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2. Which program is not related with IFLA?
B X Statement A and B true
A UBC
D
C Statement A and B false
B UAP
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D Statement A false B true
C PAC 6. PRECIS was developed by in 1971.
A
3. Which part of new encyclopedia Britan-
nica is useful for ready references? B Indian National Bibliography
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A Macropaedia C UNESCO
-C
maries?
A (i), (iii), (iv) are correct C (ii)(iii) and (iv) are correct.
B (i) & (iii) are correct D X (i) and (iv) are correct.
8. Which is National Library?
C X (i) & (ii) are correct
A Anna Centenary Library
D (ii) & (iii) are correct
5. Consider the following statements: B X Library of Congress
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C Anna University Library 13. Which of the following is not a circulation
procedure?
D British Council Library
A Registration of members
9. A common test in research demands much
priority on B Charging of overdues
am
D X All of the above A X John MacFarlane
10. In which law “Guidance to uses in the use
B Harinath De
of library”?
A Collation. D X INSDOC
C Shelf-arrangement A X five
D Organization B two
12. Gate register of library shows
C six
A to find the user name
D four
B for name shake 17. In 1966, the MARC as pilot project was
launched by:
C X to know the total user strength per
day A OCLC
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B UGC
23. Which Law of Library Science emphasize
C AICTE the need of Library Building?
D
A X First Law of library science
D X CSIR
B Second Law of library science
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19. What is Index India?
C X Indexing Service
A
24. Which one is not service of circulation sec-
tion?
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A X Binding of book
D Translation Service
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D Discharging of book
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knowledge
A Alphabetical collateral search
D X All the above
B Multi aspect search
A
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C Plus(+) A X List of technical words with defini-
tions
D Dot(.)
B List of words in a language
27. Internet filtering is
C List of thematically arranged words
A X A form of censorship
D Alphabetical index to passages of
B Acceptable user policy
work
C Access to inappropriate material 32. Who categorized information sources
into conventional, non-conventional, neo-
D Blocking internet facility conventional and micro documents?
am
28. What are the four entities of FRBR model? A X Ranganathan
Item
iR
C X Work, Expression, Manifestation, D Henson
33. Expand ARPA Network
D Discipline, Entity, Action, Personality
A All Research Projects Agency Net-
hr
29. When Madras Public Library Act was in- work
troduced? B X Advanced Research Projects
A 1939 Agency Network
iS
Network
D 1946
34. In which year was UGC INFLIBNET estab-
30. Who is the father of Library movements in lished?
(U.S.A.), America?
A 1973
A J.D.Brown
B X 1988
B H.E.Bliss
C 1982
C John Paul Otlet
D 1973
D X Melvil Louis Kossuth Deway
35. Which Section of AACR - II (R) deals with
31. Glossary is a: serial publications?
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36. What is/are common feature/s between
RFID & Barcode Technology?
C (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
i.) Read more than one item at a time
D
ii.) Able to locate specific items on D X (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
shelves 39. The Farmington plan is associated with:
G
iii.) Programmable
A Library Legislation
A
A (i), (ii) are correct
C X Library Cooperation
B (iii), (iv) are correct
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C (ii), (iv) are correct D Library Indexing Service
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i) Fixed
ii) Frequency C Parallel Service
iii) Calculated
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D Retrospective Service
iv) Random
41. Who is the Secretary of the College Library
A (ii) and (iii) are correct. Committee?
A
A Principal
B X (i) and (iv) are correct.
N
B Vice Principal
C (i) and (iii) are correct.
C X Librarian
D (ii) and (iv) are correct.
38. Arrange the following according to their D Assistant Librarian
year of origin:
42. The process of establishing headings and
i.) Indian National Bibliography providing ‘Cross references’ is called
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A Access points D Shelf list
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C Book selection tool 48. Package libraries are one of the activity of
A X Extension service
D Reference tool
D 1965
B 3 Entries
50. The following is a collaborative network of
Reference Librarians
C 5 Entries
A Worldcat
D X 6 Entries
46. What is the chief record in the library? B INDEST
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A X 12.5 cm × 7.5 cm
B Centre for Communication Format
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52. Who has evolved ‘Bureaucracy model’ of D 10 cm × 4 cm
organization? 56. What is a bug?
A John A.Veig A Computer Virus
D
B Harold Laski B Error in Computer Configuration
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C X Max Weber C X Error in a Programme
A
53. Match the following: 57. Which law of library science promotes
reading habit?
H
List - I List - II
A.Trade publisher i.UNESCO A Fifth
B.Subject book ii.American Psy-
-C
C Third
D.Scholarly Pub- iv.W.B.Saunders
lisher D X First
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B A − iv, B − iii, C − i, D − ii
B Oxford Press
C A − i, B − iv, C − iii, D − ii
C Wiley
A
D X A − iii, B − iv, C − i, D − ii
D Clive Bingley
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D Subject entry A Software
60. The term communication came from B Hardware
which language?
C Back end
A Greek
D X Program to perform word process-
B X Latin
ing functions
C German 65. First Law of library science is not con-
nected with
D French A Location
am
61. ILA Bulletin is
B Building
A X Quarterly
C X Loss of Book’s
D 1947
B X Inductive Reasoning
67. AACR I is a code meant for which cata-
C Abnormal Reasoning logue?
Ja
A X Dictionary catalogue
D Transcendental Reasoning
63. Indian Library Association was founded in B Divided catalogue
the year
C Alphabetical catelogue
A 1931
D Classified catalogue
B X 1933 68. Windows NT is a
C 1936 A Software
B Hardware
D 1948
64. What is a Word Processor? C Tool
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74. Which Indian University first started
M.Lib.Sc.& M.Phil courses
D Documentation
A X University of Delhi
70. What does library classification mean?
D
B University of Madras
A X Arrangement of ideas in a system-
G
atic manner C S.N.D.T.Women University, Bombay
A
75. Mark the ‘odd one out’:
C Arrangement of year wise
A Cow-Calf principle
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D Author wise arrangement
B X Principle of osmosis
-C
71. Who stated that “To provide the right book
to the right reader at the right time”? C Wall picture principle
N
B Melvil Dewey
A Subject Language Subdivision Head-
C S.R.Ranganathan ing
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A (i) and (iv) are correct. A Colon Classification 6th Edition
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B X Delivery of Books and Newspapers 4. In printed book
(Public Libraries) Act, 1956
A X 1 and 2
B X 1891
C Separation of rare books
C 1933
D Information service
D 1905
Ja
80. Headquarters of IFLA is located in: 84. Library Ethics is a combination of what?
81. Which one was the first scheme could B (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
be called a completely Analytico-Synthetic
classification scheme? C (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
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C X Documentary and non-documentary survey on digitization and preservation?
A X IFLA + UNESCO
D
D Books and periodicals
86. Peter Phyrr developed this technique: B ALA + UNESCO
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A PPBS C IFLA + ALA
A
91. The first printed works are called
C X Zero Based Budgeting
A Impensis
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D Line by line Budget
B X Incunabula
-C
87. Which of the following is not covered in
Resource sharing? C Impression
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A Sharing materials
D Imprimatur
92. In notational plane “Decimal fraction de-
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B Sharing functions
vice” contributes to which canon?
C Sharing services
A Uniformity
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A (i) & (iii) are correct 98. A word book is also known as
A Index
B X (i) & (ii) are correct
B X Dictionary
C (i) & (iv) are correct
C Monograph
D (ii) & (iii) are correct
94. Indian National Bibliography is used for D Periodical
A X Book Selection 99. To make a program safe, one should take
care of
B Stock verification A X Strong authentication and access
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controls
C Reservation
B Error checking controls
D Classification
C X In electronic form such as Cas- 101. Arrange the following IFLA programmes
settes, CD-ROMs, etc. according to their year of commencement:
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D X (iii), (i), (ii), (iv) C (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
102. Which of the following is not an implica-
D (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
tion of Fourth Law of Library Science?
106. When Karnataka Public Library Act was
A Classified arrangement enacted?
A X 1965
B Stack-room-guides
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B 1968
C Issue Methods
C 1972
D X Rural Library Services
D
103. In the library hierarchy which level of D 1981
management is responsible for execution 107. Primary Sources include:
G
of policies?
i) Thesis
A
B Operational level
iv) Periodical article
C Top level
H
A (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
D Lower level
-C
B (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct
104. In which device is requires when connect-
ing to Internet?
C X (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
N
A Keyboard
D (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
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A (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct. C X (i) and (iv) are correct.
B X (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct. D (ii) and (iv) are correct.
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109. Citation Indexing was first developed in 4. Assist to use oflibrary catalogue
the field of
A Social Science A 1 and 2 are true
C Science C 2 false
110. Windows edition of CDS/ISIS is named 114. Which one of the following is correctly
as matched?
A Reference service ± Special Library
am
A X WINISIS
C 1873
D Documentation
D X 1875
112. Generally library staff working hours per
116. Which of the following activities are sup-
week
Ja
ported by UGC?
A 40 -50 hours
i.) Facilitating increased access to infor-
mation.
B X 36 -50 hours
ii.) Monitoring the implementation of re-
C 56 -65 hours vised curriculum.
iii.) Making policies for human resource
D 50 -60 hours development
113. Which one is a basic service of the library? iv.) Funding all academic libraries.
1. Provision of General information
A (i) and (ii) are correct
2. Provision of specific information
3. Assistant to location of document B X (i) and (iii) are correct
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B IFLA 122. An University providing Open Access to
Sanskrit dissertations through Internet
C ALA
D
A Jawaharlal Nehru University
D COMLA
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118. In spiral of scientific method, the span of B X Delhi University
Zenith to descendent is
A
D University of Madras
B Hypothesizing phase
123. Which among the following is free Audio
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C X Deductive phase book site?
-C
D Verification phase A Ebrary
119. How many Auxiliary tables are there in
DDC 23rd Edition B Virtua
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A 16 C X Librivox
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B X6
D Google Books
C 7 124. Library is a
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D 8 A Political agency
120. Which one of the following is a Bulletin
Board Service on Internet? B X Social agency
A
A Picaso
C Economic agency
N
B Google talk
D Industrial agency
C X Blog
125. Who said, “Public Library is the responsi-
bility of Local and National Authorities.It
D Oovoo
must be supported by specific legislation
121. Open access increases the use of books ac- and financed by National and Local Govn-
cording to the erments”?
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A S.R.Ranganathan 130. Which is fourth law of library science?
am
C Input data
A Second law
D X Organized data
C Standard for Information Processing 133. Search engine is usually a web based sys-
tem for
D Standard for Networking
A Searching the information available
129. The Principle of Local Variation is mainly
on E-mail
applicable in:
B X Searching the information avail-
A X Cataloguing
able on the web
B Reference service C Searching the information available
on the Laptop
C Circulation
D Searching the information available
D Acquisition
on the Databases
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134. One of the authorized user makes bulk A Providing lands and buildings
downloading of a Journal using robots and
consequently licensor blocks access of the B Closing the library
journal.What may be the most appropriate
action (s) that librarian should initiate? C X Enacting Public Library Act
i) Cancellation of authentication of the
D Employing Staff
said user.
ii) Asking the licensor for blocking up 138. Sir Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III established
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the access without prior information. which type of library?
D
iv) Notify user community of user re- B X Public Library
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strictions.
C National Library
N
A (ii), (iv) are correct.
A
139. Which is not a input device?
D X Plotter
B Derived from the abstract 140. Which organization supported in India
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B X NISSAT
136. The invisible web refers to-
A The internet, since we cannot see it C DESIDOC
A
hidden from the search engines 141. When the answer of a reference question
is provided within half an hour then it is
C The telecommunication signals called
which are not seen
A X Short range reference service
D The failure in accessing the web
pages B Very short range reference service
137. Which of the following is not the power
of Local Library Authority? C Long range reference service
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D Reference service C Delhi University Library
142. Identify the place where IFLA was first
D Ahmedabad University Library
found.
146. What does ZBB stand for?
A The Hague, Netherlands
A Zero Balanced Budget
B X Edinburgh, Scotland
B X Zero Base Budgeting
C Helsinki, Finland
C Zero Based Budget
D London
D Zero Balancing Budgeting
143. In fund accounting, fund can not be
am
used for other purposes. 147. With which activity analysis, decision
analysis and relations analysis are associ-
A X Recurring ated?
C Restricted
iR B X Organizing
C Staffing
D Encumbering
144. Which of the following are the main role D Reporting
hr
operators of PRECIS? 148. When was the Encyclopaedia Britannica
first published?
i.) Key System
ii.) Action A 1765 -1769
iS
D X 1768 -1771
B (ii), (i) and (iv)
149. Fore runners of Internet is
C (i), (iii) and (iv) A X ARPANET
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B X (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) rial Library?
