Objective Question Bank For 2013

Library And Information

Science

By
PINJARI AMJAD KHADARKHAN
M.A.(History), M. L. I. S.
Objective question for net/set exam ( Objective Question in Library science)

1) Hybrid library deals with

(A) Print Collection
(B) Digital Collection
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above

2) Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) is now looked after by?

(A) UNESCO
(B) CILIP
(C) ALA
(D) OCLC

3) Which type of books should be weeded in a library?

(A) Superseded editions
(B) Theasurus
(C) Dictionary
(D) Encyclopaedia

4) The standard size of a catalogue card is

(A) 12.5 cm X 7.5 cm
(B) 12 cm X 7 cm
(C) 11 cm X 5 cm
(D) 10 cm X 4 cm

5) The Library of Congress Classification system divides human knowledge into

(A) 20 major classes.
(B) 21 major classes.
(C) 25 major classes.
(D) 30 major classes.

6) The Delivery of Books (Public Libraries) Act, 1954 was not implemented in
(A) Assam
(B) Jammu and Kashmir
(C) Haryana
(D) Delhi

7) Who invented World Wide Web (WWW)

(A) Vint Cerf
(B) Charles Babbage
(C) Tim Berners-Lee
(D) Steve Jobs

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8) According to General Financial Rules, 2005, loss of how many volumes per thousand
volumes issued / consulted in a year is to be taken as reasonable.
(A) Three
(B) Four
(C) Five
(D) Six

9) According to Ranganathan, many collections lose its relevance in how many years?
(A) 20 years.
(B) 30 years
(C) 40 Years
(D) 50 years.

10) Annual withdrawals from the collection should average at least how many percent
of the total collection.
(A) 5%
(B) 10%
(C) 15%
(D) 20%

11) The standard size of a catalogue card is

(A) 5 inch X 3 inch
(B) 4 inch X 3 inch
(C) 4 inch X 4 inch
(D) 3 inch X 3 inch

12) IFLA Head office located at

(A) Paris, France
(B) Netherlands, in The Hague
(C) Canada
(D) London

13) The head office of Indian Library Association (ILA) is

(A) Delhi
(B) Kolkata
(C) Bengalore
(D) Mumbai

14) The word “Archives” is most relevant to

(A) Historical material
(B) National bibliography
(C) Free of charge
(D) Family members

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15) The word “Referral service” is most relevant to
(A) Database search service
(B) Inter Library Loan
(C) Information scouting
(D) Retrospective searching

16) Which of the following is a Library Management Software?

(A) LibSys 7
(B) EPrints
(C) Joomla
(D) Drupal

17) Which of the following is an Open Source Software?

(A) E-Granthalaya
(B) SOUL 2.0
(C) Koha
(D) LibSys 7

18) Which of the following is a Secondary source of information?

(A) Journal
(B) Text book
(C) Bibliography of Bibliography
(D) Bibliography

19) First generation computer uses

(A) Microprocessor
(B) Transistors
(C) Integrated circuits
(D) Thermionic valves or vacuum tube or electronic valves

20) Shannon and Weaver related to

(A) Psycho-biology of language: An introduction to dynamic philosophy
(B) Information is data of value to decision making
(C) Mathematical Theory of Information
(D) Bradfords Law of Information

21) Delivery of Books (Public Libraries Act) enacted in

(A) 1977
(B) 1944
(C) 1967
(D) 1954

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22) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan related to
(A) The disciple of Melvil Dewey who worked in India
(B) The first professionally qualified university librarian in India
(C) He for the first time in India, DDC and AACR rule introduced.
(D) The first librarian of the Imperial Library (now National Library, Kolkata)

23) First university to introduce MPhil and PhD in LIS in India

(A) Aligarh Muslim University
(B) University of Calcutta
(C) University of Delhi
(D) University of Madras

24) UGC Curriculum Development Committee formed in

(A) 1993
(B) 1991
(C) 1968
(D) 1989

25) Second generation computer uses

(A) Thermionic valves or vacuum tube or electronic valves
(B) Microprocessor
(C) Integrated circuits
(D) Transistors

26) Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine related to

(A) Sears List of Subject Heading
(B) Library of Congress Classification System
(C) UDC
(D) Dictionary Catalogue

27) CCF was developed by

(A) UNESCO
(B) IFLA
(C) FID
(D) Library of Congress

28) Berne Convention and Universal Copyright Convention was revised in Paris in
(A) 1949
(B) 1952
(C) 1971
(D) 1931

29) The UNESCO Public Library Manifesto was last revised in

(A) 1956
(B) 1931
(C) 1972
(D) 1994
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30) Which of the following is a social network?
(A) BUBL Link
(B) LIS Links
(C) Intute
(D) DMOZ

31) Peter A. Phyor related to

(A) Ranganathan formulated his first law of library from his casual hint.
(B) Library legislation
(C) Living with book
(D) Zero Based Budget

32) Koha was developed at

(A) Katipo Communications Ltd, New Zealand
(B) University of Waikato, New Zealand.
(C) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) libraries & Hewlett-Packard labs
D) Wikimedia Foundation

33) C. W. Hanson
(A) Categorized information need into current approach, everyday approach, and
exhaustive approach.
(B) Divides documentary sources of information into primary and secondary.
(C) Divides documentary sources of information into primary, secondary and tertiary.
(D) Classified documentary sources of information into Conventional, Neo
Conventional, Non Conventional and meta document.

34) The First and Oldest University Library was established in British India at
(A) University of Delhi
(B) Calcutta University
(C) Aligarh Muslim University
(D) University of Madras

35) Deleted email can be found in the

(A) Trash folder
(B) Inbox folder
(C) Starred folder
(D) Spam folder

36) RDA related to

(A) Classification
(B) Cataloguing
(C) Searching
(D) Browsing

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37) George Kingsely Zipf related to
(A) Psycho-biology of language: An introduction to dynamic philosophy
(B) Mathematical Theory of Information
(C) Information is data of value to decision making
(D) Bradfords Law of Information

38) WIPO was established by the WIPO Convention in

(A) 1977
(B) 1944
(C) 1954
(D) 1967

39) Alireza Noruzi related to

(A) Application of Ranganathan's Laws to the Web
(B) The disciple of Melvil Dewey who worked in India
(C) Our Singular Strengths
(D) The first librarian of the Imperial Library (now National Library, Kolkata)

40) E. B. Ross related to

(A) Ranganathan formulated his first law of library from his casual hint.
(B) Library legislation
(C) Living with book
(D) Zero Based Budget

41) Denis Grogan

(A) Categorized information need into current approach, everyday approach, and
exhaustive approach.
(B) Divides documentary sources of information into primary and secondary.
(C) Divides documentary sources of information into primary, secondary and
tertiary.
(D) Classified documentary sources of information into Conventional, Neo
Conventional, Non Conventional and meta document.

42) The Head Office of IASLIC located at

(A) Kolkata
(B) Delhi
(C) Mumbai
(D) Chennai

43 Reference and information service is most relevant to

A) Referral Service
(B) SDI
(C) CAS
(D) Retrospective searching

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44) Which of the following is an Institutional Repository Software Package?
(A) Joomla
(B) EPrints
(C) Koha
(D) Drupal

45) Which of the following is a Tertiary Sources of Information?

(A) Journal
(B) Bibliography
(C) Encyclopaedia
(D) Bibliography of Bibliographies

46) First library act was enacted in Great Britain in

(A) 1847
(B) 1850
(C) 1867
(D) 1840

47) Michael Gorman related to

(A) Application of Ranganathan's Laws to the Web
(B) The disciple of Melvil Dewey who worked in India
(C) Our Singular Strengths
(D) The first librarian of the Imperial Library (now National Library, Kolkata)

48) Dr. Nihar Ranjan Roy related to

(A) Application of Ranganathan's Laws to the Web
(B) The first professionally qualified university librarian in India
(C) He for the first time in India, DDC and AACR rule introduced.
(D) The first librarian of the Imperial Library (now National Library, Kolkata)

49) The Head Office of UNESCO located at

(A) Paris, France
(B) Netherlands, in The Hague
(C) London
(D) England

50) M. C. Yovits related to

(A) Psycho-biology of language: An introduction to dynamic philosophy
(B) Information is data of value to decision making
(C) Mathematical Theory of Information
(D) Bradfords Law of Information

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51) The Press and Registration of books Act was enacted in
(A) 1847
(B) 1850
(C) 1867
(D) 1840

52) First B.Lib. Science Course was introduced in

(A) Aligarh Muslim University
(B) University of Calcutta
(C) University of Delhi
(D) University of Madras

53) J. C. M. Hanson related to

(A) Sears List of Subject Heading
(B) Library of Congress Classification System
(C) UDC
(D) Dictionary Catalogue

54) Third generation computer uses

(A) Microprocessor
(B) Transistors
(C) Integrated circuits
(D) Thermionic valves or vacuum tube or electronic valves

55) Fourth generation computer uses

(A) Microprocessor
(B) Thermionic valves or vacuum tube or electronic valves
(C) Transistors
(D) Integrated circuits

56) UNIMARC was developed by

A) UNESCO
(B) IFLA
(C) FID
D) Library of Congress

57) Universal Copyright conventions was in

(A) 1949
(B) 1952
(C) 1971
(D) 1931

58) The UNESCO Public Library Manifesto first issued in

(A) 1949
(B) 1952
(C) 1971
(D) 1931
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59) Which of the following is not a web browser?
(A) Firefox
(B) Internet Explorer
(C) Google Chrome
(D) DMOZ

60) Haines related to

(A) Ranganathan formulated his first law of library from his casual hint.
(B) Library legislation
(C) Living with book
(D) Zero Based Budget

61) Which of the following is not a Learning Management System (LMS)

(A) Moodle
(B) Claroline
(C) Drupal
(D) ATutor

62) DSpace was developed at

(A) Katipo Communications Ltd, New Zealand
(B) University of Waikato, New Zealand.
(C) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) libraries & Hewlett-Packard labs
(D) Wikimedia Foundation

63) Melvin J. Voigt

(A) Categorized information need into current approach, everyday approach, and
exhaustive approach.
(B) Divides documentary sources of information into primary and secondary.
(C) Divides documentary sources of information into primary, secondary and tertiary.
(D) Classified documentary sources of information into Conventional, Neo
Conventional, Non Conventional and meta document.

64) GSDL was developed at

(A) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) libraries & Hewlett-Packard labs
(B) Katipo Communications Ltd, New Zealand
(C) University of Waikato, New Zealand.
(D) Wikimedia Foundation

65) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan

(A) Categorized information need into current approach, everyday approach, and
exhaustive approach.
(B) Divides documentary sources of information into primary and secondary.
(C) Divides documentary sources of information into primary, secondary and tertiary.
(D) Classified documentary sources of information into Conventional, Neo
Conventional, Non Conventional and meta document.

