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1. CAN refers to

A Computerised Area Network

B XCampus Area Network

C Campus Automated Network

D Computerisd Architecture Network

2. Which program is not related with IFLA?

A UBC

B UAP

C PAC

D XPre natal cataloguing

3. Which part of new encyclopedia Britan-

nica is useful for ready references?

A Macropaedia

B XPropaedia

C Micropaedia

D Premedia

4. Which libraries are functioning as deposi-

tory libraries?

i.) Delhi Public Library

ii.) Connemara Public Library

iii.) British Council Library

iv.) Central Reference Library

A (i), (iii), (iv) are correct

B (i) & (iii) are correct

C X(i) & (ii) are correct

D (ii) & (iii) are correct

5. Consider the following statements:

A. The maintenance section should be in

near place to stock room, reading room

etc.

B. The entire stock room covered by main-

tenance section, for renewal of dam-

aged book.

A Statement A is true Bis false

B XStatement A and B true

C Statement A and B false

D Statement A false B true

6. PRECIS was developed by in 1971.

A XBritish National Bibliography

B Indian National Bibliography

C UNESCO

D Library of Congress

7. Which of the following are news sum-

maries?
i) Data India

ii) Times of India Index

iii) New York Times Index

iv) Asian Recorder

A (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.

B (ii) and (iii) are correct.

C (ii)(iii) and (iv) are correct.

D X(i) and (iv) are correct.

8. Which is National Library?

A Anna Centenary Library

B XLibrary of Congress

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C Anna University Library

D British Council Library

9. A common test in research demands much

priority on

A Reliability

B Useability

C Objectivity

D XAll of the above

10. In which law “Guidance to uses in the use

of library”?

A First Law of Library Science

B Third Law of Library Science

C Fifth Law of Library Science

D XSecond Law of Library Science

11. Physical condition of the books should be

property maintained.This is known as

A Collation.

B XConservation

C Shelf-arrangement

D Organization

12. Gate register of library shows

A to find the user name

B for name shake

C Xto know the total user strength per

day

D check the library staff

13. Which of the following is not a circulation

procedure?

A Registration of members

B Charging of overdues

C Renewal of books

D XPreparation of shelf card

14. Who was the first Librarian of Imperial Li-

brary, Calcutta?

A XJohn MacFarlane

B Harinath De

C B.S.Kesavan

D S.R.Ranganathan

15. Indian Science Abstract is published by:

A DRTC

B ILA

C ICSSR

D XINSDOC

16. How many fundamental categories did

Ranganathan identify?

A Xfive

B two

C six

D four

17. In 1966, the MARC as pilot project was

launched by:

A OCLC

B XLibrary of Congress

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C The British Library

D American Library Association

18. INSDOC comes under

A DST

B UGC

C AICTE

D XCSIR

19. What is Index India?

A Abstracting Service

B Reprographic Service

C XIndexing Service

D Translation Service

20. The essential qualities of a researcher are

A Spirit of free enquiry

B Reliance on observation and evi-

dence

C Systematization or theorizing of

knowledge

D XAll the above

21. WIPO is located at

A New York
B London

C XGeneva

D Paris

22. “Pro Quest” is

A Traditional Commercial Publisher

B Scholarly Society Publisher

C XElectronic Aggregator

D Publisher of Higher Learning Institu-

tions

23. Which Law of Library Science emphasize

the need of Library Building?

A XFirst Law of library science

B Second Law of library science

C Third Law of library science

D Fourth Law of library science

24. Which one is not service of circulation sec-

tion?

A XBinding of book

B Lending of book’s

C Renewal of book’s

D Discharging of book

25. An online search in which all aspects of the

records in natural language may be used as

sought terms is

A Alphabetical collateral search

B Multi aspect search

C XFree text searching

D Streaming search

26. What is the symbol used in CC Ed 7 for in-

dicating anterioring common isolate?

A XDouble inverted comma (, , )

B Equal (=)

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C Plus(+)

D Dot(.)

27. Internet filtering is

A XA form of censorship

B Acceptable user policy

C Access to inappropriate material

D Blocking internet facility

28. What are the four entities of FRBR model?

A Personality, Matter, Energy, Space

B Books, Form, Availability, Type

C XWork, Expression, Manifestation,

Item

D Discipline, Entity, Action, Personality

29. When Madras Public Library Act was in-

troduced?

A 1939

B 1940

C X1948

D 1946

30. Who is the father of Library movements in

(U.S.A.), America?

