NET LIS Questions

Sl. Question
Ans
No.
1. Hybrid library deals with
(C)
(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?
(D)
(A) UNESCO (B) CILIP (C) ALA (D) OCLC
3. Which type of books should be weeded in a library?
(A)
(A) Superseded editions (B) Thesaurus (C) Dictionary (D) Encyclopaedia
4. The standard size of a catalogue card is
(A)
(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
(B)
(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
(B)
(A) Assam (B) Jammu and Kashmir (C) Haryana (D) Delhi
7. Who invented World Wide Web (WWW)
(C)
(A) Vint Cerf (B) Charles Babbage (C) Tim Berners-Lee (D) Steve Jobs
According to General Financial Rules, 2005, loss of how many volumes per thousand
8.
volumes issued / consulted in a year is to be taken as reasonable. (C)
(A) Three (B) Four (C) Five (D) Six
9. According to Ranganathan, many collections lose its relevance in how many years?
(A)
(A) 20 years. (B) 30 years (C) 40 Years (D) 50 years.
Annual withdrawals from the collection should average at least how many percent of the total
10.
collection. (A)
(A) 5% (B) 10% (C) 15% (D) 20%
11. The standard size of a catalogue card is
(A)
(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
(B)
(A) Paris, France (B) Netherlands, in The Hague (C) Canada (D) London
13. The head office of Indian Library Association (ILA) is
(A)
(A) Delhi (B) Kolkata (C) Bengalore (D) Mumbai
14. The word Archives is most relevant to
(A)
(A) Historical material (B) National bibliography (C) Free of charge (D) Family members
The word Referral service is most relevant to
15.
(A) Database search service (B) Inter Library Loan (C) Information scouting (C)
(D) Retrospective searching
16. Which of the following is a Library Management Software?
(A)
(A) LibSys 7 (B) EPrints (C) Joomla (D) Drupal
17. Which of the following is an Open Source Software?
(C)
(A) E-Granthalaya (B) SOUL 2.0 (C) Koha (D) LibSys 7
18. Which of the following is a Secondary source of information?
(B)
(A) Journal (B) Text book (C) Bibliography of Bibliography (D) Bibliography
First generation computer uses
19.
(A) Microprocessor (B) Transistors (C) Integrated circuits (D)
(D) Thermionic valves or vacuum tube or electronic valves
20. Shannon and Weaver related to (C)
 (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) Bradford's Law of Information
21. Delivery of Books (Public Libraries Act) enacted in
(D)
(A) 1977 (B) 1944 (C) 1967 (D) 1954
Dr. S. R. Ranganathan related to
22. (A) The disciple of Melvil Dewey who worked in India (B) The first professionally qualified
(B)
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 ..
First university to introduce MPhil and PhD in LIS in India
23.
(A) Aligarh Muslim University (B) University of Calcutta (C) University of Delhi (C)
(D) University of Madras
24. UGC Curriculum Development Committee formed in
(A)
(A) 1993 (B) 1991 (C) 1968 (D) 1989
Second generation computer uses
25.
(A) Thermionic valves or vacuum tube or electronic valves (B) Microprocessor (D)
(C) Integrated circuits (D) Transistors
Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine related to
26.
(A) Sears List of Subject Heading (B) Library of Congress Classification System (C) UDC (C)
(D) Dictionary Catalogue
27. CCF was developed by
(A)
(A) UNESCO (B) IFLA (C) FID (D) Library of Congress
28. Berne Convention and Universal Copyright Convention was revised in Paris in
(C)
(A) 1949 (B) 1952 (C) 1971 (D) 1931
29. The UNESCO Public Library Manifesto was last revised in
(D)
(A) 1956 (B) 1931 (C) 1972 (D) 1994
30. Which of the following is a social network?
(B)
(A) BUBL Link (B) LIS Links (C) Intute (D) DMOZ
Peter A. Phyer related to
31.
(A) Ranganathan formulated his first law of library from his casual hint. (B) Library (D)
legislation (C) Living with book (D) Zero Based Budget
Koha was developed at
32. (A) Katipo Communications Ltd, New Zealand (B) University of Waikato, New Zealand. (C)
(A)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) libraries & Hewlett-Packard labs (D)
Wikimedia Foundation
C. W. Hanson
(A) Categorized information need into current approach, everyday approach, and exhaustive
33. approach. (B) Divides documentary sources of information into primary and secondary. (C)
(B)
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.
The First and Oldest University Library was established in British India at
34.
(A) University of Delhi (B) Calcutta University (C) Aligarh Muslim University (B)
(D) University of Madras
35. Deleted email can be found in the
(A)
(A) Trash folder (B) Inbox folder (C) Starred folder (D) Spam folder
36. RDA related to
(B)
(A) Classification (B) Cataloguing (C) Searching (D) Browsing
 George Kingsely Zipf related to
37. (A) Psycho-biology of language An introduction to dynamic philosophy
(A)
(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
(D)
(A) 1977 (B) 1944 (C) 1954 (D) 1967
Alireza Noruzi related to
39. (A) Application of Ranganathan's Laws to the Web
(A)
(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)
E. B. Ross related to
40.
(A) Ranganathan formulated his first law of library from his casual hint. (A)
(B) Library legislation (C) Living with book (D) Zero Based Budget
Denis Grogan
(A) Categorized information need into current approach, everyday approach, and exhaustive
41. approach. (B) Divides documentary sources of information into primary and secondary. (C)
(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)
(A) Kolkata (B) Delhi (C) Mumbai (D) Chennai
43. Reference and information service is most relevant to
(D)
(A) Referral Service (B) SDI (C) CAS (D) Retrospective searching
44. Which of the following is an Institutional Repository Software Package?
(B)
(A) Joomla (B) EPrints (C) Koha (D) Drupal
45. Which of the following is a Tertiary Sources of Information?
(D)
(A) Journal (B) Bibliography (C) Encyclopaedia (D) Bibliography of Bibliographies
46. First library act was enacted in Great Britain in
(B)
(A) 1847 (B) 1850 (C) 1867 (D) 1840
Michael Gorman related to
47. (A) Application of Ranganathan's Laws to the Web (B) The disciple of Melvil Dewey who
(C)
worked in India (C) Our Singular Strengths (D) The first librarian of the Imperial Library
(now National Library, Kolkata)
Dr. Nihar Ranjan Roy related to
48. (A) Application of Ranganathan's Laws to the Web (B) The first professionally qualified
(C)
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)
(A) Paris, France (B) Netherlands, in The Hague (C) London (D) England
M. C. Yovits related to
50. (A) Psycho-biology of language An introduction to dynamic philosophy
(B)
(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
(C)
(A) 1847 (B) 1850 (C) 1867 (D) 1840
First B.Lib. Science Course was introduced in
52.
(A) Aligarh Muslim University (B) University of Calcutta (C) University of Delhi (A)
(D) University of Madras
 J. C. M. Hanson related to
53.
(A) Sears List of Subject Heading (B) Library of Congress Classification System (B)
(C) UDC (D) Dictionary Catalogue
Third generation computer uses
54.
(A) Microprocessor (B) Transistors (C) Integrated circuits (C)
(D) Thermionic valves or vacuum tube or electronic valves
Fourth generation computer uses
55.
(A) Microprocessor (B) Thermionic valves or vacuum tube or electronic valves (A)
(C) Transistors (D) Integrated circuits
56. UNIMARC was developed by
(B)
(A) UNESCO (B) IFLA (C) FID (D) Library of Congress
57. Universal Copyright conventions was in
(B)
(A) 1949 (B) 1952 (C) 1971 (D) 1931
58. The UNESCO Public Library Manifesto first issued in
(A)
(A) 1949 (B) 1952 (C) 1971 (D) 1931
59. Which of the following is not a web browser?
(D)
(A) Firefox (B) Internet Explorer (C) Google Chrome (D) DMOZ
Haines related to
60.
(A) Ranganathan formulated his first law of library from his casual hint. (B) Library (C)
legislation (C) Living with book (D) Zero Based Budget
61. Which of the following is not a Learning Management System (LMS)
(C)
(A) Moodle (B) Claroline (C) Drupal (D) ATutor
DSpace was developed at
62. (A) Katipo Communications Ltd, New Zealand (B) University of Waikato, New Zealand. (C)
(C)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) libraries & Hewlett-Packard labs (D)
Wikimedia Foundation
Melvin J. Voigt
(A) Categorized information need into current approach, everyday approach, and exhaustive
63. approach. (B) Divides documentary sources of information into primary and
(A)
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.
GSDL was developed at
64. (A) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) libraries & Hewlett-Packard labs
(C)
(B) Katipo Communications Ltd, New Zealand
(C) University of Waikato, New Zealand. (D) Wikimedia Foundation
Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(A) Categorized information need into current approach, everyday approach, and exhaustive
65. approach. (B) Divides documentary sources of information into primary and
(D)
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
(B)
(A) Kolkata (B) New Delhi (C) Bangalore (D) Chennai
The first university to establish a full-fledged Department of Library Science
67.
