Objective Questions for LIS Professionals

PART - I

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

Choose correct or the best alternative in the following:

Q.1 Translator for low level programming language were termed as

(A) Assembler (B) Compiler (C) Linker (D) Loader Ans: (A)

Q.2 Analysis which determines the meaning of a statement once its grammatical structure becomes known is termed as

(A) Semantic analysis (B) Syntax analysis (C) Regular analysis (D) General analysis

Ans: (A)

Q.3 Load address for the first word of the program is called

(A) Linker address origin (B) load address origin

(C) Phase library (D) absolute library Ans: (B)

Q.4 Symbolic names can be associated with

(A) Information (B) data or instruction

(C) operand (D) mnemonic operation Ans: (B)

Q.5 The translator which perform macro expansion is called a

(A) Macro processor (B) Macro pre-processor

(C) Micro pre-processor (D) assembler Ans: (B)

Q.6 Shell is the exclusive feature of

(A) UNIX (B) DOS (C) System software (D) Application software Ans: (A)

Q.7 A program in execution is called

(A) Process (B) Instruction (C) Procedure (D) Function Ans: (A)

Q.8 Interval between the time of submission and completion of the job is called

(A) Waiting time (B) Turnaround time (C) Throughput (D) Response time

Ans: (B)

Q.9 A scheduler which selects processes from secondary storage device is called

(A) Short term scheduler. (B) Long term scheduler.

(C) Medium term scheduler. (D) Process scheduler. Ans: (C)

Q.10 The scheduling in which CPU is allocated to the process with least CPU-burst time is called

(A) Priority Scheduling (B) Shortest job first Scheduling

(C) Round Robin Scheduling (D) Multilevel Queue Scheduling Ans: (B)

Q.11 The term ‘page traffic’ describes

(A) number of pages in memory at a given instant.

(B) number of papers required to be brought in at a given page request.

(C) the movement of pages in and out of memory.

(D) number of pages of executing programs loaded in memory.

Ans: (C)

Q.12 The “turn-around” time of a user job is the

(A) time since its submission to the time its results become available.

(B) time duration for which the CPU is allotted to the job.

(C) total time taken to execute the job.

(D) time taken for the job to move from assembly phase to completion phase.

Ans: (C)

Q.13 Which of the following can be used as a criterion for classification of data structures used in language processing.

(A) nature of a data structure (B) purpose of a data structure

(C) lifetime of a data structure (D) all of the above. Ans: (D)

Q.14 Memory utilization factor shall be computed as follows

(A) memory in use/allocated memory. (B) memory in use/total memory connected.

(C) memory allocated/free existing memory. (D) memory committed/total memory available.Ans: (B)

Q.15 Program ‘preemption’ is

(A) forced de allocation of the CPU from a program which is executing on the CPU.

(B) release of CPU by the program after completing its task.

(C) forced allotment of CPU by a program to itself.

(D) a program terminating itself due to detection of an error. Ans: (A)

Q.16 An assembler is

(A) programming language dependent. (B) syntax dependant.

(C) machine dependant. (D) data dependant. Ans: (C)

Q.17 Which of the following is not a fundamental process state

(A) ready (B) terminated (C) executing (D) blocked Ans: (D)

Q.18 ‘LRU’ page replacement policy is

(A) Last Replaced Unit. (B) Last Restored Unit.

(C) Least Recently Used. (D) Least Required Unit. Ans: (C)

Q.19 Which of the following is true?

(A) Block cipher technique is an encryption technique.

(B) Steam cipher technique is an encryption technique.

(C) Both (A) and (B). (D) Neither of (A) and (B). Ans: (C)

Q.20 Which of the following approaches do not require knowledge of the system state?

(A) deadlock detection. (B) deadlock prevention.

(C) deadlock avoidance. (D) none of the above. Ans: (D)

Q.21 Program generation activity aims at

(A) Automatic generation of program

(B) Organize execution of a program written in PL

(C) Skips generation of program (D) Speedens generation of program

Ans: (A)

Q.22 Which amongst the following is not an advantage of Distributed systems?

(A) Reliability (B) Incremental growth (C) Resource sharing (D) None of the above

Ans: (A)

Q.23 An imperative statement

(A) Reserves areas of memory and associates names with them

(B) Indicates an action to be performed during execution of assembled program

(C) Indicates an action to be performed during optimization (D) None of the above

Ans: (B)

Q.24 Which of the following loader is executed when a system is first turned on or restarted

(A) Boot loader (B) Compile and Go loader

(C) Bootstrap loader (D) Relating loader Ans: (C)

Q.25 Poor response time is usually caused by

(A) Process busy (B) High I/O rates

(C) High paging rates (D) Any of the above Ans: (D)

Q.26 “Throughput” of a system is

(A) Number of programs processed by it per unit time

(B) Number of times the program is invoked by the system

(C) Number of requests made to a program by the system

(D) None of the above Ans: (A)

Q.27 The “blocking factor” of a file is

(A) The number of blocks accessible to a file

(B) The number of blocks allocated to a file

(C) The number of logical records in one physical record

(D) None of the above Ans: (C)

Q.28 Which of these is a component of a process precedence sequence?

(A) Process name (B) Sequence operator

(C) Concurrency operator (D) All of the above

Ans: (D)

Q.29 Which amongst the following is valid syntax of the Fork and Join Primitive?

(A) Fork <label> (B) Fork <label> Join <var> Join <label> (C) For <var>

(D) Fork <var> Join <var> join <var> Ans: (A)

Q.30 Nested Macro calls are expanded using the

(A) FIFO rule (First in first out) (B) LIFO (Last in First out)

(C) FILO rule (First in last out) (D) None of the above

Ans: (B)

Q.31 A parser which is a variant of top-down parsing without backtracking is

(A) Recursive Descend. (B) Operator Precedence. (C) LL(1) parser. (D) LALR Parser.

Ans: (A)

Q.32 The expansion of nested macro calls follows

(A) FIFO rule. (B) LIFO rule. (C) LILO rule. (D) priority rule.

Ans: (B)

Q.33. In a two-pass assembler, the task of the Pass II is to

(A) separate the symbol, mnemonic opcode and operand fields.

(B) build the symbol table. (C) construct intermediate code.

(D) synthesize the target program. Ans: (D)

Q.34 A linker program

(A) places the program in the memory for the purpose of execution.

(B) relocates the program to execute from the specific memory area allocated to it.

(C) links the program with other programs needed for its execution.

(D) interfaces the program with the entities generating its input data.

Ans: (C)

Q.35 Which scheduling policy is most suitable for a time-shared operating system

(A) Shortest-job First. (B) Elevator.

(C) Round-Robin. (D) First-Come-First-Serve.

Ans: (C)

Q.36 A critical section is a program segment

(A) which should run in a certain specified amount of time.

(B) which avoids deadlocks.

(C) where shared resources are accessed.

(D) which must be enclosed by a pair of semaphore operations, P and V.

Ans: (C)

Q.37 An operating system contains 3 user processes each requiring 2 units of resource R .The minimum number of units of R such that no deadlocks will ever arise is

(A) 4. (B) 3. (C) 5. (D) 6. Ans: (A)

Q.38 Locality of reference implies that the page reference being made by a process

(A) will always be to the page used in the previous page reference.

(B) is likely to be the one of the pages used in the last few page references.

(C) will always be to one of the pages existing in memory.

(D)will always lead to a page fault. Ans: (B)

Q.39 Which of these is not a part of Synthesis phase

(A) Obtain machine code corresponding to the mnemonic from the

Mnemonics table

(B) Obtain address of a memory operand from the symbol table

(C) Perform LC processing

(D) Synthesize a machine instruction or the machine form of a constant

Ans: (C)

Q.40 The syntax of the assembler directive EQU is

(A) EQU <address space> (B) <symbol>EQU<address space>

(C) <symbol>EQU (D) None of the above

Ans: (B)

Q.41 The following features are needed to implement top down parsing

(A) Source string marker

(B) Prediction making mechanism

(C) Matching and Backtracking mechanism (D) All of the above Ans: (D)

Q.42 A macro definition consists of

(A) A macro prototype statement (B) One or more model statements

(C) Macro pre-processor statements (D) All of the above Ans: (D)

Q.43 The main reason to encrypt a file is to ______________.

(A)Reduce its size (B) Secure it for transmission

(C) Prepare it for backup (D) Include it in the start-up sequence

Ans: (B)

Q.44 Which of the following is not a key piece of information, stored in single page table entry, assuming pure paging and virtual memory

(A) Frame number

(B) A bit indicating whether the page is in physical memory or on the disk

(C) A reference for the disk block that stores the page

(D) None of the above Ans: (C)

Q.45 A UNIX device driver is

(A) Structured into two halves called top half and bottom half

(B) Three equal partitions (C) Unstructured

(D) None of the above Ans: (A)

Q.46 The following is not a layer of IO management module

(A) PIOCS (Physical Input Output Control System)

(B) LIOCS (Logical Input Output Control System)

(C) FS (File System) (D) MCS (Management Control System)

Ans: (D)

Q.47 Which amongst the following is not a valid page replacement policy?

