation and Authorities Committee
National Assessment and Accreditation Council
Northern Assessment and Accreditation Council

DELNET is a __
Local area network
National network
Regional network
Wide area network
Which of the following is the open-source Electronic Resource Management
System (ERMS)?
360 Resource Manager
CORAL
ALMA
EBSCO ERM Essentials

Which of the following is NOT associated with preservation of electronic

resources?
LOCKS
CLOCKS
Portico
BLOCKS

EBSCO publishes which of the following databases

Academic Search Premier
Web of Knowledge
Aerospace & High Technology Database
Scopus

A to Z list is generally associated with

Access to electronic resources
Trial of electronic resources
Licensing of electronic resources
Investigation of electronic resources

In the context of electronic resources, COUNTER is associated with?

Trial access activation
Preservation
Usage statistics
None of the above

The process by which a library checks the existing duplicate e-resources is

known as?
Overlap Analysis
Sustainability check
Indemnification
Problem log analysis

What does LSP stand for?

Library Services Platform
Library Services Provider
Library Software Provider
Library Serials Provider

360 Resource Manager is associated with

EBSCO
ProQuest
IBM
OCLC

A trial set of electronic resources is generally associated with which step of the
life cycle of electronic resources?
Investigation
Implementation
Review
Preservation

The process/system by which an IP based subscribed electronic resource can

be accessed outside the IP range is known as
Remote Access
Outside Access
Online Access
Offline Access

What does BYOD stand for?

Bring Your Optimum Device
Bring Your Only Device
Bring Your Own Device
None of the above

Which agency has predicted that more than 80% of expenditure of an

academic library will be on e-resources by 2020?
IFLA
CILIP
OCLC
IASLIC

Which one of the following is not the eBook Reader?

Projector Screen
Desktop Computer
Mobile
Infibeam

In which model of eBook acquisition, records are available for consultation

and a purchase is triggered when an eBook is used multiple times or for a
specific time
Demand Driven Acquisition
Subscription
Pay per view
Pick and Choose
In which model of eBook acquisition, a minimum percentage of the total cost
of the eBook package is paid to publisher/aggregator and eBook titles are
available in full text for a specific period and after that the library purchase
the book (on the perpetual basis) for which it has already paid?
Demand Driven Acquisition
Subscription
Evidence Based Acquisition
Pick and Choose

The various restrictions, like no full download, no print, limited download in

one session, etc., imposed by the publishers/aggregators, are termed as?
Digital Rights Management (DRM)
Content Right Management (CRM)
eBook Right Management (ERM)
None of the above

Which of the following factor should be considered in choosing eBooks over

Print books?
Currency
Cost
Needs
All of the above

In which of the following purchase model, the library has the flexibility to
choose the eBook(s) for procurement?
Demand Driven Acquisition model
Evidence Based Acquisition Model
Pick and Choose (Perpetual) Acquisition Model
Subscription based Acquisition Model

Who is the inventor of the e-book?

Jeff Bezos
Michael Stern Hart
Andries Van Dam
Alan Kay

The e-book reader „Nook‟ is developed by

Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Sony
Infibeam

The code comprises series of bars and spaces arranged according to a set of
rules is known as:
Barcode
Quick Response Code
Micro QR Code
Frame QR code

In QR code, QR stands for:

Quick Rectangle
Quasi Response
Quasi Rectangle
Quick Response

A QR code is capable to store up to how many characters in one symbol?

7088
7089
7090
7091
In structure of QR Code, each QR Code symbol is constructed by:
Circle
Square
Triangle
Rectangle

QR code symbol is surrounded by which zone on all four sides?

Quite zone
Separators
Data zone
Finder

Which pattern is used while capturing the QR code using camera for
correcting the distortion caused while taking picture?
Position Pattern
Timing Pattern
Alignment Pattern
Finder Pattern

„SQRC‟ stands for:

Square Quick Response Code
Secure Quick Response Code
Square Quick Rectangle Code
Secure Quick Rectangle Code

How many levels of error correction in a QR code to restore the data?

