Objective Questions in Library and Society

 1.Delivery of Books and Newspapers Act published in India in

May 21, 1954
June 21, 1955
April 21, 1953
July 21, 1956
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2.Calcutta Public Library was designated as Imperial Library by
William Bentinct
Lord Curzon
Lord Minto
Lord Welesly
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3.Calcutta Public Library was designated as Imperial Library on
Jan 30, 1900
Jan 30, 1907
Jan 30, 1903
Jan 30, 1911
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4.Imperial library, Calcutta became National Library, India in
1945
1947
1949
1948
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5.India's National Library at Calcutta had its beginning in 1856 as
Calcutta Public Library
Calcutta Metropolitan Library
Imperial Library
Calcutta reading Library
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6.Name the person who was appointed as first fulltime University Librarian in India
A D Dickinson
WeB Sayers
B S Kesavan
Harinath De
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7.Which university appointed the first full time university librarian
Delhi University
Calcutta University
Madras University
Punjab University
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8.Name the largest atlas available in the world
World Atlas (French edition)
Joan Blaeu's Le Grand Atlas (French edition)
World Atlas (French edition)
Current century Atlas (French edition)
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9.Who devised the motto of the ALA
S R Ranganathan
J D Brown
Melvil Dewey
C A Cutter
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10.Full name of Melvil Dewey is
Louis Melvil Dewey
Kossuth Melvil Dewey
Louis Kossuth Melvil Dewey
Melvil Louis Kossuth Dewey

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11. Delhi Public Library was established as a pilot project with the assistance from
UNO
FID
UNIDO
UNESCO
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12. Khudabaksh Oriental Library is located at
Lucknow
Patna
Bhopal
Tanjore
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13. RRRLF was established to develop
University Libraries
College Libraries
Public Libraries
Special Libraries
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14. M.L.I.S course for the first time in India was introduced at
Banaras Hindu University
Delhi University
University of Madras
Punjab University
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15. INSDOC was established in the year
1952
1948
1960
2000
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16. The name of Imperial Library(India) was changed to National Library in the Year
1947
1949
1946
1948
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17. There is no provision for Library cess in the Public Libraries act of
West Bengal and Tamilnadu
Maharastra and West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh and Maharastra
Tamilnadu and Andhra Pradesh
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18. The Headquarters of IASLIC are located at
Calcutta
Delhi
Pune
Chennai
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19. The Headquarters of UNESCO are at
London
New York
Paris
New Delhi
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20. UNESCO Public Library Manifesto first published in
1949
1948
1950
1947
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21.Propounder of 'Demand Theory' for the book selection is
Collison
McColvin
S.R.Ranganathan
All the above
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22.The Library Committee apointed by the UGC in 1957 was headed by
P.N. Kaula
B.S. Kesavan
S.R. Ranganathan
K.P. Sinha
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23.OCLC currently stands for
Ohio College Library Center
Online Computer Library Center
Online Center of Library of Congress
Online Cataloguing of Library of Congress
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24.Connemara Public Library is the State Central Library of
Kerala
Madras
Karnataka
Tamilnadu
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25.Quadrant I in the Spiral of scientific method consists of
Empirical Phase
Hypothesising Phase
Deductive Phase
Verification Ohase
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26.Quadrant III in the spiral of Scientific method is from
Nadir to Ascendant
Ascendant to Zenith
Zenith to Descendant
Descendant to Nadir
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27.The Mathematical theory of Communication was first developed by
Warren Weaver
Claude Shannon
Cherry
Osgood
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28.The transmission of receivers reaction to back to the sender is known as
Noise
Feedback
Medium
Source
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29.CD-ROM is an example of
Optical Media
Magnetic Media
Hyper Media
A.V. Media
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30.The Concept of Bibliographic Coupling was expounded by
Bradford
Esadaile
Kessler
Lancaster

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