(A) LRU policy (Least Recently Used) (B) FIFO policy (First in first out)

(C) RU policy (Recurrently used) (D) Optimal page replacement policy

Ans: (C)

Q.48 Consider a program with a linked origin of 5000. Let the memory area allocated to it have the start address of 70000. Which amongst the following will be the value

to be loaded in relocation register?

(A) 20000 (B) 50000

(C) 70000 (D) 90000

Ans: (None of the above choice in correct. )

Q.49 An assembly language is a

(A) low level programming language (B) Middle level programming language

(C) High level programming language (D) Internet based programming language

Ans: (A)

Q.50 TII stands for

(A) Table of incomplete instructions (B) table of information instructions

(C) translation of instructions information (D) translation of information instruction

Ans: (A)

Q.51 An analysis, which determines the syntactic structure of the source statement, is called

(A) Sementic analysis (B) process analysis

(C) Syntax analysis (D) function analysis Ans: (C)

Q.52 Action implementing instruction’s meaning are a actually carried out by

(A) Instruction fetch (B) Instruction decode

(C) instruction execution (D) Instruction program

Ans: (C)

Q.53 The field that contains a segment index or an internal index is called

(A) target datum (B) target offset

(C) segment field (D) fix dat Ans: (A)

Q.54 A program in execution is called

(A) process (B) function

(C) CPU (D) Memory Ans: (A)

Q.55 Jobs which are admitted to the system for processing is called

(A) long-term scheduling (B) short-term scheduling

(C) medium-term scheduling (D) queuing Ans: (A)

Q.56 A set of techniques that allow to execute a program which is not entirely in memory is called

(A) demand paging (B) virtual memory

(C) auxiliary memory (D) secondary memory

Ans: (B)

Q. 57 SSTF stands for

(A) Shortest-Seek-time-first scheduling (B) small – small-time-first

(C) simple-seek-time-first (D) small-simple-time-first scheduling

Ans: (A)

Q.58 Before proceeding with its execution, each process must acquire all the resources it needs is called

(A) hold and wait (B) No pre-emption

(C) circular wait (D) starvation Ans: (A)

Q.59 Virtual memory is

(A) simple to implement

(B) used in all major commercial operating systems

(C) less efficient in utilization of memory

(D) useful when fast I/O devices are not available

Ans: (B)

Q.60 Relocation bits used by relocating loader are specified by

(A) Relocating loader itself (B) Assembler or Translator

(C) Macro processor (D) Both (A) and (B)

Ans: (B)

Q.61 Resolution of externally defined symbols is performed by

(A) Linker (B) Loader (C) Compiler (D) Editor Ans: (A)

Q.62 Relocatable programs

(A) cannot be used with fixed partitions

(B) can be loaded almost anywhere in memory

(C) do not need a linker (D) can be loaded only at one specific location

Ans: (B)

Q.63 Page stealing

(A) is a sign of efficient system

(B) is taking page frames other working sets

(C) should be the tuning goal

(D) is taking larger disk spaces for pages paged out

Ans: (B)

Q.64 The total time to prepare a disk drive mechanism for a block of data to be read from is its

(A) latency (B) latency plus transmission time

(C) latency plus seek time (D) latency plus seek time plus transmission time

Ans: (C)

Q.65 To avoid race condition, the maximum number of processes that may be

simultaneously inside the critical section is

(A) zero (B) one (C) two (D) more than two

Ans: (B)

Q.66 The memory allocation scheme subject to “external” fragmentation is

(A) segmentation (B) swapping

(C) pure demand paging (D) multiple fixed contiguous partitions

Ans: (A)

Q.67 Page fault frequency in an operating system is reduced when the

(A) processes tend to the I/O-bound

(B) size of pages is reduced

(C) processes tend to be CPU-bound

(D) locality of reference is applicable to the process

Ans: (D)

Q.68 In which of the following page replacement policies Balady’s anomaly occurs?

(A) FIFO (B) LRU

(C) LFU (D) NRU

Ans: (A)

Q.69 Which of the following are language processors?

(A) Assembler (B) Compiler (C) Interpreter (D) All of the above

Ans: (D)

Q.70 Virtual memory can be implemented with

(A) Segmentation (B) Paging (C) None (D) all of the above

Ans: (D)

Q.71 Recognition of basic syntactic constructs through reductions, this task is performed by

(A) Lexical analysis (B) Syntax analysis

(C) Semantic analysis (D) Structure analysis

Ans: (B)

Q.72 A grammar for a programming language is a formal description of

(A) Syntax (B) Semantics (C) Structure (D) Code

Ans: (C)

Q.73 ____________ is a technique of temporarily removing inactive programs from the

memory of computer system

(A) Swapping (B) Spooling

(C) Semaphore (D) Scheduler

Ans: (A)

Q.74 ___________ is a technique of improving the priority of process waiting in Queue

for CPU allocation

(A) Starvation (B) Ageing (C) Revocation (D) Relocation

Ans: (B)

Q.75 ________ is the time required by a sector to reach below read/write head.

(A) Seek Time (B) Latency Time (C) Access time (D) None

Ans: (B)

Q.76 Which of the following is most general phase structured grammar?

(A) Context – Sensitive (B) Regular (C) Context – Free (D) None of the above

Ans: (A)

Q.77 File record length

(A) Should always be fixed (B) Should always be variable

(C) Depends upon the size of file (D) Should be chosen to match the data characteristics.

Ans: (D)

Q.78 A public key encryption system

(A) Allows only the correct receiver to decode the data

(B) Allows only one to decode the transmission.

(C) Allows only the correct sender to decode the data.

(D) Does not encode the data before transmitting it.

Ans: (A)

Unit II Unit II: Laws of Library Science, Library Resource Sharing and Networking, Library Movement, Library Legislation in India, Library Extension Services, Library and Information Science Education in India, Library and Information Profession, Library Association in India, UK and USA, ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS, SIS, LA, ASLIB, SLA, ALA, Library Association Organization at International Level, FID, IFLA, UNESCO

*) When was Dr.S. R. Ranganathan was appointed as a National research professor of Library science (A) 1942 (B) 1962 (C) 1972 (D) 1952 Answer: (B) (1962)Compiled By: N. Muthukumaran

*) 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 Answer : (A) Compiled By: N. Muthukumaran

*) 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 Answer: (C)

*) UNISIST is a (A) Software (B) A Programme (C) Welfare association (D) A committee Answer: (B)

*) 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 Answer: (A)

*) When did ILA became the member of IFLA? (A) 1952 (B) 1955

(C) 1957 (D) 1965 Answer: (C) Compiled By: Mayank Yuvaraj

*) In which year Aslib was acquired by MCB group, the holding company for emerald group publishing? (A) 2003 (B) 2005 (C) 2009 (D) 2010 Answer: (D) Compiled By: Mayank Yuvaraj

*) Which association`s tagline is “managing information”? (A) IFLA (B) Aslib (C) ALA (D) LC Answer: (B) Compiled By: Mayank Yuvaraj

*) Which association`s tagline is “connecting people and information”? (A) SLA (B) IFLA (C) ALA (D) COMLA Answer: (A) Compiled By: Mayank Yuvaraj

*) When was the International institute of Documentation established? (A) 1931 (B) 1934 (C) 1940 (D) 1945 Answer: (A) Compiled By: Mayank Yuvaraj

*) Which organization has introduced the concept of “Sister libraries” for children`s and young adults reading? (A) UNESCO (B) IFLA (C) LC (D) LA Answer: (B) Compiled By: Mayank Yuvaraj

*) In which year the ISBN allocation office in India shifted from Kolkatta to Delhi? (A) 2009 (B) 2010

(C) 2011 (D) 2012 Answer: (C) Compiled By: Mayank Yuvaraj

*) Which two organizations jointly publish survey on digitization and preservation? (A) IFLA + UNESCO (B) ALA + UNESCO (C) IFLA + ALA (D) IFLA + LC Answer: (A)

*) 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 Answer: (A)

*) 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 Answer: (B)

*) In which year International institute of Documentation changed to International federation of Documentation? (A) 1931 (B) 1937 (C) 1945 (D) 1948 Answer: (B)

*) In which year headquarter of FID was shifted from Brussels to The Hague? (A) 1925 (B) 1928 (C) 1930 (D) 1934 Answer: (D) Compiled By: Mayank Yuvaraj

*) Who gave the sixth law of library science “Every reader his/her freedom”? (A) Walt Crawford (B) Michael Gorman (C) James R. Rettig (D) Lenart Bjorneborn Answer: (C)Compiled By: Mayank Yuvaraj