Two
Three
Four
Five
A QR code is readable from any direction in:
180 degrees
360 degrees
90 degrees
270 degrees

The encoded data is stored in a QR code is known as:

Quite Zone
Position Pattern
Alignment Pattern
Data Zone

Who coined the term web 2.0?

Bill Gates
Yahoo
Google
Tim O'Reilly

Which of the following is not an acronym for RSS?

Really Simple Syndication
Really Super Syndication
Rich Site Summary
RDF Site Summary

The word “podcasting” is derived from

Broadcasting and iPod
Broadcasting and iPad
Vodcasting and iPod
None of above
The concept of 'folksonomies' is associated with:
Blogging
Social Tagging
Chatting
None

___________ is a popular bookmarking service

del.icio.us
cel.ibid.us
LibraryCrunch
Netcipia

The Semantic Web is also known as:

Web 2.0
Web 3.0
WikiWikiWeb
Social Web

Which of the following is a platform to create Mashups?

LiquidApps
MicrosoftPopfly
Yahoo pipes
All of Above

AJAX stands for

Asynchronous Javascript and XML
Advanced JSP and XML
Asynchronous JSP and XML
Advanced Javascript and XML
Scribd is:
Email client
Blog
Chat server
File sharing repository

Who is developer of Wiki?

Peter Suber
Tim O'Reilly
Ward Cunningham
None of Above

Which web is the part of the World Wide Web (WWW) but the contents are
not indexed?
Surface Web
Hidden Web
Semantic Web
None of the above

What is the major retrieval protocol used by Federated Search?

Z39.50 protocol
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
None of the above

Which of the following is not an example of web scale discovery service?

Primo - Ex Libris
Summon Serial Solutions
EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS)
DBpedia
Powerset and Evri are
Web Scale Discovery Services
Semantic Search Tools and Databases
Meta-Search Engines
General Search Engines

Which of the following is not an academic search engine and database?

getCITED
HighWire Press
Spock
Intute

Which of the following is a scientific search engine and database?

The Gene Ontology
Rollyo
Digg
Boxxet

SurfWax and Dogpile are

Web Scale Discovery Services
Semantic Search Tools and Databases
Meta-Search Engines
General Search Engines

Which of the following is an example of collaborative information and

databases?
Scirus
Technorati
Rollyo
CORE

Which database supplements the existing card catalogues can be consulted for
comprehensive searches?
OPAC
OCLC
Card catalog
None of the above

An example of open access content source is:

iZito
Zotero
DSpace
HathiTrust

What is the name of the service that usually gathers metadata from different
resources and creates a unified index?
Directory Service
Discovery Service
Reference Service
None of the above

A smart system to be able to perform cognitive functions that can be

associated with the human mind is called:
Cognitive System
Artificial Intelligence
Classification System
None of the above
Autocomplete is a key feature which tries to finish the keywords based on
algorithms to match the spelling of the words.
True
False

What is the name of the system that gives relevant suggestion to the end-users
while searching on some platforms like YouTube, Amazon, etc.?
Clustering System
Autocorrect System
Recommendation System
Autocomplete System

Which type of search not only finds the keyword but also performs the search
based on the meaning, the context of the search being made?
Semantic Search
Federated Search
Scientific Search
Meta-Search

In which year, approximate 50,000 MARC records were in existence?

1982
1968
1962
1995

Link+ (Link Plus) is a free service for:

Discovery Service
Directory Service
Interlibrary Loan
Reference Service
A system of categorizing relevant content online with the help of tag is called:
Folksonomy
Taxonomy
Autocomplete System
Cognitive System

„Cataloguing in Publication‟ programme was introduced by

ALA
LC
LA
British Library

Pipl and Silobreaker are

Academic Search Engines and Databases
Semantic Search Tools and Databases
General Search Engines and Databases
Scientific Search Engines and Databases

When did Mario W. Cardullo receive the first U.S. patent for an active RFID
tag?
April 23, 1973
January 23, 1974
January 23, 1973
April 23, 1974

The main components of an RFID passive tag include:

Transceiver and Decoder
Microchip and Antenna
Antenna and Server
None of the above
NCIP stands for
NISO Communication Interchange Protocol
NISO Circulation Interchange Protocol
NISO Communication Intrachange Protocol
NISO Circulation Intrachange Protocol

Which of the following is ISO standard for library RFID system?