(A) University of Delhi (B) Calcutta University (C) Aligarh Muslim University (A)
(D) University of Madras
68. An Invisible college is a typical example of (A)
(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
(B)
(A) 1911 (B) 1886 (C) 1900 (D) 1947
70. FID was dissolved in the year
(A)
A) 2002 (B) 2005 (C) 2000 (D) 2003
71. Who had given the Minimal, Middling and Maximum theories of reference service?
(D)
(A) C. M. Winchell (B) S. R. Ranganathan (C) James I Wyer (D) Samuel Rothstein
PERT was developed by
72.
(A) The Navy special project office (B) Booz Allen Hamelton (C) Both (A) and (B) (A)
(D) None of the above
73. The term hyper text was coined by
(A)
(A) Ted Nelson (B) Charles Babbage (C) Tim Berner Lee (D) Tay Vaughan
74. The 12 rules for relational database were given by
(D)
(A) Larvy Page (B) Linus Tolward (C) J. Bill Gates (D) Edgar. F. Codd
75. Bibliographic coupling was first advocated by
(B)
(A) B. K. Sen (B) M. M. Kessler (C) S. C. Bradford (D) S. R. Ranganathan
76. Granthana is an official publication of
(C)
(A) ILA (B) IASLIC (C) RRRLF (D) APLA
Million Book Project was initiated by
77.
(A) Pittsburg University (B) Carnegie Mellon University(C) MIT, USA (B)
(D) Michigan University
78. The quotation Where is the Wisdom, We Lost in Knowledge... is by
(C)
(A) John Keats (B) M. P. Carter (C) T. S. Eliot (D) Marshall McLuhan
79. CONPOLIS (India) was set up in the year
(A)
(A) 1985 (B) 1986 (C) 1987 (D) 1988
First time efforts for the development of libraries in India were made
80.
(A) S. R. Ranganathan (B) S. Radhakrishnan (C) Sayaji Rao Gaekwad I (D)
(D) Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III
81. Emerald full text Database is published from
(D)
(A) USA (B) Germany (C) France (D) U.K.
82. Who propounded Conservative, moderate and liberal theories of reference service?
(C)
(A) William A Katz (B) S. R. Ranganathan (C) James I. Wyer (D) R. Emery
Which national agency in India is assigning the ISBN?
83. (A) Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Education Resource Centre
(A)
(B) Delhi Public Library (C) Federation of Publishers in India
(D) National Library of India
84. The term Cyberspace was first used by
(B)
(A) Andrew Pollock (B) William Gibson (C) John Postal (D) Joe Flower
85. The simple Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES) consists of
(B)
(A) 10 elements (B) 15 elements (C) 14 elements (D) 18 elements
Libraries as Gateways to Knowledge is the title of the document of
86.
(A) National Information Policy, 1986 (B) Information Technology Act, 2000 (C)
(C) National Knowledge Commission on Libraries, 2007 (D) None of the above
87. The Library Association (UK) is now the component of
(B)
(A) ASLIB (B) CILIP (C) ALA (D) None of the above
88. Real Time Access refers to (C)
 (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
(B)
(A) Planning (B) Motivation (C) Innovation (D) None of the above
90. INSDOC has been merged with NISCOM and is now known as
(B)
(A) DELNET (B) NISCAIR (C) DESIDOC (D) NASSDOC
91. ISBN consists of
(C)
(A) 6 digits (B) 8 digits (C) 13 digits (D) 15 digits
Bibliographical coupling is related to
92.
(A) Bibliometric studies (B) Bibliography compilation (C) Modes of subject formation (D) (A)
Vocabulary control
93. ISBN changed from 10 digits to 13 from
(A)
(A) January, 2007 (B) January, 2008 (C) January, 2006 (D) January, 2005
94. IASLIC was founded in the year
(A)
(A) 1955 (B) 1965 (C) 1975 (D) 1985
WorldCat is maintained by
95.
(A) Library of Congress (B) Online Library Center (C) American Library Association (D) (D)
None of the above
96. Number of States in India which have enacted Public Library Legislation till date is
(A)
(A) Eighteen (B) Fourteen (C) Thirteen (D) Sixteen
Which publication was not authored by S.R. Ranaganathan?
97.
(A) Prolegomena to library classification (B) Reference Service (D)
(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
(C)
(A) Germany (B) UK (C) USA (D) Budapest
Five Laws of Library Science was first published in
99.
(A) 1925 (B) 1930 (C) 1931 (D) 1933 (C)
100)
What is Dublin Core?
100.
(A) Content management tool (B) E- Library software (C) Metadata standard (D) Internet (C)
Protocol
101. Information is
(D)
(A) Raw data (B) Raw knowledge (C) Input data (D) Organized data
Fair use is a term most relevant to
102.
(A) Intellectual Property Rights (B) Books borrowed for home reading (C) Copy right(D) (C)
Use of reference books
WIPO stands for
103. (A) World Information and Patents Organisation (B) World Intellectual Property
(B)
Organisation (C) World International Property Organisation (D) World Information
Protection Organisation
Handling of Information in the sense of production is called
104.
(A) Information Marketing (B) Information Industry (C) Information Production (B)
(D) Information Revolution
105. BERN CONVENTION (1886) is concerned with
(B)
(A) Translations (B) Copyright (C) Patent (D) Standards
106. Informal communication among knowledgeable person is known as (A)
(A) Invisible College (B) Information Gatekeeper (C) Communication Gatekeeper
 (D) Knowledge Management
107. Which one of the following is not associated with the communication system?
(D)
(A) Receiver B) Channel (C) Sender (D) Entropy
The invisible web refers to-
108. (A) The internet, since we cannot see it (B) That part of the internet, which is hidden from
(B)
the search engines (C) The telecommunication signals which are not seen D) The failure in
accessing the web pages
109. Who was the chairman of National Library Committee of India?
(A)
(A) B. S. Jha B) K. P. Sinha C) S. Mudaliar D) C. D. Deshmukh
110. Which organisation applied Library and Information Policy in India at national level.
(D)
(A) NISSAT B) INSDOC C) UNESCO D) RRRLF
111. Where is the head quarter of Patent Information System in India?
(C)
(A) Pune B) Mumbai (C) Nagpur (D) Delhi
The act enacted in India in 1856 on Intellectual Property Right was based on.
112.
(A) American Patent Law 1810 (B) British Patent Law 1852 (C) The Patent Bill (D) (B)
The Design Act of 1911
113. Whether intellectual property can be sold.
(B)
(A) No (B) Sale is possible (C) Yes (D) None of these
114. Whether intellectual property can be sold.
(B)
(A) No (B) Sale is possible (C) Yes (D) None of these
115. Who is the propounder of the term information transfer?
(C)
(A) Ranganathan (B) J. Martin (C) Beesman D) Calvin Moores
116. To which country the credit is given to coin the term information society?
(C)
(A) USA (B) France C) Japan (D) India
117. Today information is regarded as which of the following?
(D)
(A) Wealth B) Commodity C) Products (D) All the above
118. What is the unit of information?
(A)
(A) Bit (B) Byte (C) Gram D) Hertz
119. Delivery of Book Act passed in the year
(D)
(A) 1963 (B) 1972 (C) 1960 (D) 1954
120. Now a days what is a most important vital resource for societal development of a country ?
(C)
(A) Books (B) Kowledge C) Information (D) Data
121. Who is the Father of a computer
(D)
(A) Steve Jobs (B) Vint Cerf (C) Tim Berners-Lee (D) Charles Babbage
When was Dr. S. R. Ranganathan was appointed as a National research professor of Library
122.
science (B)
(A) 1942 (B) 1962 (C) 1972 (D) 1952
Which Indian University first started M.Lib.Sc. & M.Phil courses
123.
(A) University of Delhi (B) University of Madras (C) S.N.D.T. Women University, (A)
Bombay (D) Aligar Muslim University
Which Commission recommended 10% of the total college budget for development of
124. Libraries?
(C)
(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Committee (B) Mehrotra Committee
(C) Kothari Committee (D) Curriculum Development Committee in LIS
125. UNISIST is a (B)
(A) Software (B) A Programme (C) Welfare association (D) A committee
 Where did Dr. S. R. Ranganathan put forth his five laws of library science?
126.
