Multiple Choices Questions and Answers

Multiple Choices Questions and Answers 101- 200

These questions and answers are compiled by Dr. Dr. Badan Barman, Mayank Yuvaraj, Md. Iliyas Kakandikar, Miss. Kankana Baishya, Mrs. Anupama Chetia, Ms. Krishna Roshan, N. Muthukumaran, S. Chellapandian and Vaibhavi Thacker.
Mistake in answer, duplication in questions and other errors should be reported to Dr. Badan Barman at badanbarman at gmail dot com.

101) Information is …
(A) Raw data
(B) Raw knowledge
(C) Input data
(D) Organized data

102) ‘Fair use’ is a term most relevant to:
(A) Intellectual Property Rights
(B) Books borrowed for home reading
(C) Copy right
(D) Use of reference books

103) WIPO stands for:
(A) World Information and Patents Organisation
(B) World Intellectual Property Organisation
(C) World International Property Organisation
(D) World Information Protection Organisation

104) Handling of Information in the sense of production is called:
(A) Information Marketing
(B) Information Industry
(C) Information Production
(D) Information Revolution

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

106) Informal communication among knowledgeable person is known as:
(A) Invisible College
(B) Information Gatekeeper
(C) Communication Gatekeeper
(D) Knowledge Management

107) Which one of the following is not associated with the communication system?
(A)  Receiver                            
(B)  Channel                          
(C)  Sender                            
(D)  Entropy                      

108) The invisible web refers to-
(A)  The internet, since we cannot see it                          
(B)  That part of the internet, which is hidden from the search engines                        
(C)  The telecommunication signals which are not seen                            
(D)  The failure in accessing the web pages                      

109) Who was the chairman of National Library Committee of India?
(A)   B. S. Jha                      
(B)  K. P. Sinha                      
(C)  S. Mudaliar                            
(D)  C. D. Deshmukh                    

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

111) Where is the head quarter of Patent Information System in India?
(A) Pune                
(B) Mumbai                
(C) Nagpur                      
(D) Delhi                  

112) The act enacted in India in 1856 on Intellectual Property Right was based on.
(A)  American Patent Law 1810                      
(B)  British Patent Law 1852        
(C)  The Patent Bill                        
(D)  The Design Act of 1911                  

113) Whether intellectual property can be sold.
(A)  No
(B)  Sale is possible
(C)  Yes
(D)  None of these

114) The term communication came from which language?
(A)  Greek
(B)  Latin
(C)  German
(D)  French

115) Who is the propounder of the term information transfer?
(A)  Ranganathan              
(B)  J. Martin                  
(C)  Beesman                    
(D)  Calvin Moores                

116) To which country the credit is given to coin the term information society?
(A)  USA          
(B)  France              
(C)  Japan                
(D)  India              

117) Today information is regarded as which of the following?
(A)  Wealth          
(B)  Commodity          
(C)  Products      
(D)  All the above              

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

119) Delivery of Book Act passed in the year
(A) 1963
(B) 1972
(C) 1960
(D) 1954

120) Now a day’s what is a most important vital resource for societal development of a country ?
(A)  Books        
(B)  Kowledge            
(C)  Information              
(D)  Data                

121) Who is the Father of a computer
(A) Steve Jobs
(B) Vint Cerf
(C) Tim Berners-Lee
(D) Charles Babbage

122) When was Dr. S. R. Ranganathan was appointed as a National research professor of Library science
(A) 1942
(B) 1962
(C) 1972
(D) 1952

123) Which Indian University first started M.Lib.Sc. & M.Phil courses
(A) University of Delhi
(B) University of Madras
(C) S.N.D.T. Women University, Bombay
(D) Aligar Muslim University

124) Which Commission recommended 10% of the total college budget for development of Libraries?
(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan Committee
(B) Mehrotra Committee
(C) Kothari Committee
(D) Curriculum Development Committee in LIS

125) UNISIST is a
(A) Software
(B) A Programme
(C) Welfare association
(D) A committee

126) Where did Dr. S. R. Ranganathan put forth his five laws of library science?
(A) Meenakshi College, Annamalainagar
(B) Hindu College, New Delhi
(C) City College, Bangalore
(D) Christ College, Bangalore

127) When did ILA became the member of IFLA?
(A) 1952
(B) 1955
(C) 1957
(D) 1965

128) In which year ASLIB was acquired by MCB group, the holding company for emerald group publishing?
(A) 2003
(B) 2005
(C) 2009
(D) 2010

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

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

131) When was the International institute of Documentation established?
(A) 1931
(B) 1934
(C) 1940
(D) 1945

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

133) In which year the ISBN allocation office in India shifted from Kolkatta to Delhi?
(A) 2009
(B) 2010
(C) 2011
(D) 2012


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

135) Who said that “Librarianship is not a profession”?
(A) Madden, Moon, Moore, Mc Pheron
(B) Goode, Rossi, Shaffer, Gullis
(C) Dewey, Rundey, Reeves, Aishen
(D) Ranganathan, Dewey, Cutter

136) Which organization was joined with Library Association to form CILIP in 2002?
(A) Institute of Bibliography
(B) Institute of Information Scientists
(C) Institute of Documentation
(D) Institute of Librarianship

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

138) In which year headquarter of FID was shifted from Brussels to The Hague?
(A) 1925
(B) 1928
(C) 1930
(D) 1934

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

140) Where was the first library noticed in India?
(A) Taxila
(B) Nalanda
(C) Vallabhi
(D) Sravasti

141) When was the curriculam development committee on LIS instituted?
(A) 1988-89
(B) 1990-93
(C) 1994-97
(D) 1999-02

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

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

144) Where is the headquarter of SLA?
(A) New York
(B) Lagos
(C) Shimla
(D) New Delhi

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

146) UAP stands for what of the following
(A) United Academy of publication
(B) Universal Association of Publishers
(C) Universal Availability of Publications.
(D) Universal Association of Publishers

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

148) The five laws of Library Science published in the book form in the year
(A) 1924
(B) 1931
(C) 1928
(D) 1930

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

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

151) When was the American Library Association established
(A) 1876
(B) 1872
(C) 1875
(D) 1880

152) Which term was coined by Dr. S. R. Ranganathan for mobile libraries?
(A) Moving Library
(B) Library on Wheels
(C) Library Machine
(D) All of above

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

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

155) The first library school was started by
(A) Melvin Dewey
(B) Charles Williamson
(C) John Macfarlane
(D) William Allenson Borden

156) Encyclopedia of library and Information Science is published by:
(A) H. W. Wilson
(B) R. R. Bowker
(C) Marcel Dekker
(D) Andrew Deutsch

157) The secondary source of information comprised of:
(A) Text books and research monographs.
(B) Subject periodicals and encyclopedias
(C) Indexing and Abstracting periodicals
(D) Bibliography and patents

158) Who categorized information source into conventional, non conventional, neo conventional and micro documents:
(A) Ranganathan
(B) Bradford
(C) Grogan
(D) Henson