A J.D.Brown

B H.E.Bliss

C John Paul Otlet

D XMelvil Louis Kossuth Deway

31. Glossary is a:

A XList of technical words with defini-

tions

B List of words in a language

C List of thematically arranged words

D Alphabetical index to passages of

work

32. Who categorized information sources

into conventional, non-conventional, neo-

conventional and micro documents?

A XRanganathan

B Bradford

C Grogan

D Henson

33. Expand ARPA Network

A All Research Projects Agency Net-

work

B XAdvanced Research Projects

Agency Network

C Advanced Review Projects Agency

Network

D Advanced Research peer Agency

Network

34. In which year was UGC INFLIBNET estab-

lished?

A 1973
B X1988

C 1982

D 1973

35. Which Section of AACR - II (R) deals with

serial publications?

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A Part - A, Section - 3

B Part - B, Section - 3

C XPart - A, Section - 12

D Part - B, Section - 12

36. What is/are common feature/s between

RFID & Barcode Technology?

i.) Read more than one item at a time

ii.) Able to locate specific items on

shelves

iii.) Programmable

iv.) Read while item is moving

A (i), (ii) are correct

B (iii), (iv) are correct

C (ii), (iv) are correct

D XAll the above are correct

37. Which of the following are the types fac-

tors studies under ANOVA?

i) Fixed

ii) Frequency

iii) Calculated

iv) Random

A (ii) and (iii) are correct.

B X(i) and (iv) are correct.

C (i) and (iii) are correct.

D (ii) and (iv) are correct.

38. Arrange the following according to their

year of origin:

i.) Indian National Bibliography

ii.) British National Bibliography

iii.) Cumulative Book Index

iv.) Books in Print

A (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)

B (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)

C (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)

D X(iii), (iv), (ii), (i)

39. The Farmington plan is associated with:

A Library Legislation

B Library Cataloguing

C XLibrary Cooperation

D Library Indexing Service

40. SDI service is a/an

A Group Service

B XIndividual Service

C Parallel Service

D Retrospective Service

41. Who is the Secretary of the College Library

Committee?

A Principal

B Vice Principal

C XLibrarian

D Assistant Librarian

42. The process of establishing headings and

providing ‘Cross references’ is called

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A Access points

B Headings
C XAuthority control

D Bibliographic Records

43. Thesauro facet is

A XIndexing tool

B Abstracting tool

C Book selection tool

D Reference tool

44. Bibliography is a systematic list of all

the books published all over the world.

A Systematic

B Trade

C XUniversal

D Descriptive

45. How many entries are there in CCC (Clas-

sified Cataloguing Code)? Entries (Eg.)

Leading Section, Title Section, Head Sec-

tion Etc.

A 4 Entries

B 3 Entries

C 5 Entries

D X6 Entries

46. What is the chief record in the library?

A Catalogue

B XAccession Register
C Collection Register

D Shelf list

47. How is stochastic equation of information

solved?

A By statistical rules

B By dynamic rules

C XBy statistical and dynamic rules

D None of these.

48. Package libraries are one of the activity of

A XExtension service

B Lending service

C Research work

D Reference work

49. Indian Copyright Act, 1957 came into ef-

fect from

A X1958

B 1959

C 1960

D 1965

50. The following is a collaborative network of

Reference Librarians

A Worldcat

B INDEST

C XQuestion point
D Global scholar

51. CCF stands for:

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A XCommon Communication Format

B Centre for Communication Format

C Committee for Communication For-

mat

D Common Curriculum Format

52. Who has evolved ‘Bureaucracy model’ of

organization?

A John A.Veig

B Harold Laski

C XMax Weber

D Joseph Massie

53. Match the following:

List - I List - II
A.Trade publisher i.UNESCO

B.Subject book

publisher

ii.American Psy-

chological Society

C.Government

Press

iii.Harper Collins

D.Scholarly Pub-

lisher

iv.W.B.Saunders

A A − ii, B − iv, C − iii, D − i

B A − iv, B − iii, C − i, D − ii

C A − i, B − iv, C − iii, D − ii

D XA − iii, B − iv, C − i, D − ii

54. Who has developed World Wide Web?

A XTim Berners-Lee

B Bill Gates

C Balagurusamy

D None of the above

55. The standard size of a catalogue card is

A X12.5 cm × 7.5 cm

B 12 cm × 7 cm

C 11 cm × 5 cm

D 10 cm × 4 cm

56. What is a bug?

A Computer Virus

B Error in Computer Configuration

C XError in a Programme

D None of these

57. Which law of library science promotes

reading habit?

A Fifth

B Fourth

C Third

D XFirst

58. Who publishes Science Citation Index?

A XInstitute for Scientific Information

B Oxford Press

C Wiley

D Clive Bingley

59. What is the another name of Added en-

tries?

