MCQ Practical III

Which one of the following is not the feature of H-index ?
(A) Mathematically simple index
(B) Applied to any level of aggregation
(C) Publication that are hardly ever cited don’t influence it.
(D) Sensitive to performance change.
Answer: (D)

An Application Program Interface (API) language is used for
(A) Network Management
(B) Graphical user Interface
(C) Relational Interface in Data Base Management
(D) Database Management System
Answer: (B)

The correlational coefficient is
(A) A strength of relationship between two variables.
(B) A typical relationship between two variables.
(C) A linear relationship between two variables.
(D) Non-linear relationship between two variables.
Answer: (A)

The following is a collaborative network of Reference Librarians
(A) Worldcat
(B) INDEST
(C) Question point
(D) Global scholar
Answer: (C)

Which of the following is not a synchronous virtual reference service ?
(A) Chat
(B) E-mail
(C) Video-conferencing
(D) Voice over IP
Answer: (B)

Which of the bibliometric law describes the frequency of publications by author ?
(A) Zipf’s law
(B) Bradford’s law
(C) Lotka’s law
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)

Indian patents on all areas are published in
(A) India : A reference annual
(B) Indian chemical patent index
(C) Gazette of India, Part-III
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)

Which of the following does not protect intellectual property ?
(A) Encryption of data
(B) Digital watermark
(C) Uniquely encoded licences
(D) Plug-ins
Answer: (D)

“World directory of sources of Patents” is published by
(A) Bowker-Saur, U.S.A.
(B) WIPO
(C) Patent Information System, India
(D) Derwent, London
Answer: (B)

‘Web of Science’ covers
(A) Sciences
(B) Social Sciences
(C) Arts of Humanities
(D) All the above
Answer: (D)

What does encrypting a file mean ?
(A) Set the read only property
(B) Hiding the file
(C) Set a password
(D) Scrambling the contents
Answer: (D)

Which of the following identifies user by a login permission to a licensed site.
(A) Authorization
(B) Authentication
(C) Digital signature
(D) All of the above
Answer: (B)

Papyras was used as a writing material by
(A) Summarians
(B) Italians
(C) Egyptians
(D) Assyrians
Answer: (C)

The intrinsic value of information lies in its
(A) Procurement
(B) Processing and Storage
(C) Communication and Retrieval
(D) Usage
Answer: (D)

Identification of an e-article and paying for full-text is known as
(A) Pay-per-view
(B) Consortium
(C) Campus license
(D) E-subscription
Answer: (A)

Which of the following web resource for LIS has been compiled by academic librarians of universities of California ?
(A) Infomine
(B) Internet Public Library
(C) Internet Library for Librarians
(D) Current Informed Librarian
Answer: (A)

Who said, “Public Library is the responsibility of Local and National Authorities. It must be supported by specific legislation and financed by National and Local Govnerments” ?
(A) S.R. Ranganathan
(B) Gopala Rao Ekbote
(C) Sinha Committee
(D) UNESCO Manifesto
Answer: (D)

 The formula K(S) + ΔI = K(S + ΔS) for summation of information is propounded by
(A) Claude Shannon
(B) George Gerbner
(C) Charles Osgood
(D) Mandy Brooks
Answer: (D)

‘Library Technology Project (LTP) Reports’ are published by ________.
(A) ILA
(B) ALA
(C) CILIP
(D) SLA
Answer: (B)

Which Education Commission observed “Nothing can be more damaging to a growing department than to neglect its library or give it a low priority” ?
(A) Kothari Education Commission
(B) Radhakrishnan Education Commission
(C) Calcutta University Commission
(D) Mudaliar Commission on Secondary Education
Answer: (A)

International Advisory Committee on Documentation, Libraries and Archives (UNESCO) was established in
(A) 1966
(B) 1967
(C) 1968
(D) 1969
Answer: (B)

Which law of Library Science states that information is basic input to human growth and development ?
(A) Fourth Law
(B) Third Law
(C) Second Law
(D) Fifth Law
Answer: (B)

“Pro Quest” is ________.
(A) Traditional Commercial Publisher
(B) Scholarly Society Publisher
(C) Electronic Aggregator
(D) Publisher of Higher Learning Institutions
Answer: (C)

Which of the following is/are part(s) of classified catalogue ?
(A) An author-title file
(B) Subject file arranged by library classification
(C) An alphabetical index to the subject file
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D)