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

160) What is the Thesaurus?
(A) A collection of selected terminology
(B) Synonymous terms
(C) List of words
(D) All of the above

161) What is a Patent?
(A) An agreement to the Government
(B) Document of the library
(C) An agreement between the inventor and the Government
(D) An agreement between library and Publisher

162) World of learning is a what source of information
(A) Primary source
(B) Documentary source
(C) Secondary source
(D) Tertiary source

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

164) Cumulative book index is published from
(A) India
(B) USA
(C) Canada
(D) Thailand

165) Statesman year book is published from
(A) London
(B) New york
(C) Calcutta
(D) Chicago

166) Word of learning is Published by
(A) Asian events
(B) Keesing’s
(C) Europa publication
(D) Harper & Row

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

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

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

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

171) Indian national Bibliographical first appeared in
(A) 1947
(B) 1957
(C) 1967
(D) 1937

172) Who is the author of “Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous literature”
(A) S. Halkett & J. Laing
(B) Robert Proctor
(C) Ralph De sols
(D) Hanuman Sastri

173) Compton year book contains
(A) Political events
(B) Cultural events
(C) Outstanding events
(D) Economic events

174) Online Europa year book has coverage since
(A) 1965
(B) 1975
(C) 1984
(D) 1985

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

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

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

178) Reference sources are those
(A) Which are large in size?
(B) Which are read at home easily?
(C) Which used to obtain particular information?
(D) Which are costly?

179) Who is the publisher of Encyclopedia of Library and information science?
(A) Boweker
(B) H. W. Wilson company
(C) M. Dekker
(D) H. W. Wilson

180) Retrospective search service is a type of
(A) Referral service
(B) Reference service
(C) CAS
(D) SDI

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

182) Year book are also known as
(A) Hand book
(B) Annual
(C) Directory
(D) Dictionary

183) What is India: A reference annual?
(A) Year Book
(B) Almanac
(C) Gide book
(D) Hand book

184) What is Trade bibliography?
(A) List of Author Bibliography
(B) List of Special Bibliography
(C) List of books in print or for sale compiled by a publisher
(D) List of books of trade Library

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

186) What is the meaning of E-Documents?
(A) All Documents other than printed
(B) Non-Paper documents
(C) In electronic form such as Cassettes, CD-ROMs, etc.
(D) Audio visual tools

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

188) Generally the information sources are divided mainly in to following categories?
(A) Primary and secondary.
(B) Reference and information sources.
(C) Documentary and non-documentary
(D) Books and periodicals

189) What are non- documentary sources?
(A) Which are in printed form?
(B) Which are in not printed form?
(C) Which are nor documents
(D) None of these

190) Today which type of information sources is most useful?
(A) Reference sources
(B) Documentary source
(C) Non- Documentary source
(D) Both the Documentary and Non-Documentary sources

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

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

193) What is the suitable reference sources to find out the list of historical monuments of Delhi?
(A) Atlas
(B) Gazetteer
(C) Guide book
(D) Globe

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

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

196) How many volumes Micropaedia of new Encyclopedia Britannica is published?
(A) 2
(B) 10
(C) 11
(D) 12

197) Encyclopedia Americana consists of
(A) 20 Volumes
(B) 25 Volumes
(C) 28 Volumes
(D) 30 Volumes

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

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

200) What is National bibliography?
(A) List of books of National Library
(B) List of books published in a particular Nation
(C) List of books written by National government
(D) List of books on a nation


101) Answer: (D)
102) Answer: (C)
103) Answer: (B)
104) Answer: (B)
105) Answer: (B)
106) Answer: (A)
107) Answer: (D)
108) Answer: (B)
109) Answer: (A)
110) Answer: (D)
111) Answer: (C)
112) Answer: (B)
113) Answer: (B)
114) Answer: (B)
115) Answer: (C)
116) Answer: (C)
117) Answer: (D)
118) Answer: (A)
119) Answer: (D)
120) Answer: (C)
121) Answer: (D)
122) Answer: (B)
123) Answer: (A)
124) Answer: (C)
125) Answer: (B)
126) Answer: (A)
127) Answer: (C)
128) Answer: (D)
129) Answer: (B)
130) Answer: (A)
131) Answer: (A)
132) Answer: (B)
133) Answer: (C)
134) Answer: (A)
135) Answer: (A)
136) Answer: (B)
137) Answer: (B)
138) Answer: (D)
139) Answer: (C)
140) Answer: (D)
141) Answer: (B)
142) Answer: (C)
143) Answer: (A)
144) Answer: (A)
145) Answer: (D)
146) Answer: (C)
147) Answer: (A)
148) Answer: (B)
149) Answer: (A)
150) Answer: (C)
151) Answer: (A)
152) Answer: (B)
153) Answer: (D)
154) Answer: (D)
155) Answer: (A)
156) Answer: (C)
157) Answer: (C)
158) Answer: (A)
159) Answer: (C)
160) Answer: (D)
161) Answer: (C)
162) Answer: (C)
163) Answer: (D)
164) Answer: (B)
165) Answer: (A)
166) Answer: (C)
167) Answer: (A)
168) Answer: (B)
169) Answer: (C)
170) Answer: (A)
171) Answer: (B)
172) Answer: (A)
173) Answer: (C)
174) Answer: (D)
175) Answer: (A)
176) Answer: (C)
177) Answer: (A)
178) Answer: (C)
179) Answer: (C)
180) Answer: (B)
181) Answer: (B)
182) Answer: (B)
183) Answer: (A)
184) Answer: (C)
185) Answer: (A)
186) Answer (C)
187) Answer: (C)
188) Answer: (C)
189) Answer: (B)
190) Answer: (C)
191) Answer: (B)
192) Answer: (B)
193) Answer: (C)
194) Answer: (A)
195) Answer: (C)
196) Answer: (C)
197) Answer: (D)
198) Answer: (C)
199) Answer: (C)
200) Answer: (B)


These questions and answers are compiled by Dr. Badan Barman, Ghante Pradipkumar. B., Mayank Yuvaraj, Ms. Krishna Roshan, N. Muthukumaran, Rajashekar M Patil, S. Chellapandian, Vaibhavi Thacker.
Mistake in answer, duplication in questions and other errors should be reported to Dr. Badan Barman at badanbarman at gmail dot com.