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66) The head office of Good Offices Committee is at
(A) Kolkata
(B) New Delhi
(C) Bangalore
(D) Chennai

67) The first university to establish a full-fledged Department of Library Science

(A) University of Delhi
(B) Calcutta University
(C) Aligarh Muslim University
(D) University of Madras

68) An Invisible college is a typical example of:

(A) Informal channels of communication
(B) Formal channels of communication
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above

69) Berne convention was adopted in the year :

(A) 1911
(B) 1886
(C) 1900
(D) 1947

70) FID was dissolved in the year :

(A) 2002
(B) 2005
(C) 2000
(D) 2003

71) Who had given the Minimal, Middling and Maximum theories of reference service?
(A) C. M. Winchell
(B) S. R. Ranganathan
(C) James I Wyer
(D) Samuel Rothstein

72) PERT was developed by :

(A) The Navy special project office
(B) Booz Allen Hamelton
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above

73) The term hyper text was coined by :

(A) Ted Nelson
(B) Charles Babbage
(C) Tim Berner Lee
(D) Tay Vaughan
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74) The 12 rules for relational database were given by:
(A) Larvy Page
(B) Linus Tolward
(C) J. Bill Gates
(D) Edgar. F. Codd
75) Bibliographic coupling was first advocated by :
(A) B. K. Sen
(B) M. M. Kessler
(C) S. C. Bradford
(D) S. R. Ranganathan

76) Granthana is an official publication of :

(A) ILA
(B) IASLIC
(C) RRRLF
(D) APLA

77) Million Book Project was initiated by:

(A) Pittsburg University
(B) Carnegie Mellon University
(C) MIT, USA
(D) Michigan University

78) The quotation “Where is the Wisdom, We Lost in Knowledge...” is by

(A) John Keats
(B) M. P. Carter
(C) T. S. Eliot
(D) Marshall McLuhan

79) CONPOLIS (India) was set up in the year

(A) 1985
(B) 1986
(C) 1987
(D) 1988

80) First time efforts for the development of libraries in India were made
(A) S. R. Ranganathan
(B) S. Radhakrishnan
(C) Sayaji Rao Gaekwad I
(D) Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III

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81) Emerald full text Database is published from
(A) USA
(B) Germany
(C) France
(D) U.K.

82) Who propounded “Conservative, moderate and liberal theories of reference service”
(A) William A Katz
(B) S. R. Ranganathan
(C) James I. Wyer
(D) R. Emery

83) Which national agency in India is assigning the ISBN?

(A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Education Resource Centre
(B) Delhi Public Library
(C) Federation of Publishers in India
(D) National Library of India

84) The term ‘Cyberspace’ was first used by

(A) Andrew Pollock
(B) William Gibson
(C) John Postal
(D) Joe Flower

85) The simple Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES) consists of
(A) 10 elements
(B) 15 elements
(C) 14 elements
(D) 18 elements

86) “Libraries as Gateways to Knowledge” is the title of the document of

(A) National Information Policy, 1986
(B) Information Technology Act, 2000
(C) National Knowledge Commission on Libraries, 2007
(D) None of the above

87) The Library Association (UK) is now the component of

(A) ASLIB
(B) CILIP
(C) ALA
(D) None of the above

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88) Real Time Access refers to
(A) Access in advance
(B) Access after some time
(C) Access when searched for
(D) None of the above

89) Theory X and Theory Y relate to

(A) Planning
(B) Motivation
(C) Innovation
(D) None of the above
90) INSDOC has been merged with NISCOM and is now known as
(A) DELNET
(B) NISCAIR
(C) DESIDOC
(D) NASSDOC

91) ISBN consists of

(A) 6 digits
(B) 8 digits
(C) 13 digits
(D) 15 digits

92) Bibliographical coupling is related to

(A) Bibliometric studies
(B) Bibliography compilation
(C) Modes of subject formation
(D) Vocabulary control

93) ISBN changed from 10 digits to 13 from

(A) January, 2007
(B) January, 2008
(C) January, 2006
(D) January, 2005

94) IASLIC was founded in the year

(A) 1955
(B) 1965
(C) 1975
(D) 1985

95) WorldCat is maintained by

(A) Library of Congress
(B) Online Library Center
(C) American Library Association
(D) None of the above
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96) Number of States in India which have enacted Public Library Legislation till date is
(A) Eighteen
(B) Fourteen
(C) Thirteen
(D) Sixteen

97) Which publication was not authored by S.R. Ranaganathan?

(A) Prolegomena to library classification
(B) Reference Service
(C) Ramanujan : The man and the Mathematician
(D) Living with Books

98) JSTOR is an online system for archiving and accessing academic journals. It is
located in
(A) Germany
(B) UK
(C) USA
(D) Budapest

99) ‘Five Laws of Library Science’ was first published in

(A) 1925
(B) 1930
(C) 1931
(D) 1933

100) What is Dublin Core?

(A) Content management tool
(B) E- Library software
(C) Metadata standard
(D) Internet Protocol

101) Information is …

(A) Raw data

(B) Raw knowledge

(C) Input data

(D) Organized data

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 102) ‘Fair use’ is a term most relevant to:

(A) Intellectual Property Rights

(B) Books borrowed for home reading

(C) Copy right

(D) Use of reference books

103) WIPO stands for:

(A) World Information and Patents Organisation

(B) World Intellectual Property Organisation

(C) World International Property Organisation

(D) World Information Protection Organisation

104) Handling of Information in the sense of production is

called:

(A) Information Marketing

(B) Information Industry

(C) Information Production

(D) Information Revolution

105) BERN CONVENTION (1886) is concerned with:

(A) Translations

(B) Copyright

(C) Patent

(D) Standards

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 106) Informal communication among knowledgeable person is known as:

(A) Invisible College

(B) Information Gatekeeper

(C) Communication Gatekeeper

(D) Knowledge Management

107) Which one of the following is not associated with the

communication system?

(A) Receiver

(B) Channel

(C) Sender

(D) Entropy

108) The invisible web refers to-

(A) The internet, since we cannot see it

(B) That part of the internet, which is hidden from the

search engines

(C) The telecommunication signals which are not seen

(D) The failure in accessing the web pages

109) Who was the chairman of National Library Committee of India?

(A) B. S. Jha

(B) K. P. Sinha

(C) S. Mudaliar

(D) C. D. Deshmukh

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 110) Which organisation applied Library and Information Policy in India at national level.

(A) NISSAT

(B) INSDOC

(C) UNESCO

(D) RRRLF

111) Where is the head quarter of Patent Information System in India?

(A) Pune

(B) Mumbai

(C) Nagpur

(D) Delhi

112) The act enacted in India in 1856 on Intellectual Property Right was based on.

(A) American Patent Law 1810

(B) British Patent Law 1852

(C) The Patent Bill

(D) The Design Act of 1911

113) Whether intellectual property can be sold.

(A) No

(B) Sale is possible

(C) Yes

(D) None of these

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 114) The term communication came from which language?

(A) Greek

(B) Latin

(C) German

(D) French

115) Who is the propounder of the term information transfer?

(A) Ranganathan

(B) J. Martin

(C) Beesman

(D) Calvin Moores

116) To which country the credit is given to coin the term information society?

(A) USA

(B) France

(C) Japan

(D) India

117) Today information is regarded as which of the following?

(A) Wealth

(B) Commodity

(C) Products

(D) All the above

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 118) What is the unit of information?

(A) Bit

(B) Byte

(C) Gram

(D) Hertz

119) Delivery of Book Act passed in the year

(A) 1963

(B) 1972

(C) 1960

(D) 1954

120) Now a day’s what is a most important vital resource for societal development of a country ?

(A) Books

(B) Kowledge

(C) Information

(D) Data

121) Who is the Father of a computer

(A) Steve Jobs

(B) Vint Cerf

(C) Tim Berners-Lee

(D) Charles Babbage

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 122) When was Dr. S. R. Ranganathan was appointed as

a National research professor of Library science

(A) 1942

(B) 1962

(C) 1972

(D) 1952

123) Which Indian University first started M.Lib.Sc. &

M.Phil courses

(A) University of Delhi

(B) University of Madras

(C) S.N.D.T. Women University, Bombay

(D) Aligar Muslim University

124) Which Commission recommended 10% of the total

college budget for development of Libraries?

(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Committee

(B) Mehrotra Committee

(C) Kothari Committee

(D) Curriculum Development Committee in LIS

125) UNISIST is a

(A) Software

(B) A Programme

(C) Welfare association

(D) A committee

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 126) Where did Dr. S. R. Ranganathan put forth his five

laws of library science?

(A) Meenakshi College, Annamalainagar

(B) Hindu College, New Delhi

(C) City College, Bangalore

(D) Christ College, Bangalore

127) When did ILA became the member of IFLA?

(A) 1952

(B) 1955

(C) 1957

(D) 1965

128) In which year ASLIB was acquired by MCB group, the holding company for emerald group
publishing?

(A) 2003

(B) 2005

(C) 2009

(D) 2010

129) Which association`s tagline is “managing information”?

(A) IFLA

(B) ASLIB

(C) ALA

(D) LC

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 130) Which association`s tagline is “connecting people

and information”?

(A) SLA

(B) IFLA

(C) ALA

(D) COMLA

131) When was the International institute of Documentation established?

(A) 1931

(B) 1934

(C) 1940

(D) 1945

132) Which organization has introduced the concept of “

Sister libraries” for children`s and young adults reading?

(A) UNESCO

(B) IFLA

(C) LC

(D) LA

133) In which year the ISBN allocation office in India shifted from Kolkatta to Delhi?

(A) 2009

(B) 2010

(C) 2011

(D) 2012

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 134) Which two organizations jointly publish survey on digitization and preservation?

(A) IFLA + UNESCO

(B) ALA + UNESCO

(C) IFLA + ALA

(D) IFLA + LC

135) Who said that “Librarianship is not a profession”?

(A) Madden, Moon, Moore, Mc Pheron

(B) Goode, Rossi, Shaffer, Gullis

(C) Dewey, Rundey, Reeves, Aishen

(D) Ranganathan, Dewey, Cutter

136) Which organization was joined with Library Association to form CILIP in 2002?

(A) Institute of Bibliography

(B) Institute of Information Scientists

(C) Institute of Documentation

(D) Institute of Librarianship

137) In which year International institute of Documentation changed to International federation

of Documentation?

(A) 1931

(B) 1937

(C) 1945

(D) 1948

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 138) In which year headquarter of FID was shifted from Brussels to The Hague?

(A) 1925

(B) 1928

(C) 1930

(D) 1934

139) Who gave the sixth law of library science “Every read

her his/her freedom”?

(A) Walt Crawford

(B) Michael Gorman

(C) James R. Rettig

(D) Lenart Bjorneborn

140) Where was the first library noticed in India?

(A) Taxila

(B) Nalanda

(C) Vallabhi

(D) Sravasti

141) When was the curriculam development committee on LIS instituted?

(A) 1988-89

(B) 1990-93

(C) 1994-97

(D) 1999-02

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 142) Who published the journal International classification?

(A) IFLA

(B) UNESCO

(C) ISKO

(D) ALA

143) Which association in India awards teachers in LIS?

(A) IATLIS

(B) ILA

(C) IASLIC

(D) SIS

144) Where is the headquarter of SLA?

(A) New York

(B) Lagos

(C) Shimla

(D) New Delhi

145)) Which law of library Science relates to the growth of libraries

(A) Forth law

(B) First law

(C) Second law

(D) Fifth law

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 146) UAP stands for what of the following

(A) United Academy of publication

(B) Universal Association of Publishers

(C) Universal Availability of Publications.