ISO 28650
ISO 15396
ISO 15836
ISO 28560

RFID reader or Interrogator is a device which consists of:

Antenna, Transceiver and Decoder
Microchip, Battery and Antenna
RFID label Printer, Server and External book return
Serial Clock, Microwave and Package

Barcode is based on which technology?

Radio Waves
Laser
Infrared Waves
None of the above

Portable Shelf Scanner is a/an

Manual device
Output device
Input device
Storage device
Citrix Virtual Apps and VMware are
Virtualization Software
Visualization Software
Wireless Network
Antivirus Software

PPTP stands for

Point to Person Tunneling Protocol
Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
Person to Point Tunneling Protocol
Person to Person Tunneling Protocol

A proxy server is an application-level gateway where the server receives and

processes the request as an intermediate.
True
False

L2TP and IP in IP are

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Tunneling Protocol
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Routing Information Protocol

The Shibboleth is open source and freely available software and authorization
(or access control) infrastructure is based on
Hypertext Markup Language
Extensible Markup Language
Security Assertion Markup Language
Standard Generalized Markup Language
EZproxy is an adaptable firmware program that provides access to library‟s
licensed or subscribed content for accessing remotely.
True
False

In which year, version 3.0 of the Shibboleth software was released?

2000
2005
2008
2015

Which of the following is a cloud-based service model and provide secured

access to scattered e-Resources?
RemoteXs
Shibboleth
EZproxy
None of the above

A service is strictly personal and should only be used for personal study or
research purposes, namely
Remote Access
Open Access
Close Access
Professional Access

Which service allows publishers and institutions to connect each other via
Shibboleth?
Shibboleth Service Provider (SP)
Shibboleth Discovery Service (DS)
OpenAthens
Tunneling Protocol
Which of the following standard is a part of networking protocols?
IEEE 804.2X
IEEE 803.3X
IEEE 802.1X
IEEE 801.2X

Approximately, how much is the memory capacity of active RFID tags?

2 MB
4 MB
8 MB
16 MB

Which of the following is not related to make VPN technologies secure?

Authentication
Access Control
Data Incapacity
Confidentiality

Which of the following is not the enabler of the Internet of Things?

Intelligence
Integration
Irreconcilability
Interoperability

An IP proxy layer is one of the important issues for IoT standardization.

True
False
Which one of the below is not a desired aspect to incorporate the architectural
framework of IoT?
Scalability
Rigidity
Flexibility
Adaptability

Sensor is a/an ______ component and it collects surrounding information.

Input
Output
Storage
None of the above

In IoT, which one is not included as the main part of „Thing‟?

Sensors & Actuators
Microcontroller
Microprocessor
Communication Unit

In IoT protocol stacks, which one is not included in the application layer?
CoAP
XMPP
AMQP
CBOR

What is the IEEE protocol standard for Personal Area Network (PAN)?
IEEE 802.11
IEEE 802.15
IEEE 802.16
IEEE 802.20
Which is not a potential IoT application for libraries?
Fire Detection
Food Kiosk
Fire Prevention
RFID Gate

In IoT architecture, the physical components include:

Sensors
Actuators
All of the above
None of the above

In IoT architecture, the logical components include:

Security and Dependability Composition
Time-Bound Composition
Federated Orchestration
All of the above

The term “Crowdsourcing” was coined by:

Bertram Gross
Jeff Howe
Larry Sanger
Jeff Bezos

Which among these is an activity to generate new ideas?

Crowdstorming
Crowdcollaboration
Crowdopinion
Crowdvoting
Which one of the following is not a benefit of “Crowdsourcing”?
Cost-efficiency
The tapping of huge talent in the form of crowd
Intellectual property leakage
No geographical boundaries limitations

Who is the creator of the Rupee symbol, designed through “Crowdsourcing”?

