Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS)

Librarian Recruitment Examination- 2018

Questions with Answers
(Part-II) Subject Concern Only
51) Who has developed the episodic model of information seeking behaviour?

(A) Nicholas J. Belkin

(B) Elfreda Chatman

(C) David Ellis

(D) T. D. Wilson

Answer is (A)

52) The shift from print to electronic information resources can be categorised as change under:

(A) Economic environment

(B) Internal environment

(C) Socio environment

(D) External environment

Answer is (B)

53) Who is the author of "Library Buildings: Planning and Design”?

(A) B. S. Kesavan

(B) S. R. Ranganathan

(C) P.N. Kaula

(D) Rajwant Singh Chilana

Answer is (C)

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54) The process of placing one or more isolates on the parent basic subject is called as:

(A) Agglomeration

(B) Denudation

(C) Fusion

(D) Lamination

Answer is (D)

55) What is the type of service that actually takes information to the user, preferably before he/she
formulates a demand for it?

(A) Information and referral

(B) Information retrieval

(C) Document retrieval

(D) Information dissemination

Answer is (D)

56) When the user is helped to understand the subject coverage of chemical abstracts, then what it is
called as?

(A) User assistance

(B) User education

(C) User advisory

(D) User orientation

Answer is (A)

57) Which Of the following organizations provides 'Directory of Public Libraries'?

(A) Indian Public Library Movement, Delhi

(B) Raja Library Foundation (RRRLF), Kolkata

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(C) Central Reference Library, Kolkata

(D) Delhi public Library system

Answer is (B)

58) In which of the following, the activities are shown as a network of precedence relationships using
activity-on-arrow network construction?

(A) TQM

(B) Decision Tree Analysis

(C) CPM

(D) PERT

Answer is (D)

59) Who has invented the SWOT analysis?

(A) Albert S. Humphrey

(B) Peter Pyhrr

(C) Philip Kotler

(D) Peter Drucker

Answer is (A)

60) What is meant by indent in the book acquisition work of libraries?

(A) List of ordered items

(B) List of accessioned items

(C) List of approved items

(D) List of rejected items

Answer is (C)

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61) When a message is transmitted and received over the same channel at the same time, such mode of
transmission in network environment is called as:

(A) Fullduplex

(B) Simple

(C) Band width

(D) Half duplex

Answer is (A)

62) Who suggested 'Seven Lamps of conduct' as ethics of librarianship?

(A) A. K. Mukherjee

(B) B. M. Headicar

(C) R. L. Mittal

(D) William B. Paton

Answer is (C)

63) Which of the following types of programming language is Java?

(A) Scripting

(B) Object-oriented

(C) Publishing

(D) Algorithmic

Answer is (B)

64) The General Theory of Classification, developed by S. R. Ranganathan can be categorised as which of
the following types?

(A) Advanced classification

(B) Descriptive theory of classification

(C) Dynamic theory of classification

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(D) Static theory of classification

Answer is (C)

65) Which of the following is an example of a pointing device?

(A) Light pen

(B) Punched hole device

(C) Scanner

(D) Keyboard

Answer is (A)

66) ‘Point System’ is associated with which of the following?

(A) Јob description

(B) Job specification

(C) Job evaluation

(D) Job performance

Answer is (C)

67) What is а user profile?

(A) Characteristics that influence user information habits

(B) List of documents received by user

(C) List of documents required by the user

(D) Biodata of а user

Answer is (A)

68) NASSDOC was established in year:

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(A) 1967

(B) 1953

(C) 1970

(D) 1969

Answer is (D)

69) Unpublished theses and dissertations are categorised as:

(A) Ephemeral literature

(B) Grey literature

(C) Tertiary literature

(D) Secondary literature

Answer is (B)

70) Which law, among the “Five laws of library science“, counsels that “Do not select books of а
standard not suited to majority of readers in the locality“?

