English Paper 1

The first Public Library Act was passed in the UK in:

• 1425

• 1643

• 1850

• 1881

The nine-storied building of Nalanda Library was known as:

• Ratnodadhi

• Ratnaranjaka

• Ratnasagara

• Dharmaganja

The Imperial Library Act (1902) was passed during the tenure of:

• Lord Wellesley

• Lord Curzon

• Lord Canning

• Lord Mountbatten

The Public Library System in Baroda was developed with the help of:

• S.R. Ranganathan

• William Alen Borden

• Fyzee Committee

• Duke Humphrey

The Committee set up to formulate a National Policy on Library & Information System (NAPLIS) was chaired by:

• S.R. Ranganathan

• D.P. Chattopadhyay

• William Borden

• Nagaraj

The NAPLIS report recommended ______ main policy points.

• 45

• 50

• 60

• 75

Who founded one of the earliest circulating libraries in Calcutta during the 1770s?

• W. Thacker

• John Andrews

• Robert Clive

• Rajendra Mitra

When was the “Calcutta Circulating Library” established by Messrs Cock, Maxwell & Company?

• 1784

• 1787

• 1791

• 1803

Who succeeded John Macfarlane as librarian of Imperial Library?

• Harinath De

• K. M. Asadullah

• J. A. Chapman

• W. H. Stacy

Who was the first proprietor of the Calcutta Public Library?

• Raja Rammohan Roy

• Dwarkanath Tagore

• Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

• Rabindranath Tagore