1. Fundamental facts of research are available in :

(A) Primary sources, 

B) Secondary sources

(C) Tertiary sources,

Answer:-(A)


 2. POSDCORB coined by : 

(A) Fayol

 (B) Maslow

(C) Gulic

(D) Ranganathan 

Answer: (C)


 3. OCLC Project, MARC Project are the examples of : 

(A) Co-operative storage of materials

 (B) Co-operative Acquisition of materials

(C) Co-operative processing of materials

(D) Co-operative sharing of materials Answer: (C)


 4. Peter Phyrr developed this technique : (A) PPBS

 (B) Line by Line Budget

(C) Zero Based Budgeting

(D) Performance Budget 

Answer: (C)


5. The unit for measuring the speed of the transmission of the data is called : 

(A) Baud, 

(B) Protocol, 

(C) HTTP, 

(D) RAM 

Answer(A)


 6. Dublin core is related to :

(A) Metadata

 (B) MARC

(C) ISBD

(D) CCF 

Answer: (A)


  7. “God has chosen me as an instrument, the honour done to me should act as an incentive to the younger generation to devote their lives whole heartedly to library science and service”. Whose quotation is this?

 (A) B. S. Kesavan

(B) Melvil Dewey

(C) S. R. Ranganathan

(D) W. C. B Sayers 

Answer: (C)


 8. Routing of periodicals is considered as :

(A) CAS

 (B) SDI

(C) Translation service

(D) Indexing and Abstracting service

Answer: (A)


 9. A statement that is to be tested in research is called : 

(A) Problem

 (B) Assumption

(C) Hypothesis

(D) All the above 

Answer: (C)


 10. ISDN stands for :

 (A) International Standard Digital Network

 (B) International Standard Distributed Network

(C) Integrated Services Digital Network

(D) Integrated Services Distributed Network 

Answer: (C)


 11. The following is the search engine for scientific information only : 

(A) Google

 (B) SCIRUS

(C) Yahoo

(D) Alta Vista 

Answer: (B)


 12. One of the following has designed models of communication :

(A) Shannon and Weaver

 (B) Ranganathan and Neelmeghan

(C) Losswell and Gerbher

(D) Blake and Mouton 

Answer: (A)


 13. OAI stands for :

(A) Open Access Initiatives

 (B) Open Archives Initiatives

(C) On-line Archives Initiatives

(D) On-line Access Initiatives 

Answer: (B)


14. Maslow’s theory is related to :

(A) Motivation, 

(B) Leadership, 

(C) Maturity, 

(D) Scientific Management 

Answer:-(A)


 15. CALIBER is sponsored by :

(A) INFLIBNET

 (B) DELNET

(C) AGRINET

(D) CALIBNET 

Answer: (A)


 16. Headquarters of UNESCO is : 

(A) Washington

 (B) Paris

(C) London

(D) The Hague 

Answer: (B)


 17. “Search strategy is the mirror in the dark”. Whose quotation is this ?

 (A) Kartz

 (B) Ranganathan

(C) Bliss

(D) Cutter 

Answer: (A)


 18. INDEST is a

(A) Bibliography

 (B) Consortium

(C) Directory

(D) Dictionary 

Answer: (B)


 19. ISBN now consists of 

(A) 10 digits

 (B) 13 digits

(C) 15 digits 

(D) 8 digits

Answer:-(B)


 20. Which Association was established in 1876 ?

 (A) LA

 (B) ALA

(C) ILA 

(D) IASLI

Answer:-(B)


 21. Encycloapedia of library and Information Science is published by : 

(A) H. W. Wilson

 (B) R. R. Bowker

(C) Marcel Dekker

(D) Andrew Deutsch 

Answer: (C)


 22. This particular law of library science gives emphasis on the delegation of the government to enact library legislation in their respective states :

(A) First Law

 (B) Second Law

(C) Third Law

(D) Fourth Law 

Answer: (B)


 23. Assertion (A) : Research is a total process consisting of a series of steps. Reason(R) : Sometimes, several steps are carried out simultaneously.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are True

(B) Both (A) and (R) are False

(C) (A) is True and (R) is False

(D) (R) is True and (A) is False 

Answer: (B)


24. Assertion (A) : Now a days marketing of information products is necessity. Reason(R) : Information is an important source.

 (A) Both (A) and (R) are True

(B) (A) is True but (R) is False

(C) (A) is False but (R) is True

(D) Both (A) and (R) are False 

Answer: (A)


25. Assertion (A) : Internet is an important tool for the dissemination of information.

 Reason (R) : Large number of open sources are available

Answer:-  (A) is True but (R) is False


26. Assertion (A) : Libraries of tomorrow will become more information service oriented centres. Reason(R) : They would require more powerful tools for storage and retrieval of information.