201) What is the frequency of I.N.B.?
(A) Quarterly
(B) Monthly
(C) Weekly
(D) Annual

202) ‘ Facts on File’ is a
(A) Weekly list
(B) Fortnightly
(C) Monthly
(D) Quarterly

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

204) Which terms was coined by S.R. Ranganathan for mobile libraries
(A) Moving library
(B) Library on wheels
(C) Library machine
(D) All of the above

205) Abstracting service provides…
(A) Abstract of articles
(B) Whole bibliographic description of articles
(C) Whole bibliographic description along with abstracts of article
(D) Whole bibliographic sources


206) Which service demands the creation of a ‘user’ profile?
(A) CAS
(B) Information retrieval
(C) SDI
(D) Reference service

207) “Reference service is the contact between the right reader and the right book in the right personal way” was stated by…
(A) D J Fockett
(B) S R Ranganathan
(C) James I Wyer
(D) A. L. A Glossary of library terms

208) CAS is defined as
(A) A process of dissemination of information
(B) A process of information
(C) A process of dissemination of current information
(D) A simple information service

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

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

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

212) Reading centre, story hours, exhibition and reading to literature are form of
(A) Extension service
(B) Service of Public library
(C) Both
(D) None

213) Who Invented the Dictionary Catalogue?
(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(B) C. A. Cutter
(C) D. B. Krishna Rao
(D) K. N. Raj

214) What is the another name of Added entries?
(A) Main entry
(B) Cross reference entry
(C) Secondary entries
(D) Subject entry

215) When was SLSH published?
(A) 1903
(B) 1897
(C) 1923
(D) 1933

216) When was MARC project completed?
(A) 1987
(B) 1967
(C) 1947
(D) 1968

217) Who defined notation as shorthand sign
(A) Dr.  S. R. Ranganathan
(B) Benjamin A. Custer
(C) Immanuel Kant
(D) E. C. Richardson

218) Who enunciated the five fundamental categories
(A) Benjamin A. Custer
(B) Paul Otlet
(C) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(D) W. C. Sayers

219) Who enunciated the subject Classification
(A) J. D. Brown
(B) W. C. Sayers
(C) Benjamin A.Custer
(D) Frist Donker Duyvis

220) How many Auxiliary tables are there in DDC 23rd Edition
(A) 16
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8

221) Colon classification was first published in
(A) 1905
(B) 1931
(C) 1933
(D) 1944

222) Phoenix schedules are part of which classification
(A) CC
(B) DDC
(C) UDC
(D) LCC

223) Sear’s List of Subject Headings (SLSH) is mainly useful for
(A) Small and medium libraries
(B) Special libraries
(C) Academic libraries
(D) College libraries

224) In which year DDC 23rd edition was published
(A) 2000
(B) 2011
(C) 2003
(D) 2010

225) The word classification comes from the Latin word
(A) Classis
(B) Classes
(C) Clauses
(D) Fiction

226) The first edition of DDC published in
(A) 1875
(B) 1876
(C) 1874
(D) 1896

227) The first edition of UDC published in
(A) 1904
(B) 1901
(C) 1905
(D) 1894

228) Who is the publishers of Sear’s list of subject headings
(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(B) Brown
(C) H. W. Wilson
(D) C. A. Cutter

229) MESH is a
(A) Thesaurus
(B) Dictionary
(C) Journal
(D) Library

230) The First edition of DDC Consisted of
(A) 144 pages
(B) Four volume
(C) 44 pages
(D) 124 pages

231) What are the four entity of FRBR model?
(A) Personality, Matter, Energy, Space
(B) Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item
(C) Book, Form, Availability, Type
(D) Discipline, Entity, Action, Personality

232) Who is the Editor in Chief of 23rd Edition of DDC
(A) Benjamin A. Custer
(B) John P. Comaromi
(C) Winton E. Matthews
(D) John S. Mitchell

233) When was the different typological study towards mode of formation of subjects done?
(A) 1950
(B) 1960
(C) 1970
(D) 1975

234) In which edition “Auxiliary table for area” was first introduced?
(A) DDC 14
(B) DDC 15
(C) DDC 16
(D) DDC 17

235) What does LED stands for in CC?
(A) Latest Energy Developments
(B) Latest Effective Decade
(C) Large Energy Distribution
(D) Lowest Effective Decade

236) The term prenatal cataloguing first used by
(A) Michael Gorman
(B) Dr. S.R.Ranganathan
(C) E.B.Ross
(D) Melvin Dewey

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

238) Who devised Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System?
(A) Melville Dewey
(B) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(C) Tim Berners-Lee
(D) Vint Cerf

239) Call Number of a Book Means
(A) Book Number
(B) Class Number
(C) Both (A) and (B) are true
(D) None of the above

240) Accession Number means
(A) Call Number of a book
(B) Unique Number for a book inside a particular library.
(C) Book Number
(D) Class number

241) Who is the Editor in Chief of 19th Edition of DDC
(A) Benjamin A. Custer
(B) John P. Comaromi
(C) Winton E. Matthews
(D) John S. Mitchell

242) Who is the Editor in Chief of 20th Edition of DDC
(A) Benjamin A. Custer
(B) John P. Comaromi
(C) Winton E. Matthews
(D) John S. Mitchell

243) Who is the Editor in Chief of 21st Edition of DDC
(A) Benjamin A. Custer
(B) John P. Comaromi
(C) Winton E. Matthews
(D) John S. Mitchell

244) Who is the Editor in Chief of 22nd Edition of DDC
(A) Benjamin A. Custer
(B) John P. Comaromi
(C) Winton E. Matthews
(D) John S. Mitchell

245) “POSDCORB” coined by
(A) Peter F. Drucker
(B) Harold Koontz
(C) F.W. Taylor
(D) Luther Gulick

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

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

248) "To provide the best books to the maximum readers at the least cost" said by
(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(B) P. N. Kaula
(C) E.Mayo
(D) Melvil Dewey

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

250) ISBN now consists of how many digits
(A) 10
(B) 9
(C) 15
(D) 13

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

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

253) CPM (Critical Path Method) is developed by
(A) Dupoint Company
(B) Aircraft Corporation
(C) IIM
(D) IBM

254) How many digits have in the ISSN
(A) 10
(B) 8
(C) 13
(D) 15

255) Main use of Shelf list is
(A) Cataloging
(B) Circulation
(C) Stock Verification
(D) Book Selection

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

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

258) Zero Base Budgeting system was propounded by
(A) Peter F. Drucker
(B) P.N. Kaula
(C) E.Mayo
(D) Pter Phyrr

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

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

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

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

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

264) …….. takes items of expenditure for libraries as the working data for allocation of funds.
(A) Method of details
(B) Per capita method
(C) Principle of economy
(D) Library budget

265) A budget which mainly covers items of current revenue and expenditure is called __.
(A) Programme budget
(B) Welfare economics
(C) Current budgeting
(D) Capital budgeting

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

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

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

269) What are the two parts of the annual report of the library
(A) Primary and Secondary
(B) Analytical and Systematic
(C) Upper and Lower
(D) Descriptive and Statistical

270) Who is the pioneer of open access system in British libraries
(A) Nine e.Brown
(B) James Duff Brown
(C) John cotton dana
(D) S. R. Ranganathan

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

272) Who started New York Charging system?
(A) Peter Drucker
(B) Elton Mayo
(C) John Cotton Dana
(D) Francis Bacon

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

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

275) When was PERT developed?
(A) 1958
(B) 1968
(C) 1955
(D) 1948

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

277) PPBS relates to
(A) Book selection
(B) Journal selection
(C) Budgeting
(D) Library records

