SSC MTS EXAM

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Using a source without giving credit to the original author is known as ____
A
Plagiarism
B
Cheating
C
Copying/Pasting
D
Paraphrasing
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Plagiarism is presenting work or ideas from another source as your own, with or without consent of the original author, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement.

Detailed explanation-2: -Claiming someone else’s words, thoughts, or ideas as your own, even if you rephrase them! Copying material straight from a book, journal, newspaper, handout, Web page or other source. Using someone else’s words, thoughts, or ideas in a presentation and not acknowledging the source.

Detailed explanation-3: -Direct Plagiarism Direct or verbatim plagiarism occurs when an author copies the text of another author, word for word, without the use of quotation marks or attribution, thus passing it as his or her own. In that way, it is like complete plagiarism, but it refers to sections (rather than all) of another paper.

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