(D) Universal Association of Publishers

147) Resource sharing is a part of

(A) Library cooperation

(B)Library Administration

(C)Library Management

(D)Library Cataloging

148) The five laws of Library Science published in the

book form in the year

(A) 1924

(B) 1931

(C) 1928

(D) 1930

149) Library Technology Report is a publication of

(A) ALA

(B) IASLIC

(C) LA

(D) ILA

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 150) ABGILA is a quarterly publication of

(A) Assam Library Association

(B) Andhra Desa Library Association

(C) Indian Library Association

(D) Raja Ram Mohun Roy Foundation

151) When was the American Library Association established

(A) 1876

(B) 1872

(C) 1875

(D) 1880

152) Which term was coined by Dr. S. R. Ranganathan for

mobile libraries?

(A) Moving Library

(B) Library on Wheels

(C) Library Machine

(D) All of above

153) The Librarian Day celebrated on

(A) 15th Sep

(B) 24th Nov

(C) 11th Dec

(D) 12th Aug

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 154) Forms of Extension service

(A) Library Websites

(B) Library Orientation

(C) Book fair and Exhibition

(D) All

155) The first library school was started by

(A) Melvin Dewey

(B) Charles Williamson

(C) John Macfarlane

(D) William Allenson Borden

156) Encyclopedia of library and Information Science is published by:

(A) H. W. Wilson

(B) R. R. Bowker

(C) Marcel Dekker

(D) Andrew Deutsch

157) The secondary source of information comprised of:

(A) Text books and research monographs.

(B) Subject periodicals and encyclopedias

(C) Indexing and Abstracting periodicals

(D) Bibliography and patents

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 158) Who categorized information source into conventional, non conventional, neo conventional
and micro documents:

(A) Ranganathan

(B) Bradford

(C) Grogan

(D) Henson

159) Article published in research journal are…

(A) Reference sources

(B) Secondary sources

(C) Primary sources

(D) Tertiary sources

160) What is the Thesaurus?

(A) A collection of selected terminology

(B) Synonymous terms

(C) List of words

(D) All of the above

161) What is a Patent?

(A) An agreement to the Government

(B) Document of the library

(C) An agreement between the inventor and the Government

(D) An agreement between library and Publisher

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 162) World of learning is a what source of information

(A) Primary source

(B) Documentary source

(C) Secondary source

(D) Tertiary source

163) Indian books in Print are published from

(A) Tamil nadu

(B) Chennai

(C) Bombay

(D) New Delhi

164) Cumulative book index is published from

(A) India

(B) USA

(C) Canada

(D) Thailand

165) Statesman year book is published from

(A) London

(B) New york

(C) Calcutta

(D) Chicago

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 166) Word of learning is Published by

(A) Asian events

(B) Keesing’s

(C) Europa publication

(D) Harper & Row

167) Who is the editor of “Library Herald”

(A) Krishan Kumar

(B) C. K. Sharma

(C) S. R. Ranganathan

(D) F. Monbray Volte

168) Who was Published the monthly Journal “The Library World’

(A) Krishan kumar

(B) J. D. Brown

(C) H. W. Wilson

(D) K. Navlavi

169) Facts of File is weekly digest of

(A) Indian events

(B) American events

(C) World events

(D) England events

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 170) Who is the first editor of “Modern Librarian”?

(A) F. Monbrary Volte

(B) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan

(C) J. D. Brown

(D) Krishan Kumar

171) Indian national Bibliographical first appeared in

(A) 1947

(B) 1957

(C) 1967

(D) 1937

172) Who is the author of “Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous literature”

(A) S. Halkett & J. Laing

(B) Robert Proctor

(C) Ralph De sols

(D) Hanuman Sastri

173) Compton year book contains

(A) Political events

(B) Cultural events

(C) Outstanding events

(D) Economic events

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 174) Online Europa year book has coverage since

(A) 1965

(B) 1975

(C) 1984

(D) 1985

175) Which of the following is a multi-subject gateway?

(A) Renardus

(B) Humbul

(C) Sapling

(D) EdWEb

176) Which of the following is a specialized information organization online tool?

(A) Mamma

(B) Dogpile

(C) Vivisimo

(D) Entireweb

177) Research periodicals are which category of sources?

(A) Primary

(B) Secondary

(C) Tertiary

(D) Non documentary.

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 178) Reference sources are those

(A) Which are large in size?

(B) Which are read at home easily?

(C) Which used to obtain particular information?

(D) Which are costly?

179) Who is the publisher of Encyclopedia of Library and information science?

(A) Boweker

(B) H. W. Wilson company

(C) M. Dekker

(D) H. W. Wilson

180) Retrospective search service is a type of

(A) Referral service

(B) Reference service

(C) CAS

(D) SDI

181) Which part of new encyclopedia Britannica is useful for ready references?

(A) Macropaedia

(B) Propaedia

(C) Micropaedia

(D) Premedia

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 182) Year book are also known as

(A) Hand book

(B) Annual

(C) Directory

(D) Dictionary

183) What is India: A reference annual?

(A) Year Book

(B) Almanac

(C) Gide book

(D) Hand book

184) What is Trade bibliography?

(A) List of Author Bibliography

(B) List of Special Bibliography

(C) List of books in print or for sale compiled by a publisher

(D) List of books of trade Library

185) Who publishes INIS Atom Index?

(A) INIS (Viena)

(B) LC

(C ) ICSU

(D) AGRIS

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 186) What is the meaning of E-Documents?

(A) All Documents other than printed

(B) Non-Paper documents

(C) In electronic form such as Cassettes, CD-ROMs, etc.

(D) Audio visual tools

187) Which of the following is not the documents?

(A) Manuscript

(B) Book

(C) Inscription

(D) Periodical

188) Generally the information sources are divided mainly in to following categories?

(A) Primary and secondary.

(B) Reference and information sources.

(C) Documentary and non-documentary

(D) Books and periodicals

189) What are non- documentary sources?

(A) Which are in printed form?

(B) Which are in not printed form?

(C) Which are nor documents

(D) None of these

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 190) Today which type of information sources is most useful?

(A) Reference sources

(B) Documentary source

(C) Non- Documentary source

(D) Both the Documentary and Non-Documentary sources

191) Cover to cover translation is treated as

(A) Selective dissemination service

(B) Current awareness services

(C) On demand services

(D) Anticipatory services

192) What is the suitable reference sources to know about the information of a particular place?

(A) Directory

(B) Gazetteer

(C) Encyclopedia

(D) Year book

193) What is the suitable reference sources to find out the list of historical monuments of Delhi?

(A) Atlas

(B) Gazetteer

(C) Guide book

(D) Globe

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 194) What is world of learning?

(A) Directory

(B) Encyclopedia

(C) Dictionary

(D) Year book

195) What do you call a collection of maps, tables, charts, etc.?

(A) Globe

(B) Gazetteer

(C) Atlas

(D) Map

196) How many volumes Micropaedia of new Encyclopedia Britannica is published?

(A) 2

(B) 10

(C) 19

(D) 12

197) Encyclopedia Americana consists of

(A) 20 Volumes

(B) 25 Volumes

(C) 28 Volumes

(D) 30 Volumes

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 198) Which of the following are not the secondary sources?

(A) Encyclopedia

(B) Digest

(C) Thesis

(D) Text book

199) What is the publication frequency of books in print?

(A) Monthly

(B) Weekly

(C) Annually

(D) Quarterly

200) What is National bibliography?

(A) List of books of National Library

(B) List of books published in a particular Nation

(C) List of books written by National government

(D) List of books on a nation

201) What is the frequency of I.N.B.?

(A) Quarterly

(B) Monthly

(C) Weekly

(D) Annual

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 202) ‘ Facts on File’ is a

(A) Weekly list

(B) Fortnightly

(C) Monthly

(D) Quarterly

203) The term “Information Service” is an improvised name …

(A) Administration

(B) Documentation

(C) Bibliography

(D) Reference service

204) Which terms was coined by S.R. Ranganathan for mobile libraries

(A) Moving library

(B) Library on wheels

(C) Library machine

(D) All of the above

205) Abstracting service provides…

(A) Abstract of articles

(B) Whole bibliographic description of articles

(C) Whole bibliographic description along with abstracts of article

(D) Whole bibliographic sources

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 206) Which service demands the creation of a ‘user’ profile?

(A) CAS

(B) Information retrieval

(C) SDI

(D) Reference service

207) “Reference service is the contact between the right reader and the right book in the right
personal way” was stated by…

(A) D J Fockett

(B) S. R. Ranganathan

(C) James I Wyer

(D) A. L. A Glossary of library terms

208) CAS is defined as

(A) A process of dissemination of information

(B) A process of information

(C) A process of dissemination of current information

(D) A simple information service

209) Feedback mechanism is a part of which service?

(A) Reprography service

(B) CAS

(C) Translation service

(D) SDI

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 210) Mobile library is a kind of which service?

(A) Reference service

(B) Extension service

(C) Ready reference service

(D) Long range reference service

211) The person who provides reference service is called

(A) Chief librarian

(B) Grade One Librarian

(C) Deputy Librarian

(D) Reference Librarian

212) Reading centre, story hours, exhibition and reading to literature are form of

(A) Extension service

(B) Service of Public library

(C) Both

(D) None

213) Who Invented the Dictionary Catalogue?

(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan

(B) C. A. Cutter

(C) D. B. Krishna Rao

(D) K. N. Raj

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 214) What is the another name of Added entries?

(A) Main entry

(B) Cross reference entry

(C) Secondary entries

(D) Subject entry

215) When was SLSH published?

(A) 1903

(B) 1897

(C) 1923

(D) 1933

216) When was MARC project completed?

(A) 1987

(B) 1967

(C) 1947

(D) 1968

217) Who defined notation as shorthand sign

(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan

(B) Benjamin A. Custer

(C) Immanuel Kant

(D) E. C. Richardson

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 218) Who enunciated the five fundamental categories

(A) Benjamin A. Custer

(B) Paul Otlet

(C) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan

(D) W. C. Sayers

219) Who enunciated the subject Classification

(A) J. D. Brown

(B) W. C. Sayers

(C) Benjamin A.Custer

(D) Frist Donker Duyvis

220) How many Auxiliary tables are there in DDC 23rd Edition

(A) 16

(B) 6

(C) 7

(D) 8

221) Colon classification was first published in

(A) 1905

(B) 1931

(C) 1933

(D) 1944

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 222) Phoenix schedules are part of which classification

(A) CC

(B) DDC

(C) UDC

(D) LCC

223) Sear’s List of Subject Headings (SLSH) is mainly useful for

(A) Small and medium libraries

(B) Special libraries

(C) Academic libraries

(D) College libraries

224) In which year DDC 23rd edition was published

(A) 2000

(B) 2011

(C) 2003

(D) 2010

225) The word classification comes from the Latin word

(A) Classis

(B) Classes

(C) Clauses

(D) Fiction

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 226) The first edition of DDC published in

(A) 1875

(B) 1876

(C) 1874

(D) 1896

227) The first edition of UDC published in

(A) 1904

(B) 1901

(C) 1905

(D) 1894

228) Who is the publishers of Sear’s list of subject headings

(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan

(B) Brown

(C) H. W. Wilson

(D) C. A. Cutter

229) MESH is a

(A) Thesaurus

(B) Dictionary

(C) Journal

(D) Library

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 230) The First edition of DDC Consisted of

(A) 144 pages

(B) Four volume

(C) 44 pages

(D) 124 pages

231) What are the four entity of FRBR model?