The main components of an RFID system include
(A) Handheld Reader, RFID label printer, server and External book return
(B) RFID tags, readers or sensors, Antenna and server
(C) RFID label printer, sensors, antenna and server
(D) RFID tags, server, external book return, sensors
Answer: (B)

Which of the following is not the component of a search engine ?
(A) Spider
(B) Index
(C) Search of retrieval mechanism
(D) Natural language technique
Answer: (D)

‘Communities’ is a component of following digital library software
(A) GSDL
(B) D space
(C) Fedora
(D) i-core
Answer: (B)

Which one of the following is not an operation involved in quality circles ?
(A) Problem identification
(B) Problem selection
(C) Solution recommendation
(D) Problem shifting
Answer: (D)

In a database table, the category of information is called _______.
(A) Tuple
(B) Field
(C) Record
(D) All the above
Answer: (B)

The web address that acts as permanent identifier is ______.
(A) URL
(B) DOI
(C) PURL
(D) UDI
Answer: (C)

Who developed the sense making approach for human information behaviour which is implemented in terms of four constituent elements ?
(A) T.D. Wilson
(B) B. Dervin
(C) D. Ellis
(D) C.C. Kuhlthau
Answer: (B)

MARC records contain
(i) Description of library materials
(ii) Searchable headings
(iii) Elements to organize collection
(iv) List of index terms
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii), (iii) are correct.
(B) (ii), (iii), (iv) are correct.
(C) (iii), (iv), (i) are correct.
(D) (iv), (i), (ii) are correct.
Answer: (A)

RDBMs are advantageous as they :
(i) Manage and Maintain
(ii) Represent data in the form of tables
(iii) Facilitate handling of objects rather than records
(iv) Are developed with mathematic theory of relations
Codes :
(A) (i), (iv) are correct.
(B) (ii), (iii) are correct.
(C) (ii), (iv) are correct.
(D) (iii), (iv) are correct.
Answer: (C)

When a library is planning for a new building project, which of the following technique|(s) is|are applicable to the plan and control the complex, long-term project ?
(i) PERT
(ii) TQM
(iii) CPM
(iv) MBO
Codes :
(A) (i) and (iii) are correct.
(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(C) (i) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (ii) is correct.
Answer: (A)

Which of the following leadership style(s) are suitable for change management with persuation and inclusiveness ?
(i) Authority
(ii) Systems of Management
(iii) Contingency
(iv) Management
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii) are correct.
(B) (ii), (iii) are correct.
(C) (ii), (iv) are correct.
(D) (ii) is correct.
Answer: (C)

Arrange in sequence, the steps in programming :
(i) Program code
(ii) Program Documentation
(iii) Program test
(iv) Program design
Codes :
(A) iii ii i iv
(B) iv i iii ii
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) ii iv i iii
Answer: (B)

Which of the following is/are the major activities/services of a library and networks in India ?
(i) Consortium purchase
(ii) Indexing of Internet resources
(iii) Document delivery
(iv) Staff training
Codes :
(A) (i), (iii), (iv) are correct.
(B) (ii), (iii), (iv) are correct.
(C) (i), (ii), (iii) are correct.
(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) are correct.
Answer: (A)

The normal curve in a distribution is
(i) Symmetrical, bell shaped continuously curve
(ii) Asymmetrical, bell shaped continuously curve
(iii) Symmetrical, bell shaped curve which does not touch the ‘X’ axis
(iv) Bell shaped curve
Codes :
(A) (i) and (iv) are correct.
(B) (i) and (iii) are correct.
(C) (ii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (i) is correct.
Answer: (B)

Arrange the following MARC formats in order of year of their emergence :
(i) CAN MARC
(ii) US MARC
(iii) LC MARC
(iv) MARC 21
Codes :
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer: (C)

Arrange in sequence the following committees in order of that year of commencement :
(i) Library Committee
(ii) Committee on national network system for university libraries
(iii) Review committee on Library Science
(iv) Curriculum Development Committee on Library and Information Science
Codes :
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iii iv ii i
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) i iii ii iv
Answer: (D)

Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Every unit of population has equal chance of being selected i. Systematic sampling
b. Every nth case is selected from the list of population ii. Cluster sampling
c. Units are randomly selected from the subgroups iii. Random sampling
d. Geographic area based units iv. Stratified sampling
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) i iv iii ii
(B) iv ii i iii
(C) iii i iv ii
(D) ii iii iv i
Answer: (C)

Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Approach of measuring two opposite sets of items i. Semanticdifferential scale
b. Approach of measurement yielding a single score ii. Cumulative scale
c. Approach of measurement adopting bipolar objective rating to study a social phenomenon iii. Sociometric scale
d. Approach to measure interaction pattern among close associates in a variety of groups iv. Summated scale
Codes :
       a b c d
(A) ii iii i iv
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) iv ii i iii
Answer: (D)

Match the following :
List – I List – II

Codes :
       a b c d
(A) iv i iii ii
(B) iv iii i ii
(C) iii i ii iv
(D) ii i iii iv
Answer: (B)

Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Algorith i. Instruction to the computer http://www.netugc.com/
b. Flow charts ii. Debugging
c. Program code iii. Pictorially represented direction lines
d. Program test iv. Set of explicit and finite steps
Codes :
       a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) iii i iv ii
(C) iv iii i ii
(D) i ii iv iii
Answer: (C)

Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Cumulative Book Index i. D.K. Publishers & Distributors
b. Publisher’s weekly ii. Whitaker
c. Publishing in India iii. Wilson
d. Book seller iv. R.R. Bowker
Codes :
       a b c d
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) i iii ii iv
(D) iv ii i iii
Answer: (B)

Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. INDEST AICTE i. Centrally funded
b. CSIR consortia ii. Open
c. UGC Infonet iii. Shared Budget
d. IIM consortia iv. Closed group
Codes :
       a b c d
(A) ii iv i iii
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) iii ii iv i
(D) iv iii i ii
Answer: (A)

Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Special library i. Provides bibliographical services
b. Public library ii. Conservation of knowledge
c. National library iii. Popularisation of Govt. information
d. Academic library iv. Critical compilation
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) ii iv i iii
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) iv iii i ii

Answer: (D)

Match the following language and their function :
List – I List – II
a. Procedural i. Scan arbitrary files and extra information
b. Special purpose ii. Manipulate data and change memory
c. Practical extraction report iii. Create documents to view with web server
d. Hyper text mark up iv. Data base queries
Codes :
       a b c d
(A) ii iv i iii
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) ii iii iv i
Answer: (A)

Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Information over load i. Indexing and abstracting
b. Variation in quality and reliability ii. Translation
c. Multiplicity of language iii. Reviews and digests
d. Information scatter iv. Alert services
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) iii i ii iv
Answer: (B)

Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Coding i. Received signal not the one transmitted
b. Noise ii. Measure of closeness of relationship
c. Entropy iii. Message to a signal
d. Equivocation iv. Measure of uncertainty
Codes :
       a b c d
(A) iv ii iii i
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iii i iv ii
Answer: (D)

Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Information Theory i. Ogden and Richards
b. Theory of Signs ii. Locke
c. Triadic Relationships iii. Shannon
d. Doctrine of Signs iv. Morris
Codes :
       a b c d
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) i iii iv ii
(D) ii i iii iv
Answer: (B)

Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Intra-Facet Relation i. S : 5210t3
b. Intra-Array Phase Relation ii. Q 20 m4
c. Intra-Facet Phase Relation iii. SO b2
d. Inter-Subject Phase Relation iv. X.440j56
Codes :
       a b c d
(A) iv i ii iii
(B) iv ii iii i
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) i iv iii ii
Answer: (A)

Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Organisational chart i. Identification of responsibility for specific tasks
b. Flow charts ii. Examine specific detailed procedure
c. Activity charts iii. Division of responsibility & functions
d. Decision table iv. Diagrams composed of symbols and directional lines
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) i iv ii iii
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer: (C)

Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Information should be as accurate as possible i. Broadus
b. Get the best title on any subject but add midiocres that are well read. ii. Haines
c. Know the community’s character and interest iii. McColvin
d. Consider the duration as well as intensity of the demand iv. Drury
Codes :
       a b c d
(A) iii iv ii i
(B) ii iii i iv
(C) i ii iv iii
(D) iv i iii ii

Answer: (A)

Match the functions performed by different layers of OSI model :
List – I List – II
a. Delivery of Packets from source of destination i. Application layer
b. Data transmission rate ii. Data link layer
c. Access to network resources iii. Network layer
d. Provide hop-topop delivery iv. Physical layer
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) ii iv i iii
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) iii i iv ii
Answer: (C)

Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Gender i. Dependent variable
b. Information Technology ii. Variable
c. Usership in libraries iii. Binomial variable
d. Logical set of attributes iv. Independent variable
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) i iv ii iii
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer: (B)

Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. The assessment device that appears to measure the subject matter it purports to i. Content validity
b. The assessment device in which individual’s test score predicts the probable behavior on a second variable ii. Construct validity
c. The assessment device which adequately measures the major dimensions of the behavior under consideration iii. Criterionrelated validity
d. The assessment device which appears to measure the general elements it purports to measure iv. Face validity
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) i ii iv iii
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iv iii i ii
(D) iii i ii iv
Answer: (C)

Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Behaviour studies i. Extent of use of facilities/services
b. Use studies ii. Pattern of Science communication
c. User studies iii. Interaction of user with communication system
d. Information flow studies
iv. Use of communication medium
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) i iv ii iii
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) ii iv iii i
Answer: (B)

Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. National Library of the World i. Wilfred Ashworth
b. Special Libraries ii. L.J. Strauss
c. Scientific and Technical Libraries iii. A. Esdaile
d. Handbook of Special Libraries iv. C.M. Lewis
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) i iv iii ii
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv ii iii i
Answer: (C)

Match the following : List – I List – II
a. Halftone i. Translate instructions from original software to new platforms
b. Threshold ii. Imaging with varying densities
c. Emulation iii. Transfer of digital materials
d. Migration iv. Minimum level to detect a signal
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) i iii iv ii
(B) iii ii iv i
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) ii i iii iv
Answer: (C)

“Poole’s Index to Periodical Literature” was brought out by
(A) William Frederick
(B) F.W. Lancaster
(C) Van Rijsbergen
(D) H.P. Luhn
Answer: (A)

Walford’s Gurde to Reference Material is published by
(A) American Library Association, Chicago
(B) R.R. Bowker, London
(C) Library Association Publishing, London
(D) Learned Information Ltd., New Jersey
Answer: (C)

Starting, Chaining, Browsing, Differentiating, Monitoring, Extracting, Verification and Ending are important stages of which information seeking behavior model?
(A) Dervin’s Model
(B) Ellis Model
(C) Marchionnini Model
(D) Kuhlthan Model
Answer: (B)

What kind of arrangement is followed in LISA?
(A) Alphabetical
(B) Chronological
(C) Classified
(D) Geographical
Answer: (C)

Webform is used in
(A) Synchronous Virtual Reference Service
(B) Asynchronous Virtual Reference Service
(C) Both (A) & (B)
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B)

An online search in which all aspects of the records in natural language may be used as sought terms is
(A) Alphabetical collateral search
(B) Multi aspect search
(C) Free text searching
(D) Streaming search
Answer: (C)

Science Abstracts published by (A) INSPEC (Institute of Electrical Engineering)
(B) Institute of Physics, London
(C) American Institute of Physics
(D) PSOJ (Physical Society of Japan)
Answer: (A)

Work study, standardized tools, selecting and training of workers are the contributions of
(A) Louis Brndeis
(B) F.W. Taylor
(C) Henry Fayol
(D) Lyndall Urwick
Answer: (B)

When the population is heterogenous, which of the following methods give better results?
(A) Purposive Sampling
(B) Quota Sampling
(C) Random Sampling
(D) Stratified Random Sampling
Answer: (D)

Which of the following is/are not database object(s)?
(A) Tables
(B) Queries
(C) Relationships
(D) Reports
Answer: (C)

What is the process of transferring software programme from secondary storage media to the hard disc called?
(A) Download
(B) Upload
(C) Installation
(D) Storage
Answer: (C)

Name a technique used for searching stored data in a database
(A) Boolean operator
(B) Inverting file
(C) Indexing
(D) Binary
Answer: (D)

Information about Government of India’s stand on ‘FDI’ can be found in (A) Gazetteer of India
(B) Britanniea Book of the Year
(C) Statesman’s Yearbook
(D) Asian Recorder
Answer: (D)

“Anomalous State of Knowledge (ASK) Model”, one of the user centered model’s of information retrieval was proposed by
(A) P. Ingwersen
(B) T. Saracevic
(C) J.N. Belkin
(D) D. Ellis
Answer: (C)

The ‘Cranefield Test’, associated with evaluation of information retrieval system was carried under the direction of
(A) C.W. Cleverdon
(B) G. Salton
(C) D.C. Blair & M.E. Maron
(D) E. Voorhees
Answer: (A)