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

287) ________ are the storage areas for the various types of documents kept in a library.
(A) Tasks .
(B). Racks
(C) Stacks
(D) Desks

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

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

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

291)…………… categorises documents into three types such as primary, secondary and tertiary.
(A) Grogan
(B) Skeltor
(C)Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(D) Hanson

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

293) In Encyclopaedia Britianica, ___________ acts as an index to macropaedia.
(A) Bibliography
(B) Introduction Part
(C) Propaedia
(D) Micropaedia

294) One of the book selection principles states that “the best reading for the largest number at the ……………Cost.”
(A) Maximum
(B) Medium
(C) Least
(D) Zero

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

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

297) ISBN stands for ________
(A) Integrated Services Bibliographic Network
(B) Indian Standard Book Number
(C) International Standard Book Number
(D) International Standard for Book and Non- book

298) The three card system introduced by Ranganathan are - (i) Register Card, (ii) Check Card, and (iii)?
(A) KARDEX
(B) LINDEX
(C) Ledger Card
(D) Classified Index Card

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

300) PRECIS was developed by Derek Austin for use in the
(A) BNB
(B) INB
(C) ISBD
(D) ISBN
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These questions and answers are compiled by Amit Kumar Singh, B. Asadullah, Dr. Badan Barman, Kankana Baishya, Kusum Saini, Mayank Yuvaraj, N. Muthukumaran, Naheem K. T., Neena M G, O. P. Saini, R. Raman Nair, Rajashekhar M Patil, S. Chellapandian, Sambhunath Sahoo, Sampada D., and  Vaibhavi Thacker. Mistake in answer, duplication in questions and other errors should be reported to Dr. Badan Barman at badanbarman at gmail dot com. 301) Getting books back from the users and releasing the borrower’s ticket is known as (A) Charging (B) Holding (C) Reserving (D) Discharging 302) While entering the library, the personal belongings of a reader is kept in ________ (A) Cloak Room (B) Property Counter (C) Gate counter (D) Store room 303) Books misplaced on the shelves by readers are restored. This work is referred to as. (A) Shelving (B) Stock verification (C) Shelf rectification (D) Shifting 304) Outdated and seldom used books are withdrawn from the library is known as ___________. (A) Shelving (B) Weeding (C) Circulating (D) Guiding 305) The objective of library binding is ________of the library materials. (A) Proper organisation (B) Accessibility. (C) Durability (D) Humidity control 306) All part and pages of a volume are correctly sequenced in the first stage of binding process known as? (A) Sewing (B) Guard (C) Pulling (D) Collation 307) Sheets before and after the text of a book are called _________. . (A) End papers (B) Attach cover (C) Head bands (D) Gilding 308) Leather being used as one of the binding materials i.e., _________ is the strongest leather. (A) Roan (B) Imitation (C) Pig skin (D) Sheep skin 309)  ________ has prescribed certain standards for library binding. (A) ILA (B) ALA (C) BLA (D) NBT 310) A skillful method of providing means mechanism and structural elements to. streamline organizational work is known as _______ (A) Strategic planning (B) Role analysis (C) Work culture (D) Autonomous planning 311) Who is regarded as father of bibliography ? (A) Paul Otlet (B) Conrad Gesner (C) J. C. Brunet (D) A. C. Fosket. 312) Linear model of communication in knowledge based on Aristotles’ model of communication was proposed by (A) Juger Heberman (B) A.J. Wells (C) C.E. Shannon & W. Weaver (D) G. Gerbner 313) ISBN changed from 10 digits to 13 from (A) January, 2007 (B) January, 2008 (C) January, 2006 (D) January, 2005 314) Library Legislation refers to the development of (A) Academic Libraries (B) Special Libraries (C) Public Libraries (D) None of the above 314) Answer: (C) 315) IASLIC was founded in the year (A) 1955 (B) 1965 (C) 1975 (D) 1985 316) Calcutta Public Library was established during (A) 15th Century (B) 16th Century (C) 19th Century (D) 20th Century. 317)_______ budgeting does not take into account what happened in the past but emphasizes on current activities. (A) Formula (B) Performance (C) Programme (D) Zero-base 318) The library budget of a university is passed by the? (A) Senate (B) Executive Council (C) Academic Council (D) Research Council 319) In fund accounting, _______ fund cannot be used for other purposes. (A) Recurring (B) Non-recurring (C) Restricted (D) Encumbering 320) Scrutiny of financial transactions is called (A) Budgeting (B) Programming (C) Accounting (D) Auditing 321) ________ is one of the records of circulation section. (A) Accession Register (B) Day book (C) Catalogue Card (D) AACR-2 (R) 322) 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. 323 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. 324) Physical condition of the books should be property maintaine(D) This is known as (A) Collation. (B) Conservation (C) Shelf-arrangement (D) Organization  325) ________ is an important record of books, which shows the position of any book on the shelves. (A) Bay Guide (B) Authority File (C) Accession List. (D) Shelf. .List 326) Three great achievements in U.S.A. were noticed i.e. enunciation of DDC classification scheme, formation of American Library Association and the publication of 1st Journal of the librarianship in the year (A) 1857 (B) 1859 (C) 1876 (D) 1901. 327) Books lost from the library are known through ________ (A) Stock verification (B) Charging and discharging (C) Shelf list (D) Accession Register 328) LA is the Library Association of (A) Manipur (B) Andhra Pradesh (C) Great Britain (Dl Canada. 329) Of the following libraries in India, which one is the oldest library ? (A) Asiatic Society Library, Bombay (B) Connemara Public Library, Madras (C) Delhi Public Library, Delhi (D) National Library of India, Calcutta. 330) The first centre to use computer in the library and information activities in India is (A) DESIDOC (B) INSDOC (C) DRTC (D) UGC. 331) User education may be provided in four interrelated areas which are (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. 332) 'Fair use' is the norm for determining the legality of (A) Producing the second edition of a book (B) Photocopying an entire book (C) Making available a book to another library on inter-library loan (D) Prescribing a book as a text book. 333)  Generally a reference service of a library in the conventional form is processed through the stages which are (A) Preparation, service, assimilation (B) Indexing, orientation, delivery of the query's reply (C) Orientation, user's study, photocopy supplied (D) Preparation, orientation, delivery of the query's reply. 