D
D (iv) (i) (iii) (ii) B W.Bordan
G
151. Which of the following is not a language C B.S.Keshvan
of DBMS?
A
156. How many numbers are there in call
B DML number?
H
A 1
C X PASCAL
-C
B X3
D All the above
152. Who publishes INIS atom index? C 4
N
A X INIS (Vienna) D 2
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B Notation
D AGRIS
C Isolates
153. The term Lexicography is associated
A
with: D PMEST
A Compilation of Encyclopedia
N
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D Prof.S.Das Gupta 163. ‘Eradication of Malaria in India 190-1999’
- a report can be categorized under
159. Arrange the following in chronological
order A X Trend Report
i) Unix
B Review Report
ii) MS-DOS
iii) Linux C State of the Art Report
iv) Windows
D Research Report
A (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
164. Identification of an e-article and paying
for full-text is known as
B X (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
am
A X Pay-per-view
C (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
B Consortium
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171. Identify the correct order of the evolution
168. Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Founda-
of computers
tion:
A X PC-XT, PC-AT, Mainframe, Micro
i) Promotes public libraries
D
ii) Located at Mumbai B PC-AT, PC-XT, Mainframe, Micro
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iii) Promotes school libraries
C Micro, PC-AT, PC-XT, Mainframe
N
iv) Located at Kolkata
A
A (i) and (ii) are correct
172. Ulrich International Periodical Directory
has been published by
B X (i) and (iv) are correct
H
A X R.R.Bowker
C (i) and (iii) are correct
-C
B H.W.Wilson
D (iii) and (iv) are correct
N
C Butterworths
169. Cataloguing -in-publication started by li-
brary of congress in the year D R.R.Vaghn
YA
A Set of packages
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B 1981
C Computer system
A
D 2001
cal order of their first year of publication: 174. The main components of an RFID system
include
i) Arts and Humanities Index
ii) Social Science Citation Index A Handheld Reader, RFID label printer,
server and External book return
iii) ISI Web of Science
B X RFID tags, readers or sensors, An-
iv) Science Citation Index
tenna and server
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C RFID label printer, sensors, antenna 178. Among the following which is a
and server Browser?
am
D Library Cataloging i) Colon Classification
ii) Prolegomena to Classification
176. Which of the following are not the sec-
ment on web-server
iii.) Downloading a document and save it iii) Bibliometrics
in folder iv) Webometrics
iv.) Downloading a document with li-
cense to use and E-mailing it A (ii)(iii) (i)(iv)
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182. Information is
A (ii), (iv).(iii), (i)
A Raw data
B X (i), (ii).(iv), (iii)
D
B Raw knowledge
C (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
G
C Input data
D (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
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A X 1958 C Copier
B 1960 D Printer
194. Binary system of numbers uses only
C 1962
A X Two digits
D 1964
190. Who coined the word Bibliography? B Four digits
am
195. In which year and which University was
C J.D.Brown started M.Lib.Sc.Course First
A 1962 Madurai Kamaraj University
B Information retrieval
192. Which of the following does not fall into
the category of pre-coordinate indexing?
C X SDI
A Chain indexing
Ja
D Reference service
B Uniform indexing 197. The Dewey Decimal Classification di-
vides human knowledge into
C LCSH
A X 10 basic categories.
D X Sear’s List of Subject Headings
B 100 basic categories.
193. What is the name of the instrument mar-
keted by Remington Rand of India Ltd for C 1000 basic categories.
Periodical registration?
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A Producing the second edition of a 202. Research Primary periodicals sources are
book which category of sources?
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D Prescribing a book as a text book.
D Non-documentary sources
199. What are three types of basic languages
used in computer programming? 203. In USA, what was student expenditure on
D
college and university library 1964-1965?
A Zero, low and high levels
A $ 51.75
G
B COBOL, BASIC and PROLOG
B X $ 52.75
D Zero-base
B (i), (iii), (iv) are correct.
201. Arrange the following classification
schemes in the order of year of origin.
C X (ii)& (iv) are correct.
A
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C achievements in classification and A Modern Budget Operation
cataloguing.
B X Management By Objective
D X outstanding participation in pro-
fessional library associations. C Modern Bibliographic Organization
206. Find out the odd one
A AA code D Management By Organization
am
rate
D CCC
207. are the storage areas for the various A (1) and (3) are correct
types of documents kept in a library.
C Documentation
Ja
D Ordinary type
D Acquisition 213. Which of the following software is useful
209. A good library building is an outcome of for word processing?
librarian and.
A DBASE
A Registrar
B LIBSYS
B Building Corporation
C X WordStar
C Finance Officer
D X Architect D CDS/ISIS
210. What is the full form of MBO? 214. Who printed ”A.A.Code” draft?
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A X LC D Boyl
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215. Reading centre & aposs, story hours,
exhibitions and reading to literature are C Corel Draw
forms of
D Page maker
D
A Extension service
220. Roget’s International Thesaurus is a
B Service of a public library
G
A X Classified List of Words
C X Both
C Analysed data
A CAS
N
D Graphical data
B SDI
218. Who designed analytical engine?
C X Document Delivery Service
A X Charles Babbage
D Electronic Clipping Service
B Pascal
223. One of the following search engine is ex-
C James Watt clusively meant for scientific information:
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A Google 228. Which of the following barriers, come in
the way of cooperative ventures?
B Yahoo
1. Inadequate library collections
C X SCIRUS 2. Inadequate Finance
3. Lack of support from authorities
D Altavista
4. Distance between libraries
224. Which category of sources of information
are directories? A 1, 2 and 3 are correct
A X Tertiary
B X 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct
B Non-documentary
am
C 2, 3 and 4 are correct
C Primary
D 1, 3 and 4 are correct
iii) J & K
227. IATLIS was established in the year B (ii) and (iii) are correct.
A 1965
C (i) and (iv) are correct.
B 1966
D X (ii) and (iii) are correct.
C X 1969 231. A sale organized fair by a library to dis-
pose of surplus and out-depted sale books
D 1970 is
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A Book fair 236. Indian Patent Act, came into force in the
year
B X Book Sale
A 1972
C Book stall
B X 1970
D Book week
C 1975
232. Expansion of MALA.
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D 1977
A Mumbai Acquisition of Library Asso-
ciation 237. Which one of the following has devel-
oped an automated book ordering sys-
D
B X Madras Library Association tem?
G
C fyiunicipal Library Association A Jawaharlal Nehru University Library
A
C Anna University Library
A X 256
H
D X University of Missouri Library
B 526
238. ERIC is sponsored by
-C
C 265
A US National Health Institute
D 254
N
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A X Computerized documentation iv.) M.L.A.
am
i) India
A Academic Library
ii) Cholera
iii) Disease B Branch Library
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C Scheduled
A X Stock verification
D Alphabetical
B Classification of books
D
253. The objectives of a library catalogue were
C Reservation of books broadly described by in 1876.
G
D Maintenance of statistics A X Charles Ammi Cutter
A X Management principle
A
C Melvil Deway
H
B Managerial function D W.A.Bordon
-C
B 7
D A simple information service
C 5
255. “Five Laws of Library Science” was first
D X4 published in
A
vice is called
A Chief librarian B 1930
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A X Machine Encoded Transmission A Bibliography
System
B Directory
B Metadata Encoded for Textual
Sources C X Encyclopedia
C Machine Encoded Textual Standard
D Dictionary
D Metadata Encoding Transmission 261. Who is the compiler of Web- Bibliography
Standard of Rabindranath Tagore?
am
A Encryption B X RRRLF
D Facebook
B Fourth Law
263. Identify the secondary sources from the
C Third Law following:
A Standards
Ja
D Second Law
259. ZOTERO is a B Patents
A X Content Management System
C X Directories
B Reference Management System
D Journals
C Serials Management System 264. Expand DEVSIS
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A DSpace B Mozilla firefox
B X Windows C Chrome
D
C Green-stone D X Internet explorer
G
270. In Five laws of Library Science “Every
D Linux
Book its reader” is
N
266. Dr.S.R.Ranganathan stated that ”Adop-
C 89 percent A Bibliographics
YA
D Monographs
A Programme budget
272. Ranganathan’s “Classified catalogue
A
A University of Madras
N
C Current budgeting
B Tamil nadu Library Association
D X Capital budgeting
268. The term ’Pre-natal’ cataloguing used by C Public Library Association
A C.A.Cutter
D X Madras Library Association
B Antony Panizi 273. The first law of library science focus qn
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A on general appeal 278. Which one is not a canon (as given Ran-
ganathan)?
B on the organisation
A X Canon of Comprehensiveness
C user and the usable item
B Canon of Consistence
D X on usable item
C Canon of Context
274. What is the main source of income for
Public libraries?
D Canon of Currency
A UGC
279. Which of the following is not a “Graphic
representation”?
B Government
am
A Pie Chart
C X Library cess
B Bar Chart
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283. Arrange the following in a chronological
order according to their year of establish- D Information Standards Organisation
ment:
287. A set of rules that govern overall data
D
i.) Library of Congress communications system is popularly
ii.) NISCAIR known as
G
iii.) Delivery of Books Act A X Protocol
N
iv.) National Library of India
A C.A.Cutter
C Fire
B Library of Congress
RA
D Dust
C X ALA
289. Anglo-American cataloguing rules
(AACRl) was published in the year
D The Library Association
A
B X 1967
A National Library
C 1970
B X Public Library
D 1971
C Specific Library
290. “Internet Public Library” is being main-
D College Library tained by
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A MIT, Massachusettes A Direct method
am
2. S.R.R.Colon classification 1st Edition
was in 1933, 5th Edition in 1958 iii.) Search Mechanism
iv.) Index
B Cluster B Index
C Distillation C Glossary
D Denudation D Literature
294. User education methods can be classified 298. ‘British Book News’ is an example of
into which Bibliography?
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sociated with library building planning?
A Floppy Disk
i) Principle of Uniformity
B Magnetic Tape ii) Principle of Comfortability
D
iii) Principle of Simplicity
C X Hard Disk
G
iv) Principle of Continuity
D None of the above
A
A Melvil Dewey
C (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
H
B S.R.Ranganathan
D (iii), (iv) and (i) are correct.
-C
C X Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine
305. What name was given to the rules regard-
D C.A.Cutter ing cataloguing by Ranganathan?
N
A Special libraries
YA
B Theories
formed in A X 1956
N
A 1919 B 1957
B X 1920 C 1955
C 1921 D 1959
307. In which library, was first introduced
D 1922
by Dr.S.R.Ranganathan evolved the Three
303. The Librarian Day celebrated on Card system?
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A Banaras Hindu University Library 312. BERN CONVENTION (1886) is con-
cerned with:
B X Madras University Library A Translations
am
A X National Policy on Education
C ”A sort listed symbol”
B Information Policy
D ”A brief sign”
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C (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct case study approach in a research design?
A Indepth Study
D (iii), (iv) and (i) are correct
D
317. The “citation indexes” are now available B Study of one/limited cases
online as
G
C X General study
A X Web of Science
D ROM
319. The National Library for the visually D (2), (3), (4)
handicapped is located at:
323. According to General Financial Rules,
A
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324. Which of the following is not the criteria D UNNAC-I
for selecting periodicals?
328. General Financial rules prescribe physical
A Recommendation of specialists verification of books annually for the col-
lection of
B Recommendation of members
A 50, 000 volumes
C Recommendation of library staff
B 40, 000 volumes
D X Recommendation of the publisher
C 30, 000 volumes
325. Arrange the following according to their
year of first publication:
D X 20, 000 volumes
am
i) Encyclopaedia Britannica
329. In PRECIS, the index entries are gener-
ii) Encyclopaedia Americana ated in format of.
D I/O measure
B X 16 × 13”
331. In Colon classification, which digit is
used to represent India?
C 12” × 5”
A X 44
D 5” × 3”
327. Which was the first calculating machine? B 54
A Mark-I C 45
B Analytical engine
D 5491
C X Abacus 332. Expand GOC
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served during the month of
B X Gazetteer
A August
C Encyclopedia
D
B X November
D Year book
G
C December 338. ‘Delphi Technique’ was first discussed in
N
a monograph by
A
334. Now a day & aposs what is a most im-
portant vital resource for societal develop- B E.Nagel
ment of a country?
H
C D.M.Potter
A Books
-C
D J.H.Shera
B Kowledge
339. Which one is not search engine?
N
C X Information
A Google
YA
D Data
B Yahoo
335. What is a Patent?
A An agreement to the Government C X Netscape navigator
RA
D AOL
B Document of the library
340. The device that converts digital to analog
C X An agreement between the inven- and analog to digital signal is known as
A
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A Quarterly 345. Access to back volumes of E-journals is
known as
B X Monthly A Random Access
am
iii) Shanon Weaver Model
iv) Schramm Model B Centralized cataloguing
C Americans
B An Indexing method
D X Britishers
C X Classification of Internet based
344. LIPHIS (Linked Phrase Indexing System) documents
was developed by
D Cataloging of Internet based docu-
A X T.C.Craven ments
349. Which of the following are common types
B J.Farradane of protocols?