(A) Personality, Matter, Energy, Space

(B) Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item

(C) Book, Form, Availability, Type

(D) Discipline, Entity, Action, Personality

232) Who is the Editor in Chief of 23rd Edition of DDC

(A) Benjamin A. Custer

(B) John P. Comaromi

(C) Winton E. Matthews

(D) John S. Mitchell

233) When was the different typological study towards mode of formation of subjects done?

(A) 1950

(B) 1960

(C) 1970

(D) 1975

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 234) In which edition “Auxiliary table for area” was first introduced?

(A) DDC 14

(B) DDC 15

(C) DDC 16

(D) DDC 17

235) What does LED stands for in CC?

(A) Latest Energy Developments

(B) Latest Effective Decade

(C) Large Energy Distribution

(D) Lowest Effective Decade

236) The term prenatal cataloguing first used by

(A) Michael Gorman

(B) Dr. S.R.Ranganathan

(C) E.B.Ross

(D) Melvin Dewey

237) The Dewey Decimal Classification divides human knowledge into

(A) 10 basic categories.

(B) 100 basic categories.

(C) 1000 basic categories.

(D) 10000 basic categories.

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 238) Who devised Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System?

(A) Melville Dewey

(B) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan

(C) Tim Berners-Lee

(D) Vint Cerf

239) Call Number of a Book Means

(A) Book Number

(B) Class Number

(C) Both (A) and (B) are true

(D) None of the above

240) Accession Number means

(A) Call Number of a book

(B) Unique Number for a book inside a particular library.

(C) Book Number

(D) Class number

241) Who is the Editor in Chief of 19th Edition of DDC

(A) Benjamin A. Custer

(B) John P. Comaromi

(C) Winton E. Matthews

(D) John S. Mitchell

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 242) Who is the Editor in Chief of 20th Edition of DDC

(A) Benjamin A. Custer

(B) John P. Comaromi

(C) Winton E. Matthews

(D) John S. Mitchell

243) Who is the Editor in Chief of 21st Edition of DDC

(A) Benjamin A. Custer

(B) John P. Comaromi

(C) Winton E. Matthews

(D) John S. Mitchell

244) Who is the Editor in Chief of 22nd Edition of DDC

(A) Benjamin A. Custer

(B) John P. Comaromi

(C) Winton E. Matthews

(D) John S. Mitchell

245) “POSDCORB” coined by

(A) Peter F. Drucker

(B) Harold Koontz

(C) F.W. Taylor

(D) Luther Gulick

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 246) When Peter F. Drucker defined M.B.O. (Management by Objectives) ?

(A) 1950

(B) 1960

(C) 1954

(D) 1964

247) Who said the demand and supply theory of books?

(A) Melvil Dewey

(B) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan

(C) Mc Colvin

(D) Sayers

248) "To provide the best books to the maximum readers at the least cost" said by

(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan

(B) P. N. Kaula

(C) E.Mayo

(D) Melvil Dewey

249) Theory X and Theory Y is developed by

(A) Louis Brandeis

(B) Douglas Mc Gregor

(C) Abraham Maslo

(D) Mayo

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 250) ISBN now consists of how many digits

(A) 10

(B) 9

(C) 15

(D) 13

251) Herzberg’s theory deals with

(A) Staffing

(B) Directing

(C) Motivation

(D) Planning

252) Who is the father of Scientific Management

(A) F.W. Taylor

(B) Harold Koontz

(C) Peter F. Drucker

(D) Luther Gulick

253) CPM (Critical Path Method) is developed by

(A) Dupoint Company

(B) Aircraft Corporation

(C) IIM

(D) IBM

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 254) How many digits have in the ISSN

(A) 10

(B) 8

(C) 13

(D) 15

255) Main use of Shelf list is

(A) Cataloging

(B) Circulation

(C) Stock Verification

(D) Book Selection

256) Theory X and Theory Y related to

(A) Planning

(B) Motivation

(C) Directing

(D) Staffing

257) Which national agency in India is responsible for assigning the ISBN

(A) RRRLF

(B) BARC

(C) NCL

(D) National Library of India

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 258) Zero Base Budgeting system was propounded by

(A) Peter F. Drucker

(B) P.N. Kaula

(C) E.Mayo

(D) Pter Phyrr

259) When Zero Base Budgeting system was first prepared

(A)1950

(B) 1960

(C)1970

(D) 1980

260) Posting the right person at the right place is called ________

(A) Recruitment

(B) Coaching

(C) Deployment

(D) Induction

261) TQM is a system of continuous improvement employing participative management and

centered on needs of the ________

(A) Customers

(B) Staff

(C) Organization

(D) Government

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 262) Financial support given to libraries are of two types - Recurring and

(A) Ad-hoc

(B) Endowments

(C) Annual

(D) Non-recurring

263) Principle of maximum aggregate benefit is concerned with__

(A) Growth of library

(B) Library use

(C) Library service

(D) Library fee

264) …….. takes items of expenditure for libraries as the

working data for allocation of funds.

(A) Method of details

(B) Per capita method

(C) Principle of economy

(D) Library budget

265) A budget which mainly covers items of current revenue and expenditure is called __.

(A) Programme budget

(B) Welfare economics

(C) Current budgeting

(D) Capital budgeting

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 266) The library budget of a university is passed by the ?

(A) Senate

(B) Executive Council

(C) Academic Council

(D) Research Council

267) In fund accounting, _______ fund can not be used for other purposes.

(A) Recurring

(B) Non-recurring

(C) Restricted

(D) Encumbering

268) Scrutiny of financial transactions is called

(A) Budgeting

(B) Programming

(C) Accounting

(D) Auditing

269) What are the two parts of the annual report of the library

(A) Primary and Secondary

(B) Analytical and Systematic

(C) Upper and Lower

(D) Descriptive and Statistical

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 270) Who is the pioneer of open access system in British libraries

(A) Nine e.Brown

(B) James Duff Brown

(C) John cotton dana

(D) S. R. Ranganathan

271) When was Browne charging system started?

(A) 1895

(B) 1896

(C) 1899

(D) 1875

272) Who started New York Charging system?

(A) Peter Drucker

(B) Elton Mayo

(C) John Cotton Dana

(D) Francis Bacon

273) When did electrically operated book charging system introduced first?

(A) 1926

(B) 1905

(C) 1933

(D) 1932

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 274) How many columns are there in the accession register?

(A) 10

(B) 12

(C) 14

(D) 16

275) When was PERT developed?

(A) 1958

(B) 1968

(C) 1955

(D) 1948

276) Who had invented the MBO?

(A) Eltomn Mayo

(B) Frederic Winslow Taylor

(C) Peter Drucker

(D) Kermeth Blanchard

277) PPBS relates to

(A) Book selection

(B) Journal selection

(C) Budgeting

(D) Library records

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 278) The standard “X” and theory “Y” was conceived by

(A) Peter F.Drucker

(B) Doughlas Mc Gregor

(C) Gulik and URwick

(D) Taylor

279) Zero based budget is concerned with

(A) Present

(B) Past

(C) Future

(D) Remote future

280) Who is the father of Classical School

(A) Lyndall Urwick

(B) Gulick

(C) Cutter

(D) Henri Fayol

281) Who coined the word POSDCORB

(A) Henri Foyal

(B) Luther Gulick

(C) Herbert

(D) Elizabeth stone

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 282) Another term of PERT is

(A) CPM

(B) POSDCORB

(C) MBO

(D) HRM

283) POSDCORB is related to

(A) Library cataloguing

(B) Library reference service

(C) Library administration

(D) Library automation

284) Who introduced Three card system

(A) Krishan Kumar

(B) C. K. Sharma

(C) Cutter

(D) S. R. Ranganathan

285) What are the standard size of the Accession Register is

(A) 16” * 12”

(B) 16” * 13”

(C) 16” * 11”

(D) 16” * 18”

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 286) A good library building is an outcome of librarian and.

(A) Registrar

(B) Building Corporation

(C) Finance Officer

(D) Architect

287) ________ are the storage areas for the various types of documents kept in a library.

(A) Tasks .

(B). Racks

(C) Stacks

(D) Desks

288) Study carrels are exclusive areas meant for

(A) Students

(B) Public

(C) Women

(D) Researchers

289) Library catalogue cards are filed in specially designed drawers called

(A) Charging tray

(B) Catalogue cabinet

(C) Display rack .

(D) Filling equipment

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 290) Information Gatekeepers come under ________ sources.

(A) Documentary

(B) Human

(C) Institutional

(D) Neo-conventional

291)…………… categorises documents into three types such as primary, secondary and tertiary.

(A) Grogan

(B) Skeltor

(C)Dr. S. R. Ranganathan

(D) Hanson

292) ________ is a legal document and can be used as a source of industrial information.

(A) Report

(B) Law Review

(C) Patent

(D) Specification

293) In Encyclopaedia Britianica, ___________ acts as an index to macropaedia.

(A) Bibliography

(B) Introduction Part

(C) Propaedia

(D) Micropaedia

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 294) One of the book selection principles states that “the best reading for the largest number at
the ……………Cost.”

(A) Maximum

(B) Medium

(C) Least

(D) Zero

295) Payments for the books purchased can be made only after

(A) Accessioning

(B) Classification

(C)Cataloguing

(D) Arrangement in the shelve

296) The standard size of an accession register is ?

(A) 15” x 13”

(B) 16 x 13”

(C)12” x 5”

(D) 5” x 3”

297) ISBN stands for ________

(A) Integrated Services Bibliographic Network

(B) Indian Standard Book Number

(C) International Standard Book Number

(D) International Standard for Book and Non- book

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 298) The three card system introduced by Ranganathan are - (i) Register Card, (ii) Check Card,
and (iii)?

(A) KARDEX

(B) LINDEX

(C) Ledger Card

(D) Classified Index Card

299) Technical section performs mainly two functions namely classification and

(A) Accessioning

(B) Bills payment

(C) Cataloguing

(D) Shelving

300) PRECIS was developed by Derek Austin for use in the

(A) BNB

(B) INB

(C) ISBD

(D) ISBN

301) Getting books back from the users and releasing the borrower’s ticket is known as

(A) Charging

(B) Holding

(C) Reserving

(D) Discharging

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 302) While entering the library, the personal belongings of a reader is kept in ________

(A) Cloak Room

(B) Property Counter

(C) Gate counter

(D) Store room

303) Books misplaced on the shelves by readers are restored. This work is referred to as.

(A) Shelving

(B) Stock verification

(C) Shelf rectification

(D) Shifting

304) Outdated and seldom used books are withdrawn from the library is known as ___________.

(A) Shelving

(B) Weeding

(C) Circulating

(D) Guiding

305) The objective of library binding is ________of the library materials.

(A) Proper organisation

(B) Accessibility.

(C) Durability

(D) Humidity control

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 306) All part and pages of a volume are correctly sequenced in the first stage of binding

process known as?

(A) Sewing

(B) Guard

(C) Pulling

(D) Collation

307) Sheets before and after the text of a book are called _________. .

(A) End papers

(B) Attach cover

(C) Head bands

(D) Gilding

308) Leather being used as one of the binding materials i.e., _________ is the strongest

leather.

(A) Roan

(B) Imitation

(C) Pig skin

(D) Sheep skin

309) ________ has prescribed certain standards for library binding.

