General Question Library Science Part 2 (1-50)

 

1.A union catalogue is a unit of
Holdings of a National Library
Holdings of a Single Library
Holdings of a more than are Library
Holdings of a special Library

Ans:C

2.KWIC indexing was developed by
F.W. Lancaster
B.C. Vickery
Martimer Taube
H.P. Luhn

Ans:D

3.Recall is a measure of
Relevant items retrieved/relevant items available in collection
Relevant items retrieved and total retrieved
Non-relevant items retrieved/relevant items available in collection
Relevant items retrieved/non-relevant items available in collection

Ans:A

4.‘Regression’ establishes the relationship between
Cause and effect
Constants and variables
Data and Information
Work and experience

Ans:A

5.Scalar chain indicates
Authority structure
Staff performance
Chain for locking racks
List in the chain

Ans:A

6.INDEST is a
Network
Consortia
Digital library
E-journal

Ans:B

7.Violation of the terms of an agreement encroachment or disregard of other's rights of intellectual property is known as
Plagiarism
Infringement
Exploitation
Reproduction

Ans:B

8.‘Books for All’ is the implication of
First Law of Library Science
Second Law of Library Science
Third Law of Library Science
Fourth Law of Library Science

Ans:B

9.Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science is published from
Bowker and company
H.W. Wilson and company
M.Dekker
UNESCO

Ans:C

10.‘Social Science citation Index’ (SSCI) is a
Source database
Reference database
Referral database
Multimedia database

Ans:B

11.Which is the oldest Classification Scheme in the following
UDC
DDC
LC
CC

Ans:B

12.The term ' Information Retrieval' was coined by
DJ Foskett
Minnie Earl Sears
Calvin Moores
SR Ranganathan

Ans:C

13.Based on the nature of clientele three broad groups of libraries are recognized
Child, Blind, Prisoners
Public, Academic, Special
Child, Youth, Old age
Professional, Business, Others

Ans:B

14.What is the first Indian commercial computed Network?
BTISNET
DESINET
INFLIBNET
INDONET

Ans:D

General communication networks INDONET INDONET, the first Indian commercial computer communication network promoted by the Computer Maintenance Corporation Limited (CMC), Hyderabad, has been in operation since 1986

15.One of the following is not a Programming language
FORTRAN
BASIC
ASCII
COBOL

Ans:C

16. What is the total number of volumes in DDC 20th edition?
3
4
5
2

Ans:B

17.Which one of the following is not a Pre-Coordinate Indexing System?
PRECIS
Chain Indexing
POPSI
KWIC

Ans:D

18.The first All India Library Conference was convened at
Madras
Calcutta
Delhi
Bangalore

Ans:B

19.X modem, Y modem are widely used in the contest
File transfer programme
Types of modem
Browsers of Internet
Internet Service Providers

Ans:A

20.Which of the following relates to SDI system?
Dcoument profile
User Profile
Both (A) & (B)
Neither (A) nor (B)

Ans:C

21.A Library consists digital documents and records is known as ?
Document Library
Virtual Library
Digital Library
Automation Library

Ans:C

22.Discharge of Books means
Collection of fines
Reservation of books
Issue of books
Return of books

Ans:D

23.Cover to Cover translation comes under
CAS
SDI
Anticipatory
Demand Service

Ans:D

24.'Newark' is a system for
Acquisition of documents
Processing
Circulation
None of the above

Ans:C

25.Which one of the following is not a input device?
Plotter
OCR
Keyboard
Light Pen

Ans:A

26.Which one of the following is not a search engine?
Internet Explorer
Yahoo
Google
Altavista

Ans:A

27.CPM & PERT techniques were developed by
Gantt
McGregor
Elton Mayo
Herz Berg

Ans:A

PERT was developed by the US Navy for the planning and control of the Polaris missile program.
28.The membership of ILA includes which type of libraries
Special
Academic Libraries
Public Libraries
All the above

Ans:D

29.In computer terminology 'C' refers to
Memory
CPU
Programming Language
Computation Data

Ans:C

30. Which of the following information about INDIA is available in 'Wealth of India'
Raw material, in Industrial products
Health Information
Society, Economical Information
Technology and Computers

Ans:A

31.Method of assessing information needs of user community is known as
User Studies
User Education
User Orientation
User Initiation

Ans:A

32.Inception of computer concept is based on
Calculator
Abacus
Typewriter
None of the above

Ans:B

33.Find out the wrongly matched one
DDC-Dewey
Bibliographic Classification-WCB Sayers
Subject Classification-JD Brown
Colon Classification-SR Ranganathan

Ans:B

34.Librametry is coined by
HP Luhn
Euigine Garfield
Alan Pritchard
SR Ranganathan

Ans:D

35.Which types are most suitable for use in the libraries?
Analog
Hybrid
Digital
Super

Ans:C

36.The number of Copyright Collection libraries in India are
Two
Three
Four
Seven

Ans:C

37. Wall Picture Principle applied in
Library Classification
Library Services
Library Acquisition
Referral Service

Ans:A

38.Who should do the total planning of automation in libraries?
By the library Committee
By the staff members
By the Librarian with the help of his staff
By authority of the libraries

Ans:C

39.Library Classification comes under
Favored Language
Natural Language
Machine Language
Artificial Language

Ans:D

40.Translation Service is intended to Overcome the barrier of
Language
Distance
Cost
None of the above

Ans:A

41.Bibliography of Bibliographies comes under the category
Primary sources
Secondary sources
Tertiary sources
None of the above

Ans:D

42.The early work on modelling of information communication was based on
Good and Hatt model
Lasswell model
Shannon and weaver model
Bradford and Price model

Ans:B

43.The term "Lexicography" is associated with
Compilation of Encyclopedia
Compilation of handbooks
Compilation of Dictionaries
None of them

Ans:C

44.Xerographic process is categorised under
Photographic process
Reflex method
Silver halide process
Electro static process

Ans:D

45.The 'User Profile: is a
List of description
List of useful citation
List of users
Statement of user information

Ans:D

46.An abstract which is written for a specific group of user is known as
Critical abstract
Slanted abstact
Author abstract
Indicative abstract

Ans:C

47.In Research design, which is consider as the most important component
Observation
Formation of Hypothesis
Case Study
Review of Literature

Ans:D

48."Books in print" is a
National bibliography
Trade bibliography
Retrospective bibliography
Subject bibliography

Ans:B

49.What is an interview?
A tool of research
A process of research
A type of tesearch
A method of representation of data

Ans:A

50.Whic is not an example of Current awarness service(CAS)
SDI
An indexing bulletin
Current contents
A reading list

Ans:D