Answer:- Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)


27. Assertion (A) : Training programme for library and information professionals can be developed on the lines of proportional education and continuing education.

 Reason(R) : Continuing education programme must take care of information demands of the clientele of the parent organisation from time to time.

Codes :

Answer:- (A) is True and (R) is False


 28. Assertion (A) : Dewey Decimal classification is popularly used in libraries with large collections.

Reason(R) : It is being regularly updated answer:- (A) is False but (R) is True


 29. Assertion (A) : Book selection must be done judiciously.

Reason(R) : Resource sharing is the need of the day.

Answer:- Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)


 30. Arrange the following in the chronological sequence of their development.

i) Pascal 

(ii) Cobol 

(iii) Fortran

 (iv) Basic

Answer:- (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)


31. Arrange the following catalogue codes according to the year of publication.

(i) Classified catalogue code

(ii) AA code,

(iii) AACR II, 

(iv) RDC 

Answer:- (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)


32. Arrange the following according to the work flow:

(A) Dissemination, Selection, Processing, Acquisition

 (B) Selection, Processing, Acquisition, Dissemination

 (C) Selection, Acquisition, Processing, Dissemination

(D) Processing, Acquisition, Dissemination, Selection 

Answer:-(C)


33. Arrange the following according to the preferred order of sources for information.

 (i) Colophon

(ii) Outside the issue

(iii) Title Page

(iv) Preface 

Answer:- (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)


 34. Identify the correct chronological order in which they were set up : 

(A) ILA, IASLIC, APLA, IATLIS

(B) APLA, ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS

(C) IASLIC, ILA, IATLIS, APLA

(D) IATLIS, IASLIC, ILA, APLA 

Answer: (A)


 35. Match the following :

 List - I List – II

(a) Search Engine (i) PASCAL

 (b) Browser.         (ii) UNIX

(c) Operating System (iii) Yahoo

(d) Programming Language (iv) Netscape

                                              (v) HTTP

Answer:-(iii) (iv) (ii) (i)

 35. Match the following :

 List - I List - II

 (a) Pre-natal Cataloguing (i) Shared Cataloguing Programme

 (b) NPAC (ii) Library of Congress

(c) CIP      (iii) NUCSSI

(d) Union Catalogue.  (iv) S. R. Ranganathan

Answer:- (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)


 36. Match the following :

List - I                          List - II

(a) Subject indexing (i) P. M. Rogget 

 (b) Keyboard indexing (ii) H. P. Luhn

 (c) Automated indexing (iii) H. Ohlman

(d) SLIC indexing (iv) M. E. Sears

                                (v) S. L. Mc Nold

Answer:-(iv) (i) (ii) (iii)


 37 These documents are not primary sources :

 (A) Thesis

 (B) Patents

(C) Conference Papers

(D) Reference Books 

Answer: (D)


 38. World of Learning is : 

(A) A Bibliography

 (B) An Abstract

(C) An Encyclopaedia

(D) A Directory 

Answer: (D)


 39. Headquarters of IFLA is located in :

 (A) Paris

 (B) Washington

(C) London

(D) The Hague 

Answer: (D)


 40. National Library for Visual handicapped is situated in : 

(A) Mumbai

 (B) Mysore

(C) New Delhi

(D) Dehradun 

Answer: (D)


 41. The first page of Website is known as : (A) Cover Page

 (B) Home Page

(C) Title Page

(D) Half Title Page 

Answer: (B)


 42. Blog is a :

(A) Off-line Journal

 (B) Internet Journal

 (C) Web Directory

(D) Search Engine 

Answer: (B)


 43. This literature is not published and not available through normal book selling channels. 

(A) Grey Literature

 (B) Text Books

(C) Journals

(D) None of the above 

Answer: (A)


 44. The owner of Internet is :

(A) American Mathematical Society

(B) Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

 (C) British Standard Institute

(D) None of the above 

Answer: (D)


 45. Library as a living system “takes a new matter, casts off old matter, changes in size and takes new shapes and term”. Whose quotation is this ?

(A) B.S. Kesavan

 (B) Melvil Dewey

(C) S.R. Ranganathan

(D) W.C.B. Sayers 

Answer: (C)


 46. Handling of Information in the sense of production is called : 

(A) Information Marketing

(B) Information Industry

(C) Information Production

(D) Information Revolution

 Answer: (B)


 47. SCOPUS is a :

(A) Full Text Database

 (B) Abstracts and Citation Database

(C) Numerical Database

(D) None of the above 

Answer: (B)


 48. “Choice of books is an unending work” whose quotation is this? 

