Free Printable Library and Information Science 2025

1.

Who introduced the Principle of Probability in 1969?

a)

E. J. Coates

b)

C. A. Cutter

c)

S. R. Ranganathan

d)

H. E. Bliss

2.

Information like “xv, 250 p. : ill. ; 25 cm” is recorded in which section?

a)

Physical Description Section

b)

Title and Statement of Responsibility Section

c)

Heading Section

d)

Notes Section

3.

Who developed the Perl programming language in 1987?

a)

Dennis Ritchie

b)

Larry Wall

c)

Bjarne Stroustrup

d)

Guido van Rossum

4.

“LibQUAL+” is a tool for:

a)

Cataloguing

b)

Collection development

c)

Service quality assessment

d)

Information retrieval

5.

Who among the following is a co-founder of ResearchGate?

a)

Mark Zuckerberg

b)

Ijad Madisch

c)

Larry Page

d)

Vinton Cerf

6.

The Information Literacy Model “8W’s” was developed by:

a)

Carol Kuhlthau

b)

Annette Lamb

c)

Jeremy Shapiro

d)

Paul Zurkowski

7.

Who developed the “Everyday Life Information Seeking (ELIS)” model in 1995?

a)

M. J. Bates

b)

Carol Kuhlthau

c)

Reijo Savolainen

d)

Tom Wilson

8.

Who first proposed the concept of Hash Coding and in which year?

a)

C.A. Cutter, 1876

b)

S.R. Ranganathan, 1933

c)

H.P. Luhn, 1953

d)

J.C.R. Licklider, 1960

9.

The Blue Book, officially known as Catalog Rules: Author and Title Entries (1908), is associated with which cataloguing code?

a)

AACR

b)

ALA Catalogue Code

c)

ISBD

d)

Dewey Decimal Classification

10.

In project management of digital libraries, Gantt Chart is used for:

a)

Cost control

b)

Time scheduling

c)

Staffing

d)

Policy making

11.

Who compiled the first catalogue of Indian manuscripts (considered a form of a union catalogue) between 1788 and 1795?

a)

S. A Kartz

b)

Dr. Nicholas

c)

S. R. Ranganathan

d)

K. M. Munshik

12.

Stock verification in libraries is carried out to:

a)

Maintain accession register

b)

Check losses and misplaced books

c)

Update catalogues

d)

Revise budgets

13.

The Gyan Bharatam Conference took place on which dates?

a)

1–3 August 2025

b)

15–17 September 2025

c)

11–13 September 2025

d)

20–22 October 2025

14.

The TKDL uses which standard for digital preservation?

a)

ISO 2108

b)

ISO 26324

c)

Unicode and XML

d)

Dewey Decimal Classification

15.

The number of Copyright Collection libraries in India are:

a)

Two

b)

Three

c)

Four

d)

Seven

16.

The term “Library 4.0” refers to:

a)

Traditional print-based libraries

b)

Libraries integrating AI, IoT, cloud computing, and digital services

c)

Only government libraries

d)

Mobile libraries

17.

Who was the Chief Editor of the 24th edition of Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)?

a)

John P. Comaromi

b)

Benjamin A. Custer

c)

Melvil Dewey

d)

Joan S. Mitchell

18.

Printer is classified as which type of device?

a)

Input device

b)

Output device

c)

Storage device

d)

Processing device

19.

Who was the first librarian of the Patent Office, London?

a)

E. W. Hulme

b)

Bennett Woodcroft

c)

H. E. Bliss

d)

S. R. Ranganathan

20.

The DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is governed by which International Standard?

a)

ISO 2108

b)

ISO 2789

c)

ISO 3297

d)

ISO 26324

21.

If there are two or more kinds of collaborators, which connecting symbol is used between two kinds of collaborators in CCC (Classified Catalogue Code)?

a)

(:) Colon

b)

(;) Semicolon

c)

(-) Dash

d)

(.) Dot

22.

"Ribbon Arrangement" is associated with:

a)

Shelving of Books

b)

Book Processing

c)

Classification of Books

d)

Stock Verification

23.

What is "Veronica"?

a)

Network Navigation tool

b)

Internet Protocol

c)

Both (a) and (b)

d)

Neither (a) nor (b)

24.

