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Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Library Movement in India began with
Establishment of National Library, Kolkata
Formation of INSDOC
Establishment of the Imperial Library
Establishment of the Connemara Public Library
The term “Five Laws of Library Science” was coined by
Melvil Dewey
S.R. Ranganathan
Paul Otlet
W.C. Berwick Sayers
In Colon Classification, “Energy” represents
Personality facet
Matter facet
Energy facet
Space facet
Which edition of Dewey Decimal Classification introduced the concept of Relative Index?
14th
16th
17th
18th
‘Catalogue Code’ (1934) was authored by
Margaret Mann
Ranganathan
Cutter
Lubetzky
The term “Call Number” consists of
Author mark + Book number
Class number + Book number + Author mark
Class number + Book number
Class number + Author mark + Accession number
AACR-II was published jointly by
ALA and BSI
IFLA and UNESCO
ALA and IFLA
LC and BSI
MARC stands for
Machine-Aided Record Catalogue
Machine-Readable Cataloguing
Mechanized Record Compilation
Manual Record Compilation
FRBR model was developed by
IFLA
ALA
OCLC
UNESCO
The main objective of library management is
Collection development
Optimum utilization of resources
Staff welfare
User orientation
Line and staff relationship is a part of
Budgeting
Organization structure
HR planning
Leadership style
The Zero-Base Budgeting concept was developed by
Peter Drucker
David Norton
Peter Pyhrr
R. Anthony
Performance appraisal in libraries is used for
Book selection
Collection evaluation
Staff evaluation
Budget allocation
The ‘Library Committee’ is a
Decision-making body
Financial audit team
Collection development team
Administrative unit
The first law of library science emphasizes
Every reader his book
Every book its reader
Books are for use
Save the time of the reader
The process of systematic withdrawal of obsolete documents is called
Stock verification
Weeding
Accessioning
Shelving
ISBN was introduced in
1967
1970
1975
1980
The expansion of ISSN is
International Standard Serial Number
International System of Serial Numbering
Integrated System for Serials Number
International Source Serial Number
The term “Bibliographic Control” refers to
Controlling library budgets
Controlling staff duties
Control over bibliographic universe
Control over classification scheme
Which one is a tertiary source?
Dictionary
Abstract
Encyclopedia
Bibliography of bibliographies
‘INFLIBNET’ is headquartered at
Pune
Gandhinagar
Hyderabad
Bangalore
The software “SOUL” is developed by
NIC
INFLIBNET
NISCAIR
DESIDOC
OAI-PMH stands for
Open Archive Initiative – Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
Online Access Interface – Public Metadata Hub
Open Access Index – Protocol for Metadata Hosting
Open Access Initiative – Public Metadata Handling
Dublin Core Metadata Element Set contains
12 elements
13 elements
15 elements
20 elements
The concept of Digital Library was first used by
Vannevar Bush
Michael Lesk
Clifford Lynch
Tim Berners-Lee
Which of the following is NOT a library automation software?
KOHA
SOUL
CDS/ISIS
SPSS
The first electronic database created by Chemical Abstracts Service is
CHEMBASE
CA Search
STN
CA File
Boolean logic was developed by
Aristotle
George Boole
Newton
Francis Bacon
OPAC is an acronym for
Online Public Access Catalogue
Online Professional Access Catalogue
Offline Public Access Catalogue
Open Public Automated Catalogue
RDA replaced which of the following?
MARC
AACR-II
ISBD
FRBR
H. E. Bliss is associated with
Faceted Classification
Bibliographic Classification
Colon Classification
Decimal Classification
The notation in classification system should be
Expressive
Mnemonic
Hospitable
All of the above
The function of an index is to
Guide readers to subjects
Maintain library accounts
Identify staff performance
Classify documents
The process of assigning subject headings is known as
Indexing
Classification
Cataloguing
Abstracting
The term ‘Bibliometrics’ was coined by
Hulme
Pritchard
Lotka
Bradford
Bradford’s Law deals with
Book selection
Information scattering
Library classification
Citation analysis
Lotka’s Law measures
Author productivity
Journal distribution
Citation rate
Library use
Web of Science is maintained by
Elsevier
Clarivate Analytics
Scopus
Springer
Which of the following is a document delivery service?
DELNET
ERNET
INDEST
NICNET
Library Legislation in India was first passed in
Madras (Tamil Nadu)
Andhra Pradesh
Maharashtra
Karnataka
The term “Library Consortium” refers to
Group of publishers
Group of libraries sharing resources
Group of students
Library network staff
INDEST-AICTE consortium mainly serves
School libraries
Agricultural institutions
Engineering and technology institutions
Law libraries
The purpose of NISCAIR is to
Promote agricultural research
Disseminate scientific and industrial information
Conduct socio-economic surveys
Regulate higher education
Information Literacy refers to
Reading books only
Skill to find, evaluate, and use information effectively
Computer literacy
Library membership
The process of translating user’s need into search terms is known as
Query formulation
Indexing
Abstracting
Evaluation
The National Mission on Libraries (NML) was launched in
2010
2012
2014
2015
RFID technology in libraries is mainly used for
Internet access
Security and circulation control
Cataloguing
Indexing
Cloud computing in libraries is primarily used for
Remote storage and service hosting
Physical cataloguing
Manual circulation
Staff recruitment
The term “Knowledge Management” is best described as
Library automation
Collection management
Systematic process of creating, sharing, and applying knowledge
Information literacy training
Which of the following is NOT a function of library cooperation?
Resource sharing
Interlibrary loan
Duplication of resources
Union cataloguing
