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SET 6 (English)

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is considered the founder of documentation science?

a)

Paul Otlet

b)

F. W. Lancaster

c)

Ranganathan

d)

Melvil Dewey

2.

The “Chain Indexing” method was developed by Ranganathan in which year:

a)

1933

b)

1938

c)

1962

d)

1968

3.

Who invented Bengali Haraf (movable type for printing)?

a)

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

b)

William Carey

c)

Raja Rammohan Roy

d)

Charles Wilkins

4.

Who described the public library as a “people’s university”?

a)

S. R. Ranganathan

b)

Melvil Dewey

c)

Paul Otlet

d)

Alvin S. Johnson

5.

What is the name of the national library of Japan?

a)

Imperial Library of Japan

b)

Tokyo Central Library

c)

National Diet Library

d)

Japan National Archives

6.

When was the National Book Trust (NBT) established?

a)

1947

b)

1957

c)

1967

d)

1977

7.

Who prepared the “Panizzi’s 91 rules” for cataloguing?

a)

Charles Ammi Cutter

b)

Anthony Panizzi

c)

Ranganathan

d)

Lubetzky

8.

PRECIS indexing system was developed by:

a)

Derek Austin

b)

Kaiser

c)

P. Evans

d)

Foskett

9.

In AACR2, the abbreviation “S.l.” stands for:

a)

Same location

b)

Source lost

c)

Sine loco (place unknown)

d)

Subject location

10.

What is the correct sequence in Ranganathan’s PMEST?

a)

Personality, Space, Energy, Matter, Time

b)

Personality, Matter, Energy, Space, Time

c)

Personality, Matter, Space, Time, Energy

d)

Personality, Energy, Matter, Space, Time

11.

The “Tranquebar Mission Press” was started in:

a)

1556

b)

1713

c)

1806

d)

1906

12.

What is the role of the Cataloguing-in-Publication (CIP) data?

a)

To provide book reviews

b)

To supply metadata before publication

c)

To generate ISBN

d)

To classify journals

13.

In library classification, mnemonics are used to:

a)

Simplify call numbers

b)

Expand subject headings

c)

Assist memory through artificial symbols

d)

Reduce cataloguing effort

14.

What is the full form of ICSSR?

a)

Indian Council of Social Science Research

b)

International Centre for Scientific Studies and Research

c)

Indian Committee of Social Science Review

d)

International Council for Social Science Resources

15.

“Kinetics of a book” is associated with:

a)

Circulation statistics

b)

Physical condition of books

c)

Book selection

d)

Acquisition cost

16.

What is the primary purpose of using a hollow back in bookbinding?

a)

To reduce the weight of the book

b)

To prevent ink from bleeding through pages

c)

To prevent the spine from cracking

d)

To make the cover easier to decorate

17.

What is the main purpose of oversewing in bookbinding?

a)

To decorate the spine of the book

b)

To allow the book to open completely flat

c)

To provide strong and durable binding for heavy books

d)

To attach dust jackets to hardcover books

18.

What is the main purpose of collation in the bookbinding process?

a)

To laminate the pages of a book

b)

To stitch the cover onto the spine

c)

To ensure that all pages are in the correct order and none are missing or defective

d)

To apply glue evenly to the spine

19.

What is the call number composed of?

a)

Class number + Book number

b)

Accession number + ISBN

c)

Author mark + Publisher mark

d)

ISBN + Subject heading

20.

Which of the following is NOT a service of DELNET?

a)

Inter-Library Loan

b)

Union Catalogue

c)

Database creation

d)

ISBN allocation

21.

Who coined the term “Information Retrieval”?

a)

Calvin Mooers

b)

H. P. Luhn

c)

Vickery

d)

Foskett

22.

Which cataloguing code was prepared under the Joint Steering Committee (JSC)?

a)

AACR2

b)

CCC

c)

ISBD

d)

Lubetzky’s Code

23.

What is BBK?

a)

Bibliography of Bibliography

b)

Cataloguing code

c)

Classification Scheme

d)

Indexing system

24.