(A) Meenakshi College, Annamalainagar (B) Hindu College, New Delhi (A)
(C) City College, Bangalore (D) Christ College, Bangalore
127. When did ILA became the member of IFLA?
(C)
(A) 1952 (B) 1955 (C) 1957 (D) 1965
In which year ASLIB was acquired by MCB group, the holding company for emerald group
128.
publishing? (D)
(A) 2003 (B) 2005 (C) 2009 (D) 2010
129. Which association`s tagline is managing information?
(B)
(A) IFLA (B) ASLIB (C) ALA (D) LC
130. Which association`s tagline is connecting people and information?
(A)
(A) SLA (B) IFLA (C) ALA (D) COMLA
131. When was the International institute of Documentation established?
(A)
(A) 1931 (B) 1934 (C) 1940 (D) 1945
Which organization has introduced the concept of Sister libraries for children`s and young
132.
adults reading? (B)
(A) UNESCO (B)IFLA (C) LC (D) LA
133. In which year the ISBN allocation office in India shifted from Kolkatta to Delhi?
(C)
(A) 2009 (B) 2010 (C) 2011 (D) 2012
134. Which two organizations jointly publish survey on digitization and preservation?
(A)
(A) IFLA + UNESCO (B) ALA + UNESCO (C) IFLA + ALA (D) IFLA + LC
Who said that Librarianship is not a profession?
135.
(A) Madden, Moon, Moore, Mc Pheron (B) Goode, Rossi, Shaffer, Gullis (A)
(C) Dewey, Rundey, Reeves, Aishen (D) Ranganathan, Dewey, Cutter
Who said that Librarianship is not a profession?
136.
(A) Madden, Moon, Moore, Mc Pheron (B) Goode, Rossi, Shaffer, Gullis (B)
(C) Dewey, Rundey, Reeves, Aishen (D) Ranganathan, Dewey, Cutter
In which year International institute of Documentation changed to International federation of
137.
Documentation? (B)
(A) 1931 (B) 1937 (C) 1945 (D) 1948
138. In which year headquarter of FID was shifted from Brussels to The Hague?
(D)
(A) 1925 (B) 1928 (C) 1930 (D) 1934
139. Who gave the sixth law of library science Every reader his/her freedom?
(C)
(A) Walt Crawford (B) Michael Gorman (C) James R. Rettig (D) Lenart Bjorneborn
140. Where was the first library noticed in India?
(D)
(A) Taxila (B) Nalanda (C) Vallabhi (D) Sravasti
141. When was the curriculam development committee on LIS instituted?
(B)
(A) 1988-89 (B) 1990-93 (C) 1994-97 (D) 1999-02
142. Who published the journal International classification?
(C)
(A) IFLA (B) UNESCO (C) ISKO (D) ALA
143. Which association in India awards teachers in LIS?
(A)
(A) IATLIS (B) ILA (C) IASLIC (D) SIS
144. Where is the headquarter of SLA?
(A)
(A) New York (B) Lagos (C) Shimla (D) New Delhi
145. Which law of library Science relates to the growth of libraries (D)
(A) Forth law (B) First law (C) Second law (D) Fifth law
 UAP stands for what of the following
146.
(A) United Academy of publication (B) Universal Association of Publishers (C)
(C) Universal Availability of Publications. (D) Universal Association of Publishers
Resource sharing is a part of
147.
(A) Library cooperation (B)Library Administration (C)Library Management (A)
(D)Library Cataloging
148. The five laws of Library Science published in the book form in the year
(B)
(A) 1924 (B) 1931 (C) 1928 (D) 1930
149. Library Technology Report is a publication of
(A)
(A) ALA (B) IASLIC (C) LA (D) ILA
ABGILA is a quarterly publication of
150.
(A) Assam Library Association (B) Andhra Desa Library Association (C)
(C) Indian Library Association (D) Raja Ram Mohun Roy Foundation
151. When was the American Library Association established
(A)
(A) 1876 (B) 1872 (C) 1875 (D) 1880
152. Which term was coined by Dr. S. R. Ranganathan for mobile libraries?
(B)
(A) Moving Library (B) Library on Wheels (C) Library Machine (D) All of above
153. The Librarian Day celebrated on
(D)
(A) 15th Sep (B) 24th Nov (C) 11th Dec (D) 12th Aug
154. Forms of Extension service
(D)
(A) Library Websites (B) Library Orientation (C) Book fair and Exhibition (D) All
The first library school was started by
155.
(A) Melvin Dewey (B) Charles Williamson (C) John Macfarlane (A)
(D) William Allenson Borden
156. Encyclopedia of library and Information Science is published by
(C)
(A) H. W. Wilson (B) R. R. Bowker (C) Marcel Dekker (D) Andrew Deutsch
The secondary source of information comprised of
157.
(A) Text books and research monographs. (B) Subject periodicals and encyclopedias (C)
(C) Indexing and Abstracting periodicals (D) Bibliography and patents
Who categorized information source into conventional, non conventional, neo conventional
158.
and micro documents (A)
(A) Ranganathan (B) Bradford (C) Grogan (D) Henson
159. Article published in research journal are
(C)
(A) Reference sources (B) Secondary sources (C) Primary sources (D) Tertiary sources
What is the Thesaurus?
160.
(A) A collection of selected terminology (B) Synonymous terms (C) List of words (D)
(D) All of the above
What is a Patent?
161. (A) An agreement to the Government (B) Document of the library
(C)
(C) An agreement between the inventor and the Government
(D) An agreement between library and Publisher
162. World of learning is a what source of information
(C)
(A) Primary source (B) Documentary source (C) Secondary source (D) Tertiary source
163. Indian books in Print are published from
(D)
(A) Tamil nadu (B) Chennai (C) Bombay (D) New Delhi
164. Cumulative book index is published from
(B)
(A) India (B) USA (C) Canada (D) Thailand
165. Statesman year book is published from
(A)
(A) London (B) New york (C) Calcutta (D) Chicago
166. Word of learning is Published by
(C)
(A) Asian events (B) Keesings (C) Europa publication (D) Harper & Row
167. Who is the editor of Library Herald
(A)
(A) Krishan Kumar (B) C. K. Sharma (C) S. R. Ranganathan (D) F. Monbray Volte
168. Who was Published the monthly Journal The Library World
(B)
(A) Krishan kumar (B) J. D. Brown (C) H. W. Wilson (D) K. Navlavi
169. Facts of File is weekly digest of
(C)
(A) Indian events (B) American events (C) World events (D) England events
170. Who is the first editor of Modern Librarian?
(A)
(A) F. Monbrary Volte (B) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (C) J. D. Brown (D) Krishan Kumar
171. Who is the first editor of Modern Librarian?
(B)
(A) F. Monbrary Volte (B) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (C) J. D. Brown (D) Krishan Kumar
172. Who is the author of Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous literature
(A)
(A) S. Halkett & J. Laing (B) Robert Proctor (C) Ralph De sols (D) Hanuman Sastri
173. Compton year book contains
(C)
(A) Political events (B) Cultural events (C) Outstanding events (D) Economic events
174. Online Europa year book has coverage since
(D)
(A) 1965 (B) 1975 (C) 1984 (D) 1985
175. Which of the following is a multi-subject gateway?
(A)
(A) Renardus (B) Humbul (C) Sapling (D) EdWEb
176. Which of the following is a specialized information organization online tool?
(C)
(A) Mamma (B) Dogpile (C) Vivisimo (D) Entireweb
177. Research periodicals are which category of sources?
(A)
(A) Primary (B) Secondary (C) Tertiary (D) Non documentary.
Reference sources are those
178.
(A) Which are large in size? (B) Which are read at home easily? (C)
(C) Which used to obtain particular information? (D) Which are costly?
179. Who is the publisher of Encyclopedia of Library and information science?
(C)
(A) Boweker (B) H. W. Wilson company (C) M. Dekker (D) H. W. Wilson
180. Retrospective search service is a type of
(B)
(A) Referral service (B) Reference service (C) CAS (D) SDI
181. Which part of new encyclopedia Britannica is useful for ready references?
(B)
(A) Macropaedia (B) Propaedia (C) Micropaedia (D) Premedia
182. Year book are also known as
(B)
(A) Hand book (B) Annual (C) Directory (D) Dictionary
183. What is India A reference annual?
(A)
(A) Year Book (B) Almanac (C) Gide book (D) Hand book
What is Trade bibliography?
184.
(A) List of Author Bibliography(B) List of Special Bibliography (C) List of books in print or (C)
for sale compiled by a publisher (D) List of books of trade Library
185. Who publishes INIS Atom Index?
(A)
(A) INIS (Viena) (B) LC (C ) ICSU (D) AGRIS
186. What is the meaning of E-Documents? (C)
(A) All Documents other than printed (B) Non-Paper documents
 (C) In electronic form such as Cassettes, CD-ROMs, etc. (D) Audio visual tools
What is the meaning of E-Documents?
187.
(A) All Documents other than printed (B) Non-Paper documents (C)
(C) In electronic form such as Cassettes, CD-ROMs, etc. (D) Audio visual tools
Generally the information sources are divided mainly in to following categories?
188.
(A) Primary and secondary. (B) Reference and information sources. (C)
(C) Documentary and non-documentary (D) Books and periodicals
What are non- documentary sources?
189.
(A) Which are in printed form? (B) Which are in not printed form? (B)
(C) Which are nor documents (D) None of these
Today which type of information sources is most useful?
190.