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D X (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct. B X Cataloguing
350. Which organisation applied Library and
C Classification
Information Policy in India at national
D
level?
D Acquisition
A NISSAT
G
355. Expand the acronym “IASLIC”
B INSDOC A International Association of Special
A
B X Indian Association of Special Li-
D X RRRLF braries and Information Centers
H
351. Feedback mechanism is a part of which C Indian Association of Special Library
service? Center
-C
B CAS
356. Which indexing system has open ended
vocabulary?
C Translation service
YA
A X PRECIS
D X SDI
352. By which name MEDLARS is provided B POPSI
RA
online?
C KWOC
A X MEDLINE
D KWIC
A
B Index Medicus
357. The term ‘Literary warrant’ for book clas-
sification was introduced by
N
C Medical Index
A X W.C.B.Sayers
D Medaindex
353. Which of the following is an ‘Acronym’? B Wyndham Hulme
A X UNESCO C J.D.Brown
B UNO D H.E.Bliss
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358. Raw, unevaluated, unprocessed and un- C Refresher course
organized facts is known as:
D Work guide
A X Data
363. Article published in research journal are
B Information
A Reference sources
C Knowledge
B Secondary sources
D Wisdom
359. Patent Information Alert published by C X Primary sources
am
364. BIOS stands for
B X DESIDOC
A X Basic Input Output System
D Classified bibliography
C X Adobe Photoshop
361. Most of the periodicals do not provide
in their volumes. D System Utility
Ja
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368. User education may be provided in four B (ii) and (iv) are correct.
interrelated areas which are
A X User’s awareness, user studies, li- C X (iii) and (iv) are correct.
D
brary orientation, bibliographic instruc-
tion D (i) and (iv) are correct.
G
372. IIA founded in U.S.A.in 1968 stands for
B User’s awareness, library orientation,
inter-profiling, bibliographic instruction A Integrated Industry Association
A
aloguing, inter-profiling, user’s awareness
C Integrated Illiteracy eradication As-
H
D Bibliographic instruction, library ori- sociation
entation, computer literacy, user’s aware-
D X Institute of Information Associa-
-C
ness.
tion.
369. “Pre Natal cataloguing” a term used by
373. Who wrote the book “Book binding for
N
A X S.R.Ranganathan Librarians”?
A S.R.Ranganathan
YA
B Melvil Devey
B H.M.Lydenberg
C M.T.Franklin Currier
RA
C X Eric.A Clough
D G.Michet Le Jay
370. Which is the central theme of Drury’s D Douglas
principle of book selection? 374. Three cards system in libraries are mainly
A
used for
A Staffs
N
A circulation of books
B Books
B serial selection
C X Reader
C X acquisition and control of serials
D Furniture
D book selection
371. Which of the following are Library net
works? 375. “Current contents service” is a service in
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A SDI A IFLA
B X CAS B X ASLIB
C Translation C ALA
D Reprography D LC
376. Reference sources are those 380. Who initiated NATIS in 1974?
am
C X Which used to obtain particular in- C X UNESCO
formation?
D ALA
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384. The initial focus of BONET was aimed to 388. The Vth edition of CCC Classified Cata-
do which major activity? loguing Code was published in
B Acquisition Activity
B X 1964
C Circulation Activity
C 1966
ER
D Reference Activity
D 1971
385. Virtua accommodates Different version
of the MARC Standard?
D
389. PRECIS has been developed by
A USMARC
A S.R.Ranganathan
G
B UKMARC
A
C M.A.Gopinath
D X SWEMARC/All of above
H
386. Books misplaced on the shelves by read- D Ganesh Bhattacharya
ers are restored.This work is referred to as.
390. Who has studied the psychology of work-
-C
A Shelving ers?
B Stock verification A X Hugo Mansterberg
N
D Shifting
C Frank Gilbreth
387. Which of the following are Schools of
RA
D X (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct 392. What is Trade bibliography?
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A List of Author Bibliography A Public library
am
B Hand books of Manuals B X No semantic value
switching system?
iR
394. Which one of the following is not a 398. A network in which the host computer
controls different nodes which further con-
trol other nodes, is known as
A Packet
A Star Network
hr
B Circuit
B Ring Network
C X Router
C X Hierarchical Network
iS
D Message
D Multipoint Network
395. ETD database in India is maintained by
399. E-Journal articles can be identified with
i.) Shodhgangotri the help of
Ja
ii.) Vidyanidhi
A Digital Journal Identifier
iii.) Shodhganga
iv.) INDEST-AICTE consortium B Journal Source Identifier
C X (ii) and (iii) are correct 400. MEDLARS was developed by (NLM)
USA in
D (iii) and (iv) are correct A 1965
396. A library on ’Gandhian studies” belongs
to which type of library? B X 1964
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A X Cross-Reference Entry C LA
ER
B Cross-Reference-Index Entry D ILA
406. Who adopted the catch word “POSD-
C Class Index Entry CORB”?
D
D Book Index Entry A Arthur Henry
G
402. The term ’Encyclopaedia’ is coined from B Henry Fayal
which language?
B Latin
A
D H.P.Luhn
H
407. ISBD are formulated and brought out by
C Russian
A UNESCO
-C
D X Greek
B ICSV
403. The act enacted in India in 1856 on Intel-
N
B X British Patent Law 1852 408. Identify the odd one out.
RA
A ANSI
C The Patent Bill
B BIS
D The Design Act of 1911
A
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C Providing integrated and unified re- A X Two parts
mote access to geographically distributed
collections. B Four parts
am
C Basic Coded Decimal
D X Loss of books
D Binary Computer Display
sold.
i) Interrelated components A No
ii) Independent and can stand alone
B X Sale is possible
Ja
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418. DELNET stands for: A (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
A X Developing Library Network
B X (ii) and (iii) are correct
B Department of Electronics Library
C (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
Network
C Distance Education Library Network D (i) and (iv) are correct
423. In the catch word “POSDCORB” the let-
ER
ter “B” denotes
D Delhi Library Network
A Buying
419. ‘Facts on File’ is a
D
A X Weekly list B X Budget
G
B Fortnightly C Bibliography
A
D Quarterly
A Research method
420. What is a “Beetle”?
H
B Measurement Technique
A X Insect
-C
C X Tool for data collection
B Natural disaster
D All the above
N
C Chemical disaster
425. Jubilee Project is associated with what?
D Fire disaster
YA
D Scale development
C Local Library Amenities
A
tions of
422. Which of the following are limitations of
digital libraries? A Louis Brndeis
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427. Canon of Decreasing Extension’ belongs 431. Which of the following identifies user by
to a login permission to a licensed site.
A X Canons for chain A Authorization
am
A Fayzee Commission, 1939 A CC
nia C DELETE
C History A 1700
D Results B X 1800
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B Commodity A (A) is true, but (R) is false.
D
not correct explanation of (A).
D X All the above
G
C Both (A) and (R) are false.
437. CCC -The added entry comes under the
N
D X Both (A) and (R) are true.
A
in University?
A CC
A X P.Ingwersen
B X DDC B L.Bornebora
C UDC C M.Thelwall
D LCC D R.Rousseau
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444. Zero Based Budgeting system was pro- A 1952
pounded by:
B X 1954
A Peter Drucker
C 1964
B Edward Evans
D 1961
C Allen Kent
449. Which sources would you consult to
D X Peter Phyrr know the “Impact Factor” of Journal pub-
lications?
445. Sea Customs act of 1962 censor and ban
foreign publications in i) Web of Science
am
ii) Science Direct
A X India
iii) SCOPUS
iv) EBSCO
C UK
iR A (i) and (iv)
A Digital Divide
B Blogspot
B Digital Representation
C Livejournal
ER
C Digital Rendering
D X Twitter
453. Cataloguing-in-publication began in July D X Digital Obsolescence
1971 at
D
458. What is the call number for surgery in
A British Library C.C?
G
A L
B X Library of Congress
AD L: 4: 97
H
454. Adhoc Committee is also called as
459. Conference proceedings are considered
A X Statutory Authority Committee
as documents.
-C
D 23, 000
456. Editing activities comes under A (i) and (ii) are correct
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461. Which library use sears list of subject 465. Arrange the following processes of re-
heading mainly? search in order:
462. Arrange the following in the ascending B (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
order of their first year of publication:
am
i) BNB C (ii), (iv), (iii), (i)
463. Which is the journal of Library and Infor- 467. The objectives of a library catalogue were
broad by described by Charles Ammi Cut-
iS
mation Science?
ter in the year
A Abacus
A 1776
B Acta numerica
Ja
B X 1876
C X Interlending and Document supply
C 1976
D All of above
D 1979
464. Which is the apex body of Madras Public
Libraries Act? 468. POSDCORB coined by:
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the outcome of the mode of formation of
D 12.7 cm × 5.7 cm
subject, known as
470. Which Section of the Madras Public Li-
D
A Loose Assemblage
braries Act, 1948 empowers a local library
authority to levy cess?
B Fission
G
A X 12(1)(a) Section of the act
C X Distillation
C Sociology
A ULA
YA
D Agriculture
B RELUR 476. MESH is a
C URI A X Thesaurus
RA
B Dictionary
D X URL
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D 1974 C X 1024 MB
478. The catalogue codes were developed in
the order as: D 1024 GB
A Anglo American Code (Joint Code), 482. Reading centre, story hours, exhibition
and reading to literature are form of
Rules for Dictionary Catalogue, ALA rules
for author and title entries, AACRI A X Extension service
B Rules for Dictionary catalogue, ALA
Rules for author and title entries, AACRI, B Service of Public library
Anglo American Code (Joint Code)
C Both
C X Rules for Dictionary catalogue, An-
am
glo American Code (Joint Code) ALA D None
rules for author and title entries, AACRI
483. Library cess contribution of Tamilnadu
Chicago
D None of the above
B R.R.Bowker, London
485. The word “Index” is derived from
C X Library Association Publishing, A X Latin
London
B Greek
D Learned Information Ltd., New Jer-
sey
C German
481. 1 Gigabyte (GB) is
D French
A 1024 Bytes
486. NationarTranslation Centre in USA is la-
B 1024 KB cated in which place
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487. Arrange the following according to their ware programme from secondary storage
year of establishment: media to the hard disc called?
i) NIC A Download
D
ii) DESIDOC B Upload
G
iii) NISCAIR
C Installation
N
iv) NASSDOC
A
A (i), (iii), (ii), (iv) H 491. ‘Noise’ in Information Retrieval is due to
60
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A S.R.Ranganathan 498. Who was the propounder of Poly-
chotomy?
B X W.Hulme
A D.J.Foskett
C Melvil Dewey
B X C.A.Cutter
D Derek De Solla Price
C Derek Austin
494. Computer memory is measured in
D Tom Children
A Bytes
499. Which is the connecting symbol of en-
B Kilobytes ergy?
am
A , (Comma)
C Megabytes
B ; (Semicolon)
A X Motivation D .(Dot)
A Mayo
hr
C Leadership
B Moslo
D Staff recruitment
496. Following is not a network protocol: C X Luther Gulick
iS
A HTTP D Taylor
colon classification?
C TCP/IP A Bhattacharya
D X Z39.50 B K.S.Ragavan
497. Which is the head quarters of IASLIC?
C X R.S.Parkhi
A Chennai
D S.R.Ranganathan
B Bombay
502. INFLIBNET located at
C Delhi A Chennai
D X Calcutta B Delhi
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iii) Appraisal of information D (iii), (iv) are correct.
iv) Identification of the collection
507. Which Library Association Publishes
D
journal of Librarianship?
A X (ii)(iv)(iii)(i)
G
A X The Library Association
B (iv)(ii)(iii)(i)
B Use of Networking
A Formula budget
N
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A University Librarian 515. Redundancy of information is
am
B BC
B 1946
C UDC
A X 1955
iR 517. Arrange the following web browsers in
chronological order:
B 1965 i) Safari
hr
ii) Chrome
C 1975 iii) Netscape Navigator
D 1985 iv) Firefox
iS
B X 1982
Ja
C (ii)(i)(iv)(iii)
C 1984 D X (iii)(i)(iv)(ii)
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A Reference Service
B Accessibility.