Anant Khasbardar
Udaya Kumar
Bhagyasri Sheth
V Sunil

Libcrowds is a “Crowdsourcing” initiative of:

Library of Congress
British Library
UNICEF
National Library of India

Trove Australian newspaper digitization project of the National Library of

Australia is an example of:
Crowdsourcing
Newspaper Clipping Service
World Memory Project
Crowdfunding

CrowdAsk is a modernized version of which of the following library service:

Document Delivery
Membership
Inter-Library Loan
Reference Service
Which of the following crowdsourcing platforms is exclusively meant for fund
raising:
Amazon MTurk
Ketto
99designs
Kickstarter

A crowdsourcing system, where users are willingly contributing to a task, is

called:
Implicit
Third party
Explicit
Tacit

Wikipedia is an example of:

Crowdsourcing
Crowdfunding
Crowdvoting
Both Crowdsourcing & Crowdfunding

In 2001, Industry analyst Doug Laney said that the big data consists of three
categories. These are Volume, Variety, and ______.
Velocity
Value
Verity
Veracity

One petabyte (PB) equals to:

10002 bytes
10003 bytes
10004 bytes
10005 bytes

In big data analysis, the barriers include:

Data Privacy
Storage Capacity
Lack of Infrastructure
All of the above

Opinion mining refers to the use of NLP, text analysis and computational
linguistics to identify and extract subjective information in source materials.
True
False

Regression Analysis, Machine Learning, and Neural Networks are algorithms

for:
Prescriptive Analytics
Predictive Analytics
Descriptive Analytics
All of the above

Looker and Zoho Analytics are related to:

Data Pre-Processing Software
Data Prediction Software
Data Visualization Software
None of the Above

Climate Models and Economic Models are examples of:

Experimental Data
Simulation Data
Canonical Data
Observational Data

What is the correct order for Research Data Management (RDM) life cycle?
Plan – Create – Process – Analyze – Disseminate – Preserve – Reuse
Create – Plan – Process – Analyze – Disseminate – Preserve – Reuse
Plan – Create – Process – Analyze – Preserve –Disseminate – Reuse
Plan – Create – Analyze –Process – Disseminate – Preserve – Reuse

NADA and Hubzero are

Data License software
Data Processing Tool
Research Data Repository Software
None of the above

Which one of the following is an open access data repository?

CKAN
Figshare
DMPTool
None of the above

In big data environment, the data, consisting origin, authenticity,

trustworthiness, completeness and integrity, is called:
Variety
Volume
Velocity
Veracity
Business Analytics/Business intelligence (BI) is a broad set of applications,
technologies, and processes for:
Analyzing
Accessing
All of the above
None of the above

Which analytics are often referring to as advanced analytics?

Prescriptive Analytics
Predictive Analytics
Descriptive Analytics
None of the above

Who has pioneered development of the box plot?

Jacques Bertin
Mary Eleanor Spear
Florence Nightingale
Edward Tufte

The data visualization is not the act of taking information (data) and placing it
into a visual context.
True
False

There are four types of data visualizations, namely:

Declarative, Data-Ink, Exploratory and Conceptual
Declarative, Data-Link, Exploratory and Conceptual
Declarative, Data-Driven, Exploratory and Conceptual
Declarative, Data-Chat, Exploratory and Conceptual
EPSRC stands for _______
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Engineering and Physical Sciences Resource Centre
Ecology and Physical Sciences Research Council
Ecology and Physical Sciences Resource Centre

What is the bottom-up approach of Opportunities for Data Exchange (ODE)

data pyramid?
Data Collection > Raw Data > Processed Data > Publication with Data
Raw Data > Data Collection > Processed Data > Publication with Data
Publication with Data > Processed Data > Data Collection > Raw Data
Processed Data > Publication with Data > Data Collection > Raw Data

Which one of the following is not related to the Creative Commons (CC)
license?
BY-SA
BY-ND
BY-NC
BY-DN

Which one of the following is the proprietary Content Management System

(CMS)?
Kentico
TYPO3
Drupal
Concrete5

Google Scholar is the example of:

Abstracting and Indexing Database
Bookmarking Network
Academic Social Network
None of the above

In a connected graph, _________of a node is a measure of centrality in a

network, calculated as the sum of the length of the shortest paths between the
node and all other nodes in the graph.
Closeness
Betweenness
Degree
Eigenvector

NetworkX is a ___________ language software package for the creation,

manipulation, and study of the
structure, dynamics, and functions of complex networks.
Java
R
C
Python