*) Where was the first library noticed in India? (A) Taxila (B) Nalanda (C) Vallabhi (D) Sravasti Answer: (D) Compiled By: Mayank Yuvaraj

*) When was the curriculam development committee on LIS instituted? (A) 1988-89 (B) 1990-93 (C) 1994-97 (D) 1999-02 Answer: (B) Compiled By: Mayank Yuvaraj

*) Who published the journal International classification? (A) IFLA (B) UNESCO (C) ISKO (D) ALA Answer: (C)

*) When was Information Science added to Librarianship? (A) 1900 (B) 1920 (C) 1940 (D) 1950 Answer: (D) *) Which association in India awards teachers in LIS? (A) IATLIS (B) ILA (C) IASLIC (D) SIS Answer: (A) Compiled By: Mayank Yuvaraj

*) Where is the headquarter of SLA? (A) New York (B) Lagos (C) Shimla (D) New Delhi Answer: (A) Compiled By: Mayank Yuvaraj

*) Which law of library Science relates to the growth of libraries (A) Forth law (B) First law (C) Second law (D) Fifth law

Answer: (D)

*) 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 Answer: (C)Compiled By: Vaibhavi Thacker

*) Resource sharing is a part of (A) Library cooperation(B)Library Administration (C)Library Management(D)Library CatalogingAnswer: (A)Compiled By: Ms. Krishna Roshan

*) The five laws of Library Science published in the book form in the year(A)1924(B)1931(C)1928(D)1930Answer:(B)Compiled By: Ms. Krishna Roshan*) Library Techology Report is a publication of(A) ALA(B) IASLIC(C) LA(D) ILAAnswer: (A)

*) ABGILA is a quarterly publication of (A) Assam Library Association (B) Andhra Desa Library Association (C) Indian Library Association(D) Raja Ram Mohun Roy FoundationAnswer: (C)

*) American Library Association                      a)1946The Canadian Library Association               b)1932Special Libraries Association                       c)1909The Association of Research Libraries        d)1876Codes(A) c, b,d,a(B) a,c,d,b(C) b,a,d,c(D) d,a,c,bAnswer: (D)

*) When was the Amercian Library Assoication established(A) 1876(B) 1872(C) 1875(D) 1880Answer: (A)

*) 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 aboveAnswer:(B)

*) The Librarian Day celebrated on (A) 15th Sep(B) 24th Nov(C) 11th Dec(D) 12th AugAnswer: (D)Compiled By: Ms. Krishna Roshan

Unit III

Unit III: Sources of Information (Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. Documentary and Non Documentary), Reference Sources {Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries, Geographical Sources, Biographical sources, Year Books / Almanacs, Directories and Handbooks, Statistical (Salient features and evaluation)}, Bibliographical Sources {Bibliographies, Union Catalogue, Indexing and Abstracting Journals (Salient features and Evaluations)}, E-documents (e-books, e-journals), Databases {Bibliographic, Numeric and Full text (Evaluation)}

*) Encyclopedia of library and Information Science is published by :(A) H. W. Wilson (B) R. R. Bowker (C) Marcel Dekker (D) Andrew Deutsch Answer: (C) Marcel DekkerCompiled By: Anupama Chetia 

* The secondary source of information comprised of: (A) Text books and research monographs. (B) Subject periodicals and encycyclopaedias (C) Indexing and Abstracting periodicals (D) Bibliography and patents Answer:(C) Indexing and Abstracting periodicals Compiled By: Anupama Chetia

*Who categorized information source into conventional, non conventional, neo conventional and micro documents : (A) Ranganthan (B) Bradford (C) Grogan (D) Henson Answer: (A) Ranganthan Compiled By: Anupama Chetia   

*) Article published in research journal are… (A) Reference sources (B) Secondary sources (C) Primary sources (D) Tertiary sources Answer: (C)

*) What is the Thesaurus? (A) A collection of selected terminology (B) Synonymous terms (C) List of words (D) All of the above Answer: (D)Compiled By: Vaibhavi Thacker

*) 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 Answer: (C)Compiled By: Vaibhavi Thacker

*) Word of learning is a what source of information (A) Primary source (B) Documentary source (C) Secondary source (D) Tertiary source Answer: (C)Compiled By: N. Muthukumaran

*) Indian books in Print are published from (A) Tamil nadu (B) Chennai (C) Bombay (D) New Delhi Answer: (D)

*) Cumulative book index is published from (A) India

(B) USA (C) Canada (D) Thailand Answer: (B)Compiled By: N. Muthukumaran

*) Statesman year book is published from (A) London (B) New york (C) Calcutta (D) Chicago Answer: (A) (MacMillan , Annual) *) Word of learning is Published by (A) Asian events (B) Keesing’s (C) Europa publication (D) Harper & Row Answer: (C) ( London)

*) Who is the editor of “Library Herald” (A) Krishan Kumar (B) C. K. Sharma (C) S. R. Ranganathan (D) F.Monbray Volte Answer: (A)

*) Who was Published the monthly Journal “The Library World’ (A) Krishan kumar (B) J. D. Brown (C) H. W. Wilson (D) K. Navlavi Answer: (B)

*) Facts of File is weekly digest of (A) Indian events (B) American events (C) World events (D) England events Answer: (C)

*) Who is the first editor of “Modern Librarian”? (A) F.Monbrary Volte (B) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (C) J. D. Brown (D) Krishan Kumar Answer: (A)

*) Indian national Bibliographical first appeared in

(A) 1947 (B) 1957 (C) 1967 (D) 1937 Answer: (B)

*) 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 Answer: (A) *) Compton year book contains (A) Political events (B) Cultural events (C) Outstanding events (D) Economic events Answer: (C)

*) Online Europa year book has a coverage since (A) 1965 (B) 1975 (C) 1984 (D) 1985 Answer: (D)

*) Which of the following is a multi-subject gateway? (A) Renardus (B) Humbul (C) Sapling (D) EdWEb Answer: (A)

*) Which of the following is a specialized information organization online tool? (A) Mamma (B) Dogpile (C) Vivisimo (D) Entireweb Answer: (C)

*) Research periodicals are which category of sources? (A) Primary (B) Secondary (C) Tertiary (D) Non documentary. Answer: (A)

*) 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? Answer: (C)

*) 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 Answer: (C) *) Retrospective search service is a type of (A) Referral service (B) Responsive service (C ) CAS (D) SDI Answer: (B)

*) Which part of new encyclopedia Britannica is useful for ready references? (A) Macropaedia (B) Propaedia (C ) Micropaedia (D) Premedia Answer: (B)

*) Year book are also known as (A) Hand book (B) annual (C ) Directory (D) Dictionary Answer: (B)

*) What is India: A reference annual? (A) Year Book (B) Almonac (C ) Gide book (D) Hand book Answer: (A)

*) 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 Answer: (C)

*) Who publishes INIS Atom Index? (A) INIS (Viena) (B) LC (C ) ICSU (D) AGRIS Answer: (A)

*) 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

Answer (C)

*) Which of the following is not the documents? (A) Manuscript (B) Book (C) Inscription (D) Periodical Answer: (C)

*) 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 Answer: (C )

*) 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 Answer: (B)

*) 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 Answer: (C)

*) Cover to cover translation is treated as (A) Selective dissemination service (B) Current awareness services (C) On demand services (D) Anticipatory services Answer: (B)

*) What is the suitable reference sources to know about the information of a particular place? (A) Directory (B) Gazetteer (C) Encyclopedia (D) Year book Answer: (B)

*) 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 Answer: (C)

*) What do you call a collection of maps, tables, charts, etc.? (A) Globe (B) Gazetteer (C) Atlas (D) Map Answer: (C)

*) How many volumes Micropaedia of new Encyclopedia Britannica is published? (A) 2 (B) 10 (C) 19 (D) 12 Answer: (B)

*) Encyclopedia Americana consists of (A) 20 Volumes (B) 25 Volumes (C) 28 Volumes (D) 30 Volumes Answer: (D)

*) Which of the following are not the secondary sources? (A) Encyclopedia (B) Digest (C) Thesis (D) Text book Answer: (C)

*) What is the publication frequency of books in print? (A) Monthly (B) Weekly (C) Annually (D) Quarterly Answer: (C)

*) 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 Answer: (B) *) What is world of learning? (A) Directory (B) Encyclopedia (C) Dictionary (D) Year book Answer: (A)

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

(A) Quarterly (B) Monthly (C) Weekly (D) Annual Answer: (B)

*) ‘ Facts on File’ is a (A) Weekly list (B) Fortnightly (C) Monthly (D) Quarterly Answer: (A) Compiled By: S. Chellapandian (VTU)