ER
520. Arrange the following Public Library D Indexing Service
Acts according to their year of enactment:
524. Expansion for NISSAT
i) Uttar Pradesh PL Act
D
ii) Arunachal Pradesh PL Act A X National Information System for
Science and Technology
iii) Orissa PL Act
G
iv) Gujarat PL Act B National Information on Social Sci-
A Sciences A X SLA
YA
dexing system?
and Ending are important stages of which
information seeking behavior model? A 12 -steps
N
A Dervin’s Model
B 10 steps
B X Ellis Model
C X 8-steps
C Marchionnini Model
D 6 -steps
D Kuhlthan Model 527. WIPO Academy deals with
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A Patent Cooperation Treaty A X FTP
am
A Ellis Model
iii) Develop communication skills
B Krikelas Model iv) Re-interpret existing knowledge
D Wilson Model
iR
529. Skill Development Programme (SDP) for
B (iii), (ii) and (i) are correct
public librarians in India is initiated by C X (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
A Ministry of Human Resource Devel-
hr
D (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct
opment, Govt.of India
533. What type of Organisation is UGC?
B Directorate of Library Services,
Govt.of West Bengal A X Autonomous Organisation
iS
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D Defence Information Documentation
Centre A X NISSAT
536. In which year was opened for the Public
D
B DESIDOC
Connemara library?
G
A 1869 C National library of India
N
D NICNET
A
C 1871 H of the following storage devices:
A ALA
C Floppy, CD, DVD, Magnetic tape
N
B X UNESCO
D X Magnetic tape, Floppy, CD, DVD
YA
538. Every web page has a unique address ing the resources of the library in study
known as and research”?
A PIN A Encyclopedia of Librarianship
A
mation Science
C Hyperlink
C X ALA Glossary of Library Terms
D Map
D ALA World Encyclopedia of Library
539. FRBR Model consist of which of the fol-
& Information Services
lowing four entities?
543. By which name MEDLARS is now being
A Personality, Matter, Energy, Space provided on online?
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A Index Medicus A X I alone is correct
B UNESCO
am
B 16th Century
A Joy stick
iR 549. The first edition of DDC was published in
A 1875
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552. What was the name of the first inter- 556. As per UDC classification number of
national cataloguing code published on mathematics
1901?
A 53
A X A A Code
B 54
B RDC
C X 51
C Vatican Code
ER
D 31
D AACR 557. The first All India Conference of Librari-
553. The professional ethics help to - ans in 1918 was held at:
D
i.) Get the right direction A Baroda
G
ii.) Enhance image B Calcutta
iii.) Get more salaries
A
A (ii) and (iii) are correct D X Lahore
558. Ontology is
H
B (i) and (iv) are correct
A An Indexing Method
-C
C X (i) and (ii) are correct
B X Classification of Internet based
D (ii) and (iv) are correct documents
N
554. The reader liable to punish by the librar- C Cataloguing of Internet based docu-
ian (Which one is not relevant) ments
YA
‘Zaire’?
C Tearing the book
i) Encyclopaedias
D Stolen the book ii) Yearbooks
A
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560. The oldest and largest Library Associa- A Logical Chart
tion in the World is
A LA B X Flow Chart
am
B matter
A Sinha Committee
C X personality
B Radhakrishnan Committee
A A.J.Lotka C F.W.Taylor
B Bradford D W.Schulze
568. In classified catalogue code, How to write
C De Solla Price the “Second Edition”?
A X Ed 2
D X E.Garfield
564. A graphical representation using sym- B Edition 2
bols to represent operations, data, flow,
etc.is C 2nd ed
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A Books A AASL
B X CD-ROM B IFLA
C SCONUL
ER
C Computers
570. The first centre to use computer in the li- 574. Name editors of 7th edition of colon clas-
D
brary and information activities in India is sification
G
A X Neelamegham, Gopinath and
A DESIDOC
Seetharama
C DRTC
A
C Martin
H
D UGC. D M.A.Gopinath
575. Which of the following are ‘Open Source
-C
571. The process of surrogating, repackaging
Content Management Systems’?
and compaction of the primary literature
that results in creation of secondary jour- i) Drupal
N
nals, is
ii) Atex
A Newsletter iii) Joomla
YA
iv) OpenCms
B X Abstracting and Indexing Periodi-
cal A (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
RA
C House Journals
B (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
D Electronic Journal
C (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
A
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D X Co-operative cataloguing A A collection of selected terminology
am
for C SDI
A Facet sequence D Abstracting Service
B X United Nations
B (ii) and (iii) are correct
C U.S.Organization
C X (iii) and (iv) are correct
Ja
C Imperial Library
C Line item Budget
D Library of Congress
D Lumpsum Budget
585. Which of the following does not protect
581. What is the Thesaurus? intellectual property?
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mode of Formation of subjects? D Calcutta Public Library
D
B Dessection
A classified order
G
C Distillation
B X standing order
A
587. ‘Noise’ in Information retrieval is due to
D administrative order
A Precision
H
592. ‘Biotechnology’ is an example of how
B Recall knowledge grows by
-C
A X Fusion
C Relevant Information
B Lamination
N
D X Redundant Information
588. SOUL -Developed by C Fission
YA
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594. Main use of Shelf list is iii) Presents an integrated picture of de-
velopment and program
A Cataloging
iv) Provides only current information
B Circulation
A (ii), (iii), (iv) are correct.
C X Stock Verification
B (i), (iii), (iv) are correct.
D Book Selection
C X (i), (ii), (iii) are correct.
595. The network topology in which nodes are
connected to a central hub as known as
D (i), (ii), (iv) are correct.
A Ring Topology
599. Who was the librarian to become the first
am
President of the ILA?
B Bus Topology
A X S.R.Ranganathan
liographic description
D Martin
C ISBD includes cataloguing rules
597. In which year was the national library of
Ja
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603. Assertion (A): Present decade has ac- 607. The term censorship is derived from the
cepted E-journals as channels of fast com- word censere of origin.
munication.Reason (R): E-publications
A German
have added enormous quantity of lit-
D
erature but affected the quality of re-
B Greek
search.Codes:
G
A (A) is true but (R) is false. C X Latin
A
608. ISBN now consists of:
C X Both (A) and (R) are true and (R)
A 10 digits
H
is the correct explanation.
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C Peter Drucker A Types of Document
am
D Sahitya Samsad, Calcutta
612. The Model Public Library in India is C Processing
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B X NISCAIR
B Acquisition section
C DESIDOC
D
C X Circulation section
D NASSDOC
G
D Periodical section
625. Another term of PERT is
621. Major elements of a profession are
A
ii) Body of knowledge B POSDCORB
iii) Publicity
H
iv) Status C MBO
-C
A (i), (ii), (iv) are correct. D HRM
626. Who is responsible for increasing in-
B X (i), (ii), (iii) are correct.
N
A Personality C X COMLA
A
B Matter D ILA
N
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A X (i) and (ii) are correct. A Journals index
am
C Searching C X 1901
D Open System
D Statistical Technique
iS
C X Cataloguing
D (iii), (iv) are correct.
631. New York times index is D Shelving
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B Third Generation Computers
D HYPERLINK
637. The publisher of “Information Power: C Fourth Generation Computers
D
Building Partnership for Learning” is
D X Fifth Generation Computers
A AASL
G
642. Damodaran Committee was appointed in
1971 to review working of
B AECT
D ILA
A
B National Science Libraries
H
638. Microchip was invented by C Agriculture Libraries
-C
A Microsoft D X Polytechnic Libraries
643. What is world of learning?
B IBM
N
A X Directory
C DELL
YA
B Encyclopedia
D X Intel
C Dictionary
639. Metadata Dublin core refers to
RA
A classroom learning
D Subject elements in database
B X e-learning
640. In UDC what are the facet indicators are
used to combine the facets? C distance learning
A Colon
D none of the above
B Double colon 645. Consider the following statements:
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I. The five laws of library science are the 649. Colon classification 4th Edition was pub-
very soul of the theory of Interlibrary lished in the year
loan
A 1939
II. Fifth law of Library Science insists the
growth in readers
B 1946
A I alone is correct
C 1949
B II alone is correct
D X 1952
C Both are not correct
650. Which organization has introduced the
concept of “Sister libraries” for children‘s
am
D X Both are correct and young adults reading?
646. Which of the following is the essence of
Open Access System? A UNESCO
B Design of Shelves
iR C LC
C AACR D F.W.Taylor
C Library Furniture
D December 12th -December 18th
D Library Staff 653. In classification, the term BSO stands for
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any reference book?
D X NISSAT
A C.M.Winchell
659. Who is known as father of Artificial Intel-
D
B William A Katz ligence?
G
A X J.McCarthy
C Louis Shores
A
655. Indian National Advisory Board for Li- C Alan Turing
braries was setup in 1966 by
H
D N.Wiener
A Association of Indian Universities
660. Which one of the following is not covered
-C
B X Ministry of Education in centralised cataloguing?
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A Nature C J.D.Brown
B Blackwell D Bliss
667. What is the use of Browne System in the
C X ISID Libraries?
am
D Circulation of serials to the users
documents
668. Sector Device is an extension of
C Cataloguing of Internet based docu-
A Gap Device
D X USA B ASLIB
665. To which Classification Number does
Sears List of Subject Heading link? C Special Library Association
Ja
D BSO Number B 6
666. Principles of Book classification in the Li-
C X7
brary Association Record authored by
A X E.W.Hulme D 9
671. In which year ’Delivery of Books Act’ was
B S.R.Ranganathan passed in India?
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672. A Pre-print is a/an B X Secondary Sources
A Article to be presented in a confer- C Primary Sources
ence
D
B Conference paper to be included in D Non-documentary Sources
the proceedings 677. Which Education Commission observed
G
“Nothing can be more damaging to a
C Neither a nor b growing department than to neglect its li-
A
A X Kothari Education Commission
673. International Advisory Committee on
Documentation, Libraries and Archives
H
B Radhakrishnan Education Commis-
(UNESCO) was established in sion
-C
A 1966 C Calcutta University Commission
Education
C 1968 678. Arrange the following according to their
YA
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ii.) Digital cameras C National Library Calcutta
iii.) Video cameras
D Amazon.com
iv.) Smart & Mobile phones
683. Bengal Library Association was collabo-
ration with
A (i), (ii) are correct
A Madras District Library Association
B (iv), (iii) are correct
B Karnataka District Library Associa-
C (iii), (iv) are correct tion
C X Hoogly District Library Associa-
D X (i), (ii), (iii) & (iv) are correct
tion
am
680. Assertion (A): RFID technology is still D Mumbai District Library Association
not widely installed in Indian Library En-
vironment.
684. The survey of the work done during the
C (A) is true, but (R) is false. 685. Which of the following is not covered un-
der Intellectual Property Rights?
iS
C Trade Marks
B Year book
D X Thesaurus
C Directory 686. is a legal document and can be used
as a source of industrial information.
D X Handbook A Report
682. The statement ”Type along the dotted
line, then fold back or detach this stub” B Law Review
found in the card printed by
C Patent
A X Remington Rand of India
D X Specification
B Tata Consultancy Services 687. Inter library loan denotes
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A Book’s borrow from book stall A Interchange of data between two de-
vices
B Book’s borrow from other student
B Interchange of data between two
computers
C Book’s borrow from staff member
C Linkage between two computers
D X Book’s borrow from other library
D X Linkage between two devices
ER
688. ‘CODEN’ is connected with
692. “Lenin National Library” is situated in
A Books
A Paris
D
B X Serials
B Ukrain
G
C Reports
C X Moscow
iii.) S.Radhakrishnan
C X Programmable Read Only Memory
iv.) S.R.Ranganathan
N
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C Federation of Publishers in India C X 1956
am
D X Sheep skin 701. The word Encyclopedia is derived from:
697. NICNET and INDONET are the net-
A X Greek word
works of which category?
B MAN
iR C Latin word
alogue, OPAC
703. Time saving methods of stock verification
C Card Catalogue, Sheaf Catalogue, techniques is
Register, OPAC
A Shelf list verification
D Sheaf Catalogue, Card Catalogue,
Register, OPAC B Random verification
699. Amendment to ‘Delivery of Books (Pub-
C Assign number verification
lic Libraries) and Newspapers Act’ was en-
acted in India in the year:
D X Numerical counting
A 1952 704. In C.C.the title ‘Medical Jurisprudence’
can be classified and sharpened with the
B 1954 help of
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A Political events D Activities
D
A Management Business Organisation
C X Outstanding events
G
D Economic events B X Management By Objectives
B SMTP
707. Which of the following is not a compo-
nent of control?
YA
C POP
A Ever Vigilance
D IMAP
B X Entertainment
RA
D lnspection A 1993
A
A 1909 C 1994
B X 1910 D X 1996
C 1911 713. Ranganathan’s Reader’s Ticket, Book
Ticket method introduced in which li-
D 1908 brary?