(A) ILA

(B) ALA

(C) BLA

(D) NBT

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 310) A skillful method of providing means mechanism and structural elements to.

streamline organizational work is known as _______

(A) Strategic planning

(B) Role analysis

(C) Work culture

(D) Autonomous planning

311) Who is regarded as father of bibliography ?

(A) Paul Otlet

(B) Conrad Gesner

(C) J. C. Brunet

(D) A. C. Fosket.

312) Linear model of communication in knowledge based on Aristotles’ model of communication

was proposed by

(A) Juger Heberman

(B) A.J. Wells

(C) C.E. Shannon & W. Weaver

(D) G. Gerbner

313) ISBN changed from 10 digits to 13 from

(A) January, 2007

(B) January, 2008

(C) January, 2006

(D) January, 2005

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 314) Library Legislation refers to the development of

(A) Academic Libraries

(B) Special Libraries

(C) Public Libraries

(D) None of the above

314) Answer: (C)

315) IASLIC was founded in the year

(A) 1955

(B) 1965

(C) 1975

(D) 1985

316) Calcutta Public Library was established during

(A) 15th Century

(B) 16th Century

(C) 19th Century

(D) 20th Century.

317)_______ budgeting does not take into account what happened in the past but emphasizes on
current activities.

(A) Formula

(B) Performance

(C) Programme

(D) Zero-base

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 318) The library budget of a university is passed by the?

(A) Senate

(B) Executive Council

(C) Academic Council

(D) Research Council

319) In fund accounting, _______ fund cannot be used for other purposes.

(A) Recurring

(B) Non-recurring

(C) Restricted

(D) Encumbering

320) Scrutiny of financial transactions is called

(A) Budgeting

(B) Programming

(C) Accounting

(D) Auditing

321) ________ is one of the records of circulation section.

(A) Accession Register

(B) Day book

(C) Catalogue Card

(D) AACR-2 (R)

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 322) Getting books back from the users and releasing the borrower’s ticket is known as

(A) Charging

(B) Holding

(C) Reserving

(D) Discharging

323) While entering the library, the personal belongings of a reader is kept in ________

(A) Cloak room

(B) Property counter

(C) Gate counter

(D) Store room

324) Physical condition of the books should be property maintaine(D) This is known as

(A) Collation.

(B) Conservation

(C) Shelf-arrangement

(D) Organization

325) ________ is an important record of books, which shows the position of any book on the
shelves.

(A) Bay Guide

(B) Authority File

(C) Accession List.

(D) Shelf. .List

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 326) Books misplaced on the shelves by readers are restored. This work is referred to as.

(A) Shelving

(B) Stock verification

(C) Shelf rectification

(D) Shifting

327) Books lost from the library are known through ________

(A) Stock verification

(B) Charging and discharging

(C) Shelf list

(D) Accession Register

328) Outdated and seldom used books are withdrawn from the library is otherwise known as – .

(A) Shelving

(B) Weeding

(C) Circulating

(D) Guiding

329) The objective of library binding is ________ of the library materials.

(A) Proper organisation

(B) Accessibility.

(C) Durability

(D) Humidity control

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 330) All part and pages of a volume are correctly sequenced in the first stage of binding process
known as?

(A) Sewing

(B) Guard

(C) Pulling

(D) Collation

331) Sheets before and after the text of a book are called _________.

(A) End papers

(B) Attach cover

(C) Head bands

(D) Gilding

332) Leather being used as one of the binding materials i.e., _________ is the strongest leather.

(A) Roan

(B) Imitation

(C) Pig skin

(D) Sheep skin

333) ________ has prescribed certain standards for library binding.

(A) ILA

(B) ALA .

(C) BLA

(D) NBT

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 334) ________ is a process of helping employees in an organization to acquire new skills and
competence on a continuing basis

(A) Total Quality Management

(B) Management Information System

(C) Financial Resources Development

(D) Human Resources Development.

335) A skillful method of providing means, mechanism and structural elements to streamline
organizational work is known as _______

(A) Strategic planning

(B) Role analysis

(C) Work culture

(D) Autonomous planning

336) On which of the following technologies semantic web is not based?

(A) RDF

(B) Ontologies

(C) Cloud seeding

(D) URI

337) World Wide Web (WWW) was first designed by whom?

(A) Charles Babbage (B) F. W. Lancaster

(C) Ted Nelson

(D) Tim Berner's Lee

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 338) Which generation computers uses integrated circuits(ICs)?

(A) First

(B) Second

(C) Third

(D) Fourth

339) The concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) belongs to ____________________

(A) Second Generation Computers

(B) Third Generation Computers

(C) Fourth Generation Computers

(D) Fifth Generation Computers

340) Computer memory is measured in ____________________

(A) Bytes

(B) Kilobytes

(C) Megabytes

(D) All of the above

341) The term "Cyberspace" was first used by _________________

(A) Andrew Pollock

(B) William Gibson

(C) John Postal

(D) Joe Flower

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 342) The term hypertext was coined by whom?

(A) Ted Nelson

(B) Vannevan Bush

(C) John Brown

(D) J. C. Kith

343) What are three types of basic languages used in computer programming?

(A) Zero, low and high levels

(B) COBOL, BASIC and PROLOG

(C) FOTRAN, PL/I and SNOWBOL

(D) Machine, Assembly and high level languages

344) When CD-ROM was prepared and made?

(A) 1985

(B) 1982

(C) 1980

(D) 1977

345) In how many ways switching system can be established?

(A) Two

(B) Three

(C) Five

(D) Seven

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 346) Which type of switching system is telephone network?

(A) Circuit switching

(B) Packet switching

(C) Message switching

(D) None of the above

347) Which of the following software is useful for word processing?

(A) DBASE

(B) LIBSYS

(C) WordStar

(D) CDS/ISIS

348) NICNET and INDONET are the networks of which category?

(A) LAN

(B) MAN

(C) WAN

(D) IN

349) Who designed analytical engine?

(A) Charles Babbage

(B) Pascal

(C) James watt

(D) Boyl

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 350) Calculating machine is developed by

(A) Charles Babbage

(B) Pascal

(C) Shakuntala Devi

(D) Boyl

351) What is a bug?

(A) Computer Virus

(B) Error in Computer Configuration

(C) Error in a Programme

(D) None of these

352) Which is not a programming language?

(A) FORTRAN

(B) BASIC

(C) COBOL

(D) ASCII

353) ENIAC stands for?

(A) Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator

(B) Electrified Numerical Integration and Calculator

(C) Electronic Number Integrator and Calculator

(D) Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator

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 354) ISO-9960 is related with?

(A) Standard for encoding data on CD-ROM

(B) Standard for Computer Hardware

(C) Standard for Information Processing

(D) Standard for Networking

355) ASCII has how many codes?

(A) 256

(B) 526

(C) 265

(D) 254

356) Raw, unevaluated, unprocessed and unorganized facts is known as:

(A) Data

(B) Information

(C) Knowledge

(D) Wisdom

357) INTERNET was initially developed by US Department of

(A) Commerce

(B) Defense

(C) Interior

(D) State

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 358) Information retrieval is fastest from

(A) Floppy Disk

(B) Magnetic Tape

(C) Hard Disk

(D) None of the above

359) An University providing Open Access to Sanskrit dissertations through Internet

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru University

(B) Delhi University

(C) Mahatma Gandhi University

(D) University of Madras

360) In which of the following the term “Truncation” is used

(A) Budgeting

(B) Search Formulation

(C) Coordination

(D) Classified bibliography

361) The term “Hypertext” was coined by

(A) Garfield

(B) Bill Gates

(C) Ted Nelson

(D) Raj Reddy

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 362) UNIX is a

(A) Single user operating system

(B) Double user operating system

(C) Triple user operating system

(D) Multi user operating system

363) The CD alphabets in CDS/ISIS stands for

(A) Computerized Documentation

(B) Condensed Disk

(C) Confirmed Disc

(D) Compact Disc

364) LYCOS is a

(A) Search engine

(B) Programming language

(C) Database

(D) Database vendor

365) Electronic telecommunications system joining millions of computers together.

(A) E-mail

(B) Internet

(C) US Mail

(D) UPS

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 366) Following is not a social bookmarking site:

(A) Digg

(B) Delicious

(C) Sqidoo

(D) Facebook

367) Following is not a network protocol:

(A) HTTP

(B) SMTP

(C) TCP/IP

(D) Z39.50

368) LOCKOSS (Software) is an international community initiative by:

(A) MIT Libraries

(B) Stanford University

(C) University of Waikato

(D) University of Southampton

369) Identify the odd one from the following:

(A) Koha

(B) VTLS

(C) SLIM++

(D) SOUL

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 370) Following is not a Web 2.0 tool:

(A) Blog

(B) Facebook

(C) UGC-INFONET 2.0

(D) RSS feeds

371) PDA stands for:

(A) Personal Digital Assistance

(B) Personal Document Archive

(c) Personal Digital Archive

(D) Program Download Accessories

372) PLONE is a:

(A) Content Mnagement System

(B) Digital Library Software

(C) ILMS

(D) Federated Search Engine

373) Pi is the e-book reading device by:

(A) Amazon

(B) Sony

(C) Infibeam

(D) Nokia

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 374) Following is an example of microblogging:

(A) Wordpress

(B) Blogspot

(C) Livejournal

(D) Twitter

375) Who invented OSI Model in 1982

(A) BSO

(B) ISI

(C) Indian standerd orgganisation

(D) International standard organisation

376) Where ISDN was first started in 1990

(A) USA

(B) UK

(C) India

(D) Singapore

377) Now-a-days how many tipes of Protocol are used ?

(A) 5

(B) 4

(C) 3

(D) 2

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 378) Which type of protocol is used by interface for public data network(PDN) ?

(A) X.25

(B) X.12

(C) X.13

(D) X.20

379) CCF stands for

(A) Common Communication Format

(B) Centre for Communication Format

(C) Committee for Communication Format

(D) Common Curriculum Format

380) In Which five year plan the INFLIBNET was established

(A) Fourth five year plan

(B) Fifth five year plan

(C) Sixth five year plan

(D) Seventh five year plan

381) INFLIBNET headquarters is located at

(A) Ahmedabad

(B) New Delhi

(C) Bangalore

(D) Chennai

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 382) Resource sharing is a part of …

(A) Library cooperation

(B) Library administration

(C) Library management

(D) Library cataloguing

383) What is the full form of ERNET?

(A) Engineering Network

(B) Eastern Regional Network

(C) Electronic Research Network

(D) Education and Research Network

384) Which network in India provided the first e-mail service in the country?

(A) NICNET

(B) DELNET

(C) ERNET

(D) INFLIBNET

385) Who publishes Annals of Library Science and documentation?

(A) ILA

(B) INSDOC

(C) DRTC

(D) IASLIC

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 386) What one is full text e-Resource ?

(A) JCCC

(B) ISID

(C) Science finder scholar

(D) ACS

387) Which one is E-Bibliographic database?

(A) Nature

(B) Blackwell

(C) ISID

(D) Springer

388) Virtua accomadates Different version of the MARC Standard?

(A) USMARC

(B) UKMARC

(C) CANMARC

(D) SWEMARC/All of above

389) Which is the journal of Library and Information Science?

(A) Abacus

(B) Acta numerica

(C) Interlending and Document supply

(D) All of above

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 390) The Electronic Library is......................