(A) Reference sources (B) Documentary source (C) Non- Documentary source (C)
(D) Both the Documentary and Non-Documentary sources
Cover to cover translation is treated as
191.
(A) Selective dissemination service (B) Current awareness services (B)
(C) On demand services (D) Anticipatory services
192. What is the suitable reference sources to know about the information of a particular place?
(B)
(A) Directory (B) Gazetteer (C) Encyclopedia (D) Year book
193. What is the suitable reference sources to find out the list of historical monuments of Delhi?
(C)
(A) Atlas (B) Gazetteer (C) Guide book (D) Globe
194. What is world of learning?
(A)
(A) Directory (B) Encyclopedia (C) Dictionary (D) Year book
195. What do you call a collection of maps, tables, charts, etc.?
(C)
(A) Globe (B) Gazetteer (C) Atlas (D) Map
196. How many volumes Micropaedia of new Encyclopedia Britannica is published?
(C)
(A) 2 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 12
197. Encyclopedia Americana consists of
(D)
(A) 20 Volumes (B) 25 Volumes (C) 28 Volumes (D) 30 Volumes
198. Which of the following are not the secondary sources?
(C)
(A) Encyclopedia (B) Digest (C) Thesis (D) Text book
199. What is the publication frequency of books in print?
(C)
(A) Monthly (B) Weekly (C) Annually (D) Quarterly
What is National bibliography?
200.
(A) List of books of National Library (B) List of books published in a particular Nation (C) (B)
List of books written by National government (D) List of books on a nation
201. What is the frequency of I.N.B.?
(B)
(A) Quarterly (B) Monthly (C) Weekly (D) Annual
202. Facts on File is a
(A)
(A) Weekly list (B) Fortnightly (C) Monthly (D) Quarterly
203. The term Information Service is an improvised name
(D)
(A) Administration (B) Documentation (C) Bibliography (D) Reference service
204. Which terms was coined by S.R. Ranganathan for mobile libraries
(B)
(A) Moving library (B) Library on wheels (C) Library machine (D) All of the above
205. Abstracting service provides (C)
(A) Abstract of articles (B) Whole bibliographic description of articles
(C) Whole bibliographic description along with abstracts of article
(D) Whole bibliographic sources
206. Which service demands the creation of a user profile?
(C)
(A) CAS (B) Information retrieval (C) SDI (D) Reference service
Reference service is the contact between the right reader and the right book in the right
207. personal way was stated by
(B)
(A) D J Fockett (B) S R Ranganathan (C) James I Wyer (D) A. L. A Glossary of library
terms
CAS is defined as
208.
(A) A process of dissemination of information (B) A process of information (C)
(C) A process of dissemination of current information (D) A simple information service
209. Feedback mechanism is a part of which service?
(D)
(A) Reprography service (B) CAS (C) Translation service (D) SDI
Mobile library is a kind of which service?
210.
(A) Reference service (B) Extension service (C) Ready reference service (B)
(D) Long range reference service
The person who provides reference service is called
211.
(A) Chief librarian (B) Grade One Librarian (C) Deputy Librarian (D) Reference (D)
Librarian
212. Reading centre, story hours, exhibition and reading to literature are form of
(A)
(A) Extension service (B) Service of Public library (C) Both (D) None
213. Who Invented the Dictionary Catalogue?
(B)
(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (B) C. A. Cutter (C) D. B. Krishna Rao (D) K. N. Raj
214. What is the another name of Added entries?
(C)
(A) Main entry (B) Cross reference entry (C) Secondary entries (D) Subject entry
215. When was SLSH published?
(C)
(A) 1903 (B) 1897 (C) 1923 (D) 1933
216. When was MARC project completed?
(B)
(A) 1987 (B) 1967 (C) 1947 (D) 1968
Who defined notation as shorthand sign
217.
(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (B) Benjamin A. Custer (C) Immanuel Kant (D) E. C. (D)
Richardson
218. Who enunciated the five fundamental categories
(C)
(A) Benjamin A. Custer (B) Paul Otlet (C) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (D) W. C. Sayers
219. Who enunciated the subject Classification
(A)
(A) J. D. Brown (B) W. C. Sayers (C) Benjamin A.Custer (D) Frist Donker Duyvis
220. How many Auxiliary tables are there in DDC 23rd Edition
(B)
(A) 16 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8
221. Colon classification was first published in
(C)
(A) 1905 (B) 1931 (C) 1933 (D) 1944
222. Phoenix schedules are part of which classification
(B)
(A) CC (B) DDC (C) UDC (D) LCC
Sears List of Subject Headings (SLSH) is mainly useful for
223.
(A) Small and medium libraries (B) Special libraries (C) Academic libraries (A)
(D) College libraries
224. In which year DDC 23rd edition was published
(B)
(A) 2000 (B) 2011 (C) 2003 (D) 2010
225. The word classification comes from the Latin word
(A)
(A) Classis (B) Classes (C) Clauses (D) Fiction
226. The first edition of DDC published in
(B)
(A) 1875 (B) 1876 (C) 1874 (D) 1896
227. The first edition of UDC published in
(C)
(A) 1904 (B) 1901 (C) 1905 (D) 1894
228. Who is the publishers of Sears list of subject headings
(C)
(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (B) Brown (C) H. W. Wilson (D) C. A. Cutter
229. MESH is a
(A)
(A) Thesaurus (B) Dictionary (C) Journal (D) Library
230. The First edition of DDC Consisted of
(C)
(A) 144 pages (B) Four volume (C) 44 pages (D) 124 pages
What are the four entity of FRBR model?
231.
(A) Personality, Matter, Energy, Space (B) Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item (B)
(C) Book, Form, Availability, Type (D) Discipline, Entity, Action, Personality
Who is the Editor in Chief of 23rd Edition of DDC
232.
(A) Benjamin A. Custer (B) John P. Comaromi (C) Winton E. Matthews (D) John S. (D)
Mitchell
233. When was the different typological study towards mode of formation of subjects done?
(A)
(A) 1950 (B) 1960 (C) 1970 (D) 1975
234. In which edition Auxiliary table for area was first introduced?
(D)
(A) DDC 14 (B) DDC 15 (C) DDC 16 (D) DDC 17
What does LED stands for in CC?
235.
(A) Latest Energy Developments (B) Latest Effective Decade (C) Large Energy (B)
Distribution (D) Lowest Effective Decade
236. The term prenatal cataloguing first used by
(B)
(A) Michael Gorman (B) Dr. S.R.Ranganathan (C) E.B.Ross (D) Melvin Dewey
The Dewey Decimal Classification divides human knowledge into
237.
(A) 10 basic categories. (B) 100 basic categories. (C) 1000 basic categories. (A)
(D) 10000 basic categories.
238. Who devised Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System?
(A)
(A) Melville Dewey (B) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (C) Tim Berners-Lee (D) Vint Cerf
239. Call Number of a Book Means
(C)
(A) Book Number (B) Class Number (C) Both (A) and (B) are true (D) None of the above
Accession Number means
240.
(A) Call Number of a book (B) Unique Number for a book inside a particular library. (B)
(C) Book Number (D) Class number
Who is the Editor in Chief of 19th Edition of DDC
241.
(A) Benjamin A. Custer (B) John P. Comaromi (C) Winton E. Matthews (D) John S. (A)
Mitchell
Who is the Editor in Chief of 20th Edition of DDC
242.
(A) Benjamin A. Custer (B) John P. Comaromi (C) Winton E. Matthews (D) John S. (B)
Mitchell
Who is the Editor in Chief of 21st Edition of DDC
243.
(A) Benjamin A. Custer (B) John P. Comaromi (C) Winton E. Matthews (D) John S. (C)
Mitchell
244. Who is the Editor in Chief of 22nd Edition of DDC (D)
(A) Benjamin A. Custer (B) John P. Comaromi (C) Winton E. Matthews (D) John S.