Unit IV

Unit IV: Reference and Information Services, Referral Services, Bibliographic Service, Indexing and Abstracting Services, CAS, SDI, Digest Service, Trend Report, Online Services, Translation Services, Reprographic Services

*) The term “Information Service” is an improvised name … (A) Administration (B) Documentation (C) Bibliography (D) Reference service Answer: (D)

*) 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 Answer: (B)

*) 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 Answer: (C)

*) Which service demands the creation of a ‘user’ profile? (A) CAS (B) Information retrieval

(C) SDI (D) Reference service Answer: (C)

*) “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 Answer: (B)

*) 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 Answer: (C)

*) Feedback mechanism is a part of which service? (A) Reprography service (B) CAS (C) Translation service (D) SDI Answer: (D)

*) Mobile library is a kind of which service? (A) Reference service (B) Extension service (C) Ready reference service (D) Long range reference service Answer: (B)

*) The person who provides reference service is called (A) Chief librarian (B) Grade One Librarian (C) Deputy Librarian (D) Reference Librarian Answer: (D)

*) Reading centre, story hours, exhibition and reading to literature are form of (A) Extension service(B) Service of Public library(C) Both(D) NoneAnswer: (A)

Unit V: Organization of Knowledge / Information, Modes of Formation of Subjects, Library Classification (Cannon and Principles), Library Classification Schemes (DDC, UDC, CC), Library Cataloguing *) Who Invented the Dictionary Catalogue? (A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (B) C. A. Cutter (C) D. B. Krishna Rao (D) K. N. Raj Answer: (B)*) What is the another name of Added entries? (A) Main entry (B) Cross reference entry (C) Secondary entries (D) Subject entry Answer: (C)*) When was SLSH published? (A) 1903 (B) 1897 (C) 1923 (D) 1933 Answer: (C)*) When was MARC project completed? (A) 1987 (B) 1967 (C) 1947 (D) 1968 Answer: (B)*) Who defined notation as shorthand sign (A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (B) Benjamin A. Custer (C) Immanuel Kant (D) E. C. Richardson Answer : (D) Compiled By: N. Muthukumaran *) Who enunciated the five fundamental categories (A) Benjamin A. Custer (B) Paul Otlet (C) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (D) W. C. Sayers Answer: (C)*) Who enunciated the subject Classification (A) J. D. Brown (B) W. C. Sayers (C) Benjamin A.Custer (D) Frist Donker Duyvis Answer: (A)*) How many Auxiliary tables are there in DDC 23rd Edition (A) 16 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 Answer: (B)*) Colon classification was first published in (A) 1905 (B) 1931 (C) 1933 (D) 1944 Answer: (C)*) Phoenix schedules are part of which classification (A) CC (B) DDC (C) UDC (D) LCC Answer: (B)*) 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 Answer: (A)*) In which year DDC 23rd edition was published (A) 2000 (B) 2011 (C) 2003 (D) 2010 Answer: (B)*) The word classification comes from the Latin word (A) Classis (B) Classes (C) Clauses (D) Fiction Answer: (A)*) The first edition of DDC published in (A) 1875 (B) 1876 (C) 1874 (D) 1896 Answer: (B)*) The first edition of UDC published in (A) 1904 (B) 1901 (C) 1905 (D) 1894 Answer: (C)*) 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 Ans: (C) *) MESH is a (A) Thesaurus (B) Dictionary (C) Journal (D) Library Answer: (A)*) The First edition of DDC Consisted of (A) 144 pages (B) Four volume (C) 44 pages (D) 124 pages Answer: (C) (1876) *) 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 Answer: (B) *) When was the different typological study towards mode of formation of subjects done?

(A) 1950 (B) 1960 (C) 1970 (D) 1975 Answer: (A) *) In which edition “Auxiliary table for area” was first introduced? (A) DDC 14 (B) DDC 15 (C) DDC 16 (D) DDC 17 Answer: (D) *) What does LED stands for in CC? (A) Latest Energy Developments (B) Latest Effective Decade (C) Large Energy Distribution (D) Lowest Effective Decade Answer: (B) *) The term prenatal cataloguing first used by(A) Michael Gorman (B) Dr. S.R.Ranganathan(C) E.B.Ross (D) Melvin Dewey Answer :(B)

Unit VI

Unit VI: Management (Principles, Functions and School of Thoughts), Planning, Organization Structure, Decision Making, System Study (Analysis, Evaluation and Design), Collection Development (Books, Serials, non books Material), Selection, Acquisition, Maintenance, ISBN, ISSN, Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP), Human Resource Management, Manpower Planning, Job Analysis, Job Description, Selection, Recruitment, Motivation, Training and Development, Staff Manual, Leadership and Performance Evaluation, Delegation of Authority, Financial Management, Resource Generation, Types of Budgeting, Cost and Cost Benefit Analysis, PERT, CPM, Library Building and Equipments, Performance Evaluation of Libraries/Information Centers and Services, Marketing Information Product and Services, Total Quality Management (TQM)

*) “POSDCORB” coined by (A) Peter F. Drucker (B) Harold Koontz (C) F.W. Taylor (D) Luther Gulick Answer: (D)Compiled By: Ghante Pradipkumar. B.

*) When Peter F. Drucker defined M.B.O. (Management by Objectives) ? (A) 1950 (B) 1960 (C)1954 (D) 1964 Answer: (C)

*) Who said the demand and supply theory of books? (A) Melvil Dewey (B) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (C) Mc Colvin (D) Sayers Answer: (C)

Compiled By: Ghante Pradipkumar. B.

*) "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 Answer: (D)Compiled By: Ghante Pradipkumar. B.

*)  Theory X and Theory Y is developed by (A) Louis Brandeis (B) Douglas Mc Gregor (C) Abraham Maslo (D) Mayo Answer: (B)

*) ISBN now consists of how many digit (A) 10 (B) 9 (C) 15 (D) 13 Answer: (D)

*) Herzberg’s theory deals with (A) Staffing (B) Directing (C) Motivation (D) Planning Answer: (C)

*) Who is the father of Scientific Management (A) F.W. Taylor (B) Harold Koontz (C) Peter F. Drucker (D) Luther Gulick Answer: (A)

*) CPM (Critical Path Method) is developed by(A) Dupoint Company (B) Aircraft Corporation (C) IIM (D) IBM Answer: (A)*) How many digits have in the ISSN (A) 10 (B) 8 (C) 13 (D) 15 Answer: (B)

*) Main use of Shelf list is(A) Cataloging

(B) Circulation (C) Stock Verification (D) Book Selection Answer: (C)

*) Theory X and Theory Y related to (A) Planning (B) Motivation (C) Directing (D) Staffing Answer: (B)

*) Which national agency in India is responsible for assigning the ISBN (A) RRRLF (B) BARC (C) NCL (D) National Library of India Answer: (A)

*) Zero Base Budgeting system was propounded by(A) Peter F. Drucker (B) P.N. Kaula (C) E.Mayo (D) Pter Phyrr Answer: (D)Compiled By: Ghante Pradipkumar. B.

*) When Zero Base Budgeting system was first prepared(A)1950 (B) 1960 (C)1970 (D) 1980 Answer: (C)

*) Posting the right person at the right place is called ________(A) Recruitment(B) Coaching(C) Deployment(D) Induction Answer: (A)

*) TQM is a system of continuous improvement employing participative management and centered on needs of the ________(A) Customers (B) Staff (C) Organization(D) Government Answer: (C)

*) Financial support given to libraries are of two types - Recurring and (A) Ad-hoc (B) Endowments(C) Annual (D) Non-recurring Answer: (B)

*) Principle of maximum aggregate benefit is concerned with__(A) Growth of library(B) Library use(C) Library service(D) Library fee Answer: (C)

*) …….. 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 Answer: (D)

*) 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 Answer: (D)

*) The library budget of a university is passed by the ?(A) Senate (B) Executive Council(C) Academic Council (D) Research Council Answer: (B)

*) In fund accounting, _______ fund can not be used for other purposes.(A) Recurring (B) Non-recurring(C) Restricted (D) Encumbering Answer: (A)

*) Scrutiny of financial transactions is called(A) Budgeting(B) Programming(C) Accounting(D) Auditing Answer: (D)*) 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 Answer: (D)

*) 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 Answer: (B)

*) When was Browne charging system started? (A) 1895 (B) 1896 (C) 1899 (D) 1875 Answer: (A)

*) Who started New york Charging system? (A) Peter Drucker (B) Elton Mayo (C) John Cotton Dana (D) Francis Bacon Answer: (C)

*) When did electrically operated book charging system introduced first? (A) 1926 (B) 1905 (C) 1933 (D) 1932 Answer: (D)

*) How many columns are there in the accession register? (A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 16 Answer: (C)

*) When was PERT developed? (A) 1958 (B) 1968 (C) 1955 (D) 1948 Answer: (A)

