Which one of the following canons is not related to the verbal plane?

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UGC NET Library & Information Science Paper 2 - 13 Jun 2023 (Shift 2) Official Paper

Answer 1

The correct answer is Canon of Array

Key Points

The Canon of Context, Canon of Enumeration, and Canon of Currency Belong to the Verbal Plane while as Canon of Array belongs to the Idea Plane.

Ranganathan's canons-
- Ranganathan formulated 43 canons and grouped them into three planes of work. They are-
  - Canons for Idea Plane - 15 Canons
  - Canons for Verbal. Plane - 4 Canons
  - Canons of Notational Plane - 24 canons
Canons for Idea Plane-
- It is a plane of foremost importance where core intellectual work is done.
- Ranganathan has given five sets of canon for the work on Idea Plane. They are-
  - canons for characteristics
  - Canons for Succession of Characteristics
  - Canons for Array
  - Canons for Chain
  - Canons for Filiatory Sequence
Canons for Verbal Plane-
- It has four canons. They are-
  - Canon of Context
  - Canon of Enumeration
  - Canon of Currency
  - Canon of Reticence
- it deals with the language and terminology aspects in a scheme of classification.
Canons of Notational Plane-
- It deals with a system of ordinal symbols representing classes in a scheme of library classification.
  - basic canons,
  - canons for mnemonics
  - canons for growing