SOLVED MCQs FOR ALL

(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

PART-2

________ 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)

 PART-3

1. ASK (Approach, Skill, Knowledge) principle is related to
   1. Classification
   2. Management
   3. ICT
   4. Standards

   Answer: b

2. The subject of Research Methodology is the outcome of the mode of formation of subject, known as
   1. Loose Assemblage
   2. Fission
   3. Distillation
   4. Cluster

   Answer: c

3. IIA founded in U. S. A. In 1968 stands for
   1. Integrated Industry Association
   2. Information Industry Association
   3. Integrated Illiteracy eradication Association
   4. Institute of Information Association.

   Answer: d

4. BSO in classification stands for
   1. Basic Subject of Organisation
   2. Broad Subject Ordering
   3. Bibliography of Subject Ordering
   4. Bibliographic Subject Organisation

   Answer: b

5. The concept of Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) was introduced by
   1. Kaiser
   2. Luhn of IBM
   3. S. R. Ranganathan
   4. Derek Austin.

   Answer: b

6. The book ‘Library Administration’ was brought out by Ranganathan in
   1. 1925
   2. 1933
   3. 1931
   4. 1935

   Answer: d

    

7. The term Lexicography is associated with:
   1. Compilation of Encyclopedia
   2. Compilation of Hand books
   3. Compilation of Dictionaries
   4. None of the above

   Answer: c

8. A Pre-print is a/an
   1. Article to be presented in a conference
   2. Conference paper to be included in the proceedings
   3. Neither a nor b
   4. Both a and b

   Answer: d

9. Binary system of numbers uses only
   1. Two digits
   2. Four digits
   3. Eight digits
   4. Six digits

   Answer: a

10. RSS feed is a tool of:
    a. Graphic design
    b. Web 1.0
    c. Web 2.0
    d. Architecture

Answer: c

PART-4

1. Xerographic process is categorised under
   1. Photographic process
   2. Reflex method
   3. Silver halide process
   4. Electrostatic process

   Answer: b

2. The ‘Study abroad’ is a/an
   1. 1. Encyclopedia
      2. Year book
      3. Directory
      4. Handbook

   Answer: d

3. The ‘User Profile’ is a
   1. List of descriptors
   2. List of useful citations
   3. List of users
   4. Statement of user information

   Answer: d

4. Phoenix schedules are part of
   1. DDC
   2. BC
   3. UDC
   4. LCC

   Answer: a

5. ‘Universal Bibliographical Control’ is a programme of:
   1. FID
   2. IFLA
   3. UNISIST
   4. ALA

   Answer: b

6. The standard size of a catalogue card is
   1. 12.5 cm X 7.5 cm
   2. 12 cm X 7 cm
   3. 11 cm X 5 cm
   4. 10 cm X 4 cm

   Answer: a

7. The standard size of a catalogue card is
   1. 5 inch X 3 inch
   2. 4 inch X 3 inch
   3. 4 inch X 4 inch
   4. 3 inch X 3 inch

   Answer: a

8. RDA related to
   1. Classification
   2. Cataloguing
   3. Searching
   4. Browsing

   Answer: b