*) Who had invented the MBO? (A) Eltomn Mayo (B) Frederic Winslow Taylor (C) Peter Drucker (D) Kermeth Blanchard Answer: (C) (1954)

*) PPBS relates to (A) Book selection (B) Journal selection (C) Budgeting (D) Library records Answer: (C)

*) The standard “X” and theory “Y” was conceived by (A) Peter F.Drucker (B) Doughlas Mc Gregor (C) Gulik and URwick (D) Taylor Answer: (B)

*) Zero based budget is concerned with (A) Present (B) Past (C) Future (D) Remote future Answer: (C)

*) Who is the father of Classical School (A) Lyndall Urwick (B) Gulick (C) Cutter (D) Henri Fayol Answer: (D)

*) Who coined the word POSDCORB (A) Henri Foyal (B) Luther Gulick (C) Herbert (D) Elizabeth stone Answer: (B)

*) Another term of PERT is (A) CPM (B) POSDCORB (C) MBO (D) HRM

Answer: (A)

*) POSDCORB is related to (A) Library cataloguing (B) Library reference service (C) Library administration (D) Library automation Answer: (C)

*) Who introduced Three card system (A) Krishan Kumar (B) C. K. Sharma (C) Cutter (D) S. R. Ranganathan Answer: (D)

*) What are the standard size of the Accession Register is (A) 16” * 12” (B) 16” * 13” (C) 16” * 11” (D) 16” * 18” Answer: (B)

*) A good library building is an outcome of librarian and _________.(A) Registrar (B) Building Corporation(C) Finance Officer (D) Architect Answer: (D)

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

A. Tasks .B. Racks C.Stacks D. Desks Answer (C)

*). Study carrels are exclusive areas meant for……………A. students B. public C. women D. researchersAnswer (D)

 *). Library catalogue cards are filed in specially designed. drawers called ________

A. Charging tray B. Catalogue cabinet C. Display rack . D. Filling equipment

Answer (B)

*). Information Gatekeepers come under ________ sources.A documentary B. humanC. institutional D. neo-conventionalAnswer (A)

*)…………… categorises documents into three types such as primary, secondary and.tertiary.A. Grogan B. SkeltorC. SR. Ranganathan D. HansonAnswer (A)

*). ________ is a legal document and can be used as a source of industrial information.A. Report B. Law ReviewC. Patent D. Specification Answer (D)

*). In Encyclopaedia Britianica, ___________ acts as an index to macropaedia.A. Bibliography B. Introduction PartC. Propaedia D. Micropaedia

Answer (D)

*). 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. zeroAnswer (C)

*). Payments for the books purchased can be made only afterA. accessioning B. classificationC Cataloguing D arrangement in the shelveAnswer (A)

*). The standard size of an accession register is ?A.15” x 13” B. 16 x 13” C.12” x 5” D. 5” x 3”Answer (B)

*). ISBN stands for ________A. Integrated Services Bibliographic NetworkB. Indian Standard Book NumberC. International Standard Book NumberD. International Standard for Book and Non- bookAnswer (C)*). The three card system introduced by Ranganathan are(i) Register Card (ii) Check Card (iii)…….. A. KARDEX B LINDEX C. Ledger CardD. Classified Index CardAnswer (D)

*). Technical section performs mainly two functions namely classification and……….A. accessioningB. bills paymentC. cataloguingD. shelving

Answer ©

*). PRECIS was developed by Derek Austin for use in the ________A. BNBB. INBC. ISBDD. ISBNAnswer (A)Compiled By: Rajashekhar M Patil

*). ________ is one of the records of circulation section.A. Accession RegisterB. Day bookC. Catalogue CardD. AACR-2 (R)

Answer (A)Compiled By: Rajashekhar M Patil

*). Getting books back from the users and releasing the borrower’s ticket is known asA. chargingB. holdingC. reservingD. discharging

Answer (D)Compiled By: Rajashekhar M Patil

*).While entering the library, the personal belongings of a reader is kept in ________A. Cloak roomB. Property counterC. Gate counterD. Store room

Answer (B)Compiled By: Rajashekhar M Patil

*).Books misplaced on the shelves by readers are restored. This work is referred toas .A. ShelvingB. Stock verificationC. Shelf rectificationD. Shifting

Answer (C)Compiled By: Rajashekhar M Patil

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

A. Shelving B. WeedingC. Circulating D. Guiding

Answer (B)

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

A. Proper organisation B. accessibility.C. durability D. humidity control Answer (C)

 *).All part and pages of a volume are correctly sequenced in the first stage of bindingprocess known as?A. sewing B. guardC. pulling D. collationAnswer (D)

*). Sheets before and after the text of a book are called _________. .A. End papersB. Attach coverC Head bandsD GildingAnswer (A)

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

leather.A RoanB. ImitationC. Pig skinD. Sheep skin

Answer (D)Compiled By: Rajashekhar M Patil

*). ________ has prescribed certain standards for library binding.A. ILA B. ALA . C. BLA D. NBT Answer (B)

*). ________ is a process of helping employees in an organization to acquire new skillsand competence on a continuing basisA. Total Quality ManagementB Management Information SystemC. Financial Resources DevelopmentD. Human Resources Development.Answer (A)

*). A skillful method of providing means mechanism and structural elements to.streamline organizational work is known as _______A. Strategic planningB. Role analysis C. Work culture D. Autonomous planningAnswer (A)

Unit VII Unit VII: Information Technology, Components of Information Technology, Impact of IT on Society, Computer Hardware, Computer Software, Storage Devices, Output / Input Devices, Telecommunications, Transmission Medias, Switching Systems, Bandwidth, Multiplexing, Modulation, Protocols, Wireless Communications, Fax, Email, Tele conferencing / video conferencing, Bulleting Board Service, Teletex, Videotex, Voice Mail, Networking (Concept) Networking Topologies, Network Types (LAN, MAN, WAN), Hypertext, Hypermedia, Multimedia, Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN), Open Systems Interconnections (OSI)

*) On which of the following technologies semantic web is not based? (A) RDF (B) Ontologies (C) Cloud seeding (D) URI Answer: (C)

1) World Wide Web (WWW) was first designed by whom? (A) Charles Babbage    

(B) F. W. Lancaster(C) Ted Nelson(D) Tim Berner's LeeAnswer: (D)

2) Which generation computers uses integrated circuits(ICs)?(A) First(B) Second(C) Third(D) FourthAnswer: (C)

3) The concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI)  belongs to ____________________(A) Second Generation Computers(B) Third Generation Computers(C) Fourth Generation Computers(D) Fifth Generation ComputersAnswer: (D)

4) Computer memory is measured in ____________________(A) Bytes(B) Kilobytes(C) Megabytes(D) All of the aboveAnswer: (D)

5) The term "Cyberspace" was first used by _________________(A) Andrew Pollock(B) William Gibson(C) John Postal(D) Joe FlowerAnswer: (B) 6) The term hypertext was coined by whom?(A) Ted Nelson(B) Vannevan Bush(C) John Brown(D) J. C. KithAnswer: (A)

7) 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 lannguagesAnswer: (D)

8) When CD-ROM was prepared and made?(A) 1985(B) 1982(C) 1980(D) 1977Answer: (A)

9) In how many ways switching system can be established?(A) Two(B) Three(C) Five(D) SevenAnswer: (B)

10) Which type of switching system is  telephone network?(A) Circuit switching

(B) Packet switching(C) Message switching(D) None of the aboveAnswer: (A)

11) Which of the following software  is usful for  word processing ?(A) DBASE(B) LIBSYS(C) WordStar(D) CDS/ISISAnswer: (C)12) NICNET and INDONET are the networks of which category?(A) LAN(B) MAN(C) WAN(D) INAnswer: (C)Compiled By: Sambhunath Sahoo

*) Who is regarded as the father of World Wide Web ?(A) Charles Babbage(B) Tim Berners-Lee(C) Pascals(D) Bill GateAnswer: (A)

*) Who designed analytical engine?(A) Charles Babbage(B) Pascal(C) James watt(D) BoylAnswer: (A)

*) Calculating machine is developed by(A) Charles Babbage(B) Pascal(C) Shakuntala Devi(D) BoylAnswer: (B)

Unit VIII

Unit VIII: Library Automation, Areas of Library Automation, Planning Library Automation, Hardware and Software Selection for Automation, OPAC, Networks, ERNET, NICNET, DELNET, JANET, BLAISE, OCLC, INFLIBNET, Internet, Components of Internet, Internet Services (Browsing, Web Browsers, Search Engines, Meta Data Digital Object Identifier (DOI), National and International Information

Systems, NISSAT, NASSDOC, INSDOC, DESIDOC, INIS, AGRIS, MEDLARS, INSPEC.