A Main entry

B Cross reference entry

C XSecondary entries

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D Subject entry

60. The term communication came from

which language?

A Greek

B XLatin

C German

D French

61. ILA Bulletin is

A XQuarterly

B Monthly

C Bi-annual

D Bi-monthly

62. In the process of reasoning when we start

with a specific statement, and conclude to

a general statement, it is called

A Deductive Reasoning

B XInductive Reasoning

C Abnormal Reasoning
D Transcendental Reasoning

63. Indian Library Association was founded in

the year

A 1931

B X1933

C 1936

D 1948

64. What is a Word Processor?

A Software

B Hardware

C Back end

D XProgram to perform word process-

ing functions

65. First Law of library science is not con-

nected with

A Location

B Building

C XLoss of Book’s

D Furniture

66. UNESCO Public Library Manifesto was

published in the year

A 1972

B X1949
C 1948

D 1947

67. AACR I is a code meant for which cata-

logue?

A XDictionary catalogue

B Divided catalogue

C Alphabetical catelogue

D Classified catalogue

68. Windows NT is a

A Software

B Hardware

C Tool

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D XOperating system

69. Shelf list facilitates

A Classification
B Weeding out

C XStock verification

D Documentation

70. What does library classification mean?

A XArrangement of ideas in a system-

atic manner

B Arrangement of document according

to physical form

C Arrangement of year wise

D Author wise arrangement

71. Who stated that “To provide the right book

to the right reader at the right time”?

A L.R.McColvin

B Melvil Dewey

C S.R.Ranganathan

D XDrury

72. FTP refers to

A Full Time Programmer

B XFile Transfer Protocol

C File Transfer Programme

D File Task Programme

73. Which of the following gives complete

control over the cross references of an in-

dex to the Indexer?

A See also cross reference

B check also cross reference

C See cross reference

D XInverted cross reference

74. Which Indian University first started

M.Lib.Sc.& M.Phil courses

A XUniversity of Delhi

B University of Madras

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

D Aligar Muslim University

75. Mark the ‘odd one out’:

A Cow-Calf principle

B XPrinciple of osmosis

C Wall picture principle

D Whole organ principle

76. SLSH stands for

A Subject Language Subdivision Head-

ing

B Science List of Subject Headings

C XSears List of Subject Headings

D Science Language Subject Heading

77. Which of the following are nonprobability

sampling?

i) Quota sampling
ii) Judgement Sampling

iii) Cluster Sampling

iv) Multi-stage sampling

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A (i) and (iv) are correct.

B (ii) and (iii) are correct.

C X(i) and (ii) are correct.

D (iii) and (iv) are correct.

78. By which name Delivery of Books Act

(1954) was revised in 1956?

A Delivery of Books Act, 1956

B XDelivery of Books and Newspapers

(Public Libraries) Act, 1956

C Delivery of Books and Newspaper

Act, 1956

D None of the above

79. The replacement of book in the proper

places of shelves at regular intervals is

called as

A Reference service
B XShelf rectification

C Separation of rare books

D Information service

80. Headquarters of IFLA is located in:

A Paris

B Washington

C London

D XThe Hague

81. Which one was the first scheme could

be called a completely Analytico-Synthetic

classification scheme?

A Colon Classification 6th Edition

B Colon Classification 4th Edition

C Colon Classification 3rd Edition

D XColon Classification 1st Edition

82. In which one is synonyms meaning?

1. Reference book

2. Rare possible book

3. Not possible book

4. In printed book

A X1 and 2

B 1 and 3

C 2 and 3

D 3 and 4

83. The ”Expansive classification’ was pub-

lished in

A 1901

B X1891

C 1933

D 1905

84. Library Ethics is a combination of what?

i.) Responsibility

ii.) Accountability

iii.) Commitment

iv.) Decision Making

A X(i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.

B (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

C (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

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D (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.

85. Generally the information sources are di-

vided mainly in to following categories?

A Primary and secondary.

B Reference and information sources.

C XDocumentary and non-documentary

D Books and periodicals

86. Peter Phyrr developed this technique:

A PPBS

B Performance Budget

C XZero Based Budgeting

D Line by line Budget

87. Which of the following is not covered in

Resource sharing?

A Sharing materials

B Sharing functions

C Sharing services

D XSharing staff

88. Which kind of budget initialize with a min-

imal or zero figure for funding?

A Traditional Budget

B XZero Based Budget

C Capital Budget

D Imposed Budget

89. How many columns are there in the acces-

sion register?
A 10

B 12

C X14

D 16

90. Which two organizations jointly publish

survey on digitization and preservation?