Mitchell
245. POSDCORB coined by
(D)
(A) Peter F. Drucker (B) Harold Koontz (C) F.W. Taylor (D) Luther Gulick
246. When Peter F. Drucker defined M.B.O. (Management by Objectives) ?
(C)
(A) 1950 (B) 1960 (C) 1954 (D) 1964
247. Who said the demand and supply theory of books?
(C)
(A) Melvil Dewey (B) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (C) Mc Colvin (D) Sayers
248. "To provide the best books to the maximum readers at the least cost" said by
(D)
(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (B) P. N. Kaula (C) E.Mayo (D) Melvil Dewey
249. Theory X and Theory Y is developed by
(B)
(A) Louis Brandeis (B) Douglas Mc Gregor (C) Abraham Maslo (D) Mayo
250. Herzbergs theory deals with
(C)
(A) Staffing (B) Directing (C) Motivation (D) Planning
251. Who is the father of Scientific Management
(A)
(A) F.W. Taylor (B) Harold Koontz (C) Peter F. Drucker (D) Luther Gulick
252. CPM (Critical Path Method) is developed by
(A)
(A) Dupoint Company (B) Aircraft Corporation (C) IIM (D) IBM
253. How many digits have in the ISSN
(B)
(A) 10 (B) 8 (C) 13 (D) 15
254. Main use of Shelf list is
(C)
(A) Cataloging (B) Circulation (C) Stock Verification (D) Book Selection
255. Theory X and Theory Y related to
(B)
(A) Planning (B) Motivation (C) Directing (D) Staffing
256. Zero Base Budgeting system was propounded by
(D)
(A) Peter F. Drucker (B) P.N. Kaula (C) E.Mayo (D) Peter Phyr
257. When Zero Base Budgeting system was first prepared
(C)
(A)1950 (B) 1960 (C)1970 (D) 1980
258. When Zero Base Budgeting system was first prepared
(A)
(A)1950 (B) 1960 (C)1970 (D) 1980
TQM is a system of continuous improvement employing participative management and
259.
centered on needs of the ________ (C)
(A) Customers (B) Staff (C) Organization (D) Government
260. Financial support given to libraries are of two types - Recurring and
(B)
(A) Ad-hoc (B) Endowments (C) Annual (D) Non-recurring
261. Principle of maximum aggregate benefit is concerned with__
(C)
(A) Growth of library (B) Library use (C) Library service (D) Library fee
262. .. takes items of expenditure for libraries as the working data for allocation of funds.
(D)
(A) Method of details (B) Per capita method (C) Principle of economy (D) Library budget
A budget which mainly covers items of current revenue and expenditure is called __.
263.
(A) Programme budget (B) Welfare economics (C) Current budgeting (D)
(D) Capital budgeting
264. The library budget of a university is passed by the ?
(B)
(A) Senate (B) Executive Council (C) Academic Council (D) Research Council
265. In fund accounting, _______ fund can not be used for other purposes.
(A)
(A) Recurring (B) Non-recurring (C) Restricted (D) Encumbering
266. Scrutiny of financial transactions is called (D)
(A) Budgeting (B) Programming (C) Accounting (D) Auditing
 What are the two parts of the annual report of the library
267.
(A) Primary and Secondary (B) Analytical and Systematic (C) Upper and Lower (D)
(D) Descriptive and Statistical
268. Who is the pioneer of open access system in British libraries
(B)
(A) Nine e.Brown (B) James Duff Brown (C) John cotton dana (D) S. R. Ranganathan
269. Who started New York Charging system?
(C)
(A) Peter Drucker (B) Elton Mayo (C) John Cotton Dana (D) Francis Bacon
270. When did electrically operated book charging system introduced first?
(D)
(A) 1926 (B) 1905 (C) 1933 (D) 1932
271. How many columns are there in the accession register?
(C)
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 16
272. When was PERT developed?
(A)
(A) 1958 (B) 1968 (C) 1955 (D) 1948
Who had invented the MBO?
273.
(A) Eltomn Mayo (B) Frederic Winslow Taylor (C) Peter Drucker (D) Kermeth (C)
Blanchard
274. PPBS relates to
(C)
(A) Book selection (B) Journal selection (C) Budgeting (D) Library records
275. The standard X and theory Y was conceived by
(B)
(A) Peter F.Drucker (B) Doughlas Mc Gregor (C) Gulik and Urwick (D) Taylor
276. Zero based budget is concerned with
(C)
(A) Present (B) Past (C) Future (D) Remote future
277. Who is the father of Classical School
(D)
(A) Lyndall Urwick (B) Gulick (C) Cutter (D) Henri Fayol
278. Another term of PERT is
(A)
(A) CPM (B) POSDCORB (C) MBO (D) HRM
POSDCORB is related to
279.
(A) Library cataloguing (B) Library reference service (C) Library administration (C)
(D) Library automation
280. Who introduced Three card system
(D)
(A) Krishan Kumar (B) C. K. Sharma (C) Cutter (D) S. R. Ranganathan
281. What are the standard size of the Accession Register is
(B)
(A) 16 * 12 (B) 16 * 13 (C) 16 * 11 (D) 16 * 18
282. A good library building is an outcome of librarian and.
(D)
(A) Registrar (B) Building Corporation (C) Finance Officer (D) Architect
283. ________ are the storage areas for the various types of documents kept in a library.
(C)
(A) Tasks (B). Racks (C) Stacks (D) Desks
284. Study carrels are exclusive areas meant for
(D)
(A) Students (B) Public (C) Women (D) Researchers
285. Library catalogue cards are filed in specially designed drawers called
(B)
(A) Charging tray (B) Catalogue cabinet (C) Display rack . (D) Filling equipment
286. Information Gatekeepers come under ________ sources.
(A)
(A) Documentary (B) Human (C) Institutional (D) Neo-conventional
287. categorises documents into three types such as primary, secondary and tertiary.
(A)
(A) Grogan (B) Skeltor (C)Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (D) Hanson
288. ________ is a legal document and can be used as a source of industrial information. (D)
 (A) Report (B) Law Review (C) Patent (D) Specification
289. In Encyclopaedia Britianica, ___________ acts as an index to macropaedia.
(D)
(A) Bibliography (B) Introduction Part (C) Propaedia (D) Micropaedia
One of the book selection principles states that the best reading for the largest number at the
290.
Cost. (C)
(A) Maximum (B) Medium (C) Least (D) Zero
291. Payments for the books purchased can be made only after
(A)
(A) Accessioning (B) Classification (C)Cataloguing (D) Arrangement in the shelve
292. The standard size of an accession register is ?
(B)
(A) 15 x 13 (B) 16 x 13 (C)12 x 5 (D) 5 x 3
ISBN stands for ________
293. (A) Integrated Services Bibliographic Network (B) Indian Standard Book Number
(C)
(C) International Standard Book Number (D) International Standard for Book and Non-
book
The three card system introduced by Ranganathan are - (i) Register Card, (ii) Check Card,
294.
and (iii)? (D)
(A) KARDEX (B) LINDEX (C) Ledger Card (D) Classified Index Card
295. Technical section performs mainly two functions namely classification and
(C)
(A) Accessioning (B) Bills payment (C) Cataloguing (D) Shelving
296. PRECIS was developed by Derek Austin for use in the
(A)
(A) BNB (B) INB (C) ISBD (D) ISBN
Getting books back from the users and releasing the borrowers ticket is known as
297.
(A) Charging (B) Holding (C) Reserving (D) Discharging (D)

298. While entering the library, the personal belongings of a reader is kept in ________
(B)
(A) Cloak Room (B) Property Counter (C) Gate counter (D) Store room
299. Books misplaced on the shelves by readers are restored. This work is referred to as.
(C)
(A) Shelving (B) Stock verification (C) Shelf rectification (D) Shifting
300. Outdated and seldom used books are withdrawn from the library is known as ___________.
(B)
(A) Shelving (B) Weeding (C) Circulating (D) Guiding
301. The objective of library binding is ________of the library materials.
(C)
(A) Proper organisation (B) Accessibility (C) Durability (D) Humidity control
All part and pages of a volume are correctly sequenced in the first stage of binding
302.
process known as? (D)
(A) Sewing (B) Guard (C) Pulling (D) Collation
303. Sheets before and after the text of a book are called _________. .
(A)
(A) End papers (B) Attach cover (C) Head bands (D) Gilding
Leather being used as one of the binding materials i.e., _________ is the strongest
304.
leather. (D)
(A) Roan (B) Imitation (C) Pig skin (D) Sheep skin
305. ________ has prescribed certain standards for library binding.
(B)
(A) ILA (B) ALA (C) BLA (D) NBT
A skillful method of providing means mechanism and structural elements to.
306.
streamline organizational work is known as _______ (A)
(A) Strategic planning (B) Role analysis (C) Work culture (D) Autonomous planning
307. Who is regarded as father of bibliography ?
(B)
(A) Paul Otlet (B) Conrad Gesner (C) J. C. Brunet (D) A. C. Fosket.
 Linear model of communication in knowledge based on Aristotles model of communication
308.
was proposed by (C)
(A) Juger Heberman (B) A.J. Wells (C) C.E. Shannon & W. Weaver (D) G. Gerbner
309. Library Legislation refers to the development of
(C)
(A) Academic Libraries (B) Special Libraries (C) Public Libraries (D) None of the above
310. Calcutta Public Library was established during
(C)
(A) 15th Century (B) 16th Century (C) 19th Century (D) 20th Century.
_______ budgeting does not take into account what happened in the past but emphasizes on
311.
current activities. (B)
(A) Formula (B) Performance (C) Programme (D) Zero-base
312. The library budget of a university is passed by the?
(B)
(A) Senate (B) Executive Council (C) Academic Council (D) Research Council
313. In fund accounting, _______ fund cannot be used for other purposes.
(A)
(A) Recurring (B) Non-recurring (C) Restricted (D) Encumbering
314. Scrutiny of financial transactions is called
(D)
(A) Budgeting (B) Programming (C) Accounting (D) Auditing
315. ________ is one of the records of circulation section.
