1.

ASK (Approach, Skill, Knowledge ) principle is related to

(A) Classification
(B) Management
(C) ICT
(D) Standards
Answer: (B)

2. The subject of Research Methodology is the outcome of the mode of formation of

subject, known as
(A) Loose Assemblage
(B) Fission
(C) Distillation
(D) Cluster
Answer: (C)

3. IIA founded in U.S.A. in 1968 stands for

(A) Integrated Industry Association
(B) Information Industry Association
(C) Integrated Illiteracy eradication Association
(D) Institute of Information Association.
Answer: (D)

4. BSO in classification stands for

(A) Basic Subject of Organisation
(B) Broad Subject Ordering
(C) Bibliography of Subject Ordering
(D) Bibliographic Subject Organisation
Answer: (B)

5. The concept of Selective Dissemination of Information ( SDI ) was introduced by

(A) Kaiser
(B) Luhn of IBM
(C) S. R. Ranganathan
(D) Derek Austin.
Answer: (B)

6. The book ‘Library Administration’ was brought out by Ranganathan in

(A) 1925
(B) 1933
(C) 1931
(D) 1935
Answer: (D)
7. Among the following which has not been considered as a library of national importance
(A) Saraswati Mahal Library
(B) Delhi Public Library
(C) Kudha Baksh Oriental Library
(D) The Rampur Raza Library
Answer: (D)

8. The term Lexicography is associated with:

(A) Compilation of Encyclopedia
(B) Compilation of Hand books
(C) Compilation of Dictionaries
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)

9. A Pre-print is a/an
(C) Article to be presented in a conference
(C) Conference paper to be included in the proceedings
(C) Neither (a) nor (b)
(C) Both (a) and (b)
Answer: (D)

10. Binary system of numbers uses only

(A) Two digits
(B) Four digits
(C) Eight digits
(D) Six digits
Answer: (A)

11. ‘Canon of Characteristics’ are part of

(A) Verbal plane
(B) Notational plane
(C) Idea plane
(D) Structural plane
Answer: (C)

12. Xerographic process is categorised under

(A) Photographic process
(B) Reflex method
(C) Silver halide process
(D) Electrostatic process
Answer: (B)

13. The ‘Study abroad’ is a/an

(A) Encyclopedia
(B) Year book
(C) Directory
(D) Handbook
Answer: (D)

14. The ‘User Profile’ is a

(A) List of descriptors
(B) List of useful citations
(C) List of users
(D) Statement of user information
Answer: (D)

15. Phoenix schedules are part of

(A) DDC
(B) BC
(C) UDC
(D) LCC
Answer: (A)

16. “Universal Bibliographical Control’ is a programme of:

(A) FID
(B) IFLA
(C) UNISIST
(D) ALA
Answer: (B)

17. The standard size of a catalogue card is

(A) 12.5 cm X 7.5 cm
(B) 12 cm X 7 cm
(C) 11 cm X 5 cm
(D) 10 cm X 4 cm
Answer: (A)

18. According to General Financial Rules, 2005, loss of how many volumes per thousand volumes
issued / consulted in a year is to be taken as reasonable.
(A) Three
(B) Four
(C) Five
(D) Six
Answer: (C)

19. The standard size of a catalogue card is

(A) 5 inch X 3 inch
(B) 4 inch X 3 inch
(C) 4 inch X 4 inch
(D) 3 inch X 3 inch
Answer: (A)

20. RDA related to

(A) Classification
(B) Cataloguing
(C) Searching
(D) Browsing
Answer: (B)

21. Which of the following is a Tertiary Sources of Information?

(A) Journal
(B) Bibliography
(C) Encyclopaedia
(D) Bibliography of Bibliographies
Answer: (D)

22. Number of States in India which have enacted Public Library Legislation till date is
(A) Nineteen
(B) Fourteen
(C) Thirteen
(D) Sixteen
Answer: (A)

23. Information is …
(A) Raw data
(B) Raw knowledge
(C) Input data
(D) Organized data
Answer: (D)

24. BERN CONVENTION (1886) is concerned with:

(A) Translations
(B) Copyright
(C) Patent
(D) Standards
Answer: (B)

25. 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
Answer: (B)

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

27. 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
Answer: (B)

28. Whether intellectual property can be sold.

(A) No
(B) Sale is possible
(C) Yes
(D) None of these
Answer: (B)

29. The term communication came from which language?

(A) Greek
(B) Latin
(C) German
(D) French
Answer: (B)

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

31. Today information is regarded as which of the following?

(A) Wealth
(B) Commodity
(C) Products
(D) All the above
Answer: (D)
32. What is the unit of information?
(A) Bit
(B) Byte
(C) Gram
(D) Hertz
Answer: (A)

33. 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
Answer: (C)

34. 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
Answer: (A)

35. 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
Answer: (C)

36. 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
Answer: (A)

37. UNISIST is a
(A) Software
(B) A Programme
(C) Welfare association
(D) A committee
Answer: (B)

38. Which association`s tagline is “managing information”?

(A) IFLA
(B) ASLIB
(C) ALA
(D) LC
Answer: (B)

39. Which association`s tagline is “connecting people and information”?

(A) SLA
(B) IFLA
(C) ALA
(D) COMLA
Answer: (A)

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

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

42. 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
Answer: (B)

43. Who published the journal International classification?

(A) IFLA
(B) UNESCO
(C) ISKO
(D) ALA
Answer: (C)

44. Which association in India awards teachers in LIS?

(A) IATLIS
(B) ILA
(C) IASLIC
(D) SIS
Answer: (A)

45. Which law of library Science relates to the growth of libraries

(A) Forth law
(B) First law
(C) Second law
(D) Fifth law
Answer: (D)

46. Resource sharing is a part of

(A) Library cooperation
(B)Library Administration
(C)Library Management
(D)Library Cataloging
Answer: (A)

47. Library Technology Report is a publication of

(A) ALA
(B) IASLIC
(C) LA
(D) ILA
Answer: (A)

48. 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
Answer: (C)

49. The Librarian Day celebrated on

(A) 15th Sep
(B) 24th Nov
(C) 11th Dec
(D) 12th Aug
Answer: (D)

50. Forms of Extension service

(A) Library Websites
(B) Library Orientation
(C) Book fair and Exhibition
(D) All
Answer: (D)
51. 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
Answer: (C)

