1. Which among the following is considered as an informal channel Information Communication?

 (A) Journals

(B) Textbooks

(C) Invisible Colleges

(D) Technical Reports 

Answer: (C)


 2. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

(A) Books in Print       Trade Bibliography

 (B) Cummulative Book Index    Books published in English language

(C) British Books in Print R. R. Bowker

(D) National Bibliography INB

Answer: (B)


 3. URL stands for :

(A) Uniform Resource Locator

 (B) Universal Resource Locator

(C) Unified Resource Locator

(D) Uniform Reference Locator 

Answer: (A)


 4. Zero Based Budgeting system was propounded by :

(A) Peter Drucker, 

(B) Edward Evans, 

(C) Allen Kent

(D) Peter Phyrr

Answer:-(D)


   5. A series of interconnected documents stored on the Internet is called :

(A) Websites

 (B) Domain Name

 (C) Home Page

(D) Web Page 

Answer: (A)


 6. The first All India Conference of Librarians in 1918 was held at : 

(A) Baroda

 (B) Calcutta

 (C) Madras

(D) Lahore 

Answer: (D)


 7. If two citations are cited together, it is known as : 

(A) Double citation

(B) Twin citation

(C) Co-citation

(D) Controlled citation 

Answer: (C)


 8. Grey Literature means :

(A) The literature published by a publisher named as “Grey Publisher”

 (B) The literature which is not published and is not available through normal book selling channels

(C) The literature published and made available in Grey shades

(D) The literature which is published and made available through special publishers

Answer: (B)


 9. The smallest unit of data in a database is :

 (A) Record

 (B) File

(C) Field

(D) Table 

Answer: (C)


 10. The term “Bandwidth” refers to :

(A) The amount of data that can be sent through communication media

 (B) The amount of data in a multimedia file

(C) The speed of transmission of data

(D) Number of bands available in a computer 

Answer: (C)


 11. Which of the following factors is not considered in the making of a library budget? 

(A) The size of the organization

 (B) The type of users

(C) The collection

(D) The age of library employees

Answer: (D)

 12. OCLC is :

 (i) Online Computer Library Centre 

(ii) At Dublin (Ohio) 

(iii) At New York

 (iv) Ohio College Library Centre

 (A) (i) and (ii) are correct

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

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

(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct 

Answer: (A)


 13. Pre-coordinate indexing system is followed in :

(i) Chain Indexing 

(ii) POPSI

 (iii) UNITERM 

(iv) PRECIS

 (A) (i) and (iv) are correct

(B) (i) (ii) and (iii) are correct

 (C) (i) (ii) and (iv) are correct

 (D) (ii) and (iv) are correct 

Answer: (C)


 14. ADONIS is a :

(i) Bibliographic database only 

(ii) Numerical database only

 (iii) Full text database

 (iv) None of the above

 (A) (i) and (ii) are correct

(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct

(C) (iii) is correct

(D) (iv) is correct

 Answer: (C)


 15. Hypothesis is a :

(i) Solution to the problems 

(ii) Statements of assumption 

(iii) Statement to be tested 

(iv) Fact

 (A) (i) and (iii) are correct

(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct

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

(D) (i) and (iv) are correct 

Answer: (B)


 16. The first library science school in the world was started

(i) By Melvil Dewey

(ii) At Columbia University, New York (USA) 

(iii) By W.C. Berwick

 Sayers 

(iv) At London University, London (UK)

 (A) (i) and (ii) are correct

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

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

(D) (iii) and (iv) are correct 

Answer: (A)


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

Answer: (C)


 18. Shannon and Weaver are associated with :

(i) Mathematical theory of communication (ii) Models of communication

 (iii) Theories

 of Management

 (iv) Library software packages

 (A) (i) and (ii) are correct 

(B) (i) and (iii) are correct 

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

Answer:-(A)


 19. The decision to make or not to make an entry under a subject term is governed by the 

(A) Canon of Ascertainability

 (B) Canon of Prepotence

(C) Canon of Sought Heading

(D) Canon of Context 

Answer: (A)


 20. “Span of control” refers to :

(A) The numbers of subordinates to be supervised

 (B) Exercise strict control staff

(C) Duration over which the control is to be exercised

(D) The area which is to be controlled Answer: (A)


 21. Assertion (A): Classification as a tool for organization of knowledge will continue to persist. Reason (R): In the age of e-documents classification is redundant.

 Codes

 (A) Both (A) and (R) are true.