A XIFLA + UNESCO

B ALA + UNESCO

C IFLA + ALA

D IFLA + LC

91. The first printed works are called

A Impensis

B XIncunabula

C Impression

D Imprimatur

92. In notational plane “Decimal fraction de-

vice” contributes to which canon?

A Uniformity

B XRelativity

C Hierarchy

D Non Hierarchy

93. The alternatives and modifications of H-

Index are
i.) I-index

ii.) Pure-h Index

iii.) Scimgo Journal Rank

iv.) European Impact Factor

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A (i) & (iii) are correct

B X(i) & (ii) are correct

C (i) & (iv) are correct

D (ii) & (iii) are correct

94. Indian National Bibliography is used for

A XBook Selection

B Stock verification

C Reservation

D Classification

95. Query languages come under which gen-

eration?

A Second generation
B Third generation

C XFourth generation

D Fifth generation

96. What is the meaning of E-Documents?

A All Documents other than printed

B Non-Paper documents

C XIn electronic form such as Cas-

settes, CD-ROMs, etc.

D Audio visual tools

97. Consultation of Book Replacement and

Duplication with whom?

A Xwith circulation section

B with technical section

C with maintenance section

D with librarian

98. A word book is also known as

A Index

B XDictionary

C Monograph

D Periodical

99. To make a program safe, one should take

care of

A XStrong authentication and access

controls
B Error checking controls

C Do risk analysis

D Vendor’s credibility

100. A systematic method and process of

studying and evaluating whether the ex-

penditure for products, materials, or ser-

vices is justified by the benefits is

A Break Even Analysis

B XCost-Effective Analysis

C System Analysis

D Administrative Analysis

101. Arrange the following IFLA programmes

according to their year of commencement:

i) UBC

ii) UAP

iii) ISBD

iv) International MARC Office

A (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)

B (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)

C (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)

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D X(iii), (i), (ii), (iv)

102. Which of the following is not an implica-

tion of Fourth Law of Library Science?

A Classified arrangement

B Stack-room-guides

C Issue Methods

D XRural Library Services

103. In the library hierarchy which level of

management is responsible for execution

of policies?

A XMiddle level

B Operational level

C Top level

D Lower level

104. In which device is requires when connect-

ing to Internet?

A Keyboard

B XModem
C Eathernet cable

D Data card

105. Which of the following guides are used in

maintenance section of the library?

i.) Gangway guides

ii.) Shelf guides

iii.) Tier guides

iv.) User guides

A (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.

B X(i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.

C (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

D (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.

106. When Karnataka Public Library Act was

enacted?

A X1965

B 1968

C 1972

D 1981

107. Primary Sources include:

i) Thesis

ii) Patent

iii) Abstracting Periodical

iv) Periodical article

A (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct

B (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct

C X(i), (ii) and (iv) are correct

D (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct

108. Which of the following are reasons for ob-

solescence of information?

i) Information is considered invalid.

ii) Information is valid but mostly avail-

able online.

iii) Works are extensively cited.

iv) Information is valid but inadequate

for exploration.

A (i) and (ii) are correct.

B (ii) and (iii) are correct.

C X(i) and (iv) are correct.

D (ii) and (iv) are correct.

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109. Citation Indexing was first developed in

the field of

A Social Science

B XLaw

C Science

D Mathematics

110. Windows edition of CDS/ISIS is named

as

A XWINISIS

B WISIS

C Windows ISIS

D WINCDS

111. Modes of formation of subject are the part

of which process of the library?

A Accessioning

B XClassification

C Cataloguing

D Documentation

112. Generally library staff working hours per

week

A 40 -50 hours

B X36 -50 hours

C 56 -65 hours

D 50 -60 hours

113. Which one is a basic service of the library?

1. Provision of General information

2. Provision of specific information

3. Assistant to location of document

4. Assist to use oflibrary catalogue

A 1 and 2 are true

B 3 and 4 are true

C 2 false

D Xall are correct

114. Which one of the following is correctly

matched?

A Reference service ± Special Library

B Reference books ± Theses

C XClipping service ± Newspapers

and Magazines

D CAS -+ print Journals

115. In which year reference service was

started in USA?

A 1905

B 1872

C 1873

D X1875

116. Which of the following activities are sup-

ported by UGC?

i.) Facilitating increased access to infor-

mation.

ii.) Monitoring the implementation of re-

vised curriculum.

iii.) Making policies for human resource

development

iv.) Funding all academic libraries.