334) ________ is a process of helping employees in an organization to acquire new skills and competence on a continuing basis (A) Total Quality Management (B) Management Information System (C) Financial Resources Development (D) Human Resources Development. 335) PR stands for (A) Indian Press Registration (B) Intellectual Property Right (C) International Property Right (D) Indian Property Regulations. 336) On which of the following technologies semantic web is not based? (A) RDF (B) Ontologies (C) Cloud seeding (D) URI 337) World Wide Web (WWW) was first designed by whom? (A) Charles Babbage (B) F. W. Lancaster (C) Ted Nelson (D) Tim Berner's Lee 338) Which generation computers uses integrated circuits(ICs)? (A) First (B) Second (C) Third (D) Fourth 339) The concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) belongs to ____________________ (A) Second Generation Computers (B) Third Generation Computers (C) Fourth Generation Computers (D) Fifth Generation Computers 340) Computer memory is measured in ____________________ (A) Bytes (B) Kilobytes (C) Megabytes (D) All of the above 341) The term "Cyberspace" was first used by _________________ (A) Andrew Pollock (B) William Gibson (C) John Postal (D) Joe Flower 342) The term hypertext was coined by whom? (A) Ted Nelson (B) Vannevan Bush (C) John Brown (D) J. C. Kith 343) What are three types of basic languages used in computer programming? (A) Zero, low and high levels (B) COBOL, BASIC and PROLOG (C) FOTRAN, PL/I and SNOWBOL (D) Machine, Assembly and high level lannguages 344) When CD-ROM was prepared and made? (A) 1985 (B) 1982 (C) 1980 (D) 1977 345) In how many ways switching system can be established? (A) Two (B) Three (C) Five (D) Seven 346) Which type of switching system is telephone network? (A) Circuit switching (B) Packet switching (C) Message switching (D) None of the above 347) Which of the following software is useful for word processing? (A) DBASE (B) LIBSYS (C) WordStar (D) CDS/ISIS 348) NICNET and INDONET are the networks of which category? (A) LAN (B) MAN (C) WAN (D) IN 349) Who designed analytical engine? (A) Charles Babbage (B) Pascal (C) James watt (D) Boyl 350) Calculating machine is developed by (A) Charles Babbage (B) Pascal (C) Shakuntala Devi (D) Boyl 351) What is a bug? (A) Computer Virus (B) Error in Computer Configuration (C) Error in a Programme (D) None of these 352) Which is not a programming language? (A) FORTRAN (B) BASIC (C) COBOL (D) ASCII 353) ENIAC stands for? (A) Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (B) Electrified Numerical Integration and Calculator (C) Electronic Number Integrator and Calculator (D) Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator 354) ISO-9960 is related with? (A) Standard for encoding data on CD-ROM (B) Standard for Computer Hardware (C) Standard for Information Processing (D) Standard for Networking 355) ASCII has how many codes? (A) 256 (B) 526 (C) 265 (D) 254 356) Raw, unevaluated, unprocessed and unorganized facts is known as: (A) Data (B) Information (C) Knowledge (D) Wisdom 357) INTERNET was initially developed by US Department of (A) Commerce (B) Defense (C) Interior (D) State 358) Information retrieval is fastest from (A) Floppy Disk (B) Magnetic Tape (C) Hard Disk (D) None of the above 359) An University providing Open Access to Sanskrit dissertations through Internet (A) Jawaharlal Nehru University (B) Delhi University (C) Mahatma Gandhi University (D) University of Madras 360) In which of the following the term “Truncation” is used (A) Budgeting (B) Search Formulation (C) Coordination (D) Classified bibliography 361) The term “Hypertext” was coined by (A) Garfield (B) Bill Gates (C) Ted Nelson (D) Raj Reddy 362) UNIX is a (A) Single user operating system (B) Double user operating system (C) Triple user operating system (D) Multi user operating system 363) The CD alphabets in CDS/ISIS stands for (A) Computerized Documentation (B) Condensed Disk (C) Confirmed Disc (D) Compact Disc 364) LYCOS is a (A) Search engine (B) Programming language (C) Database (D) Database vendor 365) Electronic telecommunications system joining millions of computers together. (A) E-mail (B) Internet (C) US Mail (D) UPS 366) Following is not a social bookmarking site: (A) Digg (B) Delicious (C) Sqidoo (D) Facebook 367) Following is not a network protocol: (A) HTTP (B) SMTP (C) TCP/IP (D) Z39.50 368) LOCKOSS (Software) is an international community initiative by: (A) MIT Libraries (B) Stanford University (C) University of Waikato (D) University of Southampton 369) Identify the odd one from the following: (A) Koha (B) VTLS (C) SLIM++ (D) SOUL 370) Following is not a Web 2.0 tool: (A) Blog (B) Facebook (C) UGC-INFONET 2.0 (D) RSS feeds 371) PDA stands for: (A) Personal Digital Assistance (B) Personal Document Archive (c) Personal Digital Archive (D) Program Download Accessories 372) PLONE is a: (A) Content Mnagement System (B) Digital Library Software (C) ILMS (D) Federated Search Engine 373) Pi is the e-book reading device by: (A) Amazon (B) Sony (C) Infibeam (D) Nokia 374) Following is an example of microblogging: (A) Wordpress (B) Blogspot (C) Livejournal (D) Twitter 375) Who invented OSI Model in 1982 (A) BSO (B) ISI (C) Indian standerd orgganisation (D) International standard organisation 376) Where ISDN was first started in 1990 (A) USA (B) UK (C) India (D) Singapore 377) Now-a-days how many tipes of Protocol are used ? (A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2 378) Which type of protocol is used by interface for public data network(PDN) ? (A) X.25 (B) X.12 (C) X.13 (D) X.20 379) CCF stands for (A) Common Communication Format (B) Centre for Communication Format (C) Committee for Communication Format (D) Common Curriculum Format 380) In Which five year plan the INFLIBNET was established (A) Fourth five year plan (B) Fifth five year plan (C) Sixth five year plan (D) Seventh five year plan 381) INFLIBNET headquarters is located at (A) Ahmedabad (B) New Delhi (C) Bangalore (D) Chennai 382) Resource sharing is a part of … (A) Library cooperation (B) Library administration (C) Library management (D) Library cataloguing 383) What is the full form of ERNET? (A) Engineering Network (B) Eastern Regional Network (C) Electronic Research Network (D) Education and Research Network 384) Which network in India provided the first e-mail service in the country? (A) NICNET (B) DELNET (C) ERNET (D) INFLIBNET 385) Who publishes Annals of Library Science and documentation? (A) ILA (B) INSDOC (C) DRTC (D) IASLIC 386) What one is full text e-Resource ? (A) JCCC (B) ISID (C) Science finder scholar (D) ACS 387) Which one is E-Bibliographic database? (A) Nature (B) Blackwell (C) ISID (D) Springer 388) Virtua accomadates Different version of the MARC Standard? (A) USMARC (B) UKMARC (C) CANMARC (D) SWEMARC/All of above 389) Which is the journal of Library and Information Science? (A) Abacus (B) Acta numerica (C) Interlending and Document supply (D) All of above 390) The Electronic Library is...................... (A) A Magazine (B) A Journal Name (C) A LIbrary (D) An Encyclopeadia 391) What is e-prints ? (A) A catalogue (B)  A journal (C) A repository Software (D) An encyclopeadia 392) What  two is a Library Management  Software for small libraries? (A) Library Solution and Follet (B) Follet and MSN (C) MSN and Tar (D) LYCOS and Live  Search 393) What is APS ? (A) A Search Engine? (B) A Full-text e-resourse (C) Bibliographic database (D) Library Management Software 394) Which one is Library and Information Science Journal name? (A) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book Guide (B) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book journals (C) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB Book Review (D) Reference Reviews incorporating ASLIB E-Book 395) "Shodhganga" is a national level repository of: (A) E-Books (B) E-Journals (C) E-Theses (D) Journal Articles 396) Questionnaire is a : (A) Research method (B) Measurement Technique (C) Tool for data collection (D) All the above 397) Mean, Median and Mode are : (A) Measures of deviation (B) Ways of sampling (C) Measures of control tendency (D) None of the above 398) ‘Cranfield Studies’ are an example of : (A) Survey Research (B) Experimental Research (C) Historical Research (D) Case Study 399) Research is (A) Searching again and again (B) Finding solution to any problem (C) Working in a scientific way to search for truth of any problem (D) None of the above 400) Which of the following is the first step in starting the research process? (A) Searching sources of information to locate problem. (B) Survey of related literature (C) Identification of problem (D) Searching for solutions to the problem Answers 301) Answer (D) 302) Answer (B) 303) Answer (C) 304) Answer (B) 305) Answer (C) 306) Answer (D) 307) Answer (A) 308) Answer (D) 309) Answer (B) 310) Answer (A) 311) Answer: (B) 312) Answer: (C) 313) Answer: (A) 314) Answer: (C) 315) Answer: (A) 316) Answer: (C) 317) Answer: (B) 318) Answer: (B) 319) Answer: (A) 320) Answer: (D) 321) Answer: (A) 322) Answer: (B) 323) Answer: (D) 324) Answer: (B) 325) Answer: (D) 326) Answer: (C) 327) Answer: (B) 328) Answer: (C) 329) Answer: (D) 330) Answer: (B) 331) Answer: (A) 332) Answer: (B) 333) Answer: (A) 334) Answer: (A) 335) Answer: (B) 336) Answer: (C) 337) Answer: (D) 338) Answer: (C) 339) Answer: (D) 340) Answer: (D) 341) Answer: (B) 342) Answer: (A) 343) Answer: (D) 344) Answer: (A) 345) Answer: (B) 346) Answer: (A) 347) Answer: (C) 348) Answer: (C) 349) Answer: (A) 350) Answer: (B) 351) Answer: (C) 352) Answer: (D) 353) Answer: (A) 354) Answer: (A) 355) Answer: (A) 356) Answer: (A) 357) Answer: (B) 358) Answer: (C) 359) Answer: (B) 360) Answer: (B) 361) Answer: (C) 362) Answer: (D) 363) Answer: (A) 364) Answer: (A) 365) Answer: (B) 366) Answer: (C) 367) Answer: (D) 368) Answer: (B) 369) Answer: (A) 370) Answer: (C) 371) Answer: (A) 372) Answer: (A) 373) Answer: (C) 374) Answer: (D) 375) Answer: (D) 376) Answer: (D) 377) Answer: (D) 378) Answer: (A) 379) Answer: (A) 380) Answer: (D) 381) Answer: (A) 382) Answer: (A) 383) Answer: (D) 384) Answer: (C) 385) Answer: (B) 386) Answer: (D) 387) Answer: (C) 388) Answer: (D) 389) Answer: (C) 390) Answer: (B) 391) Answer: (C) 392) Answer: (A) 393) Answer: (B) 394) Answer: (A) 395) Answer: (C) 396) Answer: (C) 397) Answer: (D) 398) Answer: (B) 399) Answer: (C) 400) Answer: (C) hese questions and answers are compiled by Dr. Badan Barman, O. P. Saini, Kankana Baishya, Shradha Shukla, Vaibhavi Thacker, Md.Iliyas Kakandikar,and Pusparaj Naik. Mistake in answer, duplication in questions and other errors should be reported to Dr. Badan Barman at badanbarman at gmail dot com. 401) A common test in research demands much priority on (A) Reliability (B) Useability (C) Objectivity (D) All of the above 402) Action research means (A) A longitudinal research (B) An applied research (C) A research initiated to solve an immediate problem (D) A research with socioeconomic objective 403) A reasoning where we start with certain particular statements and conclude with a universal statement is called (A) Deductive Reasoning (B) Inductive Reasoning (C) Abnormal Reasoning (D) Transcendental Reasoning 404) Which of the following variables cannot be expressed in quantitative terms? (A) Socio-economic Status (B) Marital Status (C) Numerical Aptitude (D) Professional Attitude 405) The essential qualities of a researcher are (A) Spirit of free enquiry (B) Reliance on observation and evidence (C) Systematization or theorizing of knowledge (D) All the above 406) In the process of conducting research ‘Formulation of Hypothesis” is followed by (A) Statement of Objectives (B) Analysis of Data (C) Selection of Research Tools (D) Collection of Data 407) A research paper is a brief report of research work based on (A) Primary Data only (B) Secondary Data only (C) Both Primary and Secondary Data (D) None of the above 408) One of the following is not an open source software: (A) DSpace (B) Windows (C) Green-stone (D) Linux 409) When RRRLF was established? (A) 1970 (B) 1971 (C) 1972 (D) 1974 410) Where is the headquarter of RRRLF? (A) Banglore (B) Delhi (C) Calcutta (D) Lucknow 411) Who provides the ISBN? (A) Niscair (B) Nissat (C) Insdoc (D) RRRLF 412) RRRLF provides the? (A) ISSN (B) ISBN (C) CCF (D) MARC 413) ”It is a library with little or no physical presence of books, periodicals, reading space or support staff, but are that disseminate disseminate selective information directly to distribute library customers, usually electronically”. Said by whom? (A) Kay Gapen (B) Powell (C) Sherwell (D) H. G. Wells 414) ”A library is a public institution or establishment charged with the care of collection of books, the duty of making them accessible to those who require the use of them and the task of converting every person in its neighborhood into a habitual library goers and reader of books.”Quoted by whom? (A) Dr S R Ranganathan (B) K.N.Raj (C) C.A.Cutter (D) W.C.Sayers 415) Classification of all types of libraries has been made by- (A) IFLA (B) UNISIST (C) UNESCO (D) INSDOC 416) ”Special libraries serve a specialist clientele, located within a single establishment or group and all engaged in working towards one common purpose.” Who said this (A) R.Astall (B) UNESCO (C) J.D.Brown (D) E.C.Richardson 417) Reading centre’s, story hours, exhibitions and reading to literature are forms of … (A) Extension service (B) Service of a public library (C) Both (D) None 418) Which library first introduced the printed catalog (A) British Museum (B) Library of Congress (C) Lelin State (D) Imperial Library 419) Informal