(A)
(A) Accession Register (B) Day book (C) Catalogue Card (D) AACR-2
The marketing concepts in Library Service include
316. (A) analysis, planning, implementation and control (B) advertising, planning, analysis and
(B)
control (C) distribution, control, analysis, implementation
(D) indexing, planning, control and implementation.
There are a few basic factors which may be applied in winning the hearts of the readers. They
are
317.
(A) Psychological factor, environmental factor, social factor (D)
(B) Self factor, psychological factor, service factor (C) Service factor, philosophical factor,
self factor (Dl Technological factor, service factor, self factor
318. Physical condition of the books should be property maintaine(D) This is known as
(B)
(A) Collation. (B) Conservation (C) Shelf-arrangement (D) Organization
________ is an important record of books, which shows the position of any book on the
319.
shelves. (D)
(A) Bay Guide (B) Authority File (C) Accession List. (D) Shelf. .List
Three great achievements in U.S.A. were noticed i.e. enunciation of DDC classification
320. scheme, formation of American Library Association and the publication of 1st Journal of the
(C)
librarianship in the year
(A) 1857 (B) 1859 (C) 1876 (D) 1901.
321. Books lost from the library are known through ________
(B)
(A) Stock verification (B) Charging and discharging (C) Shelf list (D) Accession Register
322. LA is the Library Association of
(C)
(A) Manipur (B) Andhra Pradesh (C) Great Britain (Dl Canada.
Of the following libraries in India, which one is the oldest library ?
323.
(A) Asiatic Society Library, Bombay (B) Connemara Public Library, Madras (D)
(C) Delhi Public Library, Delhi (D) National Library of India, Calcutta.
324. The first centre to use computer in the library and information activities in India is
(B)
(A) DESIDOC (B) INSDOC (C) DRTC (D) UGC.
325. User education may be provided in four interrelated areas which are (A)
(A) User's awareness, user studies, library orientation, bibliographic instruction
(B) User's awareness, library orientation, inter-profiling, bibliographic instruction
 (C) Aptitude test of the users, use of cataloguing, inter-profiling, user's awareness
(D) Bibliographic instruction, library orientation, computer literacy, user's awareness.
'Fair use' is the norm for determining the legality of
326. (A) Producing the second edition of a book (B) Photocopying an entire book
(B)
(C) Making available a book to another library on inter-library loan
(D) Prescribing a book as a text book.
Generally a reference service of a library in the conventional form is processed through the
stages which are
327.
(A) Preparation, service, assimilation (B) Indexing, orientation, delivery of the query's reply (A)
(C) Orientation, user's study, photocopy supplied
(D) Preparation, orientation, delivery of the query's reply.
________ is a process of helping employees in an organization to acquire new skills and
328. competence on a continuing basis
(A)
(A) Total Quality Management (B) Management Information System
(C) Financial Resources Development (D) Human Resources Development.
PR stands for
329.
(A) Indian Press Registration (B) Intellectual Property Right (B)
(C) International Property Right (D) Indian Property Regulations.
330. On which of the following technologies semantic web is not based?
(C)
(A) RDF (B) Ontologies (C) Cloud seeding (D) URI
331. World Wide Web (WWW) was first designed by whom?
(D)
(A) Charles Babbage (B) F. W. Lancaster (C) Ted Nelson (D) Tim Berner's Lee
332. Which generation computers uses integrated circuits(ICs)?
(C)
(A) First (B) Second (C) Third (D) Fourth
The concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) belongs to ____________________
333.
(A) Second Generation Computers (B) Third Generation Computers (D)
(C) Fourth Generation Computers (D) Fifth Generation Computers
334. Computer memory is measured in ____________________
(D)
(A) Bytes (B) Kilobytes (C) Megabytes (D) All of the above
335. The term "Cyberspace" was first used by _________________
(B)
(A) Andrew Pollock (B) William Gibson (C) John Postal (D) Joe Flower
336. The term hypertext was coined by whom?
(A)
(A) Ted Nelson (B) Vannevan Bush (C) John Brown (D) J. C. Kith
What are three types of basic languages used in computer programming?
337.
(A) Zero, low and high levels (B) COBOL, BASIC and PROLOG (D)
(C) FOTRAN, PL/I and SNOWBOL (D) Machine, Assembly and high level lannguages
338. When CD-ROM was prepared and made?
(A)
(A) 1985 (B) 1982 (C) 1980 (D) 1977
339. In how many ways switching system can be established?
(B)
(A) Two (B) Three (C) Five (D) Seven
340. Which type of switching system is telephone network?
(A)
(A) Circuit switching (B) Packet switching (C) Message switching (D) None of the above
341. Which of the following software is useful for word processing?
(C)
(A) DBASE (B) LIBSYS (C) WordStar (D) CDS/ISIS
342. NICNET and INDONET are the networks of which category?
(C)
(A) LAN (B) MAN (C) WAN (D) IN
343. Who designed analytical engine? (A)
 (A) Charles Babbage (B) Pascal (C) James watt (D) Boyl
344. Calculating machine is developed by
(B)
(A) Charles Babbage (B) Pascal (C) Shakuntala Devi (D) Boyl
What is a bug?
345.
(A) Computer Virus (B) Error in Computer Configuration (C) Error in a Programme (D) (C)
None of these
346. Which is not a programming language?
(D)
(A) FORTRAN (B) BASIC (C) COBOL (D) ASCII
ENIAC stands for?
(A) Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator
347.
(B) Electrified Numerical Integration and Calculator (A)
(C) Electronic Number Integrator and Calculator
(D) Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator
ISO-9960 is related with?
348.
(A) Standard for encoding data on CD-ROM (B) Standard for Computer Hardware (A)
(C) Standard for Information Processing (D) Standard for Networking
349. ASCII has how many codes?
(A)
(A) 256 (B) 526 (C) 265 (D) 254
350. Raw, unevaluated, unprocessed and unorganized facts is known as
(A)
(A) Data (B) Information (C) Knowledge (D) Wisdom
351. INTERNET was initially developed by US Department of
(B)
(A) Commerce (B) Defense (C) Interior (D) State
352. Information retrieval is fastest from
(C)
(A) Floppy Disk (B) Magnetic Tape (C) Hard Disk (D) None of the above
An University providing Open Access to Sanskrit dissertations through Internet
353.
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru University (B) Delhi University (C) Mahatma Gandhi University (B)
(D) University of Madras
354. In which of the following the term Truncation is used
(B)
(A) Budgeting (B) Search Formulation (C) Coordination (D) Classified bibliography
355. The term Hypertext was coined by
(C)
(A) Garfield (B) Bill Gates (C) Ted Nelson (D) Raj Reddy
UNIX is a
356.
(A) Single user operating system (B) Double user operating system (D)
(C) Triple user operating system (D) Multi user operating system
The CD alphabets in CDS/ISIS stands for
357.
(A) Computerized Documentation (B) Condensed Disk (C) Confirmed Disc (D) Compact (A)
Disc
358. LYCOS is a
(A)
(A) Search engine (B) Programming language (C) Database (D) Database vendor
359. Electronic telecommunications system joining millions of computers together.
(B)
(A) E-mail (B) Internet (C) US Mail (D) UPS
360. Following is not a social bookmarking site
(C)
(A) Digg (B) Delicious (C) Sqidoo (D) Facebook
361. Following is not a network protocol
(D)
(A) HTTP (B) SMTP (C) TCP/IP (D) Z39.50
362. LOCKOSS (Software) is an international community initiative by (B)
(A) MIT Libraries (B) Stanford University (C) University of Waikato
 (D) University of Southampton
363. Identify the odd one from the following
(A)
(A) Koha (B) VTLS (C) SLIM++ (D) SOUL
364. Following is not a Web 2.0 tool
(C)
(A) Blog (B) Facebook (C) UGC-INFONET 2.0 (D) RSS feeds
PDA stands for
365.
(A) Personal Digital Assistance (B) Personal Document Archive (c) Personal Digital (A)
Archive (D) Program Download Accessories
PLONE is a
366.
(A) Content Mnagement System (B) Digital Library Software (C) ILMS (A)
(D) Federated Search Engine
367. Pi is the e-book reading device by
(C)
(A) Amazon (B) Sony (C) Infibeam (D) Nokia
368. Following is an example of microblogging
(D)
(A) Wordpress (B) Blogspot (C) Livejournal (D) Twitter
Who invented OSI Model in 1982
369.
(A) BSO (B) ISI (C) Indian standerd orgganisation (D) International standard (D)
organisation
370. Where ISDN was first started in 1990
(D)
(A) USA (B) UK (C) India (D) Singapore
371. Now-a-days how many tipes of Protocol are used ?
(D)
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2
372. Which type of protocol is used by interface for public data network(PDN) ?
(A)
(A) X.25 (B) X.12 (C) X.13 (D) X.20
CCF stands for
373.