Who was the pioneer of "Open Access Systems"?

a)

S.R. Ranganathan

b)

Walter H. Kaiser

c)

James Duff Brown

d)

B.C. Vickery

25.

When was the Newark charging system started?

a)

1900

b)

1896

c)

1899

d)

1875

26.

Who gave the 12 rules for relational databases?

a)

Larry Page

b)

Linux Tolward

c)

Bill Gates

d)

Edgar F. Codd

27.

Data India’ is published by:

a)

PTI

b)

Times of India

c)

INFA

d)

Hari Sharan Chhabra

28.

The “Tranquebar Mission Press” was started in:

a)

1556

b)

1713

c)

1806

d)

1906

29.

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

a)

1978

b)

1979

c)

1980

d)

1981

30.

National Information Centre for Leather Technology is located at?

a)

Lucknow

b)

Chennai

c)

Delhi

d)

Patna

31.

OCR is an/a?

a)

Output device

b)

Input device

c)

Software

d)

None of these

32.

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

a)

ALA

b)

IFLA

c)

UNESCO

d)

OCLC

33.

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

a)

Drury

b)

Urquart

c)

Foskett

d)

Shera

34.

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

a)

Melvil Dewey

b)

E.C. Richardson

c)

S.R. Ranganathan

d)

Charles Cutter

35.

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

36.

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

37.

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

38.

Which device connects different networks and directs data traffic?

a)

Switch

b)

Router

c)

Hub

d)

Access Point

39.

The backbone technology of Web 2.0 services is:

a)

XML

b)

AJAX

c)

HTML

d)

MARC

40.

The “Memex” concept was proposed by:

a)

Paul Otlet

b)

Vannevar Bush

c)

Derek de Solla Price

d)

H. G. Wells

41.

Match the following:

List – I | List – II
a. Theory of Motivation → iii. Maslow
b. Unity of Command → i. Factor of planning
c. MBO → iv. Peter Drucker
d. Forecasting → ii. Efficiency and waste prevention

a)

(A) i ii iii iv

b)

(B) iv i ii iii

c)

(C) ii iii iv i

d)

(D) iii i iv ii

42.

Match the following:

List – I | List – II
a. File transfer protocol → iv. Internet
b. Multimedia → ii. Integration of text, colour, sound and animation
c. Bandwidth → i. Data transmission capacity
d. Electronic Notice Board → iii. Bulletin Board

a)

(A) iv ii i iii

b)

(B) i iii ii iv

c)

(C) ii i iv iii

d)

(D) i iv ii iii

43.

Match the following:

List – I | List – II
a. B.S. Kesavan → ii. National Library of India
b. Paul Otlet → iii. UDC
c. W.C.B. Sayers → i. School of Librarianship
d. M. Taube → iv. Uniterm Indexing

a)

(A) ii iii i iv

b)

(B) iii ii i iv

c)

(C) ii iii iv i

d)

(D) iv ii iii i

44.

Arrange the following chronologically according to their use in computers:

(i) Vacuum tube
(ii) Microchip
(iii) Integrated circuits
(iv) Transistors

a)

A) (i) → (iii) → (ii) → (iv)

b)

B) (i) → (ii) → (iii) → (iv)

c)

C) (i) → (iv) → (iii) → (ii)

d)

D) (ii) → (iv) → (iii) → (i)

45.

Arrange the following in the chronological sequence of their development:

(i) ISBD
(ii) CCF
(iii) FRBR
(iv) MARC

a)

A) (i) → (ii) → (iv) → (iii)

b)

B) (iv) → (i) → (ii) → (iii)

c)

C) (iii) → (ii) → (iv) → (i)

d)

D) (i) → (iv) → (ii) → (iii)

46.

Arrange the following Indexing Systems in the order of their origin:
(i) POPSI
(ii) PRECIS
(iii) Chain Indexing
(iv) KWIC

a)

A) (iii) → (ii) → (i) → (iv)

b)

B) (ii) → (i) → (iii) → (iv)

c)

C) (i) → (ii) → (iv) → (iii)

d)

D) (iv) → (i) → (ii) → (iii)

47.