(A) 3rd Law

(B) 2nd Law

(C) 1st Law

(D) 4th Law

Answer is (A)

71) Which combination of Boolean operators retrieves more documents?

(A) A AND B

(B) A NOT B

(C) A AND AB NOT B

(D) A OR B

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Answer is (D)

72) Which of the following is a standard for descriptive cataloguing?

(A) Z39.50

(B) RDA

(C) OSI

(D) ISO 2709

Answer is (B)

73) International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFL(A) was established in the year:

(A) 1927

(B) 1895

(C) 1938

(D) 1876

Answer is (A)

74) Who is the publisher of Indian Library Science Abstracts?

(A) SIS

(B) ILA

(C) IASLIC

(D) IATLIS

Answer is (C)

75) What is the landmark initiative of UGC in the year 1991 for the development of information services
for academic libraries?

(A) SOUL

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(B) INFLIBNET

(C) National Centre for Scientific Information

(D) INFONET Consortium

Answer is (B)

76) In Colon Classification, ‘f3’ experimenting is a/an:

(A) Anteriorising Common Isolate (applicable only after Time facet)

(B) Anteriorising Common Isolate (applicable only after Space facet)

(C) Posteriorising Energy Common Isolate

(D) Posteriorising Personality Common Isolate

Answer is (D)

77) Which of the following is an indirect method of user study?

(A) Questionnaire

(B) Analysis of library records

(C) Operations research

(D) Diary

Answer is (B)

78) Which of the following characteristics of knowledge is true?

(A) Knowledge is finite

(B) Knowledge is independent

(C) Knowledge is complete

(D) Knowledge is dependent

Answer is (D)

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79) Which university in Maharashtra was the first to start training in Librarianship?

(A) University of Mumbai

(B) R. T. M. Nagpur University, Nagpur

(C) SNDT Women's University, Mumbai

(D) University of Pune, Pune

Answer is (A)

80) According to staff formula, which section of the university library needs to have "one person for
every 50 readers using the library in a day of the year”?

(A) Circulation

(B) Reference

(C) Maintenance

(D) Supervisory

Answer is (B)

81) The UNESCO Public Library Manifesto, renovated in 1994, was prepared in the co-operation with:

(A) IFLA

(B) FID

(C) OCLC

(D) Library of Congress

Answer is (A)

82) In Maharashtra Public Libraries Act, who is the ex-officio President of State Library Council?

(A) Minister for Education

(B) Director of Public Libraries of the State

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(C) Director of Education

(D) Secretary for Education

Answer is (A)

83) In the three card system for periodical control which card is used for recording entries relating to the
volume, issue and the dates of publication etc.

(A) Check card

(B) Classified card

(C) Register card

(D) Classified index card

Answer is (C)

84) Which of the following is a book selection tool?

(A) Ulrich's International Periodical Directory

(B) World Book Encyclopedia

(C) Universities Handbook

(D) Indian National Bibliography

Answer is (D)

85) Which of the following network topologies has the cable strung out, but the end of the cable need
not be brought back?

(A) Ring

(B) Bus

(C) Mesh

(D) Star

Answer is (B)

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86) Which type of fiscal estimation is the Kothari Commission (1964-66) recommendation that a
university should spend each year about 25 for each student and 300 per teacher.

(A) Method of proportion

(B) Formula method

(C) Method of details

(D) Per capita method

Answer is (D)

87) Which of the following is the exclusive function of a university library?

(A) Providing support to the development of research and publication

(B) Library instruction

(C) Extension services

(D) Promotion of reading habit

Answer is (A)

88) When did the National Library Week celebrations start in India?

(A) 1958

(B) 1972

(C) 1933

(D) 1968

Answer is (D)

89) Which of the following is the "principle of facet sequence"?