52. Article published in research journal are…

(A) Reference sources
(B) Secondary sources
(C) Primary sources
(D) Tertiary sources
Answer: (C)

53. What is the Thesaurus?

(A) A collection of selected terminology
(B) Synonymous terms
(C) List of words
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D)

54. 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
Answer: (C)

55. World of learning is a what source of information

(A) Primary source
(B) Documentary source
(C) Secondary source
(D) Tertiary source
Answer: (C)

56. Facts of File is weekly digest of

(A) Indian events
(B) American events
(C) World events
(D) England events
Answer: (C)
57. Compton year book contains
(A) Political events
(B) Cultural events
(C) Outstanding events
(D) Economic events
Answer: (C)

58. Online Europa year book has coverage since

(A) 1965
(B) 1975
(C) 1984
(D) 1985
Answer: (D)

59. Which of the following is a specialized information organization online tool?

(A) Mamma
(B) Dogpile
(C) Vivisimo
(D) Entireweb
Answer: (C)

60. Research periodicals are which category of sources?

(A) Primary
(B) Secondary
(C) Tertiary
(D) Non documentary.
Answer: (A)

61. 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?
Answer: (C)

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

63. Year book are also known as

(A) Hand book
(B) Annual
(C) Directory
(D) Dictionary
Answer: (B)

64. What is India: A reference annual?

(A) Year Book
(B) Almanac
(C) Gide book
(D) Hand book
Answer: (A)

65. 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
Answer: (C)

66. 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
Answer: (C)

67. Which of the following is not the documents?

(A) Manuscript
(B) Book
(C) Inscription
(D) Periodical
Answer: (C)

68. 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
Answer: (C)

69. 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
Answer: (B)

70. 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
Answer: (C)

71. Cover to cover translation is treated as

(A) Selective dissemination service
(B) Current awareness services
(C) On demand services
(D) Anticipatory services
Answer: (B)

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

73. 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
Answer: (C)

74. What is world of learning?

(A) Directory
(B) Encyclopedia
(C) Dictionary
(D) Year book
Answer: (A)

75. What do you call a collection of maps, tables, charts, etc.?

(A) Globe
(B) Gazetteer
(C) Atlas
(D) Map
Answer: (C)
76. How many volumes Micropaedia of new Encyclopedia Britannica is published?
(A) 2
(B) 10
(C) 11
(D) 12
Answer: (C)

77. Encyclopedia Americana consists of

(A) 20 Volumes
(B) 25 Volumes
(C) 28 Volumes
(D) 30 Volumes
Answer: (D)

78. Which of the following are not the secondary sources?

(A) Encyclopedia
(B) Digest
(C) Thesis
(D) Text book
Answer: (C)

79. What is the publication frequency of books in print?

(A) Monthly
(B) Weekly
(C) Annually
(D) Quarterly
Answer: (C)

80. 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
Answer: (B)

81. What is the frequency of I.N.B.?

(A) Quarterly
(B) Monthly
(C) Weekly
(D) Annual
Answer: (B)

82. ‘ Facts on File’ is a

(A) Weekly list
(B) Fortnightly
(C) Monthly
(D) Quarterly
Answer: (A)

83. The term “Information Service” is an improvised name …

(A) Administration
(B) Documentation
(C) Bibliography
(D) Reference service
Answer: (D)

84. 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
Answer: (C)

85. Which service demands the creation of a ‘user’ profile?

(A) CAS
(B) Information retrieval
(C) SDI
(D) Reference service
Answer: (C)

86. 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
Answer: (C)

87. Feedback mechanism is a part of which service?

(A) Reprography service
(B) CAS
(C) Translation service
(D) SDI
Answer: (D)

88. Mobile library is a kind of which service?

(A) Reference service
(B) Extension service
(C) Ready reference service
(D) Long range reference service
Answer: (B)

89. The person who provides reference service is called

(A) Chief librarian
(B) Grade One Librarian
(C) Deputy Librarian
(D) Reference Librarian
Answer: (D)

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

91. What is the another name of Added entries?

(A) Main entry
(B) Cross reference entry
(C) Secondary entries
(D) Subject entry
Answer: (C)

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

93. Phoenix schedules are part of which classification

(A) CC
(B) DDC
(C) UDC
(D) LCC
Answer: (B)

94. 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
Answer: (A)
95. The word classification comes from the Latin word
(A) Classis
(B) Classes
(C) Clauses
(D) Fiction
Answer: (A)

96. 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
Answer: (C)

97. MESH is a
(A) Thesaurus
(B) Dictionary
(C) Journal
(D) Library
Answer: (A)

98. The First edition of DDC Consisted of

(A) 144 pages
(B) Four volume
(C) 44 pages
(D) 124 pages
Answer: (C)

99. 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
Answer: (B)

100. When was the different typological study towards mode of formation of subjects done?
(A) 1950
(B) 1960
(C) 1970
(D) 1975
Answer: (A)
101. Physical condition of the books should be property maintained. This is known as
(A) Collation.
(B) Conservation
(C) Shelf-arrangement
(D) Organization
Answer: (B)

102. ________ 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
Answer: (D)

103. 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.
Answer: (C)

104. Books lost from the library are known through ________
(A) Stock verification
(B) Charging and discharging
(C) Shelf list
(D) Accession Register
Answer: (A)

105. LA is the Library Association of

(A) Manipur
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Great Britain
(D) Canada.
Answer: (C)

106. 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.
Answer: (D)

107. The first centre to use computer in the library and information activities in India is
(A) DESIDOC
(B) INSDOC
(C) DRTC
(D) UGC.
Answer: (B)

108. 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.
Answer: (A)

109. ‘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.
Answer: (B)

110. Generally a reference service of a library in the

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.
Answer: (A)

111. ________ 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.
Answer: (A)

112. PR stands for

(A) Indian Press Registration
(B) Intellectual Property Right
(C) International Property Right
(D) Indian Property Regulations.
Answer: (B)
113. On which of the following technologies semantic web is not based?
(A) RDF
(B) Ontologies
(C) Cloud seeding
(D) URI
Answer: (C)

114. The concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) belongs to ____________________

(A) Second Generation Computers
(B) Third Generation Computers
(C) Fourth Generation Computers
(D) Fifth Generation Computers
Answer: (D)