LAMP stands for (A) Library Archives Management Programme
(B) Laser Analysis and Multimedia Performance
(C) Linux Apache. MySQL Perl
(D) Library Automation Management protocol
Answer: (C)

 “Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education” is prepared by
(A) AASL
(B) IFLA
(C) SCONUL
(D) ACRL
Answer: (D)

Name the storage medium (compatible with speed of CPU) for storing instructions or data temporarily during processing
(A) RAM
(B) ROM
(C) Cache
(D) EPROM
Answer: (C)

“Scitation” is the online host service of
(A) American Institute of Physics
(B) University of Maryland
(C) Society for Industrial Research
(D) Oxford University
Answer: (A)

 The process of surrogating, repackaging and compaction of the primary literature that results in creation of secondary journals, is
(A) Newsletter
(B) Abstracting and Indexing Periodical
(C) House Journals
(D) Electronic Journal
Answer: (B)

Which of the following is not a language of DBMS?
(A) DDL
(B) DML
(C) PASCAL
(D) PLI
Answer: (C) and (D) Both.

How do we render the name ‘Bernardo Augustine De Voto’?
(A) Voto, Bernardo, Augustine De
(B) De Voto, Augustine, Bernardo
(C) Bernardo Augustine, De Voto
(D) De Voto, Bernardo Augustine
Answer: (D)

Which reference tool defines Reference service as “….that phase of work which is directly concerned with assistance to readers in securing information and in using the resources of the library in study and research”?
(A) Encyclopedia of Librarianship
(B) Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science
(C) ALA Glossary of Library Terms
(D) ALA World Encyclopedia of Library & Information Services
Answer: (C)

Indian National Advisory Board for Libraries was setup in 1966 by
(A) Association of Indian Universities
(B) Ministry of Education
(C) Planning Commission
(D) University Grants Commision
Answer: (B)

The process of establishing headings and providing ‘Cross references’ is called (A) Access points
(B) Headings
(C) Authority control
(D) Bibliographic Records
Answer: (C)

Which set of rules is applicable for exchange of files over Internet?
(A) FTP/IP
(B) HTTP
(C) HTML
(D) HYPERLINK
Answer: (B)

The first printed works are called
(A) Impensis
(B) Incunabula
(C) Impression
(D) Imprimatur
Answer: (B)

Which Law of Library Science, restated with emphasis on information as a dynamic, continuum and never ending phenomenon?
(A) Fifth Law
(B) Fourth Law
(C) Third Law
(D) Second Law
Answer: (A)

Andrew Carnegie donated two million pounds for development of
(A) Library Collection
(B) Library Building
(C) Library Furniture
(D) Library Staff
Answer: (B)

Whose model of communication of knowledge suggests that communication as an open system may be regarded as subjective, selective, variable and yet unpredictable?
(A) G. Gerbner
(B) Juger Hebermans
(C) E Shanon & Weaver
(D) M. Foucault
Answer: (A)

Which Committee/Commission recommended that Imperial Library be designated as Copyright Library?
(A) Fayzee Commission, 1939
(B) Riche Committee, 1926
(C) Statham Committee, 1932
(D) Sadler Committee, 1916
Answer: (A) or (B). (Not sure)

What are the four entities of FRBR model?
(A) Personality, Matter, Energy, Space
(B) Books, Form, Availability, Type
(C) Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item
(D) Discipline, Entity, Action, Personality
Answer: (C)

Who said that information is both a product and process? (A) S.R. Ranganathan
(B) J. Martin
(C) D.J. Foskett
(D) S.C. Bradford
Answer: (B)

 The process of planning, allocating, organizing and evaluation library tasks and activities within the framework of major objectives, mission and policy refers to
(A) Functional control
(B) Functional Classification
(C) Functional Approach
(D) Functional Authority
Answer: (C)

One of the authorized users makes bulk downloading of a Journal using robots and consequently licensor blocks access of the journal. What may be the most appropriate action(s) that librarian should initiate?
A) Cancelation of authentication of the said user.
B) Asking the licensor for blocking up the access without prior information.
C) Investigate and take corrective measures.
D) Notify user community of user restrictions.
Codes:
(A) (ii), (iv) are correct
(B) (ii), (iii) are correct
(C) (i), (iii) are correct
(D) (i), (ii), are correct
Answer: (D)