(A) Principle of later in time

(B) Cow-calf principle

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(C) Principle of earlier in time

(D) Principle of literary warrant

Answer is (B)

90) In AACR2, in case of works of shared responsibility, the main entry will be prepared under:

(A) Subject

(B) First author

(C) Title

(D) First two authors

Answer is (C)

91) According to Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act, 1954, India, "that is the time
lmit to deliver books by the publisher to the designated libraries?

(A) 15days

(B) 60 days

(C) 30 days

(D) 45 days

Answer is (C)

92) What type of information sources are the indexing and abstracting periodicals?

(A) Ready reference

(B) Bibliographical

(C) Ephemeral

(D) Current event

Answer is (B)

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93) Who is the publisher of Statesman's Yearbook 2017?

(A) Europa publications, London

(B) Palgrave Macmillan, UK

(C) Adam and Charles Black, London

(D) Oxford University Press

Answer is (B)

94) Which of the following elements of catalogue is concerned with pagination, number of volumes,
etc.?

(A) Series

(B) Note

(C) Imprint

(D) Collation

Answer is (D)

95) When Sears List of Subject Headings was first published?

(A) 1891

(B) 1898

(C) 1923

(D) 1925

Answer is (C)

96) Which of the following is a service that helps one with gaining current awareness knowledge?

(A) Digests

(B) Extracts

(C) Newspaper clippings

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(D) Indexes

Answer is (C)

97) Who is the producer of Library Literature and Information Science?

(A) OCLC

(B) Facet Publication

(C) H. W. Wilson

(D) American Library Association

Answer is (C)

98) When an individual ought to have information for his/her work or recreation then what it is called
as?

(A) Information requirement

(B) Information need

(C) Information want

(D) Information demand

Answer is (B)

99) In which of the following, a multi-user operating system is used?

(A) Desktop pcs

(B) Embedded computers

(C) Servers

(D) Hand-held computers

Answer is (C)

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100) As per the classification prescribed by S. R. Ranganathan, 'a record of phenomenon made directly
unmediated by human mind can be categorised as:

(A) Conventional

(B) Non-conventional

(C) Meta-documents

(D) Neo-conventional

Answer is (C)

101) Which of the following can be categorised under the fifth generation of computers?

(A) Artificial intelligence

(B) Transistors

(C) Vacuum tubes

(D) VLSI

Answer is (A)

102) Which of the following is a feature of Web OPAC?

(A) It is command-language-based

(B) It is navigation-based

(C) It is pre-coordinated

(D) It is phrase-indexed

Answer is (B)

103) Which of the following is a viable mean for library resource sharing?

(A) Social media

(B) RSS

(C) Consortium

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(D) Blogs

Answer is (C)

104) Which of the following is a unit for measuring bandwidth?

(A) Amplitude

(B) Hertz

(C) Bandwidth

(D) Bits

Answer is (D)

105) Algebra can be categorised as which type of subject?

(A) Compound subject

(B) Non-primary basic subject

(C) Complex subject

(D) Primary basic subject

Answer is (B)

106) Which of the following states has enacted Public Library Act?

(A) Delhi

(B) Chattisgarh (C) Meghalaya

(D) Jammu and Kashmir

Answer is (B)

107) Which of the following is a property of the main memory?

(A) It has large capacity

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(B) It is portable

(C) It has a very long life

(D) It is volatile

Answer is (D)

108) Part 3 of Colon Classification is named as:

(A) Rules

(B) Schedules of classification

(C) Index

(D) Schedules of C1assics and Sacred books

Answer is (D)

109) Which of the following statistics are the 'most proper form to know the tastes, antipathies and
reactions of the readers'?