*) CCF stands for (A) Common Communication Format (B) Centre for Communication Format (C) Committee for Communication Format (D) Common Curriculum Format Answer: (A)

*) 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 Answer: (D)

*) INFLIBNET headquarters is located at (A) Ahmedabad(B) New Delhi(C) Bangalore (D) ChennaiAnswer: (A) (Ahmedabad, Gujarat) *) Resource sharing is a part of … (A) Library cooperation (B) Library administration (C) Library management (D) Library cataloguing Answer: (A)

*) What is the full form of ERNET? (A) Engineering Network (B) Eastern Regional Network (C) Electronic Research Network (D) Education and Research Network Answer: (D)

*) Which network in India provided the first e-mail service in the country? (A) NICNET (B) DELNET (C) ERNET (D) INFLIBNET Answer: (C)Compiled By: Vaibhavi Thacker

*) Who publishes Annals of Library Science and documentation? (A) ILA (B) INSDOC (C) DRTC (D) IASLIC Answer: (B)

*) What is full text e-Resource ?(A) JCCC(B) ISID(C) Science finder scholar(D) ACSAnswer: (D) (American chemical society)

*) Which one is E-Bibliographic database? (A) Nature(B) Blackwell(C) ISID(D) SpringerAnswer: (C)

*) Virtua accomadates Different version of the MARC Standard?(A) USMARC(B) UKMARC(C) CANMARC(D) SWEMARC/All of aboveAnswer: (D)

*) Which  is the journal of Llibrary and Information Science?(A) Abacus (B) Acta numerica(C) Interlending and Document supply(D) 4ORAnswer: (C) *) The Electronic Library is......................(A) A Magazine (B) A Journal Name(C) A Library (D) An EncyclopeadiaAnswer: (B) *) What is e-prints ?(A) A catalogue(B)  A journal(C) A repository Software(D) An encyclopeadiaAnswer: (C) *) 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  SearchAnswer: (A)

  *) What is APS ? (A) A Search Engine?

(B) A Full-text e-resourse(C) Bibliographic database(D) Library Management SoftwareAnswer: (B)complied By: Kusum Saini *) 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 Answer: (A)complied By: Kusum  Saini

Unit IX

Unit IX: Types of Research (Basic, Applied, Interdisciplinary), Research Design, Scientific Method, Hypothesis, Data Collection, Sampling, Methods of Research (Historical, Descriptive, Case Study, Survey, Comparative and Experimental), Statistical Methods, Data Analysis, Report Writing, Research Methods in Library and Information Science and Services, Bibliometrics

*) Questionnaire is a :(A) Research method(B) Measurement Technique (C) Tool for data collection (D) All the aboveAnswer: (C)

*) Mean, Median and Mode are :(A) Measures of deviation (B) Ways of sampling (C) Measures of control tendency (D) None of the aboveAnswer: (D)Compiled By: Kankana Baishya

*) ‘Cranfield Studies’ are an example of :(A) Survey Research (B) Experimental Research (C) Historical Research (D) Case StudyAnswer: (B)

*) 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 aboveAnswer: (C)

*) 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 problemAnswer: (C)

*) A common test in research demands much priority on(A) Reliability(B) Useability(C) Objectivity(D) All of the aboveAnswer: (D)

*) 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 objectiveAnswer: (C)Compiled By: O. P. Saini

*) 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 ReasoningAnswer: (B)

*) Research is conducted toI. Generate new knowledgeII. Not to develop a theoryIII. Obtain research degreeIV. Reinterpret existing knowledgeWhich of the above are correct?(A) I, III & II (B) III, II & IV(C) II, I & III (D) I, III & IVAnswer: (D)

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

(A) Socio-economic Status(B) Marital Status(C) Numerical Aptitude(D) Professional AttitudeAnswer: (C)

*) 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 aboveAnswer: (D)

*) 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 DataAnswer: (C)

*) 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 aboveAnswer: (C)

Unit X

Unit X: Types of Libraries {National, Public, Academic, and Special (Objectives, structures and functions), Digital Libraries (Concept), Virtual Libraries (Concept), Types of Users, User Studies, User Education, Role of UGC in the Growth and Development of libraries and information centers in institutes of Higher Education in India, Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF)

*) One of the following is not an open source software :(A) D’space (B) Windows (C) Green-stone (D) LinuxAnswer: (B) Windows

*) When RRRLF was established? (A) 1970 (B) 1971 (C) 1972 (D) 1974 Answer: (C)

*) Where is the headquarter of RRRLF? (A) Banglore (B) Delhi (C) Calcutta (D) Lucknow Answer: (C)

*) Who provides the ISBN?(A) Niscair (B) Nissat (C) Insdoc (D) RRRLF Answer: (D)

*) RRRLF provides the? (A) ISSN (B) ISBN (C) CCF (D) MARCAnswer: (B)

*) ”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 Answer: (B)

*) ”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 Answer: (A)

*) Classification of all types of libraries has been made by- (A) IFLA (B) UNISIST (C) UNESCO (D) INSDOC Answer: (C)

*) ”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 Answer: (A)

*) 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 Answer: (C)

*) Which library first introduced the printed catalog (A) British Museum (B) Library of Congress (C) Lelin State (D) Imperial Library Answer: (A)

*) Informal self education is possible in what kind of library? (A) National Library (B) Public Library (C) Specific Library (D) College LibraryAnswer: (B)

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

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

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

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 revised in (A) 1956 (B) 1931 (C) 1972 (D) 1972

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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Interview Questions for LIS Professionals

1. Introduce Yourself2. What are your strengths & weakness3. Why did you decide to enter the field of library and information science? OR What motivated you to seek a library degree?4. Why did you decide to apply for this position?5. Discuss some of your achievement regarding this field.6. What kind of work environment do you prefer?7. How are you qualified for this job? OR What qualifications do youhave that make you think you will be a success at this job?8. Do you have some extraordinary qualities that distinguish you from others?9. The person in this position needs to be innovative and proactive.Can you describe some things you have done to demonstrate these qualities?10. How would you rate your communication skills and what have you done to improve them?11. What experience do you have dealing with academic scholars?12. What is your experience with automated systems and with computers in general?13. Tell us about yourself and your ambition.14. Tell us about some of your contribution to improve our field.15. What do you think a reference librarian's duties should be?16. Tell us about your subject background and about your courseworkoutside of library science.17. Do you have the skills necessary to create and maintain our WWW home pages?18. Do you plan to continue your education?19. Starting with your last job, would you tell me about some of yourachievements that were recognized by your superiors?20. What are some things you would like to avoid in a job? Why?21. What does success mean to you? How do you judge it?22. What types of things make you angry? How do you react?23. In what ways do you think you can make a contribution to our department?24. Why do you think this library should hire you?25. Describe your experience in creating documents, proposals,research findings, or any other form of written copy.26. Mention some popular reference materials.27. What does librarianship means?28. Mention some popular online databases with their subject coverage.29. Briefly discuss about Melvil Dewey.30. Mention some popular journals in our field.31. Abbreviate ISBN and ISSN. Describe their role in this informationera.32. What do you mean by "Bibliography?? How will you arrange a bibliography?33. Discuss the library movement in your country.34. Which is more important ' Bibliography or Abstract ' forcontrolling information explosion?35. Briefly discuss about Library Association in your country?36. Which is the world's oldest Library Association?37. What is library science?38. Which is the largest library in the world?39. What are the major classifications of the DDC?40. What are the twenty major classes of Library of Congress?41. What are the major Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) classes?42. What are the ten major classes of Universal Decimal Classification?43. Which is the largest library in your country (both in collection and structure)?44. Briefly discuss history of library education in your country.45. Which resource do you prefer - electronic or print, and why?46. Discuss some major problems of library automation in your country.47. Which classification scheme would you prefer and why?48. What do you mean by National Bibliography? Is there any national bibliography published in your country?49. What do you mean by classification?50. Mention five popular National Library in the world.

51. Briefly Discuss about IFLA, it's role to promote librarianship around the world.52. What does information literacy means?53. What does OPAC means?54. Discuss briefly the role of OCLC, its functions.55. How reference services differ from information service?56. Discuss the benefits of library automation.57. Why classification is necessary?58. Which is the largest academic library in your country?59. Why Public library is called the People's University?60. Discuss the various types of library that exist in a civil society.61. Why networking and resource sharing of a library is necessary?62. Mention two modern information services.