115. Computer memory is measured in ____________________

(A) Bytes
(B) Kilobytes
(C) Megabytes
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D)

116. 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
Answer: (D)

117. When CD-ROM was prepared and made?

(A) 1985
(B) 1982
(C) 1980
(D) 1977
Answer: (A)

118. In how many ways switching system can be established?

(A) Two
(B) Three
(C) Five
(D) Seven
Answer: (B)
119. Which type of switching system is telephone network?
(A) Circuit switching
(B) Packet switching
(C) Message switching
(D) None of the above
Answer: (A)

120. Which of the following software is useful for word processing?

(A) DBASE
(B) LIBSYS
(C) WordStar
(D) CDS/ISIS
Answer: (C)

121. NICNET and INDONET are the networks of which category?

(A) LAN
(B) MAN
(C) WAN
(D) IN
Answer: (C)

122. What is a bug?

(A) Computer Virus
(B) Error in Computer Configuration
(C) Error in a Programme
(D) None of these
Answer: (C)

123. Which is not a programming language?

(A) FORTRAN
(B) BASIC
(C) COBOL
(D) ASCII
Answer: (D)

124. 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
Answer: (A)

125. ASCII has how many codes?

(A) 256
(B) 526
(C) 265
(D) 254
Answer: (A)

126. Raw, unevaluated, unprocessed and unorganized facts is known as:

(A) Data
(B) Information
(C) Knowledge
(D) Wisdom
Answer: (A)

127. Information retrieval is fastest from

(A) Floppy Disk
(B) Magnetic Tape
(C) Hard Disk
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)

128. 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
Answer: (B)

129. In which of the following the term “Truncation” is used

(A) Budgeting
(B) Search Formulation
(C) Coordination
(D) Classified bibliography
Answer: (B)

130. The CD alphabets in CDS/ISIS stands for

(A) Computerized Documentation
(B) Condensed Disk
(C) Confirmed Disc
(D) Compact Disc
Answer: (A)

131. Electronic telecommunications system joining millions of computers together.

(A) E-mail
(B) Internet
(C) US Mail
(D) UPS
Answer: (B)

132. Following is not a social bookmarking site:

(A) Digg
(B) Delicious
(C) Sqidoo
(D) Facebook
Answer: (C)

133. Following is not a network protocol:

(A) HTTP
(B) SMTP
(C) TCP/IP
(D) Z39.50
Answer: (D)

134. LOCKOSS (Software) is an international community initiative by:

(A) MIT Libraries
(B) Stanford University
(C) University of Waikato
(D) University of Southampton
Answer: (B)

135. Identify the odd one from the following:

(A) Koha
(B) VTLS
(C) SLIM++
(D) SOUL
Answer: (A)

136. Following is not a Web 2.0 tool:

(A) Blog
(B) Facebook
(C) UGC-INFONET 2.0
(D) RSS feeds
Answer: (C)

137. Following is an example of microblogging:

(A) WordPress
(B) Blogspot
(C) Livejournal
(D) Twitter
Answer: (D)
138. Now-a-days how many types of Protocol are used ?
(A) 5
(B) 4
(C) 3
(D) 2
Answer: (D)

139. 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
Answer: (A)

140. 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
Answer: (D)

141. Resource sharing is a part of …

(A) Library cooperation
(B) Library administration
(C) Library management
(D) Library cataloguing
Answer: (A)

142. Which one is a full text e-Resource?

(A) JCCC
(B) ISID
(C) Science finder scholar
(D) ACS
Answer: (D)

143. Which one is E-Bibliographic database?

(A) Nature
(B) Blackwell
(C) ISID
(D) Springer
Answer: (C)

144. Virtua accommodates Different version of the MARC Standard?

(A) USMARC
(B) UKMARC
(C) CANMARC
(D) SWEMARC/All of above
Answer: (D)

145. Which is the journal of Library and Information Science?

(A) Abacus
(B) Acta numerica
(C) Interlending and Document supply
(D) All of above
Answer: (C)

146. The Electronic Library is………………….

(A) A Magazine
(B) A Journal Name
(C) A LIbrary
(D) An Encyclopeadia
Answer: (B)

147. Which 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
Answer: (A)

148. What is APS?

(A) A Search Engine?
(B) A Full-text e-resource
(C) Bibliographic database
(D) Library Management Software
Answer: (B)

149. 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
Answer: (A)

150. Questionnaire is a :
(A) Research method
(B) Measurement Technique
(C) Tool for data collection
(D) All the above
Answer: (C)
151. Mean, Median and Mode are :
(A) Measures of deviation
(B) Ways of sampling
(C) Measures of control tendency
(D) None of the above
Answer: (D)

152. 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
Answer: (C)

153. 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
Answer: (C)

154. A common test in research demands much priority on

(A) Reliability
(B) Useability
(C) Objectivity
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D)

155. 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
Answer: (C)

156. 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
Answer: (B)

157. Which of the following variables cannot be expressed in quantitative terms?

(A) Socio-economic Status
(B) Marital Status
(C) Numerical Aptitude
(D) Professional Attitude
Answer: (C)

158. 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
Answer: (D)

159. 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
Answer: (C)

160. 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
Answer: (C)

161. One of the following is not an open source software:

(A) DSpace
(B) Windows
(C) Green-stone
(D) Linux
Answer: (B)

162. Classification of all types of libraries has been made by-

(A) IFLA
(B) UNISIST
(C) UNESCO
(D) INSDOC
Answer: (C)
163. 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
Answer: (C)

164. Informal self education is possible in what kind of library?

(A) National Library
(B) Public Library
(C) Specific Library
(D) College Library
Answer: (B)

……………………. Is a process of information

(A) Books
(B) CD-ROM
(C) Computers
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B)

165. Feedback mechanism is a part of which service?

(A) Reprography
(B) CAS
(C) Translation service
(D) SDI
Answer: (D)

166. What is the collection of terms or records in MARC called?

(A) System
(B) Network
(C) Website
(D) Database
Answer: (D)

167. What is Bibliometry?

(A) Function of Library Network
(B) Information Management Service
(C) Information Management Tool
(D) Library Service
Answer: (C)