(A) Serial control

(B) Circulation section

(C) Technical section

(D) Acquisition section

Answer is (B)

110) ODLIS stands for:

(A) Online Directory of Library and Information Science

(B) Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science

(C) Online Databank of Library and Information Science

(D) Open Documents for Library and Information Science

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Answer is (B)

111) File management is a function of:

(A) Middleware

(B) Operating system

(C) Utility software

(D) GUI

Answer is (B)

112) According to S. R. Ranganathan, the reference service that deals with residual principles and
generalities, not readily falling within specific pans, is called as:

(A) Initiation of freshman

(B) Ready reference service

(C) General help to general reader

(D) Long range reference service

Answer is (C)

113) Which budgeting process starts from "scratch" with the proposed activities for the year?

(A) Programme budgeting

(B) Zero-based budgeting

(C) Formula budgeting

(D) Performance budgeting

Answer is (B)

114) Which of the following is a feature of DBMS?

(A) BIOS

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(B) Compatibility with SQL

(C) Memory management

(D) GUI

Answer is (B)

115) The management principle 'Esprit de corps' means:

(A) Development of workers

(B) Discharge of responsibility

(C) Group spirit

(D) Replacing the rule of thumb with science

Answer is (C)

116) What type of database is Library Literature and Information Science?

(A) Abstracting

(B) Archival

(C) Indexing

(D) Full-text

Answer is (C)

117) The catalogue in which some entries are in the form of number entries and some in the form of
text entries is called as:

(A) Author catalogue

(B) Dictionary catalogue

(C) Title catalogue

(D) Classified catalogue

Answer is (D)

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118) Which type of service is "Shodh Gangotri: a repository of Indian research in progress"?

(A) Referral service

(B) Review service

(C) Alerting service

(D) Document delivery service

Answer is (C)

119) What is a shelf list?

(A) Copy of main entry card

(B) Catalogue with entries sorted by call number

(C) Book order card

(D) Catalogue entries of special collection

Answer is (B)

120) Who assigns ISSN for Indian Journals?

(A) Centre for Science and Environment, Delhi

(B) IISC, Bangalore

(C) National science Library, NISCAIR

(D) National Physical Laboratories. New Delhi

Answer is (D)

121) Who among the following is the first to outline the objectives and means of cataloguing?

(A) Seymour Lubetzky

(B) Berwick Sayers

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(C) S. R. Ranganathan

(D) Charles A. Cutter

Answer is (D)

122) In Dewey Decimal Classification, the number '028' stands for:

(A) General libraries

(B) Library operations

(C) Libraries for specific subject

(D) Reading and use of other information media

Answer is (D)

123) Which of the following methods is applicable in educating individual user?

(A) Tutorial

(B) Lecture method

(C) Guided tour

(D) Self-instructional material

Answer is (D)

124) In cataloguing, which law directs that between two or more possible alterative rules bearing on a
particular phenomenon the one leading to overall economy is to be preferred?

(A) Law of impartiality

(B) Law of interpretation

(C) Law of symmetry

(D) Law of parsimony

Answer is (D)

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125) When a tear in a page or a tipping on a loose leaf is repaired it is called as:

(A) Re-backing

(B) Reinforcing

(C) Mending

(D) Re-casing

Answer is (C)

126) Which among the following provides translation service for science and technology documents in
India?

(A) Central Institute of Indian Languages

(B) National Library, Kolkata

(C) Centre for Science and Environment, Delhi

(D) NISCAIR, Delhi

Answer is (D)

127) Who among the following was associated in planning Baroda Central Library in 1910?

(A) A. A. Fyzee

(B) Gopal Rao Ekbote

(C) Asa Don Dickinson

(D) William A Borden

Answer is (C)

128) As started by J. K. Khanna, the growth of special libraries in India is directly related to:

(A) Growth of university education

(B) Independence of India

(C) Recommendations of Committees/ Commissions

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(D) Industrial development

Answer is (D)

129) Which of the "five laws of library science" satisfies the services for differently abled?

(A) 4th Law

(B) 2nd Law

(C) 3rd Law

(D) 5th Law

Answer is (B)

130) What is the current version of SOUL software?