ASK (Approach, Skill, Knowledge ) principle is related to

(A) Classification

(B) Management

(C) ICT

(D) Standards

Answer: (B)

The subject of Research Methodology is the outcome of the mode of formation ofsubject, known as(A) Loose Assemblage(B) Fission(C) Distillation(D) ClusterAnswer: (C)

IIA founded in U.S.A. in 1968 stands for(A) Integrated Industry Association(B) Information Industry Association(C) Integrated Illiteracy eradication Association(D) Institute of Information Association.Answer: (D)

BSO in classification stands for(A) Basic Subject of Organisation(B) Broad Subject Ordering

(C) Bibliography of Subject Ordering(D) Bibliographic Subject OrganisationAnswer: (B)

The concept of Selective Dissemination of Information ( SDI ) was introduced by(A) Kaiser(B) Luhn of IBM(C) S. R. Ranganathan(D) Derek Austin.Answer: (B)

The book 'Library Administration' was brought out by Ranganathan in(A) 1925(B) 1933(C) 1931(D) 1935Answer: (D)

Among the following which has not been considered as a library of national importance(A) Saraswati Mahal Library(B) Delhi Public Library(C) Kudha Baksh Oriental Library(D) The Rampur Raza LibraryAnswer: (D)

The term Lexicography is associated with:(A) Compilation of Encyclopedia(B) Compilation of Hand books(C) Compilation of Dictionaries(D) None of the aboveAnswer: (C)

A Pre-print is a/an(C) Article to be presented in a conference(C) Conference paper to be included in the proceedings(C) Neither (a) nor (b)(C) Both (a) and (b)Answer: (D) Binary system of numbers uses only(A) Two digits(B) Four digits(C) Eight digits(D) Six digitsAnswer: (A)

'Canon of Characteristics' are part of(A) Verbal plane(B) Notational plane

(C) Idea plane(D) Structural planeAnswer: (C)

Xerographic process is categorised under(A) Photographic process(B) Reflex method(C) Silver halide process(D) Electrostatic processAnswer: (B)

The 'Study abroad' is a/an(A) Encyclopedia(B) Year book(C) Directory(D) HandbookAnswer: (D)

The 'User Profile' is a(A) List of descriptors(B) List of useful citations(C) List of users(D) Statement of user informationAnswer: (D)

Phoenix schedules are part of(A) DDC(B) BC(C) UDC(D) LCCAnswer: (A)

"Universal Bibliographical Control' is a programme of:(A) FID(B) IFLA(C) UNISIST(D) ALAAnswer: (B)

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 cmAnswer: (A)

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) SixAnswer: (C) 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 inchAnswer: (A)

RDA related to(A) Classification(B) Cataloguing(C) Searching(D) BrowsingAnswer: (B)

Which of the following is a Tertiary Sources of Information?(A) Journal(B) Bibliography(C) Encyclopaedia(D) Bibliography of BibliographiesAnswer: (D)

Number of States in India which have enacted Public Library Legislation till date is(A) Nineteen(B) Fourteen(C) Thirteen(D) SixteenAnswer: (A)Information is …(A) Raw data(B) Raw knowledge(C) Input data(D) Organized dataAnswer: (D)

BERN CONVENTION (1886) is concerned with:(A) Translations(B) Copyright(C) Patent(D) StandardsAnswer: (B)

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 Answer: (B)

Which organisation applied Library and Information Policy in India at national level?(A) NISSAT (B) INSDOC (C) UNESCO (D) RRRLF Answer: (D)

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 Answer: (B)

Whether intellectual property can be sold.(A) No(B) Sale is possible(C) Yes(D) None of theseAnswer: (B) The term communication came from which language?(A) Greek(B) Latin(C) German(D) FrenchAnswer: (B)

To which country the credit is given to coin the term information society?(A) USA (B) France (C) Japan (D) India Answer: (C) Today information is regarded as which of the following?(A) Wealth (B) Commodity (C) Products (D) All the aboveAnswer: (D)

What is the unit of information?(A) Bit (B) Byte (C) Gram (D) Hertz

Answer: (A)

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 Answer: (C)

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 UniversityAnswer: (A)

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 LISAnswer: (C)

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, BangaloreAnswer: (A)

UNISIST is a(A) Software(B) A Programme(C) Welfare association(D) A committeeAnswer: (B)

Which association`s tagline is “managing information”?(A) IFLA(B) ASLIB(C) ALA(D) LCAnswer: (B)

Which association`s tagline is “connecting people and information”?(A) SLA(B) IFLA(C) ALA(D) COMLAAnswer: (A)

Which organization has introduced the concept of “Sister libraries” for children`s and young adults reading?(A) UNESCO(B) IFLA(C) LC(D) LAAnswer: (B)

Which two organizations jointly publish survey on digitization and preservation?(A) IFLA + UNESCO(B) ALA + UNESCO(C) IFLA + ALA(D) IFLA + LCAnswer: (A)

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 LibrarianshipAnswer: (B)

Who published the journal International classification?(A) IFLA(B) UNESCO(C) ISKO(D) ALAAnswer: (C)

Which association in India awards teachers in LIS?(A) IATLIS(B) ILA(C) IASLIC(D) SISAnswer: (A)

Which law of library Science relates to the growth of libraries(A) Forth law(B) First law(C) Second law(D) Fifth lawAnswer: (D)

Resource sharing is a part of(A) Library cooperation(B)Library Administration(C)Library Management(D)Library CatalogingAnswer: (A)

Library Technology Report is a publication of(A) ALA(B) IASLIC(C) LA(D) ILAAnswer: (A)

ABGILA is a quarterly publication of(A) Assam Library Association(B) Andhra Desa Library Association(C) Indian Library Association(D) Raja Ram Mohun Roy FoundationAnswer: (C)

The Librarian Day celebrated on(A) 15th Sep(B) 24th Nov(C) 11th Dec(D) 12th AugAnswer: (D)

Forms of Extension service(A) Library Websites(B) Library Orientation(C) Book fair and Exhibition(D) AllAnswer: (D)

The Dewey Decimal Classification divides human knowledge into(A) 10 basic categories.(B) 100 basic categories.(C) 1000 basic categories.(D) 10000 basic categories.Answer: (A)

Call Number of a Book MeansA) Book Number(B) Class Number(C) Both (A) and (B) are true(D) None of the aboveAnswer: (C)Accession Number means(A) Call Number of a book(B) Unique Number for a book inside a particular library.(C) Book Number (D) Class numberAnswer: (B)How many digits have in the ISSN(A) 10(B) 8(C) 13(D) 15

Answer: (B)

Main use of Shelf list is

A) Cataloging(B) Circulation(C) Stock Verification(D) Book SelectionAnswer: (C)

Posting the right person at the right place is called ________(A) Recruitment(B) Coaching(C) Deployment(D) Inductionnswer: (A)

TQM is a system of continuous improvement employing participative management and centered on needs of the ________(A) Customers(B) Staff(C) Organization(D) GovernmentAnswer: (C) Financial support given to libraries are of two types - Recurring and(A) Ad-hoc(B) Endowments(C) Annual(D) Non-recurringAnswer: (B) Principle of maximum aggregate benefit is concerned with__(A) Growth of library(B) Library use(C) Library service(D) Library feeAnswer: (C)

…….. 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 budgetAnswer: (D) A budget which mainly covers items of current revenue and expenditure is called __.(A) Programme budget(B) Welfare economics

(C) Current budgeting(D) Capital budgetingAnswer: (D)

The library budget of a university is passed by the ?(A) Senate(B) Executive Council(C) Academic Council(D) Research CouncilAnswer: (B)

In fund accounting, _______ fund can not be used for other purposes.(A) Recurring(B) Non-recurring(C) Restricted(D) EncumberingAnswer: (A)

Scrutiny of financial transactions is called(A) Budgeting(B) Programming(C) Accounting(D) AuditingAnswer: (D) 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 StatisticalAnswer: (D)

How many columns are there in the accession register?(A) 10(B) 12(C) 14(D) 16Answer: (C)

PPBS relates to(A) Book selection(B) Journal selection(C) Budgeting(D) Library recordsAnswer: (C) Zero based budget is concerned with(A) Present(B) Past(C) Future(D) Remote future

Answer: (C)

Another term of PERT is(A) CPM(B) POSDCORB(C) MBO(D) HRMAnswer: (A) POSDCORB is related to(A) Library cataloguing(B) Library reference service(C) Library administration(D) Library automationAnswer: (C) What are the standard size of the Accession Register is(A) 16” * 12”(B) 16” * 13”(C) 16” * 11”(D) 16” * 18”Answer: (B)

A good library building is an outcome of librarian and.(A) Registrar(B) Building Corporation(C) Finance Officer(D) ArchitectAnswer: (D) _______ are the storage areas for the various types of documents kept in a library.(A) Tasks .(B). Racks(C) Stacks(D) DesksAnswer: (C)

Study carrels are exclusive areas meant for(A) Students(B) Public(C) Women(D) ResearchersAnswer: (D)

Library catalogue cards are filed in specially designed drawers calledA) Charging tray(B) Catalogue cabinet(C) Display rack .(D) Filling equipment

Answer: (B)