(A) Common Communication Format (B) Centre for Communication Format (A)
(C) Committee for Communication Format (D) Common Curriculum Format
In Which five year plan the INFLIBNET was established
374.
(A) Fourth five year plan (B) Fifth five year plan (C) Sixth five year plan (D) Seventh five (D)
year plan
375. INFLIBNET headquarters is located at
(A)
(A) Ahmedabad (B) New Delhi (C) Bangalore (D) Chennai
Resource sharing is a part of
376.
(A) Library cooperation (B) Library administration (C) Library management (A)
(D) Library cataloguing
What is the full form of ERNET?
377.
(A) Engineering Network (B) Eastern Regional Network (C) Electronic Research Network (D)
(D) Education and Research Network
378. Which network in India provided the first e-mail service in the country?
(C)
(A) NICNET (B) DELNET (C) ERNET (D) INFLIBNET
379. Who publishes Annals of Library Science and documentation?
(B)
(A) ILA (B) INSDOC (C) DRTC (D) IASLIC
380. What one is full text e-Resource ?
(D)
(A) JCCC (B) ISID (C) Science finder scholar (D) ACS
381. Which one is E-Bibliographic database?
(C)
(A) Nature (B) Blackwell (C) ISID (D) Springer
382. Virtua accomadates Different version of the MARC Standard?
(D)
(A) USMARC (B) UKMARC (C) CANMARC (D) SWEMARC/All of above
383. Which is the journal of Library and Information Science?
(C)
(A) Abacus (B) Acta numerica (C) Interlending and Document supply (D) All of above
384. The Electronic Library is......................
(B)
(A) A Magazine (B) A Journal Name (C) A Library (D) An Encyclopeadia
385. What is e-prints ?
(C)
(A) A catalogue (B) A journal (C) A repository software (D) An encyclopeadia
What two is a Library Management Software for small libraries?
386.
(A) Library Solution and Follet (B) Follet and MSN (C) MSN and Tar (A)
(D) LYCOS and Live Search
What is APS ?
387.
(A) A Search Engine? (B) A Full-text e-resourse (C) Bibliographic database (B)
(D) Library Management Software
Which one is Library and Information Science Journal name?
(A) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book Guide
388.
(B) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book journals (A)
(C) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book Review
(D) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB E-Book
389. "Shodhganga" is a national level repository of
(C)
(A) E-Books (B) E-Journals (C) E-Theses (D) Journal Articles
Questionnaire is a
390.
(A) Research method (B) Measurement Technique (C) Tool for data collection (C)
(D) All the above
Mean, Median and Mode are
391.
(A) Measures of deviation (B) Ways of sampling (C) Measures of control tendency (D) (D)
None of the above
392. Cranfield Studies are an example of
(B)
(A) Survey Research (B) Experimental Research (C) Historical Research (D) Case Study
Research is
393.
(A) Searching again and again (B) Finding solution to any problem (C) Working in a (C)
scientific way to search for truth of any problem (D) None of the above
Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process?
394.
(A) Searching sources of information to locate problem.(B) Survey of related literature (C)
(C) Identification of problem (D) Searching for solutions to the problem
395. A common test in research demands much priority on
(D)
(A) Reliability (B) Useability (C) Objectivity (D) All of the above
396. Action research means (C)
(A) A longitudinal research (B) An applied research (C) A research initiated to solve an
immediate problem (D) A research with socioeconomic objective
A reasoning where we start with certain particular statements and conclude with a universal
397. statement is called
(B)
(A) Deductive Reasoning (B) Inductive Reasoning (C) Abnormal Reasoning
(D) Transcendental Reasoning
Which of the following variables cannot be expressed in quantitative terms?
398.
(A) Socio-economic Status (B) Marital Status (C) Numerical Aptitude (C)
(D) Professional Attitude
399. The essential qualities of a researcher are (D)
 (A) Spirit of free enquiry (B) Reliance on observation and evidence
(C) Systematization or theorizing of knowledge (D) All the above
In the process of conducting research Formulation of Hypothesis is followed by
400.
(A) Statement of Objectives (B) Analysis of Data (C) Selection of Research Tools (C)
(D) Collection of Data
A research paper is a brief report of research work based on
401.
(A) Primary Data only (B) Secondary Data only (C)
(C) Both Primary and Secondary Data (D) None of the above
402. One of the following is not an open source software
(B)
(A) Dspace (B) Windows (C) Green-stone (D) Linux
403. When RRRLF was established?
(C)
(A) 1970 (B) 1971 (C) 1972 (D) 1974
404. Where is the headquarter of RRRLF?
(C)
(A) Banglore (B) Delhi (C) Calcutta (D) Lucknow
405. RRRLF provides the?
(B)
(A) ISSN (B) ISBN (C) CCF (D) MARC
It is a library with little or no physical presence of books, periodicals, reading space or
406. support staff, but are that disseminate disseminate selective information directly to distribute
(B)
library customers, usually electronically. Said by whom?
(A) Kay Gapen (B) Powell (C) Sherwell (D) H. G. Wells
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
407.
of converting every person in its neighborhood into a habitual library goers and reader of (A)
books.Quoted by whom?
(A) Dr S R Ranganathan (B) K.N.Raj (C) C.A.Cutter (D) W.C.Sayers
408. Classification of all types of libraries has been made by-
(C)
(A) IFLA (B) UNISIST (C) UNESCO (D) INSDOC
Special libraries serve a specialist clientele, located within a single establishment or group
409.
and all engaged in working towards one common purpose. Who said this (A)
(A) R.Astall (B) UNESCO (C) J.D.Brown (D) E.C.Richardson
410. Reading centres, story hours, exhibitions and reading to literature are forms of
(C)
(A) Extension service (B) Service of a public library (C) Both (D) None
411. Which library first introduced the printed catalog
(A)
(A) British Museum (B) Library of Congress (C) Lelin State (D) Imperial Library
412. Informal self education is possible in what kind of library?
(B)
(A) National Library (B) Public Library (C) Specific Library (D) College Library
which is correct logical sequence of the following.
413. (A) Information, Knowledge, Data, Wisdom (B) Knowledge, Wisdom, Information, Data
(D)
(C) Wisdom, Information, Data, Knowledge
(D) Data, Infomation, Knowledge, Wisdom
414. The Term Cyberspace was first used by-
(B)
(A) Andrew Pollack (B) William Gibsom (C) Johan Postal (D) Joe Flower
415. RFID technology is used in-
(C)
(A) Acquisition B) Serial Control (C) Circulation Control (D) OPAC
416. The process of configuring the disk into tracks and sector is called-
(C)
(A) Booting (B) Labelling (C) Formatting (D) All the above
417. Which of the following is a public domain database- (D)
 (A) INIS (B) AGRIS (C) Chemical Abstract (D) MEDLINE
418. The Chairman of the National Knowledge Commission, Govt. of India, is
(D)
(A) D. P. Chattopadhyay (B) B. P. Barua (C) R. K. Dasgupta (D) Dr. Sam Pitroda.
419. . Is a process of information
(B)
(A) Books (B) CD-ROM (C) Computers (D) None of the above
420. Feedback mechanism is a part of which service?
(D)
(A) Reprography (B) CAS (C) Translation service (D) SDI
421. What is the collection of terms or records in MARC called ?
(D)
(A) System (B) Network (C) Website (D) Database
422. Which network in India provided the first e-mail service in the country ?
(D)
(A) NICNET (B) ERNET (C) INFLIBNET (D) DELNET
What is Bibliometry ?
423.
(A) Function of Library Network (B) Information Management Service (C)
(C) Information Management Tool (D) Library Srvice
424. Microchip was invented by..
(D)
(A) Microsoft (B) IBM (C) DELL (D) Intel
425. Information is..
(D)
(A) Raw Data (B) Processed Data (C) Input data (D) Organized data
426. Conference proceedings are considered as..................documents.
(B)
(A) Conventional (B) Primary (C) Secondary (D) Tertiary
427. Rules for dictionary catalogue were devised by
(D)
(A) A. Pannizzi (B) C. C. Jewet (C) S. Lubetzky (D) C. A. Cutter
428. RSS feed is a tool of
(C)
(A) Graphic design (B) Web 1.0 (C) Web 2.0 (D) Architecture
429. An appropriate source to find out descriptive information is................ .
(C)
(A) Bibliography (B) Directory (C) Encyclopedia (D) Dictionary
Glossary is a
430.
(A) List of technical words with definitions (B) List of words in a language (A)
(C) List of thematically arranged words (D) Alphabetical index to passages of work
431. One of the following search engine is exclusively meant for scientific information
(C)
(A) Google (B) Yahoo (C) SCIRUS (D) Altavista
Technological Gatekeeper is
432. (A) A formal method of giving current awareness service
(D)
(B) A method of technology assessment and evaluation (C) A process of transfer of
technology (D) An informal mechanism of keeping user informed of relevant development
433. Who among the following honoured with Nobel Prize for his substantial contribution in (D)
Documentation ?