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A National Library C IAMA
am
B X UNITERM A X (iii)(iv)(i)(ii)
C POPSI B (iv)(i)(iii)(ii)
A IFLA
hr
B Group of People
B X ASLIB
C Masses
C ALA
iS
A France A 1951
B UK B 1952
C X Germany C 1953
D USA D X 1954
717. The acronym for Association for Informa- 721. Who said that information is both a prod-
tion Management is: uct and process?
A X ASLIB A S.R.Ranganathan
B IIM B X J.Martin
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C D.J.Foskett C Compiler
D S.C.Bradford D X Router
722. Who is the propounder of the term ‘Infor- 726. Name the similarity measure in which
mation Transfer’? similarity of a document is adjusted such
that the similarity of a document to itself
A Ranganathan is
ER
A Cosine measure
B J.Martin
B Distance measure
C Calvin Moores
D
C Swet’s measure
D X Beesman
G
723. The term ‘Routing’ is associated with D X Normalised similarity measure
727. Classified Catalogue Code was published
A
B X Periodical maintenance A 1914
C Second law
A (i) and (ii) are correct
D X Fifth law
B X (ii) and (iv) are correct
A
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A Karnataka Public Libraries Act A X William Frederick
D H.P.Luhn
D Maharashtra Public Libraries Act
735. OCR stands for
731. Radio Frequency Identification is used in
Library for A Optical Chart Recognition
i) Cataloguing of Document
B X Optical Character Recognition
ii) Circulation of Document
am
iii) Acquisition of Document C Operating Character Reader
iv) Security of Document
D Operating Character Recognition
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D By particular user
C X Machine independent
740. In CC which fundamental category does
not occur in rounds?
D
D Machine dependent
A X space 745. ISBD stands for
G
B energy A Indian Standard Bibliography De-
D 1888 A Destination
742. UNISIST, a project of UNESCO was
launched in this year: B X Directing
RA
A 1994 C Dimension
B X 1972 D Duties
A
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748. In colon classification which indicator has A (i) & (ii) are correct
been used for indicating interpolation?
B (i), (ii) & (iv) are correct
A Comma
C X (i) & (iv) are correct
B Hyphen
D (ii) & (iii) are correct
C X Astericks
752. In which year was ALA Committee
brought out ALA List of Subject Head-
D Ampersand
ings?
749. Whose model of communication of
knowledge suggests that communication A 1891
am
as an open system may be regarded as
subjective, selective, variable and yet un- B 1893
predictable?
C X 1895
known as D W.A.Borden
A X Strategic planning 754. What does DSS stand for?
A Direct Software Support
B Role analysis
Ja
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D X2 A IGF
756. How many digits have in the ISSN
B IANA
A 10
C X ICANN
B X8
D ISP
C 13 761. Reading centre’s, story hours, exhibitions
ER
and reading to literature are forms of
D 15
A Extension service
D
757. “Thermofax” is completely a pro-
cess. B Service of a public library
G
A Wet
C X Both
A
C Light 762. The mode of displaying graphic informa-
tionpixel by pixel with bits in main mem-
ory is
H
D Thin
758. Where did Dr.S.R.Ranganathan put forth A Bit handling
-C
his five laws of library science?
B X Bit mapping
A X Meenakshi College, Annamalaina-
N
B O.S.dependent
D List of books on a nation
C X Machine independent
764. Which of the following organizations are
associated with the concept of ‘1000 crore
D Machine dependent
plan to link 9000 libraries in India’?
760. The International Body that coordinates
the assignment of unique domain names, i.) National Library of India
protocol address is ii.) National Mission on Libraries
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iii.) INFLIBNET C (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
iv.) RRRLF
D X (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
A (ii) and (iii) are correct. 767. Which of the following publish the list
of periodicals which are-spare with li-
B (iii) and (iv) are correct. braries?
am
tion are D Indian National Bibliography
i.) Knowledge classification arranges 768. Indian National Bibliography (INB) pro-
knowledge itself. duced by Central Reference Library is a
766. Arrange the following University Li- iv) Introducing the course at degree level
braries according to the year of their estab-
lishment: A (ii) and (iv)
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2. Paul Otlet and Henry La Fontaine are 774. A budget which covers the purchase of
associated with it. books and periodicals is called as
3. It has relative index. A Programme budget
4. It use pure notation.
B Zero based budget
A (2) and (3) are correct.
C X Recurring grant
ER
B X (1) and (2) are correct.
D Non-Recurring grant
C (3) and (4) are correct. 775. According to Machlup the difference be-
tween information and knowledge is
D
D (1) and (3) are correct.
A Information increases with use,
771. Expansion of AGRIS
G
whereas knowledge is constant.
A X Agricultural Research Information
A
B Agricultural Retrieval Index System
C Information is shareable, whereas
knowledge is one’s property.
H
C Agricultural Retrieval Information
System D X Information is piecemeal, frag-
-C
which shows the position of any book on brary and Information Science was started
the shelves. in India?
YA
773. The term pre-natal cataloguing was used 777. Number of local area networks connected
by together to form a
N
A C.A.Cutter A LAN
B Gopinath B X WAN
C Neelameghan C MAN
D X S.R.Ranganathan D CAN
94
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778. The important methods of measuring im- 782. In which state was not extended for deliv-
pact factor of any information retrieval sys- ery of Books and Newspapers Act?
tem are:
A Delhi
i) Expression Rate
ii) Precision Rate B Rajasthan
iii) Recall Rate
C X Jammu and Kashmir
iv) Depression Rate
D Tamil Nadu
A (i) and (iii) are correct.
783. ‘Research-in-progress’ database in India
B (ii) and (iv) are correct. is
am
A Vidyanidhi
C X (ii) and (iii) are correct.
B Shodhganga
A Institute of Bibliography
D SERC
781. Encyclopedia Americana consists of B X Institute of Information Scientists
A 20 Volumes
C Institute of Documentation
B 25 Volumes
D Institute of Librarianship
C 28 Volumes 786. What is suitable reference source to find
out the list of historical monuments of Ban-
D X 30 Volumes galore?
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tem? C X James I.Wyer
A Air-Mail
D R.Emery
D
B Courier 792. Which of the following is non-recurring
expenditure?
G
C X Computer and modem
A X purchase of furniture
A 1897
D IASLIC
B X 1898
YA
C Principle of economy
B Memory, capacity
N
D X Library budget
C Speed, process
790. Pre-natal Cataloguing means:
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i) Collection development policy C X (A) is true, but (R) is false.
ii) Indent from users
iii) Book selection tools D (A) is false, but (R) is true.
iv) All the above 799. “Anomalous State of Knowledge (ASK)
Model”, one of the user centered model’s
A (i) and (ii) are correct. of information retrieval was proposed by
am
796. National Knowledge Network is to be im- D D.Ellis
plemented by
800. LOCKOSS (Software) is an international
C Bibliographic Classification
C UNISIST
D Colon Classification
D ALA
798. Assertion (A): the encouraging environ-
ment of all time, full reading halls with the 802. Which of the following variables cannot
students in the libraries is diminishing day be expressed in quantitative terms?
by day. A Socio-economic Status
Reason (R): All the reading material is eas-
ily available and accessible on Internet to
B Marital Status
all the students.
A Both (A) and (R) true. C X Numerical Aptitude
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803. Headquarters of Indian Library Associa- 807. Who published the journal International
tion (lLA) is situated at classification?
A Mumbai A IFLA
B X Delhi B UNESCO
C Chennai C X ISKO
ER
D ALA
D Bangaluru
808. Which among these is a pointing device?
804. Arrange the following library associa-
tions according to their year of emergence
D
A Touch screen
i.) CILIP
B Sensors
G
ii.) ALA
C Scanning device
N
iii.) SLA
iii) IANA
805. ABGILA is a quarterly publication of iv) IEEE
YA
806. The library budget of a university is 810. In which State of India, the first mobile li-
passed by the?
N
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811. Staffing is concerned with providing and C Catalogue
maintaining resources.
D Allocation register
A Physical
816. “The high purpose of Book Selection is to
B Technical provide the right book to the right reader
at the right time”.Whose quotation is this?
C X Human
A X Francis Drury
D Financial
B H.E.Bliss
812. Who said library is a ”Cultural Matura-
tion”? C Melvil Dewey
am
A R.G.Prasher
D C.A.Cutter
B X J.H.Shera 817. Which of the following is not a part of
A X Primary C X N.E.Browne
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C X UNESCO A Summarians
ER
D INSDOC B Italians
821. Resolution of Laser printer is
C X Egyptians
D
A 300 dpi onwards
D Assyrians
G
B 500 dpi onwards
826. When two or more basic subjects having
C X Phase relation
B Gazetteers
N
D Hierarchical relation
C Travel Guide
827. Arrange the following associations ac-
YA
ii) ASLIB
A Cloak Room
iii) ALA
B X Property Counter iv) SLA
A
D Store room
B (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
824. Which library developed OPAC catalogu-
ing system? C X (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
A National Library of India
D (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
B X Library of Congress 828. Zero Based Budget deals with
100
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A X First time operations A Bibliography
am
B X Copyright Act, The Patent Act, IPR C Third Law of Library Science
Act, Information Tech.Act
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D User token 842. Internet Gopher was developed by
838. Which of the following is the first step in A X University of Minnesota
starting the research process?
D
A Searching sources of information to B Oxford university
G
locate problem.
C Microsoft
A
843. Inductive logic proceeds from:
D Searching for solutions to the prob-
H
A General to General
lem
-C
839. Guiness Book of world record is pub- B X Particular to General
lished from
C General to Particular
A Delhi
N
D Particular to Particular
B London
YA
D Washington
B Hypertext Transmission Protocol
840. NISSAT-plan is forms integral part of the
larger socio economic plan that is C Hypertext Training Period
A
B 8th five year plan 845. The general image file formats are:
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A (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct. 850. MARC-I launched in
A X 1966
B (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
am
B Management Information System i) New Genlib
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A (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
A Present
B X (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)
B Past
D
C (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
C X Future
G
D (iv), (ii), (iii), (i)
D Remote future
A
A World Information Protection Orga- A Manipur
nization
B Andhra Pradesh
H
B World Information Property Organi-
zation C X Great Britain
-C
C SIS
B UNESCO
D IATLIS
C FID
861. Scrutiny of financial transactions is called
A
D ILA
A Budgeting
N
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A point D Panizzi
867. A technique displaying graphic informa-
B X single point tion on screen, pixel by pixel with bits held
in main memory is
C end point
A Bit handling
D link point
863. Consultant of book replacement ones du- B X Bit mapping
plication with
C Bit pattern
A Technical section
D Bit matrix
am
B With maintenance section 868. UNITERM indexing system was devel-
oped by
C Exterition service section
D ILLP
B X The literature which is not pub-
865. Which one is not a “Extension” service? lished and is not available through normal
A Reading to illiterate book selling channels
Ja
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(in inches) is?
D Krishan Kumar
A 15 × 13
872. Books lost from the library are known
D
through B X 16 × 13
A X Stock verification
G
C 12 × 5
B Charging and discharging
A
which language?
D Accession Register
H A X Application Language
873. Which is called the most personal ser-
vice? B Machine Language
-C
A Abstracting Service
C Assembly Language
N
B X SDI
D Natural Language
C Bibliographic 878. “Biotechnology” is formed as a result of
YA
A X Fusion
D Translation
874. Assertion (A): Majority of University Li- B Lamination
RA
A (A) is true but (R) is false. 879. Number of States in India which have en-
N
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880. Who enunciated the five fundamental A JCCC
categories in colon classification?
B ISID
A X Dr.S.R.Ranganathan
C Science finder scholar
B Paul Otlet
D X ACS
C W.C.Sayers
885. Who prepared model bill for India?
D Benjamin A.Cutter
A A.Neelamegam
881. Full Forms for CALNET
A Calicut Library Network B X S.R.Ranganathan
am
C G.Bhattacharya
B X Calcutta Library Network
with
D The Library Association A Pool of items
883. Accession register methodof stock verifi-
B X Selection from two opposite posi-
Ja
B ACC Register is not damage and ac- D Selection from a check list
curate report 888. The order of significance of “Thing, Ma-
terial and Action” among various com-
C Register no damage and not accurate
ponents of a compound subject was ex-
report panded by
D X The register damage and result ac- A J.Kaiser
curate
884. Which one is a full text e-Resource? B X E.J.Coates
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D Institute of Information Association.
B X Gaus, White and Dimcock 894. Which department of the Government of
India deals with Public Libraries?
D
C Rousseau
A Department of Archaeology
D Plato
G
B X Department of Culture
890. A characteristic in which information
A
A Synergetic characteristics D Department of Science and Technol-
ogy
H
B X Diffusive characteristics 895. Which catalogue rules was published
during 1876?
