WorksheetsLibrary and Information Science Quiz
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
The term “Knowledge Society” in LIS refers to a society where:
only print books are used
information creation, sharing and use is central to socio-economic development
libraries are replaced by bookstores
copyright laws do not apply
Under the latest syllabus, which Act is explicitly part of Unit 1: Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom?
The Copyright Act, 1957
The Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005
The Patents Act, 1970
The Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000
In the context of Indian libraries, the major function of the Indian Library Association (ILA) is:
To regulate book prices
To promote professional development of librarians
To issue passports
To run school libraries only
Which of the following best describes a “digital library” as per current trends?
Only scanned images of printed books
A 24/7 online repository of documents, multimedia, services, and interactive tools
A mobile app for borrowing print books
A library without any staff
The initiative SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) is relevant for LIS because:
It offers open courses for librarians and library users
It sells textbooks at high cost
It prohibits library automation
It is only for engineering students
In information retrieval, the Vector Space Model uses:
Pure Boolean logic
Term-weighting and cosine similarity to rank documents
Only bibliographic records
None of the above
Which protocol is most commonly used for metadata harvesting in digital library networks?
FTP
HTTP
OAI‑PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting)
SMTP
The organisation INFLIBNET Centre in India primarily deals with:
Manufacturing books
Networking, shared digital resources and open-access initiatives for higher-education libraries
Social media marketing
Publishing only magazines
The principle of “Unity of Command” in library management means:
Each staff receives orders from only one superior
Two people give the same orders
Orders are optional for staff
Only users give commands
In the domain of emerging technologies in libraries, “gamification” refers to:
Turning a library into a gaming arcade
Using game-elements (points, badges, challenges) to engage users in library services and information literacy
Banning all video games in a library
None of the above
The metric “h-index” is used to measure:
The number of books in a library
The research productivity and citation impact of an author
The budget of a library
The number of outdoor seating in a library
In LIS software context, an open-source ILMS is:
Proprietary software costing high license fees
Free to use and modify, e.g., Koha
Software only for public libraries
None of the above
In digital preservation, “bit-stream copying” means:
Changing the format of a file
Copying digital files exactly, bit by bit, without alteration
Printing the file and scanning again
Encrypting the file
In the context of Indian library consortia, the initiative e‑ShodhSindhu Consortium provides:
Physical books only
Shared access to e-journals, databases and e-resources for higher-education institutions
Free printing services
Only local magazine subscriptions
Which of the following is not one of the major housekeeping operations in libraries?
Acquisition
Cataloguing
Reference service
Circulation
In metadata standards, the field tag 245 in MARC21 denotes:
Subject heading
Title statement
Publisher details
Language code
The framework “FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records)” defines user tasks as:
Find, Identify, Select, Obtain
Create, Merge, Publish, Archive
Classify, Catalog, Circulate, Preserve
Browse, Query, Download, Delete
The concept of “linked data” in library metadata refers to:
Physical linking of books on shelves
Using Semantic Web standards (RDF, URIs) to interconnect bibliographic and authority data on the web
Linking library computers with a printer
None of the above
The law known as the “Third Law of Library Science” by S. R. Ranganathan is:
“Save the time of the reader”
“Every reader his book”
“Library is a growing organism”
“Books are for use”
In research methodology, the null hypothesis (H₀) states:
There is no significant relationship between variables
There is a strong relationship
The variables are identical
Cannot be tested
Under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, libraries are envisaged as:
Repositories only
Active knowledge hubs supporting digital/AI-based services and lifelong learning
Accessible only to students
No longer relevant
An example of a “discovery layer” in library systems is:
OPAC only
A unified search interface that includes catalogs, e-resources, and institutional repositories
Only manual card catalog
None of the above
In the context of information retrieval, “recall” is:
Relevant documents retrieved ÷ Total documents retrieved
Relevant documents retrieved ÷ Total relevant documents in the collection
Total documents retrieved ÷ Total collection size
None of the above
In the classification system Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), the number 500 stands for:
Social sciences
Pure science
Literature
Technology
Gamification in library services faces which main challenge according to recent studies?
Too many games available
Insufficient staff expertise and infrastructure for implementation
Users dislike games
Libraries have unlimited budgets for games
In the Indian context, which Mission promotes libraries and their digital transformation?
National Mission on Libraries (NML)
National Mission on Forests
National Mission on Heritage
National Mission on Education (only)
The protocol SRU/SRW is mainly used for:
Full-text retrieval only
Search and retrieval of bibliographic records via HTTP using standardized queries
Video streaming
None of the above
In digital archiving, the OAIS model stands for:
Open Archives for India Society
Open Archival Information System — providing a framework for preserving digital information over long term
Only for print archives
None of the above
The ethical issue of “algorithmic bias” in AI-driven library services is growing because:
Librarians dislike AI
Recommendation systems may reinforce existing biases in collections or user treatment
No one uses library services any more
It doesn’t exist in libraries
The concept of “Information Life Cycle” begins with:
Storage → Creation → Use → Dissemination → Disposal
Creation → Collection → Storage → Dissemination → Use → Disposal
Use → Creation → Storage → Dissemination → Disposal
Collection → Creation → Use → Storage → Disposal
A “faceted classification” allows:
Only one aspect of a subject
Classification by multiple independent facets (e.g., place, time, form) enabling flexible subject representation
No subdivision at all
Only alphabetical order
Under the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), libraries contribute to:
Only reading habits
Providing equitable access to information, thus supporting SDG 4 (Quality Education) and SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities)
Only book lending
Only reference services
The “open access” term Green vs Gold describes:
Colour of cover pages
Green: self-archiving by authors; Gold: publishing in OA journals with immediate access
Both are same
None of the above
The “right to repair” movement is indirectly relevant for libraries because:
It demands repair of gadgets only
It encourages libraries to maintain and repair digital hardware to extend lifespan, aligning with sustainability principles
It is irrelevant
Libraries cannot repair anything
In the context of librarianship, “embedded librarianship” refers to:
Librarians sitting inside bookshelves
Librarians integrated within academic departments or research teams, providing proactive information support rather than passive waiting at the reference desk
Only library assistants
None of the above
