UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

OPAC stands for Online Public Access Catalogue and provides searchable access to a library’s collection through ICT interfaces. Users can look up books, journals and other materials by author, title or subject. It replaces traditional card catalogues and enhances retrieval. Therefore, the correct expansion is Online Public Access Catalogue.

Option A:
Option A is correct because library science literature consistently expands OPAC as Online Public Access Catalogue.

Option B:
Option B, Online Public Access Collection, changes the last word and is not the standard term.

Option C:
Option C, Open Public Archive Catalogue, shifts the emphasis to archives and openness and does not match established usage.

Option D:
Option D, Online Public Article Catalogue, narrows the focus to articles and is not the recognised expansion for OPAC.