-C
C Compressible characteristics
A Published the CCC
D Shareable characteristics
N
B Brown
896. Which one is the Volatile memory of com-
C X H.W.Wilson puter?
A ROM
A
D C.A.Cutter
892. World of Learning is: B PROM
N
A A Bibliography C WROM
B An Abstract D X RAM
897. Which of the following are value added
C An Encyclopedia
information services?
D X A Directory i.) Aggregator Service
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ii.) Referral Service 901. ’Canon of Characteristics’ are part of
iii.) Document Delivery Service
A Verbal plane
iv.) Research Reports/Market Survey Re-
ports B Notational plane
am
898. How many Indian languages divisions
B J.D.Brown
are there in Indian National library?
D Ten A X2
B Four volume
D Define, Measure, Access, Instruct
and Control C X 44 pages
900. One of the book selection principles states
D 124 pages
that “the best reading for the largest num-
ber at the Cost.” 905. Chain indexing was introduced by
A Maximum A Ganesh Bhattacharya
B Medium B X S.R.Ranganathan
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906. Arrange the following books in order of D indexing, planning, control and im-
their publication: plementation.
i) Classified Catalogue Code 910. The ‘Study abroad’ is a/an
ii) Prolegamena to Library Classification
A Encyclopedia
iii) Five Laws of Library Science
iv) Colon Classification B Year book
ER
A (i)(iv)(iii)(ii) C Directory
B (iii)(ii)(iv)(i) D X Handbook
D
911. The formula K(S) + ∆I K(S + ∆S) for
C X (iii)(iv)(i)(ii) summation of information is propounded
G
by
D (iv)(i)(ii)(iii)
A
A C.A.Cutter H B George Gerbner
C M.A.Gopinath
-C
D X Mandy Brooks
912. Universal Decimal classification pub-
D X S.R.Ranganathan
lished by
N
A Uniform Indexing
B UNESCO
B Citation Indexing
C X FID
RA
C Chain Indexing
D ALA
D X Keyword Indexing 913. When CD-ROM was prepared and made?
A
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A X End papers D X Samuel Green
919. The central government of India ap-
B Attach cover pointed in 1957 an advisory committee for
libraries under the chairmanship of
C Head bands
A S.R.Ranganathan
D Gilding
B X K.P.Sinha
915. FID was founded by whom?
am
920. What is over due charge?
C Paul Otlet and cutter CA
A Damaging book
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D (iii)& (iv) are correct.
923. Transistors were used in which genera- D (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)
tion of computers? 927. In MARC 21, subject access fields are
D
A First generation A 3xx
G
B X Second generation B 4xx
A
D X 6xx
H
924. Online Europa year book has coverage 928. Management as defined by well known
since author in the field of management con-
-C
A 1965 tains the following which one is not com-
ponents
B 1975 A planning -organization
N
D staffing -directing
A mini computer
929. Which of the following is a Tertiary
Sources of Information?
B X mainframe computer
A
A Journal
C micro computer
N
B Bibliography
D super computer
C Encyclopaedia
926. Arrange the following indexing sources
according to the year of their first publica-
tion: D X Bibliography of Bibliographies
930. Law of Library science insist, state that
i.) Biological Abstracts make provision for sufficient finance for
ii.) Chemical Abstracts runs the library
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A First Law of Library Science 934. Posting the right person at the right place
is called
B Fourth Law of Library Science A X Recruitment
am
iii) Format B X Central Processing Unit
iv) Archiving facility
C Creative Processing Unit
B X (ii) and (iv) are correct. 936. What type of abstract is produced by ma-
chine?
C (i) and (iii) are correct. A Title Abstract
hr
D (ii) and (iii) are correct. B Manual Abstract
932. Which of the following tests can be em- C X Auto Abstract
ployed for hypothesis testing?
iS
D Slanted Abstract
A F- test
937. First electrically operated book charging
B Chi - square test system was introduced in the year
A X 1932
Ja
C t - test
B 1942
D X All of the above
933. Where we do write in pencil to CCC- C 1952
entry (Which entry)?
D 1962
A X Where Ever Call No’s
938. Which form of reasoning is the process of
drawing a specific conclusion from a set of
B Only Leading Section
premises?
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C Both (A) & (B)
C 4
D None of the above
D
D 5
944. Blair and Maron evaluation study on re-
940. Cataloguing in Publication (CIP) pro-
trieval effectiveness of full text search is
G
gramme was introduced by
called
N
A X Library of Congress
A
B MEDLARS evaluation study
C Imperial Library
H
C X STAIRS project
D British Museum
-C
D Cranefield - II Project
941. Pre-coordinate indexing system is fol-
lowed in: 945. MESH is a
N
ii) POPSI
YA
B Dictionary
iii) UNITERM
iv) PRECIS C Journal
RA
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A X Accessioning D Neither (A) nor (B)
am
953. Arrange the following according to their
C C.A.Cutter levels:
A X Paris
iR iii.) General Normative Principles
iv.) Principles of Cataloguing
B Japan
A ii iv i iii
C New York
hr
B i iii ii iv
D London
950. The First Edition of Five Laws of library C iv i iii ii
iS
gramming?
C 1930
A Procedural, Non-procedural and Un-
D X 1931 conditional
951. In providing SDI: B Zero, Low and High levels
A Incoming document profiles are
C Machine, Assembly and High level
matched with readers interest
languages
B Reader interest profiles are created a
nd matched with existing document pro- D X COBOL, BASIC and C
files
955. Encyclopedia of Library and Information
C X (A) and (B) both are correct Science is published by
115
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956. Colon classification 7th (Basic version) B Indian Council of Science Social Re-
Edition was published in the year 1981, search
edited by
C X Indian Council of Social Science Re-
D
A S.R.Ranganathan search
G
B X M.A.Gopinath D International Council of Social Sci-
ence Research
A
D Ganesh Bhattacharya
i) Evergreen
957. PRECIS (Preserved Context Indexing
H
system) formulate and developed by ii) Drupal
iii) Joomla
A C.A.Dutt
-C
iv) New Genlib
B S.R.Ranganathan
A (i) and (ii) are correct.
N
C Prof.Bhattacharya
B X (ii) and (iii) are correct.
YA
D X Derik Austin
C (iii) and (iv) are correct.
958. Among the following which has not been
considered as a library of national impor-
RA
116
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A Anticipatory reference service D Science online
968. Sear & aposs List of Subject Headings
B Long range reference service
(SLSH) is mainly useful for
C X Ready reference service A X Small and medium libraries
am
C Use of reference books should be a
B 1938
Ja
D 1948 A AGRINET
117
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973. Who has not changed its name?
D Department of Human Resources
A Library Association, UK Development
D
B X ALA 978. Name the scientist who said that Informa-
tion Science is cluster of many disciplines
where in the central core is ‘Information’.
G
C ASLIB
A B.C.Brooks
sources.
C Spanish
A X Documentary
D X Arabic
RA
B Human
980. How much was ALA’s cost of public li-
C Institutional brary services in 1959 for salaries and
wages?
A
D Neo-conventional
A 65.8%
976. Shodganga project is implemented by:
N
B 67.8%
A UNESCO
C 66.8%
B IGNOU
D X 68.8%
C DELNET
981. “Control, Disease, Malaria, Brain” indi-
D X INFLIBNET cates that it is
118
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A Raw Title A Mumbai
am
B X Delhi
A 1857
C Mumbai
D 1901.
iR 987. What are the major driving forces behind
an ‘Information society’?
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sources? C Rabindranath Tagore
D
B X Bibliography 995. Who coined the phrase ‘Information Re-
trieval’?
G
C Journals A X Calvin Mooers
A
C J.D.Brown
H
A Plato D H.P.Luhan
996. Which of the following is not correct?
-C
B Martin
A A main entry is classified catalogue
C X Aristotle
code consists of leading section
N
992. When was “Delivery of Books and News- number is always written in pencil
paper Act” passed?
C In classified catalogue code, tracing
A X 1954 section is given on the back of the main en-
RA
try
B 1867
D X In classified catalogue code we can
C 1956 write.the Author name is leading section
A
120
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998. What is the purpose of word processor? A Edward Edwards
A Storing B X Anthoni Panizze
B Manipulating text C A.Cutter
am
A Which has biographies of the persons
C Panchayats
B X Which has biographies of markable
C Which has biographies of great per- 1004. The Connemara Public library was
sons
iR treated as
A Central library
D Which has biographies of all the pub-
lic
B State library
hr
1000. Getting books back from the users and
releasing the borrower’s ticket is known as C X State Central library
D X Discharging B Brown
1001. FID was founded in the year 1895 at
C X HW Wilson
A X Brussels
D CA Cutter
B Hague 1006. A non-linear model of information seek-
ing behaviour was presented by
C Paris
A T.D.Wilson
D Bon
B Ellis
1002. Who was the first principal librarian of
British Museum? C Kulthou
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D X Allen Foster C 64
1007. What is the suitable reference sources to
D 74
find out the list of historical monuments of
Delhi? 1011. Which source would you consult to
know the pronunciation of a word?
A Atlas
A Encyclopaedia
B Gazetteer
ER
B X Dictionary
C X Guide book
C Directory
D
D Globe
1008. Which of the following are the core con- D Standard
G
tent of ISI web of knowledge? 1012. The TCP/IP protocol layer consists
A
B 7 layers
iii.) Derwent Information Index
iv.) AGRICOLA C 6 layers
H
A (i), (iv) and (iii) D 4 layers
-C
A 1966
C X Digital
N
B 1970
D Hybrid
C X 1967
1010. In colon classification, India is repre-
sented by
D 1990
A 54 1015. Which of the following programming
language is exclusively used for Artificial
B X 44 Intelligence?
122
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A C C J.D.Brown
B J2EE D S.R.Ranganathan
1020. Identify the odd one from the following:
C X Prolog
A X Koha
D JAVA
1016. COM is an acronym for B VTLS
am
C Complete Output Microform 1021. The library “for the people, of the people
and by the people” is
D Control Output Microform
A Deaf
A Cataloguing of documents by Private
B X Blind
Agency
C Dumb
Ja
123
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D X Fourth Law of Library Science B (ii) and (iii) are correct
1025. Arrange the following State Library Acts
C X (i) and (iii) are correct
D
according to their year of establishment:
i.) Goa
G
D (i) and (iv) are correct
ii.) West Bengal
1028. Who categorized the user studies into
A iv ii iii i
Ai.) Behaviour Studies
ii.) Use studies
H
B X iv ii i iii iii.) Information flow studies
-C
D iii ii i iv
B X Menzel
1026. In the information transfer cycles, inter-
YA
A NIC
A (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
N
B CSIR
B X (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
C ICSSR
C (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
1027. Which principles are corollary to 1030. What is the correct sequence of proce-
Wallpicture principle? dure of scientific management?
124
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A X Defining the problem -Gathering A Facet Sequence
data -Analysis
B Fundamental Categories
B Analysis-Gathering data -Defining
the problem C X Helpful Sequence
C Defining the problem -Analysis - D Basic laws
Gathering data
1035. Financial support given to libraries are
D Gathering data-Defining the of two types - Recurring and
problem-Analysis
A Ad-hoc
1031. Softwares on payroll, inventory control,
education are the examples of
am
B X Endowments
A X Application software
C Annual
D Packages
iR 1036. Who devised first bibliographic classifi-
cation scheme?
A Bacon
1032. A rubber stamp impressed on the verso
of title page giving information concerning B Dewey
hr
the records and processing of each individ-
ual book acquired is called C X Bliss
A Book stamp
D Gesner
iS
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C S.R.Ranganathan i) Turnitin
ii) Ithenticate
D Derek Austin.
iii) Tulips
1039. Uniterm Indexing System is example of iv) Veri Guide
A Pre-coordinate indexing
A (i) and (ii)
B X Post-coordinate indexing
ER
B (i), (ii) and (iii)
C Citation indexing system
C X (i), (ii) and (iv)
D
D Keyword based indexing system
D (ii) and (iii)
1040. “Book Number” helps in:
G
1044. ‘Indian National Bibliography’ is ar-
A X Individualising the book within ranged under two parts, General Publica-
A
B Electronic
H
C Individualising among the books
with same year of publication C X Governmental
-C
D Knowing the subject of the book
D Non-book
1041. First International Conference on Bibli-
1045. Following is not a Web two.Zero tool:
N
ography held at
A Paris A Blog
YA
B X Brussels B Facebook
C X UGC-INFONET two.Zero
RA
C Geneva
1042. TKDL is developed and managed by 1046. Which University in India had First Li-
A
brary Committee?