168. Microchip was invented by…..

(A) Microsoft
(B) IBM
(C) DELL
(D) Intel
Answer: (D)

169. Information is…..

(A) Raw Data
(B) Processed Data
(C) Input data
(D) Organized data
Answer: (D)

170. Conference proceedings are considered as………………documents.

(A) Conventional
(B) Primary
(C) Secondary
(D) Tertiary
Answer: (B)

171. RSS feed is a tool of :

(A) Graphic design
(B) Web 1.0
(C) Web 2.0
(D) Architecture
Answer: (C)

172. An appropriate source to find out descriptive information is……………. .

(A) Bibliography
(B) Directory
(C) Encyclopedia
(D) Dictionary
Answer: (C)

173. One of the following search engine is exclusively meant for scientific information :
(A) Google
(B) Yahoo
(C) SCIRUS
(D) Altavista
Answer: (C)

174. 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
Answer: (D)

175. The Farmington plan is associated with :

(A) Library Legislation
(B) Library Cataloguing
(C) Library Cooperation
(D) Library Indexing Service
Answer: (C)

176. UNESCO assisted Model Public Library in India is located at :

(A) Kolkata
(B) Delhi
(C) Mumbai
(D) Chennai
Answer: (B)

177. Mark the ‘odd one out’ :

(A) Cow-Calf principle
(B) Principle of osmosis
(C) Wall picture principle
(D) Whole organ principle
Answer: (B)

178. Shelf list facilitates……………. .

(A) Classification
(B) Weeding out
(C) Stock verification
(D) Documentation
Answer: (C)

179. Questionnaire is a :
(A) Research method
(B) Measurement technique
(C) Tool for data collection
(D) Data analysis technique
Answer: (C)

180. A periodical evaluation of an employee is done through……….. .

(A) Job rotation
(B) Performance appraisal
(C) Refresher course
(D) Work guide
Answer: (B)
181. “Controlled Group” is a term used in………….. .
(A) Survey research
(B) Historical research
(C) Experimental research
(D) Descriptive research
Answer: (C)

182. ‘Noise’ in Information Retrieval is due to…………. .

(A) Precision
(B) Recall
(C) Relevant information
(D) Redundant information
Answer: (D)

183. 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
Answer: (B)

184. Tagging in web 2.0 application is called :

(A) Taxonomy
(B) Folksonomy
(C) Syndication
(D) Directory
Answer: (B)

185. Inductive logic proceeds from :

(A) General to General
(B) Particular to General
(C) General to Particular
(D) Particular to Particular
Answer: (B)

186. Which of the following is not a “Graphic representation” ?

(A) Pie Chart
(B) Bar Chart
(C) Table
(D) Histogram
Answer: (C)

187. The oldest and the largest Library Association in the world is…………. .
(A) ALA
(B) LA
(C) IFLA
(D) IASLIC
Answer: (A)

188. Which of the following is not covered under Intellectual Property Rights ?
(A) Copyrights
(B) Patents
(C) Trade Marks
(D) Thesaurus
Answer: (D)

189. Ontology is…………….. .

(A) An Indexing Method
(B) Classification of Internet based documents
(C) Cataloguing of Internet based documents
(D) Documentation service
Answer: (B)

190. High Level Language is……………… .

(A) Disk space dependent
(B) O. S. dependent
(C) Machine independent
(D) Machine dependent
Answer: (C)

191. The transmission of receiver’s reaction back to the sender is known as…………….. .
(A) Noise
(B) Feedback
(C) Medium
(D) Source
Answer: (B)

192. 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
Answer: (D)

193. Which of the following is an ‘Acronym’ ?

(A) UNESCO
(B) UNO
(C) UNDP
(D) UGC
Answer: (A)

194. A set of rules that govern overall data communications system is popularly known as…………… .
(A) Protocol
(B) Agreement
(C) Pact
(D) Memorandum
Answer: (A)

195. Staffing is concerned with providing and maintaining…………….resources.

(A) Physical
(B) Technical
(C) Human
(D) Financial
Answer: (C)

196. 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
Answer: (D)

197. 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.
Answer: (C)

198. 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.
Answer: (C)

199. 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.
Answer: (A)
First university to introduce MPhil and PhD in LIS in India
(A) Aligarh Muslim University (B) University of Calcutta (C) University of Delhi (D)
University of Madras
Deleted email can be found in the
(A) Trash folder (B) Inbox folder (C) Starred folder (D) Spam folder
Which of the following is an Institutional Repository Software Package?
(A) Joomla (B) EPrints (C) Koha (D) Drupal
Which of the following is a Tertiary Sources of Information?
(A) Journal (B) Bibliography (C) Encyclopedia (D) Bibliography of Bibliographies
Who had given the Minimal, Middling and Maximum theories of reference service?
(A) C. M. Winchell (B) S. R. Ranganathan (C) James I Wyer (D) Samuel Rothstein

Information is …
(A) Raw data (B) Raw knowledge (C) Input data (D) Organized data
WIPO stands for
(A) World Information and Patents Organisation (B) World Intellectual Property
Organisation (C) World International Property Organisation (D) World Information
Protection Organisation
BERN CONVENTION (1886) is concerned with
(A) Translations (B) Copyright (C) Patent (D) Standards
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
To which country the credit is given to coin the term information society?
(A) USA (B) France (C) Japan (D) India

The Library of Congress Classification system divides human knowledge into

(A) 20 major classes. (B) 21 major classes. (C) 25 major classes. (D) 30 major
classes.

The Head Office of UNESCO located at

(A) Paris, France (B) Netherlands, in The Hague (C) London (D) England

ISBN changed from 10 digits to 13 from

(A) January, 2007 (B) January, 2008 (C) January, 2006 (D) January, 2005

JSTOR is an online system for archiving and accessing academic journals. It is located
in
(A) Germany (B) UK (C) USA (D) Budapest
‘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

Year book are also known as

(A) Hand book (B) Annual (C) Directory (D) Dictionary

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

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

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

The first law of library science enunciated by Ranganathan is …

A. Library is a growing organism

B. Books are for use
C. Every book its reader
D. Save the time of the reader

Bibliographical information is related to …

A. Details concerning a publication

B. Information about library timings
C. Information about the number of books in a library
D. Details about circulation statistics

Bibliometrics is …

A. Bibliographical control
B. Bibliographical references
C. Indexing
D. Library research
Informetrics is …

A. Mathematical research related to libraries

B. A branch of Computer Science
C. Mathematical Economics
D. The study of Internet

MARC formats are used for …

A. Classification of reading materials

B. Compilation of bibliographies
C. Cataloguing
D. Industrial purposes

(1) Intellectual property means?