(B) (A) is correct and (R) is false.

(C) (R) is correct (A) is false.

(D) Both (A) and (R) are false. 

Answer: (B)


 22. Assertion (A): Collection development should be judiciously done. 

Reason (R): Almost all libraries have limited resources.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation

(B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the right explanation

 (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true 

Answer: (B)


23. Assertion (A) : No single library connect all the demands of the users

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

 (A) Both (A) and (R) are false

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

(C) (A) is false, but (R) is true

(D) (R) is false, but (A) is true 

Answer: (B)


 24. Assertion (A): Library catalogues meet most of the approaches of the users. Reason (R): Catalogues include all the details of the document.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true

(B) (A) is true but (R) are false

(C) Both are partially true

(D) (R) is true, and (A) is false 

Answer: (A)


 25. Assertion (A): Information can be obtained from several sources other than the libraries.  

Reason (R): Library science is narrower in scope than information science Codes :

 (A) (A) is false and (R) are true

(B) (R) is false and (A) is true

(C) Both (A) and (R) are false

(D) Both (A) and (R) are true 

Answer: (D)


 26. The catalogue codes were developed in the order as:

 (A) Anglo American Code (Joint Code), Rules for Dictionary catalogue, ALA rules for author and title entries, AACRI

(B) Rules for Dictionary catalogue, ALA Rules for author and title entries, AACRI, Anglo American Code (Joint Code)

 (C) Rules for dictionary catalogue, Anglo American Code (Joint Code) ALA rules for author and title entries, AACRI

(D) ALA rules for author and title entries, AACRI, Rules for Dictionary catalogue, Anglo American Code

Answer: (C)


 27. Which is the correct sequence of the following in the chronological order of publication

 (A) 14th edition of D.D.C., 1st edition of C.C., Rider’s International Classification, Broad System of Ordering.

(B) 1st edition of C.C., 14th edition of D.D.C., Broad System of Ordering, Rider’s

International Classification

(C) Rider’s International classification, 1st edition of C.C., Broad System of Ordering,

14th edition of D.D.C.

(D) 1st edition of C.C., Rider’s International Classification, 14th edition of D.D.C., Broad System of Ordering

Answer: (D)


 28. Identify the development in following Library Software in correct chronological sequence

 (A) Sanjaya, Libsys, SLIM, SOUL 

(B) SLIM, Libsys, SOUL, Sanjaya

 (C) Libsys, Sanjaya, SOUL, SLIM

(D) Sanjaya, SOUL, SLIM, Libsys 

Answer: (C)


 29. Select the right chronological sequence of information systems, as per their year of establishment

 (A) INIS, AGRIS, NISSAT, Patent Information System (India) 

(B) AGRIS, NISSAT, INIS, Patent Information System (India) 

(C) Patent Information System (India), INIS, AGRIS, NISSAT 

(D) NISSAT, AGRIS, INIS, Patent Information System (India) 

Answer: (C)


 30. Select the right sequence of the following devices according to their storage capacity in descending order :

 (A) CD, DVD, Floppy Disc, Punched Card (B) Floppy Disc, Punched Card, CD, DVD

 (C) Punched Card, Floppy Disc, CD, DVD (D) DVD, CD, Floppy Disc, Punched Card Answer: (D)


 31. Select the right sequence of contribution of classificationists in the chronological order

 (A) Francis Bacon, W.T. Harris, Melvil Dewey, J. D. Brown 

(B) W.T. Harris, Francis Bacon, Melvil Dewey, J. D. Brown 

(C) Francis Bacon, Melvil Dewey, J. D. Brown, W.T. Harris 

(D) Francis Bacon, J. D. Brown, W.T. Harris, Melvil Dewey

 Answer: (A)


 32. Arrange the contributors in management in the proper chronological order : 

(i) Peter Drucker 

(ii) Henry Gantt 

(iii) Ishikawa 

(iv) Juran

 (A) Peter Drucker, Henry Gantt, Juran, Ishikawa

 (B) Henry Gantt, Peter Drucker, Juran, Ishikawa

(C) Henry Gantt, Juran, Ishikawa, Peter Drucker,

(D) Ishikawa, Henry Gantt, Juran, Peter Drucker 

Answer: (A)


 33. Arrange the following in the chronological sequence : 

(i) CCF 

(ii) Metadata 

(iii) ISBD 

(iv) MARC 

Code :

 (A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)

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

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

(D) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii) 

Answer: (A)