(A) Melvil Dewey

 (B) W.C.B. Sayers

(C) C.A. Cutter

 (D) H.E. Bliss 

Answer: (C)


 49. Which of the following is not an Open Source Software ? 

(A) Green Stone

 (B) D-Space

(C) Plone

(D) Delmark 

Answer: (D)


 50. NACLIN is sponsored by : 

(A) INFLIBNET

 (B) DELNET

(C) AGRINET

(D) CALIBNET 

Answer: (B)


 51. The latest State, which enacted Public Libraries Act is : 

(A) Bihar

 (B) Uttaranchal

(C) Uttar Pradesh

(D) Orissa 

Answer: (A)


 52. UNISIST, a project of UNESCO was launched in this year :

 (A) 1994

 (B) 1972

(C) 1958

(D) 2001 

Answer: (B)


 53. The term “Information Science” came into existence in this year : 

(A) 1988

 (B) 1959

(C) 1961

(D) 1975 

Answer: (B)


 54. “Dublin Core Metadata” consists of :

 (A) 11 elements

 (B) 13 elements

(C) 10 elements

(D) 15 elements 

Answer: (D)


 55. System school of Management is based on the contribution of : 

(A) Taylor

 (B) Gilberts

(C) Fayol

(D) Urwick 

Answer: (D)


 56 “The high purpose of Book Selection is to provide the right book to the right reader at the right time”. Whose quotation is this?

 (A) Francis Drury

(B) H.E. Bliss

(C) Melvil Dewey

(D) C.A. Cutter 

Answer: (A)


 57. “The Wheat loan Educational Exchange Programme” was initiated in :

(A) 1951

 (B) 1972

(C) 1981

(D) 1999 

Answer: (A)


 58. Weeding of unuseful books from the library is emphasized by this law of library science :

 (A) Second

(B) Third

(C) Fourth

(D) Fifth 

Answer: (D)


 59. Assertion (A) : In survey research, the commonly used techniques for gathering data are questionnaire, the interview and the observational techniques.

 Reason (R) : These are least effective for collecting data about perceptions, beliefs, attitudes, etc. of persons.

Answer:- (A) is true and (R) is false


 60. Assertion (A) : Information is a resource whose generation consumes time and money.

 Reason (R) : Information is a resource where we consume time and money. Answer:- (A) is true but (R) is false


 61. Assertion (A) : Information Literacy is necessary for the users.

Reason (R) : It promotes the use of libraries and information centers. 

Answer:-(BothTrue)


 63. Assertion (A) : Evaluation of information is necessary.

 Reason (R) : Anybody can write on internet. 

Answer:- Both (A) and (R) are true

 63. Assertion (A) : Libraries have no scope for the growth and development in future. Reason (R) : E-resources can be used anywhere anytime.

 Answer:- (A) is false but (R) is true


 64 Assertion (A) : Several methods can be devised for assisting librarians to keep abreast of developments in his field to maintain efficiency.

Reason (R) : Seminars, conferences, workshops can solve the purpose.

Answer:- Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)


65. Assertion (A) : Stock verification is essential in the collection development for libraries. Reason (R) : It is a time consuming process.

Answer:- Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the right explanation of (A)


66.Arrange the following research steps according to the sequence of their occurrence. 

(i) Formulation of hypothesis of research

(ii) Designing of data and analysis plan

(iii) Selection of data gathering method

(iv) Report writing 

Answer:- (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)


 67. Identify the development in the following library softwares in correct chronological sequence.

Codes :

(A) CDS/ISIS, SOUL, Green Stone, D-Space

(B) D-Space, SOUL, CDS/ISIS, Green Stone 

(C) Green Stone, CDS/ISIS, D-Space, SOUL 

(D) SOUL, D-Space, Green Stone, CDS/ISIS 

Answer: (A)


 68.Identify the chronological order of the following Public Libraries Acts. 

(i) Andhra Pradesh Public Libraries Act

(ii) Karnataka Public Libraries Act

(iii) Haryana Public Libraries Act

 (iv) Maharashtra Public Libraries Act

Answer:- (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)


69.Identify the chronological order of the following Cataloguing Codes : 

(i) AACR II

(ii) CCC

 (iii) AA Code

(iv) ALA Code

Answer:- (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)


 70.Arrange the following in chronological order of their origin : 

(i) Unix

(ii) Ms-Dos

(iii) Linux

(iv) Windows 

Answer:- (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)


71.Identify the correct chronological order in which the following networks were launched. 

(i) NICNET

(ii) ERNET

(iii) DELNET

(iv) INDONET 

Answer:-(ii), (i), (iii), (iv)