A. Books
B. All reading material
C. Intellectual thoughts
D. All of the above

(2) … Law of Library Science stated by S.R. Ranganathan relates to the

growth of libraries …

A. Fourth law
If. First law
C. Second law
D. Fifth law

(3) American Library Association was established in …

A. 1876
B. 1872
C. 1875
D. 1880

(4) The term coined by S.R. Ranganathan for mobile libraries was …

A. Moving library
B. Library on wheels
C. Library machine
D. All of the above

(5) Which Library was established under the first two Ptolemies early in
the third century BC:
A. Alexandria Library
B. Patriarchal Library
C. Macedonia Library
D. Pergamum Library

(6) Most commonly used script in the world is:

A. Cyrillic
B. Tibetan
C. Hebrew
D. Roman

(7) The first systematic training for Librarians in India was started by:

A. Asa Don Dickinson

B. K.M. Asad-ullah
C. S.R. Ranganathan
D. W.A. Borden

(8) When the Asa Don Dickinson, an American Librarian started Library

Science certificate course at university level in the subcontinent in
Lahore:

A. 1858
B. 1885
C. 1915
D. 1935

(9) How many branches PLA has?

A. Four
B. Five
C. Six
D. Seven

(10) The British Library is at:

A. Boston
B. Edinburgh
C. London
D. Oxford

Which type of books should be weeded in a library?

(A) Superseded editions (B) Thesaurus (C) Dictionary (D) Encyclopaedia
According to Ranganathan, many collections lose its relevance in how many years?
(A) 20 years. (B) 30 years (C) 40 Years (D) 50 years.
Which of the following is a Library Management Software?
(A) LibSys 7 (B) EPrints (C) Joomla (D) Drupal

Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine related to

(A) Sears List of Subject Heading (B) Library of Congress Classification System (C)
UDC (D) Dictionary Catalogue
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
The first edition of DDC published in
(A) 1875 (B) 1876 (C) 1874 (D) 1896
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
MESH is a
(A) Thesaurus (B) Dictionary (C) Journal (D) Library
The First edition of DDC Consisted of
(A) 144 pages (B) Four volume (C) 44 pages (D) 124 pages
The Dewey Decimal Classification divides human knowledge into
(A) 10 basic categories. (B) 100 basic categories. (C) 1000 basic categories. (D)
10000 basic categories.
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) is now looked after by?
(A) UNESCO (B) CILIP (C) ALA (D) OCLC
Annual withdrawals from the collection should average at least how many percent of the
total
collection.
(A) 5% (B) 10% (C) 15% (D) 20%
The word Archives is most relevant to
(A) Historical material (B) National bibliography (C) Free of charge (D) Family
members

The word Referral service is most relevant to

(A) Database search service (B) Inter-Library Loan (C) Information scouting (D)
Retrospective searching
Articles published in the research journal are…
(A) Reference sources (B) Secondary sources (C)
s (D) Tertiary sources
Which of the following is a Secondary source of information?
(A) Journal (B) Textbook (C) Bibliography of Bibliography (D) Bibliography
The secondary source of information comprised of
(A) Textbooks and research monographs. (B) Subject periodicals and encyclopedias
(C) Indexing and Abstracting periodicals (D) Bibliography and patents
World of learning is a what source of information
(A) Primary source (B) Documentary source (C) Secondary source (D) Tertiary source
World of learning is a what source of information
(A) Primary source (B) Documentary source (C) Secondary source (D) Tertiary source
Research periodicals are which category of sources?
(A) Primary (B) Secondary (C) Tertiary (D) Non documentary.
…………… categorises documents into three types such as primary, secondary and
tertiary.
(A) Grogan (B) Skeltor (C)Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (D) Hanson
Conference proceedings are considered as………………documents.
(A) Conventional (B) Primary (C) Secondary (D) Tertiary
1)First generation computer uses
(A) Microprocessor (B) Transistors (C) Integrated circuits (D) Thermionic valves or
vacuum tube or electronic valves
2)Second generation computer uses
(A) Thermionic valves or vacuum tube or electronic valves (B) Microprocessor (C)
Integrated circuits (D) Transistors
3)Third generation computer uses
(A) Microprocessor (B) Transistors (C) Integrated circuits (D) Thermionic valves or
vacuum tube or electronic valves
4)Fourth generation computer uses
(A) Microprocessor (B) Thermionic valves or vacuum tube or electronic valves (C)
Transistors (D) Integrated circuits

5)An Invisible college is a typical example of

(A) Informal channels of communication (B) Formal channels of communication (C)
Both (A) and (B) (D) None of the above
6)The term hyper text was coined by
(A) Ted Nelson (B) Charles Babbage (C) Tim Berner Lee (D) Tay Vaughan
7)The simple Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES) consists of
(A) 10 elements (B) 15 elements (C) 14 elements (D) 18 elements
8)ISBN consists of
(A) 6 digits (B) 8 digits (C) 13 digits (D) 15 digits
9)ISBN changed from 10 digits to 13 from
(A) January, 2007 (B) January, 2008 (C) January, 2006 (D) January, 2005
10)What is Dublin Core?
(A) Content management tool (B) E- Library software (C) Metadata standard (D)
Internet
Protocol
Hybrid library deals with
(A) Print Collection (B) Digital Collection (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of the above
The standard size of a catalogue card is
(A) 12.5 cm X 7.5 cm (B) 12 cm X 7 cm (C) 11 cm X 5 cm (D) 10 cm X 4 cm
Who invented World Wide Web (WWW)
(A) Vint Cerf (B) Charles Babbage (C) Tim Berners-Lee (D) Steve Jobs
The standard size of a catalogue card is
(A) 5 inch X 3 inch (B) 4 inch X 3 inch (C) 4 inch X 4 inch (D) 3 inch X 3 inch

Which of the following is an Open Source Software?