A National Library and RRRLF
N
A Mysore University
B CSIR and RRRLF
B X Calcutta University
C X CSIR and AYUSH
C University of Madras
D AYUSH and National Library
D University of Mumbai
1043. Which of the following are plagiarism
detection software? 1047. “Before book selection”
126
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A Watch.the book price A X Joystick
am
B Burma teak
A Rs.58.05 crores
C Rose wood
B X Rs.58.06 crores
A A.Panizzi
D X An informal mechanism of keeping
user informed of relevant development
B C.C.Jewet
1051. Which pointer device is used for playing
computer games? C S.Lubetzky
127
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query’s reply
D Video Disc
C Orientation, user’s study, photocopy
1061. Name the Indian Librarian who was
D
supplied honoured with the title of “Khan Bahadur”
in 1935 by the British Government.
D Preparation, orientation, delivery of
G
the query’s reply. A S.R.Ranganathan
A
A Full cloth binding
C X K.M.Asadullah
H
B Half cloth binding
D D.R.Kalia
-C
C X Full leather binding
1062. UNISIST is a
D Half leather binding A Software
N
D A committee
C ‘α’ shaped curve 1063. Who introduced the concept of ‘knowl-
edge industry’?
D X Hyperbola
A
A Peter Drucker
1059. When Raja Rarnrnohan Roy library
N
128
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A X 1972 C X Linux Apache.MySQL Perl
A 25 elements B Book
B 8 elements C X Inscription
am
C X 15 elements D Periodical
D CILIP tension.
1067. Who should educate the users in Li- B Is dividing classes to increase the ex-
brary? tension.
Ja
129
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D X8
B Monitor
1074. Fourth generation of computers belongs
to
C Software
D
A X 1970 -till date
D X CPU
G
B 1956 -1963
1079. Which one of the following storage ca-
A Kilobyte
A
D 1956 -1963
1075. Which of the following is/are not B X Terabyte
H
database object(s)?
C Megabyte
A Tables
-C
B Queries D Gigabyte
N
130
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A X Monthly 1085. Right of readers to take away any book
to the reading room.for study without any
B Bimonthly hindrance is related to
A closed access system
C Annual
B X open access system
D Quarterly
1082. Assertion (A): Machine translation is C partially closed access system
not a fully dependable service.Reason (R):
The semantics of languages are not fully D none of the above
encoded in algorithms. 1086. Which of the following are the functions
of the physical layer in OSI Model?
A (A) is true, but (R) is false
am
i) Defines protocol for flow control.
B X Both (A) & (R) are true
ii) Reliable sending of data packets.
i) Right to Information Act (India) B (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
hr
ii) Information Technology Act (India)
C (i) and (iv) are correct.
iii) Indian Copyright Act
iv) Digital Millennium Copyright Act D X (i) and (iii) are correct.
(US)
iS
131
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1089. Sears List of subject headings was first A The reference interview
published in
B Analysing the subject
A 1913
C The search strategy
B X 1923
D X Library week
C 1933
1094. Mean, Median and Mode are:
ER
D 1943 A Measures of deviation
1090. Which of the following is meant for
D
bringing together the related documents of B Ways of sampling
the same subject?
C Measures of control tendency
G
A Cataloguing
D X None of the above
A
be established?
C Documentation
A Two
H
D X Classification
B X Three
-C
1091. Which year was appointed full fledged
librarian in Connemara library? C Five
N
A 1928 D Seven
1096. LCD stands for
YA
B X 1929
A Light Compact Display
C 1931
B X Liquid Crystal Display
RA
D 1938
C Limited Computer Display
1092. Accession Number means
D Limited Crystal Display
A
132
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1098. Arrange the following according to their 1102. Tagging in web 2.0 application is called:
year of origin:
A Taxonomy
i) Broad System of Ordering
ii) Classification in Online Systems B X Folksonomy
iii) Automated Keyword Classification
C Syndication
iv) Classification Research Group
D Directory
A X (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
1103. Financial allocation made to a library
B (i), (ii), (iv), (iii) for purchase of furniture and equipments
usually comes under the budget head
am
C (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
A Recurring grant
D (ii), (iv), (iii), (ii)
B Allahabad
iR C X Non-recurring grant
D Annual grant
D User education
C Reserving
1105. State of the art report generally high-
lights
D X Discharging
1101. Which one is not relevant among four? A General Aspects
C X NIRMAL
D All of the above
D CAPITALINE PIUS 1106. KWOC stands for
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D X Technique Approach
D Keyword Out of Indexing
1111. Sear’s List of Subject Headings (SLSH)
ER
1107. In which year C.A.Cutter described the is mainly useful for
objectives oflibrary catalogue?
A X Small and medium libraries
A 1867
D
B Special libraries
B X 1876
G
C Academic libraries
N
C 1877
1110. Which approach of information is not B Paper, Micro card, Magnetic tape,
given by Wersig and Neveling? Clay tablet
134
Do you know?
C Magnetic tape, Clay tablet, Paper, Mi- A Analytical Bibliography
cro card
B X Enumerative Bibliography
D Micro card, Magnetic tape, Paper,
Micro card C Critical Bibliography
1115. Poor ‘Accessibility’ and less ‘affordabil-
ity’ of journal subscription in print era led D Historical Bibliography
to
1119. ISDN stands for:
i.) High allocation of funds for serials A X Integrated Service Digital Network
ii.) Open access movement
iii.) Decrease in subscription of journals
am
B Integrated Service Distributed Net-
iv.) E-journal consortia subscription work
C International Standard Digital Net-
C
(i), (ii), (iv) are correct
B ROM
B Measure of Information System
C Cache
C X Measure of Central Tendency
Ja
D X EPROM
D Measure of Deviation
1121. Function of Co-operation
1117. The third generation of computers be-
gan in A X To eliminate duplication of docu-
ments
A X 1965
B To develop issue of books
B 1960
C To increase the readers
C 1975
D To make the staf work
D 1955
1122. The Book Modern Out Line of Library
1118. Systematic Bibliography is known as Classification contributed by
135
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1123. In reference service, assimilation means:
A X digital calculating machine
i) Recording the retrieved information
D
ii) Sharing reference service experience B desk calculator
with colleagues
C analytical engine
G
iii) Furnishing the exact information
iv) Acquaintance with reference material D tabulator
A
by
Documentary sources
D 1930
N
136
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C to enclose series statements A X ROM
am
B Verbal plane
D Old records
1131. What is APS? C Idea plane
137
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A Fourth Law of Library Science 1143. FID was dissolved in the year:
A X 2002
B First Law of Library Science
ER
D 2003
dictionary catalogs in
1144. Which one of the following is meant for
A 1705 Word Processing?
D
B X 1895 A DBase
G
C 1905 B LibSys
A
from a Greek phrase D CDS/ISIS
1145. Which organisation was joined with ‘Li-
H
A X Katalogos brary Association’ to form CILIP in 2007?
B Gatalogos
-C
A Institute of Bibliography
B Library of Congress
i) Speed of access
C X Public Library of Newark ii) Storage space
A
1142. UNISIST is a
A Software A (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
138
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1147. Source, Message, Transmitter and Re- A S.R.Ranganathan
ceiver are the components of communica-
tion model developed by: B A.Kaiser
A Schramm C X Michael Casey
am
Policy on Library & Information Systems’
iv) Shows the collection of a library
(1986)?
A (i), (ii) are correct.
B X D.P.Chattopadhyay
iR B X (ii), (iii) are correct.
139
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1156. A method in which minimum amount
with
per head is fixed and financial estimates
are prepared? A To provide general service
D
A Method of details B Introduction of library services
G
B Library budget C To provide reference service
A
D Principal of economy 1160. The process of planning, allocating, or-
ganizing and evaluating library tasks and
1157. Arrange the following according to their
H
activities within the framework of major
year of emergence:
objectives, mission and policy refers to
-C
i.) LISA
A X Functional control
ii.) Dissertation AbstractsInternational
B Functional Classification
N
Abstracts
D Functional Authority
A iii iv ii i
1161. Who has developed PRECIS?
RA
B iv iii i ii A S.R.Ranganathan
D i ii iii iv C C.A.Cutter
N
140
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C Italian Association of Teachers of Li- 1167. Which of these is a multi user-open
brary and Information Science source operating system?
am
C C.D.Deshmukh
D Mudaliar B A Bibliography
A Periodical publisher
C X Greek word
B Periodical marketer
D Roman word
C X Periodical subscription agent
1166. In which year ’ENIAC’ was developed?
C 1945 A FAX
D X 1946 B OPAC
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B Historical research
1177. Zero Based Budgeting was developed
C X Experimental research by
D
A John
D Descriptive research
G
1173. Information about Government of In- B X Peter Phyor
dia’s stand on ‘FDI’ can be found in
D X Asian Recorder
A Sewing
1174. Which year DELNET was registered as a
N
society?
B Guard
A X 1992
YA
C Pulling
B 1990
D X Collation
RA
C 1991
1179. National Library of India accorded a
special status as an national importance
D 1995
under which schedule in the Indian Con-
A
A ALU
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A Library cataloguing 1185. The word “classification” comes from
which Latin word?
B Library reference service A Classes
C X Library administration
B X Classis
D Library automation
C Class
1181. National Bibliography refers to
D Classics
A Books published by private agencies
1186. The National Knowledge Commission
B Books published by individuals (NKC) is constituted by India under the
am
chairmanship of
C X Books published in a country
A Dr.P.N.Rao
D Books published by librarians
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D Multi user
B X Management
1190. Which University started a Certificate
ER
Course Journal of librarianship in 1929? C ICT
D
B Bombay University 1195. Forms of Extension service
G
A Library Websites
C Mysore University
A
1191. Now a day’s what is a most important C Book fair and Exhibition
vital resource for societal development of
a country?
H
D X All
A Books 1196. Whose model of communication of
-C
knowledge suggests that communication
B Kowledge is an open system?
N
C X Information A X G.Garbner
YA
D M.Foucault
B Research information
1197. Co-Operative acquisition by
C Procedural information
A
144
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A X B.S.Kesavan A Bradford’s Law
am
B 6.4%
C 1933
C X 6.5%
145
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1207. Who wrote the book “Prolegomena” to iv) Convert Character to Code Program
Library classification?
A (i) and (ii) are correct
A Melvil Dewey
B (ii) and (iii) are correct
B P.B.Mangla
C (iii) and (iv) are correct
C H.E.Bliss
ER
D X (ii) and (iv) are correct
D X S.R.Ranganathan
1208. Bibliography of Bibliographies are what 1212. Who first used the phrase ‘Bibliograph-
type of sources? ical Control’?
D
A Paul Otlet
A Primary Sources
G
B Henry La Fontaine
B Secondary Sources
A X B.S.Kesavan
B X Joseph Marie Jacquard
N
B P.N.Kaula
C Balagurusamy
C P.P arthasarathy
YA
D John Napier
D G.Seetharaman
1214. The transmission of receiver & aposs re-
1210. Who received the first patent for a Fax action back to the sender is known as
RA
machine in 1843?
A Noise
A X Alexander Bain
B X Feedback
A
B Alexander
C Medium
N
C John Victor
D Source
D L.Arthur Hesterman
1215. The 19th edition of DDC was published
1211. BIOS contains: in which year?
i) Operating System Program
A 1969
ii) Bootstrap Program
iii) Application System Program B 1971
146
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C X 1979 A 1945
D 1981 B 1935
1216. Preparation of Annual Report and Spe-
C 1922
cial Report by
am
D Technical Section
different computers.
1217. Information For All Programme (IFAP)
iii) Multimedia formatting.
was launched by
147
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B X (iii), (iv), (i), (ii) 1229. The book ’Library Administration’ was
brought out by Ranganathan in
C (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
A 1925
D
D (i), (iv), (ii), (iii) B 1933
G
1225. Which one is not Book selection tool?
C 1931
A
B Indian National Bibliography 1230. Which is not a programming language?
D X ASCII
A Acquisition Section
1231. Which is not a Meta Search engine?
YA
148
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1233. The ‘User Profile’ is a C To decorate the book
A List of descriptors
D To prepare the covering board
B List of useful citations 1238. Expand the acronym MARC
am
D Machine Resource Catalogue
B 138 MB+ 1239. The primary distinction between RDA
and AACR is
D 148 MB+
iR
1235. Science Citation Index is published by
B Relational
C Non-structural
A X Thomson Reuters
D Combinational
hr
B H.W.Wilson
1240. The establishment of local library com-
mittee and village library committee is the
C Whitaker obligation of which authority?
iS
D R.R.Bowker A District
1236. Which one is not the Primary source of
B Village
Information in the following?
Ja
A Patent C Taluk
B Standard D X State
1241. Public Libraries are established for
C Research Paper
A Lawyers and Engineers
D X Indexing periodical
B X Public users
1237. Why gliding is done in binding process
of a book? C For graduates
A X To protect the book
D For poor graduates
B To prepare final copy 1242. Year book are also known as
149
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1243. DELNET was initially promoted by
C Duration over which the control is to
A X NISSAT be exercised
D
B Delhi Government D The area which is to be controlled
1248. Alternative names of dictionary is
G
C CSIR
A X Glossary and Thesaurus
A
uisite for a National Information Policy?