Organizational and Geographic Network are included in:

Co-Author Network
Co-Word Network
Co-Citation Network
None of the above

The knowledge gained from personal experience, but more difficult to express
is called:
Explicit Knowledge
Tacit Knowledge
Implicit Knowledge
None of the above
SECI stands for:
Subjectivation, Externalization, Combination and Internalization
Socialization, Externalization, Continuation and Internalization
Socialization, Externalization, Combination and Internalization
Socialization, Expectation, Combination and Internalization

In Knowledge Management components, Technology is related to:

Data Mining & Analysis
K-Maps & Workflows
Motivation Level & Sharing Intentions
All of the above

Knowledge mapping as a suitable means of knowledge repositories within an

organization that is accessible by all.
True
False

Which one is the correct logical sequence of the following?

Information, Knowledge, Data, Wisdom
Knowledge, Information, Wisdom, Data
Data, Knowledge, Information, Wisdom
Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom

How much is the random-access memory required for installing DSpace if the
library recommended for 50,000 documents?
4GB
6GB
8GB
16GB
Mendeley and ResearchGate are the examples of:
Indexing Databases
Bookmarking Networks
Academic Social Networks
None of the above

How is centrality calculated?

Closeness
Betweenness
All the above
None of the above

Who is the publisher of the Scopus citation database?

Elsevier Science
Clarivate Analytics
ScienceDirect
EBSCO

A measure of the degree to which nodes in a graph tend to group is called

Average Path Length
Clustering Coefficient
Centrality Measures
None of the above

CiteSpace and Pajek are the examples of:

Reference Management Tools
Statistical Analysis Tools
Network Analysis Tools
Text Mining Tools
Which of the following is correct when knowledge converts from explicit to
tacit?
Socialization
Externalization
Combination
Internalization

What is Prolog?
Logic Programming Language
Low-level programming language
All of the above
None of the above

Knowledge Management strategies include:

Rewards
Expert Directories
Best Practices
All of the above

Apache Tomcat is used for?

Database Management Software
Web Server
Build Automation Tool
Operating System

Which of the following knowledge can be readily articulated, codified, stored,

and accessed?
Implicit Knowledge
Explicit Knowledge
Tacit Knowledge
All of the above

Bethesda's statement on Open Access Publishing took place in the year?

2001
2002
2003
2005

Which one of the following copyright licenses is enclosed with a software in

plastic-wrapped packaging?
Browse Wrap License
Shrink Wrap License
Implied License
Express Written Contractual License

Which one of the following permissions is not related to Open Licensing?

Retain
Revise
Redistribute
Revoke

Which service of SHERPA is involved in copyright and open access self-

archiving policies for academic journals?
SHERPA/RoMEO
SHERPA/FACT
SHERPA/Juliet
None of the above

Which one of the creative common licenses is considered for commercial use?
BY-NC-ND
BY-NC-SA
BY-ND
BY-NC

What is/are the main barrier(s) in using the Open Educational Resources
(OER)?
Lack of time
Lack of awareness
Low internet connectivity
All of the above

When the National Repository of Open Educational Resources (NROER) was

launched?
13 August 2013
13 August 2014
13 April 2013
13 April 2014

Which one of the following institutes did not took part in the first phase of the
National Programme on
Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL)?
Indian Institute of Science
Indian Institute of Technology
Indian Institute of Technology Patna
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

What is/are the project(s) and program(s) relating to INFLIBNET?

IRINS
VIDWAN
e-PGPathshala
All of the above
The MHRD has formed e-ShodhSindhu by merging three consortia initiatives,
namely UGC-INFONET, N-LIST, and _________.
INDEST-AICTE
INDCAT
DelCON
NKRC

When did NPTEL begin offering open online courses or MOOCs?

2014
2015
2016
2017

What is the name of the publisher who participated in the TULIP program?
Springer
Elsevier
SAGE
JSTOR

In which year, the Journal Rankings and Impact Factor (IF) metrics were
introduced by the Science Citation Index?
1991
1964
1972
1986

In a Click Wrap Agreement, a user must agree to terms and conditions before
using the product or service.
True
False
Two major characteristics of open source software licenses are:
Free copyright & free distribution
Open and no IPR
Free distribution and open source code
Free license and no IPR

EULA stands for

E-monitoring Library for Academics
End User Logistics Association
Electronic Usage of Library Acquisitions
End User License Agreement

When did the NPTEL begin its Phase II?

