Q.1: “Enhancing Research Quality” is a punch line of__________?
a) Shodh Suddhi b) SOUL c) IndCat d) INFLIBNET
Ans: a) Shodh Suddhi
Q.2: Which among the following is not a plagiarism detection software?
a) Llama b) Drillbit c) Turnitin d) Quetext
Ans: a) Llama
(Imp Fact)
Llama is a component of Meta AI (artificial intelligence)
Q.3: Ministry of Education started Shodh Suddhi in which year?
a) 1st Sept 2019 b) 2nd Sept 2019
c) 3rd Sept 2019 d) 5th Sept 2019
Ans: a) 1st Sept 2019
(Imp Fact)
Shodh Suddhi was formed by the Ministry of Education, Governmnet of India, to provides access to Plagiarism Detection Software (PDS) to all Universities/Institutions.
Q.4: Read the following statements carefully:
i) Self-citations do not add any number/s to the individual’s citation index or h-index in global academia.
ii) Text-recycling means paraphrasing one’s own previously published work without due and full citation of the original.
a) Both (i) and (ii) are true b) Both (i) and (ii) are false
c) (i) is false and (ii) is true d) (i) is true and (ii) is false
Ans: a) Both (i) and (ii) are true
(Imp Fact)
On 20 April 2020, UGC issued a public notice defining self plagiarism. It states that, “reproduction, in part or whole, of one’s own previously published work without adequate citation and proper acknowledgment and claiming the most recent work as new and original for any academic advantage amounts to ‘text-recycling’ (also known as’self- plagiarism’) and is “NOT” acceptable.
Q.5: Text-recycling/self-plagiarism includes:
i) Reusing data already used in a published work, or communicated for publication, in another work withoul due and full citation.
ii) Breaking up a longer/larger study into smaller sections and publishing them as altogether new work without due andfull citation.
a) Both (i) and (ii) are true b) Both (i) and (ii) are false
c) (i) is false and (ii) is true d) (i) is true and (ii) is false
Ans: a) Both (i) and (ii) are true