(A) A Magazine

(B) A Journal Name

(C) A LIbrary

(D) An Encyclopeadia

391) What is e-prints ?

(A) A catalogue

(B) A journal

(C) A repository Software

(D) An encyclopeadia

392) What two is a Library Management Software for small libraries?

(A) Library Solution and Follet

(B) Follet and MSN

(C) MSN and Tar

(D) LYCOS and Live Search

393) What is APS ?

(A) A Search Engine?

(B) A Full-text e-resourse

(C) Bibliographic database

(D) Library Management Software

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 394) Which one is Library and Information Science Journal name?

(A) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book Guide

(B) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book journals

(C) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book Review

(D) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB E-Book

395) "Shodhganga" is a national level repository of:

(A) E-Books

(B) E-Journals

(C) E-Theses

(D) Journal Articles

396) Questionnaire is a :

(A) Research method

(B) Measurement Technique

(C) Tool for data collection

(D) All the above

397) Mean, Median and Mode are :

(A) Measures of deviation

(B) Ways of sampling

(C) Measures of control tendency

(D) None of the above

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 398) ‘Cranfield Studies’ are an example of :

(A) Survey Research

(B) Experimental Research

(C) Historical Research

(D) Case Study

399) Research is

(A) Searching again and again

(B) Finding solution to any problem

(C) Working in a scientific way to search for truth of any problem

(D) None of the above

400) Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process?

(A) Searching sources of information to locate problem.

(B) Survey of related literature

(C) Identification of problem

(D) Searching for solutions to the problem

401) A common test in research demands much priority on

(A) Reliability

(B) Useability

(C) Objectivity

(D) All of the above

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402) Action research means

(A) A longitudinal research

(B) An applied research

(C) A research initiated to solve an immediate problem

(D) A research with socioeconomic objective

403) A reasoning where we start with certain particular statements and conclude with a
universal statement is called

(A) Deductive Reasoning

(B) Inductive Reasoning

(C) Abnormal Reasoning

(D) Transcendental Reasoning

404) Which of the following variables cannot be expressed in quantitative terms?

(A) Socio-economic Status

(B) Marital Status

(C) Numerical Aptitude

(D) Professional Attitude

405) The essential qualities of a researcher are

(A) Spirit of free enquiry

(B) Reliance on observation and evidence

(C) Systematization or theorizing of knowledge

(D) All the above

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406) In the process of conducting research ‘Formulation of Hypothesis” is followed by

(A) Statement of Objectives

(B) Analysis of Data

(C) Selection of Research Tools

(D) Collection of Data

407) A research paper is a brief report of research work based on

(A) Primary Data only

(B) Secondary Data only

(C) Both Primary and Secondary Data

(D) None of the above

408) One of the following is not an open source software :

(A) D’space

(B) Windows

(C) Green-stone

(D) Linux

409) When RRRLF was established?

(A) 1970

(B) 1971

(C) 1972

(D) 1974

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410) Where is the headquarter of RRRLF?

(A) Banglore

(B) Delhi

(C) Calcutta

(D) Lucknow

411) Who provides the ISBN?

(A) Niscair

(B) Nissat

(C) Insdoc

(D) RRRLF

412) RRRLF provides the?

(A) ISSN

(B) ISBN

(C) CCF

(D) MARC

413) ”It is a library with little or no physical presence of books, periodicals, reading space
or support staff, but are that disseminate disseminate selective information directly
to distribute library customers, usually electronically”. Said by whom?

(A) Kay Gapen

(B) Powell

(C) Sherwell

(D) H. G. Wells

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414) ”A library is a public institution or establishment charged with the care of collection
of books, the duty of making them accessible to those who require the use of them
and the task of converting every person in its neighborhood into a habitual library
goers and reader of books.”Quoted by whom?

(A) Dr S R Ranganathan

(B) K.N.Raj

(C) C.A.Cutter

(D) W.C.Sayers

415) Classification of all types of libraries has been made by-

(A) IFLA

(B) UNISIST

(C) UNESCO

(D) INSDOC

416) ”Special libraries serve a specialist clientele, located within a single establishment or
group and all engaged in working towards one common purpose.” Who said this

(A) R.Astall

(B) UNESCO

(C) J.D.Brown

(D) E.C.Richardson

417) Reading centre’s, story hours, exhibitions and reading to literature are forms of …

(A) Extension service

(B) Service of a public library

(C) Both

(D) None

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418) Which library first introduced the printed catalog

(A) British Museum

(B) Library of Congress

(C) Lelin State

(D) Imperial Library

419) Informal self education is possible in what kind of library?

(A) National Library

(B) Public Library

(C) Specific Library

(D) College Library

420) which is correct logical sequence of the following.

(A) Information, Knowledge, Data, Wisdom

(B) Knowledge, Wisdom, Information, Data

(C) Wisdom, Information, Data, Knowledge

(D) Data, Infomation, Knowledge, Wisdom

421) The Term ‘Cyberspace’ was first used by-

(A) Andrew Pollack

(B) William Gibsom

(C) Johan Postal

(D) Joe Flower

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422) RFID technology is used in-

A) Acquisition

(B) Serial Control

(C) Circulation Control

(D) OPAC

423) The process of configuring the disk into tracks and sector is called-

(A) Booting

(B) Labelling

(C) Formatting

(D) All the above

424) Which of the following is a public domain database-

A) INIS

(B) AGRIS

C) Chemical Abstract

(D) MEDLINE

425) One of the following is not an open source software-

(A) D’space

(B) Window

(C) Green Stone

(D) Linux

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426) ……………………. Is a process of information

(A) Books

(B) CD-ROM

(C) Computers

(D) None of the above

427) Feedback mechanism is a part of which service?

(A) Reprography

(B) CAS

(C) Translation service

(D) SDI

428) What is the collection of terms or records in MARC called ?

(A) System

(B) Network

(C) Website

(D) Database

429) Which network in India provided the first e-mail service in the country ?

(A) NICNET

(B) ERNET

(C) INFLIBNET

(D) DELNET

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430) What is Bibliometry ?

(A) Function of Library Network

(B) Information Management Service

(C) Information Management Tool

(D) Library Srvice

431) Microchip was invented by…..

(A) Microsoft

(B) IBM

(C) DELL

(D) Intel

432) Information is…..

(A) Raw Data

(B) Processed Data

(C) Input data

(D) Organized data

433) Identify the association that has changed its original name :

(A) ILA

(B) SLA

(C) LA

(D) ALA

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434) Conference proceedings are considered as..................documents.

(A) Conventional

(B) Primary

(C) Secondary

(D) Tertiary

435) Rules for dictionary catalogue were devised by :

(A) A. Pannizzi

(B) C. C. Jewet

(C) S. Lubetzky

(D) C. A. Cutter

436) RSS feed is a tool of :

(A) Graphic design

(B) Web 1.0

(C) Web 2.0

(D) Architecture

437) An appropriate source to find out descriptive information is................ .

(A) Bibliography

(B) Directory

(C) Encyclopedia

(D) Dictionary

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438) Glossary is a :

(A) List of technical words with definitions

(B) List of words in a language

(C) List of thematically arranged words

(D) Alphabetical index to passages of work

439) One of the following search engine is exclusively meant for scientific information :

(A) Google

(B) Yahoo

(C) SCIRUS

(D) Altavista

440) Technological Gatekeeper is :

(A) A formal method of giving current awareness service

(B) A method of technology assessment and evaluation

(C) A process of transfer of technology

(D) An informal mechanism of keeping user informed of relevant development

441) Who among the following honoured with ‘Nobel Prize’ for his substantial
contribution in Documentation ?

(A) S. C. Bradford

(B) Loosjes

(C) Eric De Grolier

(D) Henri La Fontaine

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442) The Farmington plan is associated with :

(A) Library Legislation

(B) Library Cataloguing

(C) Library Cooperation

(D) Library Indexing Service

443) UNESCO assisted Model Public Library in India is located at :

(A) Kolkata

(B) Delhi

(C) Mumbai

(D) Chennai

444) Mark the ‘odd one out’ :

(A) Cow-Calf principle

(B) Principle of osmosis

(C) Wall picture principle

(D) Whole organ principle

445) GUI stands for :

(A) Graphic User Interface

(B) Graphic User Interaction

(C) Graphic Utility Interface

(D) Great Union of India

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446) Shelf list facilitates................ .

(A) Classification

(B) Weeding out

(C) Stock verification

(D) Documentation

447) The office of patent information system in India is at............ .

(A) Mumbai

(B) New Delhi

(C) Kolkata

(D) Nagpur

448) Questionnaire is a :

(A) Research method

(B) Measurement technique

(C) Tool for data collection

(D) Data analysis technique

449) A periodical evaluation of an employee is done through........... .

(A) Job rotation

(B) Performance appraisal

(C) Refresher course

(D)Work guide

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450) CCF stands for................ .

(A) Current Classification Format

(B) Current Communication Format

(C) Common Communication Format

(D) Common Classification Format

451) “Controlled Group” is a term used in.............. .

(A) Survey research

(B) Historical research

(C) Experimental research

(D) Descriptive research

452) ‘Noise’ in Information Retrieval is due to............. .

(A) Precision

(B) Recall

(C) Relevant information

(D) Redundant information

453) The concept “Invisible College” first used by :

(A) Eugene Garfield

(B) Derek Solla Price

(C) Allent Kent

(D) Carl Savage

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454) Who enunciated the term ‘hypertext’ ?

(A) E. Garfield

(B) Bill Gates

(C) Ted Nelson

(D) Raj Reddy

455) ‘Cranfield Project’ is an example of.................... .

(A) Experimental Research

(B) Survey Research

(C) Case Study

(D) Historical Research

456) IFLA took up the “Universal Availability of Publication” program in the year...............

(A) 1973

(B) 1976

(C) 1972

(D) 1970

457) International Information System on Research in Documentation (ISORID) was

established by :

(A) IFLA

(B) UNESCO

(C) SLA

(D) ALA

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458) What is the relationship between ISBD and cataloguing codes ?

(A) They are not related at all

(B) Cataloguing codes will include bibliographic description

(C) ISBD includes cataloguing rules

(D) ISBD can replace cataloguing rules

459) COPSAT stands for............... .

(A) Cooperative periodicals in science and technology

(B) Current online periodicals in science and technology

(C) Current online patent in science and technology

(D) Contents of periodicals in science and technology

460) The journal “Knowledge Organization” is published by :

(A) IFLA

(B) ISKO

(C) LA

(D) LC

461) Tagging in web 2.0 application is called :

(A) Taxonomy

(B) Folksonomy

(C) Syndication

(D) Directory

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462) Inductive logic proceeds from :

(A) General to General

(B) Particular to General

(C) General to Particular

(D) Particular to Particular

463) CRG stands for :

(A) Committee for Rural Grant

(B) Classification Research Group

(C) Committee for Ranganathan Guild

(D) Classic Research Grant

464) Which of the following is not a “Graphic representation” ?

(A) Pie Chart

(B) Bar Chart

(C) Table

(D) Histogram

465) “Fair use” is a term most relevant to :

(A) Intellectual Property Right

(B) Books borrowed for home reading

(C) Copyright

(D) Use of reference books

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466) The oldest and the largest Library Association in the world is............. .