2010
2009
2008
2007

Which one of the following is the commonly used OER repository?

COL-DOER
OER Commons
Wikimedia Commons
All of the above

Which search engine is commonly used to find, locate and retrieve OER?
Bing
Google
Yahoo!
None of the above
Mention the name of the OER portal that supports international community
of educators, learners and researchers.
Dgroups.org
ePathshala
ePGPathshala
MERLOT

When did John McCarthy coin the term „Artificial Intelligence‟?

1965
1956
1959
1995

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an area of computer science that aims at

reducing the gap between man and machine.
True
False

Who created the General Problem Solver (GPS)?

McCarthy
Alan Turing
Simon, Shaw & Newell
None of the above

Which one of the following is not related to an important aspect of the AI

system?
Knowledge Acquisition
Knowledge Representation
Knowledge Preservation
None of the above
Which of the following process is attaching additional information to various
concepts in a given text or any other content?
Semantic Annotation
Syntactic Annotation
None of the above
All of the above

Which of the following HTML tag is used to mark the beginning of the
paragraph?
<TD>
<br>
<p>
<TR>

Is XML independent of the platform and independent of the underlying

programming language?
Yes
No

XSLT Stands for:

eXtensible Stylesheet Linguistic Transformations
eXtensible Spreadsheet Language Transformations
eXtensible Spreadsheet Linguistic Transformations
eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations

Who is the developer of Boolean Logic?

Alan Mathison Turing
George Boole
Allen Newell
Herbert Simon
Based on capabilities, which one of the following types is not related to
Artificial Intelligence?
Artificial Narrow Intelligence
Artificial General Intelligence
Artificial Simulate Intelligence
Artificial Super Intelligence

Which one of the following applications is an example of the Expert System?

Biometric
QR Code
Ask the Librarian
All of the above

EndNote X9 and Citavi are:

Reference Management Softwares
Data Preprocessing Softwares
Ontology Building Softwares
All of the above

Find out the disadvantage of Artificial Intelligence.

To discover unexplored things
Function is infinite
Lack of human touch
All of the above

________ is an expert system which is designed as a referral tool to be used in

public libraries.
Pointer
Plexus
NavBot
RefWorks ProQuest

Alexa is a virtual digital assistant developed by:

Apple
Microsoft
Amazon
Tesla

What was originally called the "Imitation Game" by its creator?

The Turing Test
LISP
The Logic Theorist
Cybernetics

A robot is a mechanical device that performs automation tasks with the

guidance of the pre-defined program.
True
False

BIOSIS Previews is a/an

Bibliographic Database Service
Semantic Network Service
All of the Above
None of the above

Machine Learning is an application of AI that provides systems, the ability to

automatically learn and improve from experience without being explicitly
programmed.
True
False
The example(s) of Natural Language Processing (NLP) include(s):
Spell check
Voice text messaging
Autocomplete
All of the above

The Plagiarism is:

A violation of academic norms
An offense against the author
It applies to both licensed and unlicensed contents
All of the above

Which of the following is not a plagiarism detection software?

Turnitin
EasyBib
iThenticate
WriteCheck

When was the first journal published?

1645
1655
1665
1675

DOAJ stands for__

Directory of Open Astronomy Journals
Directory of Open Access Publishers
Directory of Open Access Journals
Directory of Open Agronomy Journals
Green Open Access__
Publishing in journals of environmental sciences
Permits the researchers to put their manuscripts in open access institutional
repositories for others to use
Requires the author to pay Article Processing Charge (APC)
All of the above

The predatory journals:

Established and reputed ones in a subject area
Publish applied research
Publish fundamental research
Charge APC for publishing the manuscript but do not undertake proper peer
review activities

Peer review is/does__

A minor part of scientific communication
Not enhance the quality of work
Not involve time
Done to uphold the quality and validity of the research