(A) E-Granthalaya (B) SOUL 2.0 (C) Koha (D) LibSys 7
Koha was developed at
(A) Katipo Communications Ltd, New Zealand (B) University of Waikato, New Zealand.
(C) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) libraries & Hewlett-Packard labs (D)
Wikimedia Foundation
RDA related to
(A) Classification (B) Cataloguing (C) Searching (D) Browsing
Which of the following is an Institutional Repository Software Package?
(A) Joomla (B) EPrints (C) Koha (D) Drupal
Which of the following is not a web browser?
(A) Firefox (B) Internet Explorer (C) Google Chrome (D) DMOZ
DSpace was developed at
(A) Katipo Communications Ltd, New Zealand (B) University of Waikato, New
Zealand. (C) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) libraries & Hewlett-Packard
labs (D) Wikimedia Foundation
1) The organization that owns all the copyrights of DDC is …
A. OCLC (Online Computer Library Center), Ohio
B. Forest press
C. Oxford University press
D. R.R. Bowker
2) The first edition of DDC was published in the year …
A. 1875
B. 1876
C. 1877
D. 1879
3) ‘The Punjab Library Primer’, a book on Library Science, was written by …
A. Dr. Abdul Moid
B. Asa Don Dickinson
C. S.R. Ranganathan
D. Dr. Anis Khurshid
4) The National Library of India is situated in …
A. Mumbai
B. New Delhi
C. Hyderabad
D. Kolkata
5) Liaquat Memorial Library is situated in …
A. Lahore
B. Karachi
C. Bahawalpur
D. Multan
6) Clay tablets of ancient Mesopotamia have been preserved in …
A. British Museum
B. Library of Congress
C. India office Library
D. Both A and B
7) 2nd Table of DDC deals with:
A. Area
B. Languages
C. Persons
D. Literatures
8)  WAN stands for ….
A. Wap Area Network
B. Wide Area Network
C. Wide Array Net
D. Wireless Area Network
9) Pinakes was a/an …
A. Ancient scientist
B. Library Building
C. Library catalogue
D. Bibliographer
10) ISBD was developed by …
A. UNESCO
B. UNICEF
C. Library of Congress
D. IFLA
‘Bibliography’ is — word.
A. An English
B. A German
C. A Greek
D. A Spanish
Bibliomania means …
A. passionate enthusiasm for collecting and possessing books
B. Conservation of rare material
C. Historical bibliography
D. None of these
Bibliophobia is a term used for a person who scares of …
A. Fire
B. Water
C. Books
D. Aeroplanes
The term bibliopole is used for a person who deals in
A. Bibliographies
B. Secondhand and rare books
C. Publishing work
D. None of the above
Bibliotherapy means …
A. The process to compile bibliography
B. Compiling dictionaries
C. Treatment of patient by using reading material
D. None of these
Bio-bibliography means …
A. Compiling bibliography on biology
B. Compiling bibliography on botany
C. A list of works written about an author examining the author’s life and work.
D. None of these
Retrospective bibliography records …
A. Books that published in previous years
B. Books that will be published in future
C. The current publishing material
D. Both a and B

Biblioclast is a person who …

A. Loves books
B. Destroys books for one reason or the other
C. Writes books on bibliography
D. Compiles bibliography
Biblioholism is a habit where a person …
A. Loves to purchase, read, store, admire books in excess.
B. Donates books to orphan houses
C. Builds libraries privately
D. Gathers manuscripts
Biblioklept is the one who …
A. Designs library buildings
B. Steals books and other material from libraries
C. Borrows books from libraries
D. None of the above
Bibliology is the science that studies …
A. Commonalities between biology  and librarianship
B. Books from their origins in human society to the present time
C. Books published before 200 BC
D. The concept of paperless society

1. Xerographic process is categorised under

a. Photographic process
b. Reflex method
c. Silver halide process
d. Electrostatic process

Answer: b
2. The ‘Study abroad’ is a/an
a.
a. Encyclopedia
b. Year book
c. Directory
d. Handbook

Answer: d

3. The ‘User Profile’ is a

a. List of descriptors
b. List of useful citations
c. List of users
d. Statement of user information

Answer: d

4. Phoenix schedules are part of

a. DDC
b. BC
c. UDC
d. LCC

Answer: a

5. ‘Universal Bibliographical Control’ is a programme of:

a. FID
b. IFLA
c. UNISIST
d. ALA

Answer: b

6. The standard size of a catalogue card is

a. 12.5 cm X 7.5 cm
b. 12 cm X 7 cm
c. 11 cm X 5 cm
d. 10 cm X 4 cm

Answer: a

7. The standard size of a catalogue card is

a. 5 inch X 3 inch
b. 4 inch X 3 inch
c. 4 inch X 4 inch
d. 3 inch X 3 inch
 Answer: a

8. RDA related to
a. Classification
b. Cataloguing
c. Searching
d. Browsing

Answer: b

________ 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

Answer: (D)

Books lost from the library are known through ________

(A) Stock verification

(B) Charging and discharging

(C) Shelf list

(D) Accession Register

Answer: (A)

LA is the Library Association of

(A) Manipur

(B) Andhra Pradesh

(C) Great Britain

(D) Canada.

Answer: (C)

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.

Answer: (A)

‘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.

Answer: (B)

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.

Answer: (A)

________ 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.

Answer: (A)

On which of the following technologies semantic web is not based?

(A) RDF

(B) Ontologies

(C) Cloud seeding

(D) URI

Answer: (C)

The concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) belongs to ____________________

(A) Second Generation Computers

(B) Third Generation Computers

(C) Fourth Generation Computers

(D) Fifth Generation Computers

Answer: (D)

 
Computer memory is measured in ____________________

(A) Bytes

(B) Kilobytes

(C) Megabytes

(D) All of the above

Answer: (D)

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 languages

Answer: (D)

When CD-ROM was prepared and made?

(A) 1985

(B) 1982

(C) 1980

(D) 1977

Answer: (A)

Which of the following software is useful for word processing?

(A) DBASE

(B) LIBSYS

(C) WordStar

(D) CDS/ISIS

Answer: (C)

What is a bug?

(A) Computer Virus

(B) Error in Computer Configuration

(C) Error in a Programme

(D) None of these

Answer: (C)

Which is not a programming language?

