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The Bodleian Library in Oxford is named after:

• Duke Humphrey of Gloucester

• Sir Thomas Bodley

• Cosimo de Medici

• Andrew Carnegie

Libraries in the Indus Valley Civilization were known as:

• Granthashalas

• Pustakalayas

• Vidhyapeethas

• Shastra Kendras

The earliest academic societies established by the British were:

• Asiatic Society in Calcutta (1784) and Bombay (1808)

• Asiatic Society in Delhi (1764) and Madras (1794)

• Asiatic Society in Bengal (1822) and Madras (1810)

• None of these

Out of NAPLIS recommendations, how many were suggested for implementation in 1993?

• 10

• 20

• 29

• 50

How many state governments committed to establishing State Central Libraries during the First Plan?

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 10

The National Literacy Mission was launched in:

• 1984

• 1985

• 1986

• 1987

Which library was planned to be reorganized as National Bibliographical and Documentation Centre?

• National Library, Kolkata

• Central Reference Library

• Delhi Public Library

• RRRLF

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Who repealed the old press law in 1835, indirectly leading to the creation of the Calcutta Public Library?

• Lord Curzon

• Sir Charles Metcalfe

• William Bentinck

• Robert Clive