C Lexicon and Bibliography
A Legislative Frame work
H
D Thesaurus and Manual
B X Production of National Bibliogra-
-C
1249. INFLIBNET is an autonomous body of
phy
A X UGC
C Advisory and Administrative body
N
B AICTE
D ICT infrastructure facilities
YA
A X IASLIC
D X ROM
N
B ILA
1246. “World directory of sources of Patents”
is published by C DESIDOC
A Bowker-Saur, U.S.A.
D ICSR
B X WIPO 1251. The order of thing, material and ac-
tion among various components of a com-
C Patent Information System, India pound subject was expanded by:
150
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A X D.J.Coates A Intranet service provider
am
B X 1 April, 1950 B Incunabulla
B 1982 B UMI
hr
C 1956 C X Institution of Electrical Engineers
1254. Which of the following are library net- 1258. What kind of arrangement is followed in
works? LISA?
A Alphabetical
i.) Internet
Ja
A CSIR
C (i) and (iii) are correct.
B DESIDOC
D (i) and (iv) are correct.
1255. What is VSNL? C X INSDOC
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B X 5000 persons
ing to the year of their first publication:
C 3000 persons i.) Bibliographic Classification
D
ii.) Universal Decimal Classification
D 1000 persons
iii.) Library of Congress Classification
G
1261. Machine Readable Catalogue (MARC)
iv.) Colon Classification
was introduced in the year
B 1967
A
B iv ii iii i
H
C i iii ii iv
C 1968
-C
D X iii ii iv i
D 1969
1265. In which year DDC Second Edition was
1262. Which one of the following is not cor-
N
published?
rect?
A X 1885
YA
C 1880
1979
A 1932
1263. Which of the following are Web-zine?
B X 1930
i) Email Magazine
ii) E-Conference C 1929
iii) Online Bulletin
D 1942
iv) Electronic News Letter
1267. World of Learning is published by
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A Kessings D Government
am
countries 1272. Which type of protocol is used by inter-
face for public data network (PDN)?
C X Flow of information between coun-
A X X.25
B 1971
A (i), (iii) are correct.
C 1972
B (ii), (iii), (iv) are correct.
Ja
D X 1973
C (i), (ii), (iii) are correct.
1274. The third generation computers began
D X (i), (ii), (iv) are correct. in which year?
1270. TQM is a system of continuous im-
A X 1965
provement employing participative man-
agement and centered on needs of the
B 1960
A Customers C 1950
B Staff D 1945
C X Organization 1275. The acronym POSDCORB is coined by
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C F.W.Taylor C Book.
D Finance
D X Luther Gulick
1280. Concept of Reference Librarian was first
ER
1276. The secondary source of information initiated by
comprised of:
A Melvil Dewey
A Text books and research mono-
D
graphs. B Justin Winsor
G
B Subject periodicals and encyclope- C S.Parthasarathy
dias
A
cals
A Book selection
D Bibliography and patents
H
B Journal selection
1277. Indian Association of Library and Infor-
-C
mation Science (IATLIS) was founded in C X Budgeting
A 1933 D Library records
N
C 1935 A Students
B Public
RA
D 1968
A X 1944
1283. Berne convention was adopted in the
N
year:
B 1945
A 1911
C 1946
B X 1886
D 1947
C 1900
1279. The word “Demand” in McColvin prin-
ciple is matched with the term D 1947
154
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1284. Transformation of traditional libraries to iv.) Authority files
hybrid / digital libraries is
A (i) and (ii) are correct
A Crisis Management
B X (iii) and (iv) are correct
B Re-engineering
C (i) and (iii) are correct
C X Change Management
D (i) and (iv) are correct
D Project Management
1289. Which of the following is not true about
1285. Where FID was established? e journals?
A X Brussels
A They are distributed through digital
am
B Paris methods
B They also have editors or editorial
1286. A research paper is a brief report of re- D X They are always free of cost
search work based on
1290. Who started MARC project?
A Primary Data only
A UNESCO
hr
B Secondary Data only
B X Library of Congress
C X Both Primary and Secondary Data
C British museum library
iS
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B Documentary source
D Quarterly
C X Secondary source
1293. Replacing the cover on a volume is
D
known as D Tertiary source
G
A X Recasing 1298. Who is the deviser of DDC?
A C.A.Cutter
C Sizing B Ranganathan
D Glazing
A
C X Melwin Dewey
H
1294. What does WLAN stand for? D J.D.Brown
-C
A X Wireless Local Area Network 1299. is given to the institution to sup-
port a broadly defined program.
B Wide Local Area Network
N
A X program grant
C Wide Logical Area Network
YA
B caption grant
D World Local Area Network
C black grant
1295. Classification of reading materials is as-
RA
A Computerised Disk
A
B Circulation Section
C Administration Section
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A 1975 C X 1876
B 1957 D 1878
am
1307. Arrange the following according to their
C 1954 year of origin:
A 1866
D Principle of Earlier-in-Time
B 1872 1309. UGC says
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ER
1310. RSS feed is tool of
A Web 1.0 B X Inductive Reasoning
C Abnormal Reasoning
D
B X Web 2.0
D Transcendental Reasoning
G
C Architecture
1315. Year Book are also known as
N
D Graphic Design
A
B X Annual
A Controlled system
C Directory
H
B Jurisdiction
D Dictionary
-C
C X Number of sub-ordinates reporting 1316. ADLA stands for
directly to a manager
A Acquisition Development of Library
N
1312. Library Movement in India was started B X Andhra Desa Library Association
in which year?
C Administration Development of Li-
A 1900 brary Association
RA
D 1915 A Quarterly
N
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A 2 C Interaction between selection bias of
experimental variables
B 10
D X Ecological effect
C X 11 1323. POPSI, PRECIS and chain procedure are
the example of
D 12
A X Indexing systems
1319. Cataloguers can keep up-to-date on
LCSH through
B Classification systems
A X Cataloguing service bulletin
C Cataloguing codes
am
B Weekly list
D Abstracting procedure
C ALA list
1324. The programme that is used to store
D None of the above 1325. The DDC was first published in the year
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B Book lending
Rice-Wheat-Oat-Corn denotes which
sub.principle of classification
C Stock verification
D
A X Literary warrant
D Library extension services
B Increasing complexity
G
1332. ‘Parry Committee’ (UK) was set up to
advise
C Principle of Bottom upwards
D X University Libraries
B X Internet
1333. Name the Register of the books added to
N
C US Mail a library.
YA
library cess
C Current record
A X West Bengal
D X Accession register
B Karnataka
A
(TEI)?
D Andhra Pradesh
1330. Which association in India awards i.) ACL
teachers in LIS? ii.) ACRL
A X IATLIS iii.) ALLC
iv.) ACH
B ILA
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A (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct 1339. Fax machine was invented by
am
B Second Law of Library Science A X Economy evaluation
B X S.R.Ranganathan
1337. IFLA is a
A National organisation C James lwyer
Ja
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ER
1344. What are the standard size of the Acces-
sion Register is
D Public Library
A 16” * 12” 1349. Compiler is a part of
D
B X 16” * 13” A Application Software
G
C 16” * 11” B X Systems Software
A
1345. VPN expand
D GSDL
H
A Visual Private Network
1350. The First Indian National Bibliography
B Visual Program Network was published by National Library of
-C
162
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A To refer 1357. The transmission of receiver’s reaction
back to the sender is known as
B To denote A Noise
C X To remember B X Feedback
D To suggest C Medium
1353. What is the meaning of Biennial?
D Source
A Published twice a year
1358. has prescribed certain standards
B X Published once in every two years for library binding.
am
A ILA
C Published twice in every two years
B X ALA
D Published twice in amonth
C UNESCO
A X Online Computer Library Centre
D X OCLC
B Online Catalogue Libra ry Centre 1360. RSS feed is a tool of:
Ja
C Mayo A X Book
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B digital computers C C.A.Cutter
D
1367. SDI concept was found by
D super computers
G
1363. ‘Fair use’ is a term most relevant to A F.W.Lancaster
N
B X H.B.Luhn
C X Copyright
A
D B.J.Foskett
H
D Use of reference books 1368. Whether Library is a system?
-C
1364. Pre co-ordinate Indexing system per- A X Yes, it has various sections as sub-
ceives: systems coordinating each other forming a
system
N
i.) Syntax
ii.) Semantic B No, it cannot be a system
YA
iii.) Context
C It is quite impossible
iv.) Relation
D Library is separate from a system.
RA
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D (ii) and (iii) are correct. A X 1873
1370. Orientation of library users is a kind of:
B 1874
A X Reference Service
C 1875
B Referral Service
D 1876
C Current Awareness Service 1375. UGC has constituted a committee under
the chairmanship of in 1991 for revis-
D Selective Dissemination of Informa- ing LIS syllabus.
tion Service
A Dr.P.N.Kaula
1371. Which notation device is used in the first
am
edition of colon classification for synthesis B Dr.T.A.V.Moorthy
of subject?
C X Dr.C.R.Karisiddappa
C Full stop
iR 1376. In which law states that the library
hour’s sh9uld be convenient to user’s?
A X First Law
D Question mark
hr
1372. Template is a B Second Law
D I/O measure
B 1950 Lucknow
1373. The National Mission on Libraries, India
was established in which year? C X 1955 Kolkata
A 2009
D 1942 Delhi
B 2010 1378. The word classification comes from the
Latin word
C 2011
A X Classis
D X 2012
B Classes
1374. First version of “Browne charging sys-
tems” was introduced in C Clauses
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B Facet
D Anticipatory services
ER
C Subject 1384. To which country the credit is given to
coin the term information society?
D Phase relation
D
1380. What type of bibliography is ‘Indian Na- A USA
tional Bibliography’?
G
B France
A X Enumerative
A
D India
C Descriptive
1385. In Sears List of Subject Heading pre-
H
D Textual ferred headings are dictated by
1381. The ’User Profile’ is a
-C
A Printing them in bold type
A List of descriptors
B X Marking them as preferred head-
N
Association, ASLIB
A X Residue method
B CILIP (LA), ALA, Special Library
N
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A 1945 D 1990
1392. What is the publication frequency of
B 1946 books in print?
C 1947 A Monthly
D X 1948 B Weekly
1388. Which one is suitable for protecting the
C X Annually
paper?
A Tanning D Quarterly
1393. Commerce subject come under which
am
B X Lamination main class?
A Sociology -Y
C Sizing
D Science-A
A Mumbai 1394. Biotechnology is formed as a result of
C Agglomeration
iS
D Pune
1390. Second generation of computers belongs D Fission
to
1395. Identify the methods used for plagia-
A 1940 -1956 rism detection:
Ja
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1396. Arrange the following publications ac- 1400. Which of the following countries do not
cording to their year of origin. have a code of Ethics for library profes-
sion?
i) Social Science Citation Index
ii) LISA i.) America
iii) Library Literature and Information ii.) Sri Lanka
Science iii.) India
iv) Library Journal
iv.) China
ER
A (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
A (i) and (ii) are correct.
B (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
D
B (i) and (iv) are correct.
C X (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
G
C (iii) and (ii) are correct.
D (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)
B G.Salton
i) Policies
C D.C.Blair & M.E.Maron ii) Subject
A
iii) Description
D E.Voorhees
iv) Resolution
N
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1403. URL stands for C CILIP
A University Resource Locator
D SLA
B X Universal Resource Locator 1408. IFLA was established in the year
am
1409. MARC is an example of which form of
B matter catalogue?
C Indexing A K.Navlani
D X Binary B S.R.Ranganathan
1407. ‘Library Technology Project (LTP) Re-
C X Konrad Gesner
ports’ are published by
A ILA D C.A.Cutter
1412. How many rules does Charles C Jewett’s
B X ALA code contains?
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B 36 A Reference Books
C X 39 B X Return of Books
D 37 C Reservation of Books
1413. Outdated and seldom used books are
ER
D Issue of Books
withdrawn from the library is known as
1417. The CD alphabets in CDS/ISIS stands
A Shelving for
D
A X Computerized Documentation
B X Weeding
G
B Condensed Disk
C Circulating
B ALA A X Ampersand(&)
N
Cataloguing
A (i) and (ii) are correct
C National Programme for Acquisi-
B (iii) and (iv) are correct tions Code
D National Programme for Acquisi-
C X (i) and (iv) are correct
tions Commission
D (ii) and (iii) are correct 1420. Conference Proceedings is example of
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A X Primary sources A X Current Awareness Service
am
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