(A) SOUL 3.0

(B) SOUL 2.0

(C) SOUL 1.0

(D) SOUL 4.0

Answer is (B)

131) Which of the following is a component automated acquisition module?

(A) Inter library loan

(B) Authority file

(C) Customised member card

(D) Member category

Answer is (B)

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132) Who has developed the 'Guidelines on information literacy for lifelong learning'?

(A) RUSA

(B) ACRL

(C) SCONUL

(D) IFLA

Answer is (D)

133) What is the essential feature of WORM compared to other optical storage media?

(A) Recording once done is irreversible

(B) Recording can be digital

(C) It comes on a disk

(D) It has higher storage density

Answer is (A)

134) Which of the following TQM techniques prescribes “80/20” rule?

(A) Pareto analysis charts

(B) Pie charts

(C) Fishbone diagram

(D) Histogram

Answer is (A)

135) Who was the first to give the concept of Selective Dissemination of Information as we understand it
today?

(A) Melvil J. Voigt

(B) H. Peter Luhn

(C) L. J. S. Strauss

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(D) E. M. Housman

Answer is (B)

136) When the user requires almost all relevant literature on a subject such approach is called as:

(A) Catching up approach

(B) Exhaustive approach

(C) Everyday approach

(D) Current approach

Answer is (B)

137) In Classified Catalogue Code, 'specific added class number entry' in a classified catalogue is defined
as:

(A) Class index entry

(B) Cross reference entry

(C) Cross reference index entry

(D) Book index entry

Answer is (B)

138) Which of the following features of OPACs has enhanced their use over traditional catalogues?

(A) No need for media qualifiers

(B) Sorting process is static

(C) No need for punctuation between elements in bibliographical description

(D) Search facility is available under any element

Answer is (B)

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139) From which year did AGRIS, a global public domain database, became operational?

(A) 1975

(B) 1964

(C) 1967

(D) 1971

Ans:a

140) What type of information service products are the trend reports?

(A) Reference type

(B) Condensation type

(C) Location type

(D) Evaluation type

Answer is (D)

141) In which year was the Encyclopedia Britannica last print version of 32 volumes published?

(A) 2012

(B) 2009

(C) 2008

(D) 2010

Answer is (D)

142) In which year was the Committee on National policy on Library and Information System (CONPOLIS)
set up by the Govt. of India?

(A) 1992

(B) 1985

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(C) 1972

(D) 1991

Answer is (B)

143) Which of the following operating systems is machine-independent and open-source?

(A) Linux

(B) IBM Z/VM

(C) MS Windows 7

(D) Apple MAC OS

Answer is (A)

144) Who among the following described the 3-fold purpose of reference interview?

(A) Robert S. Taylor

(B) R. L. Collins

(C) S. R. Ranganathan

(D) William (A) Katz

Answer is (D)

145) What does a small circle of a flow chart represent?

(A) Terminal

(B) Connector

(C) Process

(D) Decision

Answer is (B)

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146) What is meant by 'cardinal value' in the context of notation?

(A) Position of a digit in series

(B) Type of notation used

(C) Concept that refers to semantics

(D) Quantitative value that each digit possesses

Answer is (D)

147) Which type of scheme is the Universal Decimal Classification?

(A) Almost enumerative

(B) Fully faceted

(C) Enumerative

(D) Almost faceted

Answer is (D)

148) What is the term of protection of copyright for a literary work in India?

(A) 60 years from the year of publication

(B) 50 years from the year of publication

(C) 60 years from the year in which the author of the literary work dies

(D) 50 years from the year in which the author of the literary work dies

Answer is (C)

149) Which of the following extension represents uncompressed output of data?

(A) .jpg

(B) .gif

(C) .bmp

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(D) .tiff

Answer is (C)

150) Who, among the following, was the first to develop UDC?

(A) Paul Otlet

(B) Melvil Dewey

(C) H. E. Bliss

(D) E. (C) Richardson

Answer is (A)

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