COPE stands for__

Committee on Publication Ethics
Committee of Publishers of England
Committee of Professional Engineers
Committee of Professional English Authors

UGC-CARE stands for__

University Grants Commission - Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics
University Grants Commission - Consortium of Academic and Research Education
University Grants Commission – Committee on Academic and Research Ethics
University Grants Commission – Committee of Astronomy Review Editors

In Gold Open Access:

Researchers do not pay to make their content immediately accessible upon
publication
Editors do not review the manuscripts
Journals charge APC, undertake the peer review, and make contents immediately
accessible upon publication
Content is not made accessible upon publication

Predatory journals__
Publish articles on a wide range of subjects
Do not have proper editorial boards
Do not have any preservation policy
All of the above

When did Chris Rusbridge coin the term „Hybrid Library‟?

1968
1978
1988
1998

Which of the following valuable purpose can be served by Makerspaces?

Promoting creative problem solving
Offering experiential learning opportunities
Facilitating prototype creation for entrepreneurs and inventors
All of the above

APA stands for__

American Psychological Association
American Political Association
Asian Political Association
Asian Psychological Association

Digital transformation is a framework for the rapid iteration process, and it

modernizes an organization or community with digital technology.
True
False

Growth path in Digital Inclusion includes:

Access to open knowledge
Strengthen digital literacy in communities
Empowering technologies
All of the above

Transformation of traditional libraries to hybrid/digital libraries is known as:

Crisis Management
Re-Engineering
Change Management
Project Management

Which one of the following is not related to the impact of Digital

Transformation in library space?
Libraries to act as powerful activators of the public realm
Libraries to develop effective services through user participation
Libraries spend more time and money on adopting knowledge management
Libraries need to be key assets for social resilience and economic prosperity

Copyright applies to the licensed contents, and it protects the rights of the
creator of information.
True
False

What is the appropriate response to the deliberate act of plagiarism by a

researcher/ academician?
To make him learn about referencing
Disgrace to both individual and institution
None of the above
All of the above

How to calculate Citations Per Publication (CPP)?

Total Citations Received/Total Papers
Total Citations Sent/Total Papers
Total Citations Sent/Citation Per Paper
Total Citations Received/Citation Per Paper

Who coined the term „Webometrics‟?

Vassily V. Nalimov and Z.M Mulchenko
Almind and Ingwerson
Alan Pritchard
None of the above

Which one of the following services offers the researchers monitoring of all
types of feedback about their scientific work?
PLoS
ReaderMeter
PaperCritic
ImpactStory

Which of the following bibliometric laws describe the frequency of

publications by the author?
Zipf’s law
Bradford’s law
Lotka’s law
None of the above

The study of the quantitative aspect of production, dissemination, and use of

recorded information is called:
Blogometrics
Cybermetrics
Scientometrics
Bibliometrics

Which one of the following topics is mainly applied for „Scientometric‟

studies?
Science policy and decision indicators
Growth of science and scientific institutions
Behavior of science and scientists
All of the above

The Journal Impact Factor was devised by:

Eugene Garfield
Derek de Solla Price
Alan Pritchard
Jorge E. Hirsch

The study of the quantitative aspects of information in any form, not just
records or bibliographies and any social group, not just scientists is called:
Wikimetrics
Informetrics
Webometrics
Blogometrics
Which one of the following web services is an analysis of scholarly tweets?
ReaderMeter
ScienceCard
CrowdoMeter
None of the above

IRINS is a research information management system that captures scholarly

communication artefacts such as people who do research, their research
activities, achievements and their research output.
True
False

Which of the following academic identities are integrated with IRINS?

ORCID ID and Scopus ID
Microsoft Academic ID and Google Scholar ID
None of the above
All of the above

The Impact Factor (IF) is:

The average number of citations received for each published article in the
particular year.
The total number of citations received for each published article in the particular
year.
The average number of publications in the particular year.
The total number of publications in the particular year.

