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SET 5

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The “Library Bill of Rights” was issued by:

a)

UNESCO

b)

IFLA

c)

ALA

d)

FID

2.

Which is not a library management software?

a)

KOHA

b)

SOUL

c)

NewGenLib

d)

Greenstone

3.

The "Right to Information Act" was enacted in India in:

a)

2002

b)

2005

c)

2007

d)

2009

4.

Which is the apex body for academic libraries in India under UGC?

a)

INFLIBNET

b)

DELNET

c)

ERNET

d)

NISCAIR

5.

In Dewey Decimal Classification, the class 700 represents:

a)

Arts & Recreation

b)

Literature

c)

Science

d)

History

6.

“Information for All Programme (IFAP)” is an initiative of:

a)

ALA

b)

IFLA

c)

UNESCO

d)

OCLC

7.

The “World Digital Library (WDL)” (2009) was launched by:

a)

IFLA

b)

UNESCO & Library of Congress

c)

OCLC

d)

Google

8.

The idea of the "World Digital Library (WDL)" was initiated in 2005 by:

a)

Melvil Dewey

b)

S. R. Ranganathan

c)

James H. Billington

d)

Ms Flora B. Ledington

9.

The first university to offer Library Science education in India was:

a)

Banaras Hindu University

b)

University of Calcutta

c)

University of Delhi

d)

Madras University

10.

What is the full form of ISSN?

a)

International Standard Serial Number

b)

International Standard Source Number

c)

International Standard Science Number

d)

Indian Standard Serial Number

11.

Who introduced the concept of “Chain Indexing”?

a)

Ranganathan

b)

Cutter

c)

Dewey

d)

Bliss

12.

In Bibliometrics, Lotka’s Law deals with:

a)

Productivity of authors

b)

Scattering of articles

c)

Growth of literature

d)

Obsolescence of documents

13.

Which of the following is NOT a digital reference service?

a)

Ask-a-Librarian

b)

Chat Reference

c)

Bibliotherapy

d)

Email Reference

14.

“Internet Public Library” is being maintained by:

a)

MIT, Massachusetts

b)

University of Michigan

c)

University of Arizona

d)

Drexel University

15.

Opaque paper is a:

a)

Ultra-white paper

b)

Ultra-white thin paper

c)

Transparent paper

d)

Non-transparent paper

16.

‘Best is the enemy of the Good’ is said by:

a)

Drury

b)

Urquart

c)

Foskett

d)

Shera

17.

The “Principle of Literary Warrant” was propounded by:

a)

S.R. Ranganathan

b)

W. Hulme

c)

Melvil Dewey

d)

Derek De Solla Price

18.

The author who defined Reference Service as the “Process of establishing contact between a reader and his documents in a personal way” is:

a)

W.A. Katz

b)

L. Shores

c)

M. Hutchins

d)

S.R. Ranganathan

19.

In which of the following network topologies are all the computers connected to a central computer?

a)

Ring

b)

Star

c)

Bus

d)

Peer to Peer

20.

Which of the following search devices will lead to an increase in the Recall output?

a)

Boolean ‘And’

b)

Boolean ‘Not’

c)

Proximity Operators

d)

Truncation

21.

The term ‘Precision’ to measure the performance of Information Retrieval Systems was suggested by:

a)

S.R. Ranganathan

b)

F.W. Lancaster

c)

Cyril Cleverdon

d)

H.P. Luhn

22.

The Planning, Programming, Budgeting System (PPBS) was introduced in the U.S. Department of Defense in the 1960s under the leadership of:

a)

Melvil Dewey

b)

Robert McNamara

c)

H.P. Luhn

d)

Paul Otlet

23.

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) system was first announced at the:

a)

London Book Fair

b)

Frankfurt Book Fair

c)

New York Book Expo

d)

Tokyo International Book Fair

24.

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) system was first announced in:

a)

1995

b)

1997

c)

1998

d)

2000

25.

Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) is primarily used for:

a)

Creating database systems

b)

Designing web pages and web applications

c)

Writing operating system software

d)

Developing mobile apps

26.