(A) S. C. Bradford (B) Loosjes (C) Eric De Grolier (D) Henri La Fontaine
The Farmington plan is associated with
434.
(A) Library Legislation (B) Library Cataloguing (C) Library Cooperation (C)
(D) Library Indexing Service
435. UNESCO assisted Model Public Library in India is located at
(B)
(A) Kolkata (B) Delhi (C) Mumbai (D) Chennai
Mark the odd one out
436.
(A) Cow-Calf principle (B) Principle of osmosis (C) Wall picture principle (B)
(D) Whole organ principle
 GUI stands for
437.
(A) Graphic User Interface (B) Graphic User Interaction (C) Graphic Utility Interface (D) (A)
Great Union of India
438. Shelf list facilitates................ .
(C)
(A) Classification (B) Weeding out (C) Stock verification (D) Documentation
439. The office of patent information system in India is at............ .
(D)
(A) Mumbai (B) New Delhi (C) Kolkata (D) Nagpur
Questionnaire is a
440.
(A) Research method (B) Measurement technique (C) Tool for data collection (C)
(D) Data analysis technique
441. A periodical evaluation of an employee is done through........... .
(D)
(A) Job rotation (B) Performance appraisal (C) Refresher course (D) Work guide
CCF stands for................ .
442.
(A) Current Classification Format (B) Current Communication Format (C)
(C) Common Communication Format (D) Common Classification Format
Controlled Group is a term used in.............. .
443.
(A) Survey research (B) Historical research (C) Experimental research (C)
(D) Descriptive research
444. Noise in Information Retrieval is due to............. .
(D)
(A) Precision (B) Recall (C) Relevant information (D) Redundant information
445. The concept Invisible College first used by
(D)
(A) Eugene Garfield (B) Derek Solla Price (C) Allent Kent (D) Carl Savage
446. Who enunciated the term hypertext ?
(C)
(A) E. Garfield (B) Bill Gates (C) Ted Nelson (D) Raj Reddy
447. Cranfield Project is an example of.................... .
(A)
(A) Experimental Research (B) Survey Research (C) Case Study (D) Historical Research
448. IFLA took up the Universal Availability of Publication program in the year............... .
(C)
(A) 1973 (B) 1976 (C) 1972 (D) 1970
International Information System on Research in Documentation (ISORID) was established
449.
by (B)
(A) IFLA (B) UNESCO (C) SLA (D) ALA
What is the relationship bet ween ISBD and cataloguing codes ?
450.
(A) They are not related at all (B) Cataloguing codes will include bibliographic description (D)
(C) ISBD includes cataloguing rules (D) ISBD can replace cataloguing rules
COPSAT stands for............... .
451. (A) Cooperative periodicals in science and technology (B) Current online periodicals in
(B)
science and technology (C) Current online patent in science and technology (D) Contents of
periodicals in science and technology
452. The journal Knowledge Organization is published by
(B)
(A) IFLA (B) ISKO (C) LA (D) LC
453. Tagging in web 2.0 application is called
(D)
(A) Taxonomy (B) Folksonomy (C) Syndication (D) Directory
Inductive logic proceeds from
454.
(A) General to General (B) Particular to General (C) General to Particular (C)
(D) Particular to Particular
455. CRG stands for (D)
(A) Committee for Rural Grant (B) Classification Research Group
 (C) Committee for Ranganathan Guild (D) Classic Research Grant
456. Which of the following is not a Graphic representation ?
(C)
(A) Pie Chart (B) Bar Chart (C) Table (D) Histogram
Fair use is a term most relevant to
457.
(A) Intellectual Property Right (B) Books borrowed for home reading (C) Copyright (D) (C)
Use of reference books
458. The oldest and the largest Library Association in the world is............. .
(A)
(A) ALA (B) LA (C) IFLA (D) IASLIC
459. Which of the following is not covered under Intellectual Property Rights ?
(D)
(A) Copyrights (B) Patents (C) Trade Marks (D) Thesaurus
Ontology is................. .
460.
(A) An Indexing Method (B) Classification of Internet based documents (B)
(C) Cataloguing of Internet based documents (D) Documentation service
Mozilla is................ .
461.
(A) An operating system (B) Library software (C) A web browser (C)
(D) A search engine
462. The concept of concretes and processes was given by.............. .
(A)
(A) Kaiser (B) H. P. Luhn (C) Derek Austin (D) S. R. Ranganathan
Chairman of National Knowledge Commission is............... .
463.
(A) Pranab Mukherjee (B) Nandan Nilekani (C) P. Chidambaram (D)
(D) Sam Pitroda
High Level Language is.................. .
464.
(A) Disk space dependent (B) O. S. Dependent (C) Machine independent (C)
(D) Machine dependent
465. The transmission of receivers reaction back to the sender is known as................. .
(B)
(A) Noise (B) Feedback (C) Medium (D) Source
466. Currently Science Citation Index is published by................... .
(C)
(A) Emerald (B) Springer (C) Thomson (D) Elsevier
Protocol means............... .
467.
(A) Interchange of data between two devices (B) Interchange of data between two (D)
computers (C) Linkage between two computers (D) Linkage between two devices
468. Which of the following is an Acronym ?
(A)
(A) UNESCO (B) UNO (C) UNDP (D) UGC
469. A set of rules that govern overall data communications system is popularly known
(A)
as............... (A) Protocol (B) Agreement (C) Pact (D) Memorandum
470. Staffing is concerned with providing and maintaining................resources.
(C)
(A) Physical (B) Technical (C) Human (D) Financial
Which of the following is not true about e journals ?
471. (A) They are distributed through digital methods (B) They also have editors or editorial
(D)
boards
(C) They are publications of serial nature (D) They are always free of cost
What is the meaning of 'Translation Pools' ?
472.
(A) Details about the names of translation experts (B) Details about the addresses of the (C)
translators (C) Agency of the names of translation experts (D) None of these.
How is stochastic equation of information solved ?
473.
(A) By statistical rules (B) By dynamic rules (C) By statistical and dynamic rules (C)
(D) None of these.
 Whether Library is a system ?
474.
(A) Yes, it has various sections as sub-systems coordinating each other forming a system (B) (A)
No, it cannot be a system (C) It is quite impossible (D) Library is separate from a system.
The 'Five Laws of Library Science' propounded by Dr. S. R. Ranganathan, is which type of
475.
research ? (A)
(A) Applied research (B) Pure research (C) Basic research (D) Survey research.
Information Science is a discipline that investigates
476. (A) The properties and behaviour of information (B) The forces governing the flow of
(D)
information (C) The means for processing of information for optimal uses
(D) All of these.
477. 'Kinesis' is related to
(A)
(A) Communication (B) Generation (C) Storage (D) None of these.
478. The term 'Bibliophile' refers to
(B)
(A) A Bibliographer (B) A Book Lover (C) A Publisher (D) A Book Binder.
Theory X and Theory Y were formulated by
479.
(A) Douglas Murray McGregor (B) Peter Drucker (C) Abraham Maslow (A)
(D) F. W. Taylor.
480. MeSH is the name of a
(C)
(A) Medical Library (B) C.S.I.R. Unit (C) Controlled Vocabulary (D) none of these.
Which record is the hub of the stack in a library ?
481.
(A) Accession register (B) Shelf list register (C) Book catalogue (A)
(D) Staff manual.
482. In which year did A. W. Borden start a refresher course for librarians in India ?
(B)
(A) 1905 (B) 1910 (C) 1912 (D) 1913.
A. B. Maslow is related to
483.
(A) Theory X and Theory Y (B) Hierarchy of human needs (C) 14 principles (D)
(D) Hygienic factors.
Information may be categorised into
484.
(A) Logical, analytical and statistical (B) Statistical, descriptive and analytical (B)
(C) Analytical, statistical and systematic (D) Systematic, analytical and descriptive.
485. What is not open source software for library management ?
(D)
(A) KOHA (B) AVANT1 (C) php my Library (D) 2.39-50.
What is Delphi method ?
486.
(A) It is a programming language (B) It is a method of research (C) It is a software (D)
(D) It is used for cost-benefit analysis.
487. Who contributed on the systematic use of user's education ?
(D)
(A) S.S.Green (B) Melvil Dewey (C) E. J. Coates (D) Patricia B. Knapp.
Who said 'some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed
488.
and digested' ? (C)
(A) John Milton (B) William Jones (C) Francis Bacon (D) Benjamin Franklin.
489. In which year was the International Book Year celebrated by UNESCO ?
(D)
(A) 1931 (B) 1947 (C) 1952 (D) 1972.
What is the full form of IATLIS ?
(A) International Association of Trade Unions of Library Science
490.
(B) Indian Association of Teachers in Library & Information Science (B)
(C) Indian Airlines Technical Lower Intelligence Services
(D) Indian Air Traffic Light, Information and Signal.
491. DDC 22nd edition is published by (B)
(A) Forest Press (B) OCLC (C) IFLA (D) UNESCO.