(A) ALA

(B) LA

(C) IFLA

(D) IASLIC

467) Which of the following is not covered under Intellectual Property Rights ?

(A) Copyrights

(B) Patents

(C) Trade Marks

(D) Thesaurus

468) Ontology is................. .

(A) An Indexing Method

(B) Classification of Internet based documents

(C) Cataloguing of Internet based documents

(D) Documentation service

469) Mozilla is................ .

(A) An operating system

(B) Library software

(C) A web browser

(D) A search engine

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470) The concept of concretes and processes was given by.............. .

(A) Kaiser

(B) H. P. Luhn

(C) Derek Austin

(D) S. R. Ranganathan

471) Chairman of National Knowledge Commission is............... .

(A) Pranab Mukherjee

(B) Nandan Nilekani

(C) P. Chidambaram

(D) Sam Pitroda

472) High Level Language is.................. .

(A) Disk space dependent

(B) O. S. dependent

(C) Machine independent

(D) Machine dependent

473) The transmission of receiver’s reaction back to the sender is known as................. .

(A) Noise

(B) Feedback

(C) Medium

(D) Source

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474) Currently “Science Citation Index” is published by................... .

(A) Emerald

(B) Springer

(C) Thomson

(D) Elsevier

475) Protocol means............... .

(A) Interchange of data between two devices

(B) Interchange of data between two computers

(C) Linkage between two computers

(D) Linkage between two devices

476. Which of the following is an ‘Acronym’ ?

(A) UNESCO

(B) UNO

(C) UNDP

(D) UGC

477) A set of rules that govern overall data communications system is popularly known
as............... .

(A) Protocol

(B) Agreement

(C) Pact

(D) Memorandum

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478) Staffing is concerned with providing and maintaining................resources.

(A) Physical

(B) Technical

(C) Human

(D) Financial

479) Which of the following is not true about e journals ?

(A) They are distributed through digital methods

(B) They also have editors or editorial boards

(C) They are publications of serial nature

(D) They are always free of cost

480) What is the meaning of 'Translation Pools' ?

(A) Details about the names of translation experts

(B) Details about the addresses of the translators

(C) Agency of the names of translation experts

(D) None of these.

481) How is stochastic equation of information solved ?

(A) By statistical rules

(B) By dynamic rules

(C) By statistical and dynamic rules

(D) None of these.

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482) Whether Library is a system ?

(A) Yes, it has various sections as sub-systems coordinating each other forming a
system

(B) No, it cannot be a system

(C) It is quite impossible

(D) Library is separate from a system.

483) The 'Five Laws of Library Science' propounded by Dr. S. R. Ranganathan, is which
type of research ?

(A) Applied research

(B) Pure research

(C) Basic research

(D) Survey research.

484) Information Science is a discipline that investigates

(A) The properties and behaviour of information

(B) The forces governing the flow of information

(C) The means for processing of information for optimal uses

(D) All of these.

485) 'Kinesis' is related to

(A) Communication

(B) Generation

(C) Storage

(D) None of these.

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486) The term 'Bibliophile' refers to

(A) A Bibliographer

(B) A Book Lover

(C) A Publisher

(D) A Book Binder.

487) Theory X and Theory Y were formulated by

(A) Douglas Murray McGregor

(B) Peter Drucker

(C) Abraham Maslow

(D) F. W. Taylor.

488) MeSH is the name of a

(A) Medical Library

(B) C.S.I.R. Unit

(C) Controlled Vocabulary

(D) none of these.

489) Which record is the hub of the stack in a library ?

(A) Accession register

(B) Shelf list register

(C) Book catalogue

(D) Staff manual.

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490) In which year did A. W. Borden start a refresher course for librarians in India ?

(A) 1905

(B) 1910

(C) 1912

(D) 1913.

491) A. B. Maslow is related to

(A) Theory X and Theory Y

(B) Hierarchy of human needs

(C) 14 principles

(D) Hygienic factors.

492) Information may be categorised into

(A) Logical, analytical and statistical

(B) Statistical, descriptive and analytical

(C) Analytical, statistical and systematic

(D) Systematic, analytical and descriptive.

493) What is not open source software for library management ?

(A) KOHA

(B) AVANT1

(C) php my Library

(D) 2.39-50.

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494) What is Delphi method ?

(A) It is a programming language

(B) It is a method of research

(C) It is a software

(D) It is used for cost-benefit analysis.

495) Who contributed on the systematic use of user's education ?

(A) S.S.Green

(B) Melvil Dewey

(C) E. J. Coates

(D) Patricia B. Knapp.

496) Who said 'some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be
chewed and digested' ?

(A) John Milton

(B) William Jones

(C) Francis Bacon

(D) Benjamin Franklin.

497) In which year was the International Book Year celebrated by UNESCO ?

(A) 1931

(B) 1947

(C) 1952

(D) 1972.

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498) What is the full form of IATLIS ?

(A) International Association of Trade Unions of Library Science

(B) Indian Association of Teachers in Library & Information Science

(C) Indian Airlines Technical Lower Intelligence Services

(D) Indian Air Traffic Light, Information and Signal.

499) ISBN consists of

(A) Ten digits

(B) Thirteen digits

(C) 8-bytes

(D) There are no digits.

500) DDC 22nd edition is published by

(A) Forest Press

(B) OCLC

(C) IFLA

(D) UNESCO.

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 LIS Objective Type Questions with Answers

1. ‘Fair use’ is a term most relevant to……………

Copy right
2. Handling of Information in the sense of production is called:………..
Information Industry
3. Informal communication among knowledgeable person is known as:…………
Invisible College
4. The invisible web refers to…………
that part of the internet, which is hidden from the search engines
5. Who was the chairman of National Library Committee of India?
B.S. Jha
6. Which organization applied Library and Information Policy in India at national level?
RRRLF
7. Where is the head quarter of Patent Information System in India?
Nagpur
8. The act enacted in India in 1856 on Intellectual Property Right was based on………..
British Patent Law 1852
9. The term communication came from which language?
Latin
10. Who is the profounder of the term information transfer?
Bissman
11. To which country the credit is given to coin the term information society?
Japan
12. Now a days what is a most important vital resource for societal development of a country?
Information
13. What is the unit of information?
Bit
14. Who is the Father of a computer?
Charles Babbage

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15. When was Dr.S. R. Ranganathan was appointed as a National research professor of Library
science
1962
16. Which Indian University first started M.Lib.Sc. & M.Phil courses?
University of Delhi
17. Which Commission recommended 6.5% to 10% of the total college budget for development
of Libraries?
Kothari committee
18. Where did Dr. S. R. Ranganathan put forth his five laws of library science?
Meenakshi college, Annamalainagar
19. When did ILA became the member of IFLA?
1957
20. In which year ASLIB was acquired by MCB group, the holding company for emerald group
publishing?
2010
21. Which association`s tagline is “managing information”?
ASLIB
22. Which association`s tagline is “connecting people and information”?
SLA
23. When was the International institute of Documentation established?
1931
24. Which organization has introduced the concept of “Sister libraries” for children`s and young
adults reading?
IFLA
25. In which year the ISBN allocation office in India shifted from Kolkatta to Delhi?
2011
26. Which two organizations jointly publish survey on digitization and preservation?
IFLA + UNESCO
27. Who said that “Librarianship is not a profession”?
Madden, Moon, Moore, Mc Pheron
28. Which organization was joined with Library Association to form CILIP in 2002?
Institute of Information Scientists.
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29. In which year International institute of Documentation changed to International federation
of Documentation?
1937
30. In which year headquarter of FID was shifted from Brussels to The Hague?
1934
31. Who gave the sixth law of library science “Every reader his/her freedom”?
James R. Rettig
32. Where was the first library noticed in India?
Sravasti, Gonda, UP
33. When was the curriculum development committee on LIS instituted?
1990-93

34. Who published the journal International classification?

ISKO (International Society for Knowledge organization 1989 )
35. Which association in India awards teachers in LIS?
IATLIS
36. Where is the headquarter of SLA?
New York
37. Which law of library Science relates to the growth of libraries?
Fifth law
38. Library Technology Report is a publication of…………..
ALA
39. Encyclopedia of library and Information Science is published by:…………..
Marcel Dekker
40. The secondary source of information comprised of:…………
Indexing and Abstracting periodicals
41. Who categorized information source into conventional, non conventional, neo conventional
and micro documents:
Ranganthan
42. What is the Thesaurus?
• A collection of selected terminology

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 • Synonymous terms
• List of words
43. What is a Patent?
An agreement between the inventor and the Government
44. World of learning is a what source of information…………..
Secondary source
45. Indian books in Print are published from………….
New Delhi
46. Cumulative book index is published from………….
USA
47. Statesman year book is published from……………
London (MacMillan, Annual), 1864
48. Word of learning is published by ……..
Europa publication , London), 1947 (annual)
49. Who is the editor of “Library Herald”
Krishan Kumar

50. Who was published the monthly Journal “The Library World’
J. D. Brown
51. Facts of File is weekly digest of …………..
World events
52. Who is the first editor of “Modern Librarian”?
F.Monbrary Volte
53. Indian national Bibliographical first appeared in …………..
1957
54. Who is the author of “Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous literature”
S. Halkett & J. Laing
55. Compton year book contains ……………..
Outstanding events
56. Online Europa year book has coverage since…………
1985

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57. Which of the following is a multi-subject gateway?
Renardus
58. Which of the following is a specialized information organization online tool?
Vivisimo
59. Reference sources are those………..
Which used to obtain particular information?
60. Retrospective search service is a type of …………
Responsive service
61. Which part of new encyclopedia Britannica is useful for ready references?
Propaedia
62. Year book are also known as ……………
Annual
63. What is India: A reference annual?
Year Book
64. What is Trade bibliography?
List of books in print or for sale compiled by a publisher
65. Who publishes INIS Atom Index?
INIS (Viena)
66. Which of the following is not the document?
(A) Manuscript (B) Book (C) Inscription (D) Periodical
67. Information sources are divided mainly in to following categories?
Documentary and non-documentary
68. What are non- documentary sources?
Which are in not printed form?
69. Today which type of information sources is most useful?
Non- Documentary source
70. Cover to cover translation is treated as ………….
Current awareness services
71. What are the suitable reference sources to know about the information of a particular place?
(A) Directory (B) Gazetteer (C) Encyclopedia (D) Year book
72. What is the suitable reference source to find out the list of historical monuments of Delhi?
Guide book
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73. What do you call a collection of maps, tables, charts, etc.?
Atlas
74. How many volumes Micropaedia of new Encyclopedia Britannica is published?
12
75. Encyclopedia Americana consists of………….
30 Volumes
76. Which of the following are not the secondary sources?
(A) Encyclopedia (B) Digest (C) Thesis (D) Text book
77. What is the publication frequency of books in print?
Annually
78. What is National bibliography?
List of books published in a particular Nation
79. What is the frequency of I.N.B.?
Monthly
80. ‘Facts on File’ is a …………….
Weekly list
81. The term “Information Service” is an improvised name …
Reference service
82. Abstracting service provides…………
Whole bibliographic description along with abstracts of article
83. “Reference service is the contact between the right reader and the right book in the right
personal way” was stated by…
S R Ranganathan
84. CAS is defined as ………
A process of dissemination of current information

85. The person who provides reference service is called …………

Reference Librarian
86. Questionnaire is a:………….
Tool for data collection
87. ‘Cranfield Studies’ are an example of:…………….
Experimental Research
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88. Research is……………
Working in a scientific way to search for truth of any problem
89. First step in starting the research process is……………
Identification of problem
90. A common test in research demands much priority on……………
• Reliability
• Usability
• Objectivity
91. Action research means………..
A research initiated to solve an immediate problem
92. A reasoning where we start with certain particular statements and conclude with a universal
statement is called……………..
Inductive Reasoning
93. Research is conducted to………….
• Generate new knowledge
• Obtain research degree
• Reinterpret existing knowledge
94. Which of the following variables cannot be expressed in quantitative terms?
(A) Socio-economic Status (B) Marital Status (C) Numerical Aptitude (D) Professional
Attitude
95. The essential qualities of a researcher are……………
• Spirit of free enquiry
• Reliance on observation and evidence
• Systematization or theorizing of knowledge
96. In the process of conducting research ‘Formulation of Hypothesis” is followed by……….
Selection of Research Tools
97. A research paper is a brief report of research work based on………..
Both Primary and Secondary Data
98. Who Invented the Dictionary Catalogue?
C. A. Cutter
99. What is another name of Added entries?