The word 'Classification' originated from the word 'Classic' of the language?

a)

Latin

b)

German

c)

Greek

d)

Dutch

25.

Who is associated with the concept of Automatic Indexing?

a)

Herbert Ohlman

b)

A.J. Wells

c)

Jack Mills

d)

Derek Austin

26.

Who is credited with the creation of the Thesaurus?

a)

Eugene Garfield

b)

P.M. Roget

c)

M. Taube

d)

Melvil Dewey

27.

Who is associated with the concept of Keyword Indexing?

a)

M.E. Sears

b)

Derek Austin

c)

M. Taube

d)

H.P. Luhn

28.

In which year was Riders International Classification introduced?

a)

1958

b)

1959

c)

1960

d)

1961

29.

In which year was the Broad System of Ordering (BSO) introduced?

a)

1978

b)

1979

c)

1980

d)

1981

30.

In which year was the ALA Code introduced?

a)

1947

b)

1948

c)

1949

d)

1950

31.

In which year was the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules II Revised (AACR2 Revised) published?

a)

1979

b)

1987

c)

1988

d)

1967

32.

The headquarters of UNESCO are at?

a)

London

b)

New York

c)

Paris

d)

New Delhi

33.

Who is the propounder of the 'Demand Theory' for book selection?

a)

Collison

b)

McColvin

c)

S.R. Ranganathan

d)

All the above

34.

The Library Committee appointed by the UGC in 1957 was headed by?

a)

P.N. Kaula

b)

B.S. Kesavan

c)

S.R. Ranganathan

d)

K.P. Sinha

35.

CD-ROM is an example of?

a)

Optical Media

b)

Magnetic Media

c)

Hyper Media

d)

A.V. Media

36.

National Information Centre for Leather Technology is located at?

a)

Lucknow

b)

Chennai

c)

Delhi

d)

Patna

37.

In Sears List of Subject Headings, 'xx' denotes?

a)

See entries

b)

See also entries

c)

Book Index entry

d)

None of the above

38.

Find out the odd one:

a)

MS Windows

b)

MS DOS

c)

Unix

d)

C++

39.

Ranganathan's Three Card System was first experimented in a?

a)

Public Library

b)

Special Library

c)

School Library

d)

College Library

40.

Linux is an example of?

a)

Application Software

b)

System Software

c)

Library Software

d)

All the above

41.

Pascal Adding Machine was invented in the year?

a)

1671

b)

1822

c)

1642

d)

1932

42.

In Library, the term 'Bespeaking' is used for what?

a)

Issuing the books

b)

Reserving the books

c)

Returning the books

d)

Inter Library loan

43.

Name the two persons responsible for the establishment of FID?

a)

S.R. Ranganathan and Melvil Dewey

b)

W.B. Sayers and H.E. Bliss

c)

Paul Otlet and Henry La Fontaine

d)

C.A. Cutter and J.D. Brown

44.

OCR is an/a?

a)

Output device

b)

Input device

c)

Software

d)

None of these

45.

One who makes a scheme of classification is called as?

a)

Classifier

b)

Classificationist

c)

Knowledge manager

d)

Content Developer

46.

The most powerful Library Committee is?

a)

Adhoc Committee

b)

Executive Committee

c)

Reporting Committee

d)

Project Committee

47.

Censorship of Information means?

a)

Violation of Copyright

b)

Interference of Information

c)

Prohibition of the production and distribution of materials considered objectionable

d)

Undesired communication

48.

Which of the following professional associations does not exist now?

a)

IFLA

b)

FID

c)

ALA

d)

IASLIC

49.

Library catalogue is a?

a)

List of books confined to a library

b)

Trade catalogue

c)

Bibliography

d)

Shelf list

50.

Who is the current Librarian of the National Library of India?

a)

Prof. Ajay Pratap Singh

b)

Dr. Siva Prasad Senapathi

c)

Dr. Partha Sarathi Das

d)

None of the above