Information Gatekeepers come under ________ sources.(A) Documentary(B) Human(C) Institutional(D) Neo-conventionalAnswer: (A)

________ is a legal document and can be used as a source of industrial information.(A) Report(B) Law Review(C) Patent(D) SpecificationAnswer: (D) In Encyclopaedia Britianica, ___________ acts as an index to macropaedia.(A) Bibliography(B) Introduction Part(C) Propaedia(D) MicropaediaAnswer: (D) 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) ZeroAnswer: (C)

Payments for the books purchased can be made only after(A) Accessioning(B) Classification(C)Cataloguing(D) Arrangement in the shelveAnswer: (A)

The standard size of an accession register is ?(A) 15” x 13”(B) 16 x 13”(C)12” x 5”(D) 5” x 3”Answer: (B)

Technical section performs mainly two functions namely classification and(A) Accessioning(B) Bills payment(C) Cataloguing(D) Shelving

Answer: (C) Getting books back from the users and releasing the borrower’s ticket is known as(A) Charging(B) Holding(C) Reserving(D) DischargingAnswer: (D)

While entering the library, the personal belongings of a reader is kept in ________(A) Cloak Room(B) Property Counter(C) Gate counter(D) Store roomAnswer: (B)

Books misplaced on the shelves by readers are restored. This work is referred to as.(A) Shelving(B) Stock verification(C) Shelf rectification(D) ShiftingAnswer: (C)

Outdated and seldom used books are withdrawn from the library is known as ___________.(A) Shelving(B) Weeding(C) Circulating(D) GuidingAnswer: (B)

The objective of library binding is ________of the library materials.(A) Proper organisation(B) Accessibility.(C) Durability(D) Humidity controlAnswer: (C) 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) CollationAnswer: (D)

Sheets before and after the text of a book are called _________. .(A) End papers(B) Attach cover(C) Head bands(D) Gilding

Answer: (A)

Leather being used as one of the binding materials i.e., _________ is the strongest leather.(A) Roan(B) Imitation(C) Pig skin(D) Sheep skinAnswer: (D) ________ has prescribed certain standards for library binding.(A) ILA(B) ALA(C) BLA(D) NBTAnswer: (B)

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 planningAnswer: (A) Calcutta Public Library was established during(A) 15th Century(B) 16th Century(C) 19th Century(D) 20th Century.Answer: (C)

______ budgeting does not take into account what happened in the past but emphasizes on current activities.(A) Formula(B) Performance(C) Programme(D) Zero-baseAnswer: (B)

The library budget of a university is passed by the?(A) Senate(B) Executive Council(C) Academic Council(D) Research CouncilAnswer: (B)

In fund accounting, _______ fund cannot be used for other purposes.(A) Recurring(B) Non-recurring(C) Restricted(D) Encumbering

Answer: (A)

Scrutiny of financial transactions is called(A) Budgeting(B) Programming(C) AccountingD) AuditingAnswer: (D)

________ is one of the records of circulation section.(A) Accession Register(B) Day book(C) Catalogue Card(D) AACR-2 (R)Answer: (A)

The marketing concepts in Library Service include(A) analysis, planning, implementation and control(B) advertising, planning, analysis and control(C) distribution, control, analysis, implementation(D) indexing, planning, control and implementation.Answer: (B)

There are a few basic factors which may be applied in winning the hearts of the readers. They are(A) Psychological factor, environmental factor, social factor(B) Self factor, psychological factor, service factor(C) Service factor, philosophical factor, self factor(Dl Technological factor, service factor, self factor.Answer: (D)

Mean, Median and Mode are :(A) Measures of deviation(B) Ways of sampling(C) Measures of control tendency(D) None of the aboveAnswer: (D) 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 aboveAnswer: (C)

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

Answer: (C)

A common test in research demands much priority on(A) Reliability(B) Useability(C) Objectivity(D) All of the aboveAnswer: (D)

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 objectiveAnswer: (C) 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 ReasoningAnswer: (B)

Which of the following variables cannot be expressed in quantitative terms?(A) Socio-economic Status(B) Marital Status(C) Numerical Aptitude(D) Professional AttitudeAnswer: (C)

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 aboveAnswer: (D)

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 DataAnswer: (C)

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

Answer: (C) One of the following is not an open source software:(A) DSpace(B) Windows(C) Green-stone(D) LinuxAnswer: (B)

Classification of all types of libraries has been made by-(A) IFLA(B) UNISIST(C) UNESCO(D) INSDOCAnswer: (C) 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) NoneAnswer: (C)

Informal self education is possible in what kind of library?(A) National Library(B) Public Library(C) Specific Library(D) College LibraryAnswer: (B)

……………………. Is a process of information(A) Books (B) CD-ROM(C) Computers (D) None of the aboveAnswer: (B) Feedback mechanism is a part of which service?(A) Reprography (B) CAS(C) Translation service(D) SDIAnswer: (D)

What is the collection of terms or records in MARC called?(A) System (B) Network(C) Website (D) Database

Answer: (D) What is Bibliometry?(A) Function of Library Network(B) Information Management Service(C) Information Management Tool(D) Library ServiceAnswer: (C)

Microchip was invented by…..(A) Microsoft(B) IBM(C) DELL (D) IntelAnswer: (D)

Information is…..(A) Raw Data (B) Processed Data(C) Input data (D) Organized dataAnswer: (D) Conference proceedings are considered as..................documents.(A) Conventional(B) Primary(C) Secondary(D) TertiaryAnswer: (B)

RSS feed is a tool of :(A) Graphic design(B) Web 1.0(C) Web 2.0(D) ArchitectureAnswer: (C)

An appropriate source to find out descriptive information is................ .(A) Bibliography(B) Directory(C) Encyclopedia(D) DictionaryAnswer: (C)

One of the following search engine is exclusively meant for scientific information :(A) Google(B) Yahoo(C) SCIRUS(D) Altavista

Answer: (C)

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 developmentAnswer: (D)

The Farmington plan is associated with :(A) Library Legislation(B) Library Cataloguing(C) Library Cooperation(D) Library Indexing ServiceAnswer: (C)

UNESCO assisted Model Public Library in India is located at :(A) Kolkata(B) Delhi(C) Mumbai(D) ChennaiAnswer: (B)

Mark the ‘odd one out’ :(A) Cow-Calf principle(B) Principle of osmosis(C) Wall picture principle(D) Whole organ principleAnswer: (B) Shelf list facilitates................ .(A) ClassificationB) Weeding out(C) Stock verification(D) DocumentationAnswer: (C)

Questionnaire is a :(A) Research method(B) Measurement technique(C) Tool for data collection(D) Data analysis techniqueAnswer: (C)

A periodical evaluation of an employee is done through........... .(A) Job rotation (B) Performance appraisal(C) Refresher course (D) Work guideAnswer: (B) “Controlled Group” is a term used in.............. .(A) Survey research

(B) Historical research(C) Experimental research(D) Descriptive researchAnswer: (C)

‘Noise’ in Information Retrieval is due to............. .A) Precision (B) Recall (C) Relevant information (D) Redundant informationAnswer: (D) What is the relationship between ISBD and cataloguing codes ?(A) They are not related at all(B) Cataloguing codes will include bibliographic descriptionC) ISBD includes cataloguing rules(D) ISBD can replace cataloguing rulesAnswer: (B)

Tagging in web 2.0 application is called :A) Taxonomy(B) Folksonomy(C) Syndication(D) DirectoryAnswer: (B)

Inductive logic proceeds from :(A) General to General(B) Particular to General(C) General to Particular(D) Particular to ParticularAnswer: (B)

Which of the following is not a “Graphic representation” ?(A) Pie Chart(B) Bar Chart(C) Table(D) HistogramAnswer: (C)

The oldest and the largest Library Association in the world is............. .(A) ALA (B) LA (C) IFLA (D) IASLICAnswer: (A)Which of the following is not covered under Intellectual Property Rights ?

(A) Copyrights B) Patents (C) Trade Marks (D) Thesaurus

Answer: (D)

Ontology is................. .

(A) An Indexing Method (B) Classification of Internet based documents

(C) Cataloguing of Internet based documents (D) Documentation service

Answer: (B)

High Level Language is.................. .

(A) Disk space dependent (B) O. S. dependent (C) Machine independent

(D) Machine dependent Answer : (C)

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

(A) Noise (B) Feedback (C) Medium (D) Source Answer: (B)

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

Answer: (D)

Which of the following is an ‘Acronym’ ?

(A) UNESCO (B) UNO (C) UNDP (D) UGC Answer: (A)

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

(A) Protocol (B) Agreement (C) Pact (D) Memorandum Answer: (A)

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

(A) Physical (B) Technical C) Human (D) Financial Answer: ©

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

Answer: (D)

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.

Answer: (C)

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.

Answer: (C)

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. Answer: (A)