(A) FORTRAN

(B) BASIC

(C) COBOL

(D) ASCII

Answer: (D)

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

Answer: (A)

ASCII has how many codes?

(A) 256

(B) 526

(C) 265

(D) 254

Answer: (A)

Raw, unevaluated, unprocessed and unorganized facts is known as:

(A) Data

(B) Information

(C) Knowledge

(D) Wisdom

Answer: (A)

Information retrieval is fastest from

(A) Floppy Disk

(B) Magnetic Tape

(C) Hard Disk

(D) None of the above

Answer: (C)

In which of the following the term “Truncation” is used

(A) Budgeting

(B) Search Formulation

(C) Coordination

(D) Classified bibliography

Answer: (B)

The CD alphabets in CDS/ISIS stands for

(A) Computerized Documentation

(B) Condensed Disk

(C) Confirmed Disc

(D) Compact Disc

Answer: (A)

Electronic telecommunications system joining millions of computers together.

(A) E-mail

(B) Internet

(C) US Mail

(D) UPS

Answer: (B)
 

Following is not a social bookmarking site:

(A) Digg

(B) Delicious

(C) Sqidoo

(D) Facebook

Answer: (C)

Following is not a network protocol:

(A) HTTP

(B) SMTP

(C) TCP/IP

(D) Z39.50

Answer: (D)

Identify the odd one from the following:

(A) Koha

(B) VTLS

(C) SLIM++

(D) SOUL

Answer: (A)

Following is not a Web 2.0 tool:

(A) Blog

(B) Facebook

(C) UGC-INFONET 2.0

(D) RSS feeds

Answer: (C)

Following is an example of microblogging:

(A) WordPress

(B) Blogspot

(C) Livejournal

(D) Twitter

Answer: (D)

Now-a-days how many types of Protocol are used ?

(A) 5

(B) 4

(C) 3

(D) 2

Answer: (D)

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

Answer: (A)

Resource sharing is a part of …

(A) Library cooperation

(B) Library administration

(C) Library management

(D) Library cataloguing

Answer: (A)

Virtua accommodates Different version of the MARC Standard?

(A) USMARC

(B) UKMARC

(C) CANMARC

(D) SWEMARC/All of above

Answer: (D)

Which is the journal of Library and Information Science?

(A) Abacus

(B) Acta numerica

(C) Interlending and Document supply

(D) All of above

Answer: (C)

What is APS?

(A) A Search Engine?

(B) A Full-text e-resource

(C) Bibliographic database

(D) Library Management Software

Answer: (B)

Questionnaire is a :

(A) Research method

(B) Measurement Technique

(C) Tool for data collection

(D) All the above

Answer: (C)

(1) Intellectual property means?

A. Books
B. All reading material
C. Intellectual thoughts
D. All of the above

(2) … Law of Library Science stated by S.R. Ranganathan relates to the

growth of libraries …

A. Fourth law
If. First law
C. Second law
D. Fifth law

(3) American Library Association was established in …

A. 1876
B. 1872
C. 1875
D. 1880

(4) The term coined by S.R. Ranganathan for mobile libraries was …

A. Moving library
B. Library on wheels
C. Library machine
D. All of the above

(5) Which Library was established under the first two Ptolemies early in
the third century BC:

A. Alexandria Library
B. Patriarchal Library
C. Macedonia Library
D. Pergamum Library
(6) Most commonly used script in the world is:
A. Cyrillic
B. Tibetan
C. Hebrew
D. Roman

(7) The first systematic training for Librarians in India was started by:

A. Asa Don Dickinson

B. K.M. Asad-ullah
C. S.R. Ranganathan
D. W.A. Borden

(8) When the Asa Don Dickinson, an American Librarian started Library

Science certificate course at university level in the subcontinent in
Lahore:

A. 1858
B. 1885
C. 1915
D. 1935
(9) How many branches PLA has?
A. Four
B. Five
C. Six
D. Seven
(10) The British Library is at:

A. Boston
B. Edinburgh
C. London
D. Oxford

The first law of library science enunciated by Ranganathan is …

A. Library is a growing organism

B. Books are for use
C. Every book its reader
D. Save the time of the reader

Bibliographical information is related to …

A. Details concerning a publication

B. Information about library timings
C. Information about the number of books in a library
D. Details about circulation statistics