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 Secondary entries
100. When was MARC project completed?
1967
101. Who defined notation as shorthand sign?
E. C. Richardson
102. How many Auxiliary tables are there in DDC 23rd Edition?
6
103. Phoenix schedules are part of which classification …………….
DDC
104. Sear’s List of Subject Headings (SLSH) is mainly useful for …………
Small and medium libraries
105. In which year DDC 23rd edition was published ……………..
2011
106. The word classification comes from the Latin word ……………..
Classis
107. MESH is a ………………
Thesaurus
108. The First edition of DDC Consisted of ………….
44 pages
109. What are the four entity of FRBR model?
Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item
110. When was the different typological study towards mode of formation of subjects done?
1950
111. In which edition “Auxiliary table for area” was first introduced?
DDC 17
112. What does LED stands for in CC?
Latest Effective Decade
113. The Dewey Decimal Classification divides human knowledge into …………..
10 basic categories.
114. Editor in Chief of 19, 20, 21, 22, 23th ed. of DDC?
Benjamin A. Custer 19
John P. Comaromi 20
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 Winton E. Matthews 21
John S. Mitchell 22
John S. Mitchell 23
115. Who said the demand and supply theory of books?
Mc Colvin
116. Theory X and Theory Y is developed by ……………….
Douglas Mc Gregor
117. Herzberg’s theory deals with……………
Motivation
118. Who is the father of Scientific Management?
F.W. Taylor
119. CPM (Critical Path Method) is developed by…………
Dupoint Company
120. Theory X and Theory Y related to ……………..
Motivation
121. When Zero Base Budgeting system was first prepared…………..
1970
122. Posting the right person at the right place is called ________
Recruitment
123. TQM is a system of continuous improvement employing participative management and
centered on needs of the ________
Organization
124. Financial support given to libraries are of two types - Recurring and ……………..
Endowments
125. Principle of maximum aggregate benefit is concerned with……………
Library service
126. …….. takes items of expenditure for libraries as the working data for allocation of funds.
Library budget
127. A budget which mainly covers items of current revenue and expenditure is called __.
Capital budgeting
128. The library budget of a university is passed by the?
Executive Council
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129. In fund accounting, _______ fund cannot be used for other purposes.
Recurring
130. Scrutiny of financial transactions is called……………
Auditing
131. What are the two parts of the annual report of the library?
Descriptive and Statistical

132. Who is the pioneer of open access system in British libraries ?

James Duff Brown
133. When was Browne charging system started?
1895
134. Who started New York Charging system?
John Cotton Dana
135. When did electrically operated book charging system introduced first?
1932
136. When was PERT developed?
1958
137. Zero based budgets is concerned with …………
Future
138. Who is the father of Classical School?
Henri Fayol
139. Another term of PERT is ……………
CPM
140. POSDCORB is related to …………..
Library administration
141. Who introduced three card systems?
S. R. Ranganathan
142. ________ are the storage areas for the various types of documents kept in a library.
Stacks
143. Study carrels are exclusive areas meant for……………
Researchers
144. Information Gatekeepers come under ________ sources.
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 A. documentary B. human C. institutional D. neo-conventional
145. …………… categorizes documents into three types such as primary, secondary and tertiary.
Grogan
146. ________ is a legal document and can be used as a source of industrial information.
Specification
147. In Encyclopaedia Britianica, ___________ acts as an index to macropaedia.
Micropaedia
148. Payments for the books purchased can be made only after……………..
Accessioning
149. Books misplaced on the shelves by readers are restored. This work is referred to as .
Shelf rectification
150. The three card systems introduced by Ranganathan are
• Register Card
• Check Card
• Classified Index Card
151. Outdated and seldom used books are withdrawn from the library is known as ___________.
Weeding
152. The objective of library binding is ________of the library materials.
Durability
153. All part and pages of a volume are correctly sequenced in the first stage of binding process
known as?
Collation
154. Sheets before and after the text of a book is called _________.
End papers
155. Leather being used as one of the binding materials i.e., _________ is the strongest leather.
Sheep skin
156. ________ has prescribed certain standards for library binding.
ALA
157. A skillful method of providing means mechanism and structural elements to streamline
organizational work is known as _______
Strategic planning

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158. Posting the right person at the right place is called …………..
Induction
159. _______ budgeting does not take into account what happened in the past but emphasizes on
current activities.
Performance
160. Getting books back from the users and releasing the borrower’s ticket is known as…………
Discharging
161. Physical condition of the books should be property maintained. this is known as……….
Conservation
162. ________ is an important record of books, which shows the position of any book on the
shelves.
Shelf List
163. ________ is a process of helping employees in an organization to acquire new skills and
competence on a continuing basis
Total Quality Management
164. On which of the following technologies semantic web is not based?
(A) RDF (B) Ontologies (C) Cloud seeding (D) URI
165. Which generation computers uses integrated circuits(ICs)?
Third
166. The concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) belongs to ____________________
Fifth Generation Computers
167. Computer memory is measured in ____________________
(A) Bytes (B) Kilobytes (C) Megabytes
168. The term "Cyberspace" was first used by _________________
William Gibson
169. The term hypertext was coined by whom?
Ted Nelson
170. What are three types of basic languages used in computer programming?
Machine, Assembly and high level languages
171. When CD-ROM was prepared and made?
1985
172. In how many ways switching system can be established?
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173. Which type of switching system is telephone network?
Circuit switching
174. Which of the following software is useful for word processing?
WordStar
175. NICNET and INDONET are the networks of which category?
WAN
176. Who designed analytical engine?
Charles Babbage
177. Calculating machine is developed by…………
Pascal
178. What is a bug?
Error in a Programme
179. Which is not a programming language?
(A) FORTRAN (B) BASIC (C) COBOL (D) ASCII
180. ENIAC stands for?
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
181. ISO-9960 is related with?
Standard for encoding data on CD-ROM
182. ASCII has how many codes?
256
183. Raw, unevaluated, unprocessed and unorganized facts is known as: …………
Data
184. Information retrieval is fastest from …………..
Hard Disk
185. An University providing Open Access to Sanskrit dissertations through Internet
Delhi University
186. Term “Truncation” is used in………………………..
Search Formulation
187. UNIX is a…………………………………………...
Multi user operating system
188. The CD alphabets in CDS/ISIS stands for……………..
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 Computerized Documentation
189. LYCOS is a …………..
Search engine
190. Electronic telecommunications system joining millions of computers together.
Internet
191. Following is not a social bookmarking site:
(A) Digg (B) Delicious (C) Sqidoo (D) Facebook
192. Following is not a network protocol:
(A) HTTP (B) SMTP (C) TCP/IP (D) Z39.50
193. LOCKOSS (Software) is an international community initiative by:
Stanford University
194. Identify the odd one from the following:
(A) Koha (B) VTLS (C) SLIM++ (D) SOUL
195. Following is not a Web 2.0 tool:
(A) Blog (B) Facebook (C) UGC-INFONET 2.0 (D) RSS feeds
196. PDA stands for:
Personal Digital Assistance
197. PLONE is a:
Content Management System
198. “Pi” is the e-book reading device by:
Infibeam
199. ___________ is an example of microblogging:
Twitter
200. Who invented OSI Model in 1982?
ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
201. Where ISDN was first started in 1990
Singapore
202. Now-a-days how many types of Protocol are used ?
2
203. Which type of protocol is used by interface for public data network (PDN) ?
X.25

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204. In Which five year plan the INFLIBNET was established?
7th five year plan (1985-1990)
205. Which network in India provided the first e-mail service in the country?
ERNET
206. Who publishes Annals of Library Science and documentation?
INSDOC
207. What is full text e-Resource?
ACS (American chemical society)
208. __________is E-Bibliographic database?
ISID
209. Virtua accommodates Different version of the MARC Standard?
(A) USMARC (B) UKMARC (C) CANMARC (D) SWEMARC/All of above
210. _________is the journal of Library and Information Science?
Inter-lending and Document supply
211. The Electronic Library is......................
A Journal Name
212. What is e-prints?
A repository Software
213. What two is a Library Management Software for small libraries?
Library Solution and Follet
214. What is APS?
A Full-text e-resourse
215. One of Library and Information Science Journal name is……….
Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book Guide
216. "Shodhganga" is a national level repository of:
E-Theses
217. One of the following is not an open source software :
(A) D’space (B) Windows (C) Green-stone (D) Linux
218. ”It is a library with little or no physical presence of books, periodicals, reading space or
support staff, but are that disseminate selective information directly to distribute library
customers, usually electronically”. Said by whom?
Powell
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219. ”A library is a public institution or establishment charged with the care of collection of
books, the duty of making them accessible to those who require the use of them and the
task of converting every person in its neighborhood into a habitual library goers and reader
of books.”Quoted by whom?
Dr S R Ranganathan
220. Classification of all types of libraries has been made by-
UNESCO
221. ”Special libraries serve a specialist clientele, located within a single establishment or group
and all engaged in working towards one common purpose.” Who said this
R.A stall
222. Which library first introduced the printed catalog ………..
British Museum
223. UNISIST is a……….
Programme
224. Informal self education is possible in what kind of library?
Public Library

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Ravi ShoresIn
Ajagekar
Site Owner 2.which university library of India the post of reference librarian was first created in
Posts: 2 1937- Madras

3.Which Librarian used the word Reference Interview for the first time – Margratte
Hutchins

4.Who was the publisher of CC up to 6th editions - Asia publishing house

5.Who published the 7th edition of CC – Sharda Ranganathan Endowment

6.Who used first the term Thesaurus – Helan Bronson

7.Who classified scientific principles of management with library management -

E.J.Evans

8.Management by objectives is the managerial behavior that emphasizes on getting

specific aims – Handerson

9.Who told that organization is a Machine – Wilson and Tauber

10.In which year the barcode technique was first used in the library field – in 1972 in
comden public library.

11.What are two types data analysis – Descriptive & Inferential

12.inferential analysis is also referred as – statistical analysis

13.Which university in world awarded first Ph.D degree in 1930 in library and
information science – Columbia University

14.Who designated SRR as father of library science in India – Sir Maurice Gwoyer

15.The Professonship in library science for the first time was created in 1886 by –
Goming University

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