The areas of „webometrics‟ research are as follows:

Web page content and web link structure analysis
Web usage and web terminology analysis
All of the above
None of the above
Who developed the „law of scattering‟?
Derek De Solla Price
Samuel C. Bradford
Eugene Garfield
Alfred J. Lotka

The e-index is a/an __

Associated with excess citations
Associated with low citation
All of the above
None of the above

Appy Pie is a/an__

Mobile app creator
QR code generator
Website Builder
All of the above

APA stands for__

American Political Association
American Psychological Association
Asian Political Association
Asian Psychological Association

Which of the following file formats are accepted by Mendeley?

.sgml and .mkv
.docx and .pdf
.dwg and .dxf
All of the above
In cMOOC, „c‟ stands for:
Connectivity
Combined
Connectivism
Controlled

Synchronous learning is when:

A teacher and students are engaged in learning at the same time
Learning takes place anytime, anywhere in absence of a teacher
Learning is self-paced, student-centred and location-independent
Learning that facilitates sharing of resources irrespective of time and place

Four Components of an e-module are:

E-text, E-tutorial, Chats and Discussions
Self-learning, Learn more, Video-conferencing and Audio-conferencing
E-text, E-tutorial, Self-learning and Learn more
E-tutorial, Self-learning, Assets and Learning Objects

Which of the following advantages offered by e-Learning is not applicable to

xMOOCs?
Life long learning
No space constraints
Student-centric learning
Saving the time of faculty

The first truly massive response to an online open course was received by a
course on Artificial Intelligence offered in 2011 by:
Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig
George Siemens
Stephen Downes
Andrew Ng

SWAYAM stands for:

Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds
Social Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds
Studying Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds
Statutory Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds

Learning Management System (LMS) is also known as:

Content Management System
Reference Management System
Virtual Learning Environment
Database Management System

Who established hundreds of traveling libraries in Wisconsin in the USA

between 1895 and 1914?
Lutie Stearns
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
George Ade
Isabella Macdonald Alden

Which of the following tech-savvy characteristics represent(s) the Net

Generation?
Multitasking
Visual learning ability
Non-linear thinking
Well aware of using Personal Blogs, video games, etc.

Who defined the marketing concept in 1957 as a customer-oriented,

integrated, profit-oriented philosophy of business?
Philip Kotler
John B. McKitterick
Alan Andreasen
Sidney Levy

What is/are the need(s) for library marketing?

Optimum utilization of resources
Changing scenario of the library and information centres
Pro-active service to users
All of the above

Which one of the following is NOT a non-personal communication channel?

Television
Radio
Leaflets and publicity
E-mail

Which of the following include(s) the different categories of customers‟

relationship proposed by Piercy in 1999?
Arm’s length, transaction buyers
Relationship exploiters
Relationship seekers
All of the above

What is/are the internal source(s) required in the library secondary data
collection method for marketing research?
Marketing databank
Census
None of the above
All of the above
What should be the primary concern while making a web page?
Set up internal electronic discussion groups to facilitate communication
Keep the links with the customers need
Make it brief and meaningful content
All of the above

In the year 1960, Edmund Jerome McCarthy proposed the concept of the 4Ps
marketing mix. These are Product, Price, Place, and ___.
People
Processes
Promotion
Physical Evidence

Which of the following falls under the virtual approaches of library services
marketing?
Business cards
Web Blogs
Brochures
Newsletters

Which was the first university awarded PhD to a scholar from library science
department in India?
Madras
Bombay
Calcutta
Delhi

Which University started BLib course first in India?

Banaras Hindu University
Aligarh Muslim University
University of Delhi
University of Madras

The report of National Knowledge Commission called as?

NKC report
Libraries as a gateway of knowledge
Libraries are the pillars
None of these

The second Curriculum Development Committee laid emphasis on

Faculty student ratio
Faculty salaries
Libraries budget
Two year integrated master degree course

RSS feeds is an application of

Web 1.0
Web 2.0
Web 3.0
None of these

Academia and ResearchGate are

Reference management tools
Academic social networking sites
Crowdfunding sites
Open source softwares

Mendeley and Zotero are

Crowdfunding sites
Reference management tools
Research mapping tools
Both b and c

Shodhganga is a national level repository of

E-journals
E-books
E-theses
E-newsletter

DOAB indexes open access

Books
Journals
Theses
None of these

Vidwan is a database of
Experts
Newsclippings
Theses
Libraries