In India, Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) is published by:

a)

DELNET

b)

INFLIBNET

c)

IASLIC

d)

NASSDOC

27.

The book ‘Classification: Theoretical and Practical’ was authored by:

a)

Melvil Dewey

b)

E.C. Richardson

c)

S.R. Ranganathan

d)

Charles Cutter

28.

The book ‘A Modern Outline of Library Classification’ was authored by:

a)

S.R. Ranganathan

b)

J. Mills

c)

E.C. Richardson

d)

Charles Cutter

29.

The book ‘Manual of Library Economy’ was authored by:

a)

Melvil Dewey

b)

J.D. Brown

c)

S.R. Ranganathan

d)

Charles Cutter

30.

The Rampur Raza Library, located in Uttar Pradesh, was established in:

a)

1750

b)

1774

c)

1801

d)

1857

31.

The American Library Association (ALA) was established in:

a)

1850

b)

1876

c)

1890

d)

1901

32.

UGC-INFONET, the university network for access to e-resources in India, was launched in:

a)

2000

b)

2002

c)

2005

d)

2010

33.

POPSI by G. Bhattacharya was introduced in the year:

a)

1954

b)

1964

c)

1974

d)

1984

34.

DSpace, an open-source digital repository software, was developed in:

a)

2000

b)

2002

c)

2005

d)

2010

35.

The Committee on setting up of National Network in University Libraries in 1988 was chaired by:

a)

Prof. S.R. Ranganathan

b)

Prof. Yash Pal

c)

Prof. G. Bhattacharya

d)

Prof. J. Mills

36.

Who said “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested”?

a)

John Milton

b)

William Jones

c)

Francis Bacon

d)

Benjamin Franklin

37.

One of the book selection principles states that “the best reading for the largest number at the …………….. cost.”

a)

Maximum

b)

Medium

c)

Least

d)

Zero

38.

The X and Y Theory, which explains different approaches to employee motivation, was proposed by:

a)

Frederick Taylor

b)

Douglas McGregor

c)

Elton Mayo

d)

Abraham Maslow

39.

Kardex is primarily used for:

a)

Cataloguing books

b)

Recording and controlling periodical subscriptions

c)

Classifying library materials

d)

Indexing research articles

40.

The Asiatic Society Library, Kolkata, was established in:

a)

1774

b)

1784

c)

1794

d)

1804

41.

In Incunabula, the name of the book, place of publication, date, etc., printed at the end of the book is called:

a)

Incunabula

b)

Colophon

c)

Content page

d)

Verso of the title page

42.

CODEN is related/connected with:

a)

Patents

b)

Standards

c)

Books

d)

Serials

e)

Gray literature

43.

What is Trade Bibliography?

a)

List of author bibliography

b)

List of special bibliography

c)

List of books in print or for sale compiled by a publisher

d)

List of books of trade library

44.

All parts and pages of a volume are correctly sequenced in the first stage of the binding process known as:

a)

Sewing

b)

Guard

c)

Pulling

d)

Collation

45.

The name of the President of the Royal Society can be found in:

a)

World of Learning

b)

Commonwealth Universities Year Book

c)

International Who’s Who

d)

Statesman’s Year Book

46.

The British National Bibliography is published:

a)

Fortnightly

b)

Monthly

c)

Bi-monthly

d)

Weekly

47.

Who is the President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) for the term 2025–2027?

a)

Glòria Pérez-Salmerón

b)

Leslie Weir

c)

José Borghino

d)

Christine Mackenzie

48.

Who is the author of Little Science, Big Science?

a)

F. W. Lancaster

b)

Blaise Cronin

c)

Marcia Bates

d)

Derek De Solla Price

49.

The most recent and last printed edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, published in 2010, consisted of how many volumes?

a)

25

b)

30

c)

32

d)

35

50.

The APUPA pattern primarily ensures:

a)

Reduction of library staff workload

b)

Reduction of “noise” in retrieval and pedagogical arrangement

c)

Faster cataloguing

d)

Simple notation system