Match the following reports with their years:

(a) Chattopadhyaya Committee Report → (i) 1959
(b) Kothari Commission Report → (ii) 1942
(c) Sinha Committee Report → (iii) 1986
(d) Fyzee Committee Report → (iv) 1966

a)

a) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

b)

b) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

c)

c) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

d)

d) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)

48.

Match the following Information Systems with their organizations:

(a) INIS → (i) FAO, Rome
(b) AGRIS → (ii) NLM, Maryland, USA
(c) MEDLINE → (iii) IEE, UK
(d) INSPEC → (iv) IAEA, Vienna

a)

a) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

b)

b) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)

c)

c) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)

d)

d) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)

49.

Which of the following are not library networks?
(i) INFLIBNET
(ii) DELNET
(iii) NICNET
(iv) RAILNET

a)

a) (i) and (ii) are correct

b)

b) (ii) and (iii) are correct

c)

c) (iii) and (iv) are correct

d)

d) (i) and (iv) are correct

50.

Which of the following are Digital Library Software?
(i) Greenstone
(ii) DSpace
(iii) Koha
(iv) SOUL

a)

a) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct

b)

b) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct

c)

c) (i), (iv) and (ii) are correct

d)

d) (i) and (ii) are correct

51.

Primary sources includ:

(i) Thesis (ii) Patent

(iii) Abstracting Periodical (iv) Periodical article

a)

(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct

b)

(B) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct

c)

(C) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct

d)

(D) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct

52.

Assertion (A): Metadata hold much promise for information retrieval and access in the digital age.
Reason (R): Metadata can serve a number of functions including description, resource discovery, and management of resources.

a)

(A) (A) is true, but (R) is false.

b)

(B) (A) is false, but (R) is true.

c)

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true

d)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are false

53.

Arrange the following according to their year of enactment:
(i) Tamil Nadu Public Library Act
(ii) Kerala Public Library Act
(iii) Maharashtra Public Library Act
(iv) Orissa Public Library Act

a)

(A) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)

b)

(B) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)

c)

(C) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)

d)

(D) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)

54.

Arrange the following IFLA programmes according to their year of commencement:
(i) UBC
(ii) UAP
(iii) ISBD
(iv) International MARC Office

a)

(A) (i), (iv), (iii), (ii)

b)

(B) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)

c)

(C) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)

d)

(D) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)

55.

Arrange the following according to their year of first publication:
(i) Bliss Classification
(ii) Dewey Decimal Classification
(iii) Library of Congress Classification
(iv) Universal Decimal Classification

a)

(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

b)

(B) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)

c)

(C) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)

d)

(D) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)

56.

Assertion (A): Metadata hold much promise for information retrieval and access in the digital age.
Reason (R): Metadata can serve a number of functions including description, resource discovery, and management of resources.

a)

(A) (A) is true, but (R) is false

b)

(B) (A) is false, but (R) is true

c)

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true

d)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are false

57.

Assertion (S): SDI is user-centred current awareness service.
Reason (R): It is an alerting service directed towards particular group

a)

a) Both (S) and (R) are false

b)

b) (S) is true, but (R) is false

c)

c) (S) is false, but (R) is true

d)

d) Both (S) and (R) are true

58.

Assertion (S): Library catalogue meets most of the approaches of users.
Reason (R): Catalogues include all the details of the documents

a)

a) (S) is true but (R) is false

b)

b) Both (S) and (R) are true

c)

c) Both (S) and (R) are partially true

d)

d) (S) is false, but (R) is true

59.

1. Match the following:

(a) Scientific Management –                  (i) Esprit de corps
(b) Unity of Command –                       (ii) Peter Drucker
(c) Management by Objectives –           (iii) Factor of Planning
(d) Forecasting –                                  (iv) Efficiency and Waste Prevention

a)

(a) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)

b)

(b) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

c)

(c) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

d)

(d) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

60.

Match the following:

List – I | List – II
a. UNESCO →                         i. PGI (Programme for General Information)
b. IFLA →                                ii. UBC (Universal Bibliographic Control)
c. FID →                                  iii. UDC
d. ALA →                                iv. Library Bill of Rights

a)

(A) i ii iii iv

b)

(B) ii iii iv i

c)

(C) iv i ii iii

d)

(D) iii ii iv i

Library and Information Science 2025

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