self education is possible in what kind of library? (A) National Library (B) Public Library (C) Specific Library (D) College Library 420) which is correct logical sequence of the following. (A)  Information, Knowledge, Data, Wisdom                              (B)  Knowledge, Wisdom, Information, Data                            (C)  Wisdom, Information, Data, Knowledge                               (D)  Data, Infomation, Knowledge, Wisdom                       421) The Term  ‘Cyberspace’ was first used by- (A) Andrew Pollack     (B) William Gibsom (C) Johan Postal                       (D) Joe Flower 422) RFID technology is used in- (A) Acquisition             (B) Serial Control (C) Circulation Control (D) OPAC 423) The process of configuring the disk into tracks and sector is called- (A) Booting                  (B) Labelling (C) Formatting (D) All the above 424) Which of the following is a public domain database- (A) INIS (B) AGRIS (C) Chemical Abstract (D) MEDLINE 425) The Chairman of the National Knowledge Commission, Govt. of India, is (A) D. P. Chattopadhyay (B) B. P. Barua (C) R. K. Dasgupta (D) Dr. Sam Pitroda. 426) ……………………. Is a process of information (A) Books                                (B) CD-ROM (C) Computers             (D) None of the above 427) Feedback mechanism is a part of which service? (A) Reprography                      (B) CAS (C) Translation service  (D) SDI 428) What is the collection of terms or records in MARC called ? (A) System                   (B) Network (C) Website                 (D) Database 429) Which network in India provided the first e-mail service in the country ? (A) NICNET               (B) ERNET (C) INFLIBNET          (D) DELNET 430) What is Bibliometry ? (A) Function of Library Network (B) Information Management Service (C) Information Management Tool (D) Library Srvice 431) Microchip was invented by….. (A) Microsoft (B) IBM (C) DELL                                (D) Intel 432) Information is….. (A) Raw Data               (B) Processed Data (C) Input data               (D) Organized data 433) Identify the association that has changed its original name : (A) ILA (B) SLA (C) LA (D) ALA 434) Conference proceedings are considered as..................documents. (A) Conventional (B) Primary (C) Secondary (D) Tertiary 435) Rules for dictionary catalogue were devised by : (A) A. Pannizzi (B) C. C. Jewet (C) S. Lubetzky (D) C. A. Cutter 436) RSS feed is a tool of : (A) Graphic design (B) Web 1.0 (C) Web 2.0 (D) Architecture 437) An appropriate source to find out descriptive information is................ . (A) Bibliography (B) Directory (C) Encyclopedia (D) Dictionary 438) Glossary is a : (A) List of technical words with definitions (B) List of words in a language (C) List of thematically arranged words (D) Alphabetical index to passages of work 439) One of the following search engine is exclusively meant for scientific information : (A) Google (B) Yahoo (C) SCIRUS (D) Altavista 440) Technological Gatekeeper is : (A) A formal method of giving current awareness service (B) A method of technology assessment and evaluation (C) A process of transfer of technology (D) An informal mechanism of keeping user informed of relevant development 441) Who among the following honoured with ‘Nobel Prize’ for his substantial contribution in Documentation ? (A) S. C. Bradford (B) Loosjes (C) Eric De Grolier (D) Henri La Fontaine 442) The Farmington plan is associated with : (A) Library Legislation (B) Library Cataloguing (C) Library Cooperation (D) Library Indexing Service 443) UNESCO assisted Model Public Library in India is located at : (A) Kolkata (B) Delhi (C) Mumbai (D) Chennai 444) Mark the ‘odd one out’ : (A) Cow-Calf principle (B) Principle of osmosis (C) Wall picture principle (D) Whole organ principle 445) GUI stands for : (A) Graphic User Interface (B) Graphic User Interaction (C) Graphic Utility Interface (D) Great Union of India 446) Shelf list facilitates................ . (A) Classification (B) Weeding out (C) Stock verification (D) Documentation 447) The office of patent information system in India is at............ . (A) Mumbai (B) New Delhi (C) Kolkata (D) Nagpur 448) Questionnaire is a : (A) Research method (B) Measurement technique (C) Tool for data collection (D) Data analysis technique 449) A periodical evaluation of an employee is done through........... . (A) Job rotation (B) Performance appraisal (C) Refresher course (D) Work guide 450) CCF stands for................ . (A) Current Classification Format (B) Current Communication Format (C) Common Communication Format (D) Common Classification Format 451) “Controlled Group” is a term used in.............. . (A) Survey research (B) Historical research (C) Experimental research (D) Descriptive research 452) ‘Noise’ in Information Retrieval is due to............. . (A) Precision (B) Recall (C) Relevant information (D) Redundant information 453) The concept “Invisible College” first used by : (A) Eugene Garfield (B) Derek Solla Price (C) Allent Kent (D) Carl Savage 454) Who enunciated the term ‘hypertext’ ? (A) E. Garfield (B) Bill Gates (C) Ted Nelson (D) Raj Reddy 455) ‘Cranfield Project’ is an example of.................... . (A) Experimental Research (B) Survey Research (C) Case Study (D) Historical Research 456) IFLA took up the “Universal Availability of Publication” program in the year............... . (A) 1973 (B) 1976 (C) 1972 (D) 1970 457) International Information System on Research in Documentation (ISORID) was established by : (A) IFLA (B) UNESCO (C) SLA (D) ALA 458) What is the relationship between ISBD and cataloguing codes ? (A) They are not related at all (B) Cataloguing codes will include bibliographic description (C) ISBD includes cataloguing rules (D) ISBD can replace cataloguing rules 459) COPSAT stands for............... . (A) Cooperative periodicals in science and technology (B) Current online periodicals in science and technology (C) Current online patent in science and technology (D) Contents of periodicals in science and technology 460) The journal “Knowledge Organization” is published by : (A) IFLA (B) ISKO (C) LA (D) LC 461) Tagging in web 2.0 application is called : (A) Taxonomy (B) Folksonomy (C) Syndication (D) Directory 462) Inductive logic proceeds from : (A) General to General (B) Particular to General (C) General to Particular (D) Particular to Particular 463) CRG stands for : (A) Committee for Rural Grant (B) Classification Research Group (C) Committee for Ranganathan Guild (D) Classic Research Grant 464) Which of the following is not a “Graphic representation” ? (A) Pie Chart (B) Bar Chart (C) Table (D) Histogram 465) “Fair use” is a term most relevant to : (A) Intellectual Property Right (B) Books borrowed for home reading (C) Copyright (D) Use of reference books 466) The oldest and the largest Library Association in the world is............. . (A) ALA (B) LA (C) IFLA (D) IASLIC 467) Which of the following is not covered under Intellectual Property Rights ? (A) Copyrights (B) Patents (C) Trade Marks (D) Thesaurus 468) Ontology is................. . (A) An Indexing Method (B) Classification of Internet based documents (C) Cataloguing of Internet based documents (D) Documentation service 469) Mozilla is................ . (A) An operating system (B) Library software (C) A web browser (D) A search engine 470) The concept of concretes and processes was given by.............. . (A) Kaiser (B) H. P. Luhn (C) Derek Austin (D) S. R. Ranganathan 471) Chairman of National Knowledge Commission is............... . (A) Pranab Mukherjee (B) Nandan Nilekani (C) P. Chidambaram (D) Sam Pitroda 472) High Level Language is.................. . (A) Disk space dependent (B) O. S. dependent (C) Machine independent (D) Machine dependent 473) The transmission of receiver’s reaction back to the sender is known as................. . (A) Noise (B) Feedback (C) Medium (D) Source 474) Currently “Science Citation Index” is published by................... . (A) Emerald (B) Springer (C) Thomson (D) Elsevier 475) Protocol means............... . (A) Interchange of data between two devices (B) Interchange of data between two computers (C) Linkage between two computers (D) Linkage between two devices 476. Which of the following is an ‘Acronym’ ? (A) UNESCO (B) UNO (C) UNDP (D) UGC 477)  A set of rules that govern overall data communications system is popularly known as............... . (A) Protocol (B) Agreement (C) Pact (D) Memorandum 478) Staffing is concerned with providing and maintaining................resources. (A) Physical (B) Technical (C) Human (D) Financial 479) Which of the following is not true about e journals ? (A) They are distributed through digital methods (B) They also have editors or editorial boards (C) They are publications of serial nature (D) They are always free of cost 480) What is the meaning of 'Translation Pools' ? (A) Details about the names of translation experts (B) Details about the addresses of the translators (C) Agency of the names of translation experts (D) None of these. 481) How is stochastic equation of information solved ? (A) By statistical rules (B) By dynamic rules (C) By statistical and dynamic rules (D) None of these. 482) Whether Library is a system ? (A) Yes, it has various sections as sub-systems coordinating each other forming a system (B) No, it cannot be a system (C) It is quite impossible (D) Library is separate from a system. 483) The 'Five Laws of Library Science' propounded by Dr. S. R. Ranganathan, is which type of research ? (A) Applied research (B) Pure research (C) Basic research (D) Survey research. 484) Information Science is a discipline that investigates (A) The properties and behaviour of information (B) The forces governing the flow of information (C) The means for processing of information for optimal uses (D) All of these. 485)  'Kinesis' is related to (A) Communication (B) Generation (C) Storage (D) None of these. 486) The term 'Bibliophile' refers to (A) A Bibliographer (B) A Book Lover (C) A Publisher (D) A Book Binder. 487) Theory X and Theory Y were formulated by (A) Douglas Murray McGregor (B) Peter Drucker (C) Abraham Maslow (D) F. W. Taylor. 488) MeSH is the name of a (A) Medical Library (B) C.S.I.R. Unit (C) Controlled Vocabulary (D) none of these. 489) Which record is the hub of the stack in a library ? (A) Accession register (B) Shelf list register (C) Book catalogue (D) Staff manual. 490) In which year did A. W. Borden start a refresher course for librarians in India ? (A) 1905 (B) 1910 (C) 1912 (D) 1913. 491) A. B. Maslow is related to (A) Theory X and Theory Y (B) Hierarchy of human needs (C) 14 principles (D) Hygienic factors. 492) Information may be categorised into (A) Logical, analytical and statistical (B) Statistical, descriptive and analytical (C) Analytical, statistical and systematic (D) Systematic, analytical and descriptive. 493) What is not open source software for library management ? (A) KOHA (B) AVANT1 (C) php my Library (D) 2.39-50. 494) What is Delphi method ? (A) It is a programming language (B) It is a method of research (C) It is a software (D) It is used for cost-benefit analysis. 495) Who contributed on the systematic use of user's education ? (A) S.S.Green (B) Melvil Dewey (C) E. J. Coates (D) Patricia B. Knapp. 496) Who said 'some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested' ? (A) John Milton (B) William Jones (C) Francis Bacon (D) Benjamin Franklin. 497) In which year was the International Book Year celebrated by UNESCO ? (A) 1931 (B) 1947 (C) 1952 (D) 1972. 498) What is the full form of IATLIS ? (A) International Association of Trade Unions of Library Science (B) Indian Association of Teachers in Library & Information Science (C) Indian Airlines Technical Lower Intelligence Services (D) Indian Air Traffic Light, Information and Signal. 499) ISBN consists of (A) Ten digits (B) Thirteen digits (C) 8-bytes (D) There are no digits. 500) DDC 22nd edition is published by (A) Forest Press (B) OCLC (C) IFLA (D) UNESCO. Answers 401) Answer: (D) 402) Answer: (C) 403) Answer: (B) 404) Answer: (C) 405) Answer: (D) 406) Answer: (C) 407) Answer: (C) 408) Answer: (B) 409) Answer: (C) 410) Answer: (C) 411) Answer: (D) 412) Answer: (B) 413) Answer: (B) 414) Answer: (A) 415) Answer: (C) 416) Answer: (A) 417) Answer: (C) 418) Answer: (A) 419) Answer: (B) 420) Answer: (D) 421) Answer: (B) 422) Answer: (C) 423) Answer: (C) 424) Answer: (D) 425) Answer: (D) 426) Answer: (B) 427) Answer: (D) 428) Answer: (D) 429) Answer: (D) 430) Answer: (C) 431) Answer: (D) 432) Answer: (D) 433) Answer: (C) 434) Answer: (B) 435) Answer: (D) 436) Answer: (C) 437) Answer: (C) 438) Answer: (A) 439) Answer: (C) 440) Answer: (D) 441) Answer: (D) 442) Answer: (C) 443) Answer: (B) 444) Answer: (B) 445) Answer: (A) 446) Answer: (C) 447) Answer: (D) 448) Answer: (C) 449) Answer: (D) 450) Answer: (C) 451) Answer: (C) 452) Answer: (D) 453) Answer: (B) 454) Answer: (C) 455) Answer: (A) 456) Answer: (C) 457) Answer: (B) 458) Answer: (D) 459) Answer: (B) 460) Answer: (B) 461) Answer: (D) 462) Answer: (C) 463) Answer: (D) 464) Answer: (C) 465) Answer: (C) 466) Answer: (A) 467) Answer: (D) 468) Answer: (B) 469) Answer: (C) 470) Answer: (A) 471) Answer: (D) 472) Answer: (C) 473) Answer: (B) 474) Answer: (C) 475) Answer: (D) 476) Answer: (A) 477) Answer: (A) 478) Answer: (C) 479) Answer: (D) 480) Answer: (C) 481) Answer: (C) 482) Answer: (A) 483) Answer: (A) 484) Answer: (D) 485) Answer: (A) 486) Answer: (B) 487) Answer: (A) 488) Answer: (C) 489) Answer: (A) 490) Answer: (B) 491) Answer: (D) 492) Answer: (B) 493) Answer: (D) 494) Answer: (D) 495) Answer: (D) 496) Answer: (C) 497) Answer: (D) 498) Answer: (B) 499) Answer: (B) 500) Answer: (B)