Bibliometrics is …

A. Bibliographical control
B. Bibliographical references
C. Indexing
D. Library research

Informetrics is …

A. Mathematical research related to libraries

B. A branch of Computer Science
C. Mathematical Economics
D. The study of Internet

MARC formats are used for …

A. Classification of reading materials

B. Compilation of bibliographies
C. Cataloguing
D. Industrial purposes
437. GUI stands for 
(A) Graphic User Interface (B) Graphic User Interaction (C) Graphic Utility Interface (D)
Great Union of India
(A)
438. Shelf list facilitates................ .
(A) Classification (B) Weeding out (C) Stock verification (D) Documentation (C)
439. The office of patent information system in India is at............ .
(A) Mumbai (B) New Delhi (C) Kolkata (D) Nagpur (D)
440. Questionnaire is a 
(A) Research method (B) Measurement technique (C) Tool for data collection 
(D) Data analysis technique
(C)
441. A periodical evaluation of an employee is done through........... .
(A) Job rotation (B) Performance appraisal (C) Refresher course (D) Work guide (D)
442. CCF stands for................ .
(A) Current Classification Format (B) Current Communication Format
(C) Common Communication Format (D) Common Classification Format
(C)
443. “Controlled Group” is a term used in.............. .
(A) Survey research (B) Historical research (C) Experimental research
(D) Descriptive research
(C)
444. ‘Noise’ in Information Retrieval is due to............. .
(A) Precision (B) Recall (C) Relevant information (D) Redundant information (D)
445. The concept “Invisible College” first used by 
(A) Eugene Garfield (B) Derek Solla Price (C) Allent Kent (D) Carl Savage (D)
446. Who enunciated the term ‘hypertext’ ?
(A) E. Garfield (B) Bill Gates (C) Ted Nelson (D) Raj Reddy (C)
447. ‘Cranfield Project’ is an example of.................... .
(A) Experimental Research (B) Survey Research (C) Case Study (D) Historical Research (A)
448. IFLA took up the “Universal Availability of Publication” program in the year............... .
(A) 1973 (B) 1976 (C) 1972 (D) 1970 (C)
449. International Information System on Research in Documentation (ISORID) was established
by 
(A) IFLA (B) UNESCO (C) SLA (D) ALA
(B)
450. What is the relationship bet ween 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
(D)
451.
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
(B)
452. The journal “Knowledge Organization” is published by 
(A) IFLA (B) ISKO (C) LA (D) LC (B)
453. Tagging in web 2.0 application is called 
(A) Taxonomy (B) Folksonomy (C) Syndication (D) Directory (D)
454. Inductive logic proceeds from 
(A) General to General (B) Particular to General (C) General to Particular 
(D) Particular to Particular
(C)
455. CRG stands for 
(A) Committee for Rural Grant (B) Classification Research Group
(D) (C) Committee for Ranganathan Guild (D) Classic Research Grant
456. Which of the following is not a “Graphic representation” ?
(A) Pie Chart (B) Bar Chart (C) Table (D) Histogram (C)
457. “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
(C)
458. The oldest and the largest Library Association in the world is............. .
(A) ALA (B) LA (C) IFLA (D) IASLIC (A)
459. Which of the following is not covered under Intellectual Property Rights ?
(A) Copyrights (B) Patents (C) Trade Marks (D) Thesaurus (D)
460. Ontology is................. .
(A) An Indexing Method (B) Classification of Internet based documents
(C) Cataloguing of Internet based documents (D) Documentation service
(B)
461. Mozilla is................ .
(A) An operating system (B) Library software (C) A web browser 
(D) A search engine
(C)
462. The concept of concretes and processes was given by.............. .
(A) Kaiser (B) H. P. Luhn (C) Derek Austin (D) S. R. Ranganathan (A)
463. Chairman of National Knowledge Commission is............... .
(A) Pranab Mukherjee (B) Nandan Nilekani (C) P. Chidambaram 
(D) Sam Pitroda
(D)
464. High Level Language is.................. .
(A) Disk space dependent (B) O. S. Dependent (C) Machine independent 
(D) Machine dependent
(C)
465. The transmission of receiver’s reaction back to the sender is known as................. .
(A) Noise (B) Feedback (C) Medium (D) Source (B)
466. Currently “Science Citation Index” is published by................... .
(A) Emerald (B) Springer (C) Thomson (D) Elsevier (C)
467. 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
(D)
468. Which of the following is an ‘Acronym’ ?
(A) UNESCO (B) UNO (C) UNDP (D) UGC (A)
469. A set of rules that govern overall data communications system is popularly known
as............... (A) Protocol (B) Agreement (C) Pact (D) Memorandum (A)
470. Staffing is concerned with providing and maintaining................resources.
(A) Physical (B) Technical (C) Human (D) Financial (C)
471.
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
(D)
472. 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.
(C)
473. 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.
(C)

LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS
Question: When was Pakistan Library association founded?
Answer: It was founded in 1957.
Question: When was the first inaugural conference of PLA held?
Question: Who presided it?
Answer: Field Martial Ayub Khan, president of Pakistan
Question: What main purpose of PLA?
Answer: The aims and objectives of PLA are:
1. The establishment of comprehensive library services throughout Pakistan.
2. The promotion of study and research in library science and dissemination of 
information about current trends, theories and practices in the field of 
librarianship.
3. The achievement of better organization of libraries by arranging technical advice 
and assistance to library authorities.
4. The improvement of the status and professional standing of library workers and 
for safeguarding their interests.
5. For such other ends as shall further the cause of libraries and librarians of
Pakistan.
6. The association shall act as a liaison between Pakistani organizations of similar 
aims and objectives and those outside Pakistan and shall strive for mutual co-
operation.
Question: Is it true that PLA Head Quarters automatically after ever two years?
Answer: Yes, indeed.
Question: KULSAA stands for?
Answer: Karachi University Library Science Association.
Question: When was KULSA formed?
Answer: It was formed in 1957 in Karachi and its mission to promote library activities in the 
country and also to share the memories among the old students of library science?
Question: Who was first President of PLA?
Answer: Dr. Mahmood Hussain.
Question: Who was the first Secretary General of PLA?
Answer: Dr. Abdul Moid.
Question: What does PULSAA stands for?
Answer: Punjab University Library Science Alumnai Association.
Question: When was PULSAA formed?
Answer: In 1990, at Lahore.
Question: What was PASTIC founded?
Answer: In 1957.
Question: What does IFLA stands for?
Answer: International Federation of Library Association and Institutions.
Question: When and where was IFLA founded?
Answer: IFLA was founded in 1927, in Scotland in an International conference.
Question: What is the mission of IFLA?
Answer: Being an international body, IFLA represents the interests of library and information 
services and their users. It is a global voice if the library and information profession.
Question: What is the number of IFLA members?
Answer: Near about 1700.
Question: What is the number of countries that have obtained membership of IFLA?
Answer: One hundred and fifty
Question: When and where was IFLA registered?
Answer: 1971, Netherland.
Question: Where is IFLA headquarters?
Answer: The Hague, Netherlands.
Question: Where is IFLA’s regional office for Asia?
Answer: Bangkok, Thailand.
Question: Name any publication of IFLA?
Answer: IFL Journal (Quarterly)
Question: Who grants IFLA membership?
Answer: IFLA executive board.
Question: What is IFLANKET?
Answer: IFLA Web Site.
Question: ALA stands for?
Answer: American Library Association.
Question: When was ALA founded?
Answer: It was founded in Philadelphia in 1876.
Question: What is its mission?
Answer: Its mission is to “to provide leadership for the development, promotion and 
improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to 
enhance learning and ensure access to information for all”
Question: What does COMLA
Question: FID stands for?
Answer: International Federation for Information and Documentation.
Question: When was it created?
Answer: It was created in 1895 in Brussels.
Question: What was its previous name?
Answer: International Federation for documentation, since 1937.
Question: When did it get its new name?
Answer: In 1988, but is still known as FID (it is worth-mentioning here that due to financial 
crisis, FID has recently closed down all its offices)
Question: When was Indian Library Association founded?
Answer: In 1933.
Question: When was the library Association founded?
Answer: It was founded in 1877 as the Library Association of United Kingdom.
Question: When was Library Association of Australia founded?
Answer: It was founded in 1949.