The purposes of Metadata are
(i) Unique identification
(ii) Authentication of records
(iii) Shelf arrangement
(iv) Shows the collection of a library
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii) are correct
(B) (ii), (iii) are correct
(C) (iii), (iv) are correct
(D) (iv), (i) are correct
Answer: (A)

The primary difference between knowledge classification and library classification are
(i) Knowledge classification arranges knowledge itself.
(ii) Library classification arranges the expression of knowledge in the form of documents.
(iii) Knowledge classification is the basis of Library Classification.
(iv) Knowledge classification follows system of numbers, called notation.
Codes :
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct
(B) (i) and (iii) are correct
(C) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
Answer: (D)

Which of the following activities are supported by UGC?
(i) Facilitating increased access to information.
(ii) Monitoring the implementation of revised curriculum.
(iii) Making policies for human resource development
(iv) Funding all academic libraries.
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct
(B) (i) and (iii) are correct
(C) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(D) (i) and (iv) are correct
Answer: (B)

Which of the following methods are suitable to achieve quality of teaching, learning in LIS?
(i) Research-led teaching
(ii) State of the art computer lab
(iii) Problem-based learning
(iv) Introducing the course at degree level
Codes:
(A) (ii) and (iv)
(B) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(C) (i) and (iii)
(D) (iii) and (iv)
Answer: (C)

Poor ‘Accessibility’ and less ‘affordability’ of journal subscription in print era led to
(i) High allocation of funds for serials
(ii) Open access movement
(iii) Decrease in subscription of journals
(iv) E-journal consortia subscription
Codes:
(A) (i) & (ii) are correct
(B) (i), (ii), (iv) are correct
(C) (ii), (iv) are correct
(D) (i), (ii), (iii) are correct
Answer: (C)

The alternatives and modifications of H-Index are
(i) I-index
(ii) Pure-h Index
(iii) Scimgo Journal Rank
(iv) European Impact Factor
Codes:
(A) (i) & (iii) are correct
(B) (i) & (ii) are correct
(C) (i) & (iv) are correct
(D) (ii) & (iii) are correct
Answer: (B)

Digitization of various cultural resources is possible through
(i) Scanners
(ii) Digital cameras
(iii) Video cameras
(iv) Smart & Mobile phones
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii) are correct
(B) (iv), (iii) are correct
(C) (iii), (iv) are correct
(D) (i), (ii), (iii) & (iv) are correct
Answer: (D)

What is/are common feature/s between RFID & Barcode Technology?
(i) Read more than one item at a time
(ii) Able to locate specific items on shelves
(iii) Programmable
(iv) Read while item is moving
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii) are correct
(B) (iii), (iv) are correct
(C) (ii), (iv) are correct
(D) All the above are correct
Answer: (D)

When a librarian has to show the rationale for the purchase of more e-resources, which of the following’s will help to support his/her stand?
(i) Collection development policy
(ii) Indent from users
(iii) Book selection tools
(iv) All the above
Codes:
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct
(B) (i) and (iii) are correct
(C) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(D) (iv) is correct
Answer: (A)
 

Match the following:
List-I                                       List-II
a. INFLIBNET                       i) Digital Library
b. INDEST-AICTE                ii) Resource aggregator
c. DELNET                             iii) E-consortia
d. e-Gyankosh                         iv) Organisation
Codes:
            a          b          c          d
(A)       i           ii          iii         iv
(B)       iv         iii         ii          i
(C)       iii         ii          I           iv
(D)       ii          iii         iv         i
Answer: (B)

Match the following :
List – I                                                                                                List – II
a. Amenable to further algebraic treatment                            i. Mean deviation
b. Estimated without knowing values of extreme items         ii. Medium
c. Mathematieally and logically incorrect                               iii. Inter-quartile deviation
d. The dispersion does not cover all items of a series             iv. Arithmetic means
Codes :
                        a          b          c          d
(A)                   iv         ii          I           iii
(B)                   iii         ii          I           iv
(C)                   ii          iv         iii         i
(D)                   i           iii         iv         ii
Answer: (A)

Match the following :
List – I                                                            List – II
a. Trade publisher                                            i. UNESCO
b. Subject book publisher                                ii. American Psychological Society
c. Government Press                                       iii. Harper Collins
d. Scholarly Publisher                                     iv. W.B. Saunders
Codes :
                        a          b          c          d
(A)                   ii          iv         iii         i
(B)                   iv         iii         i           ii
(C)                   i           iv         iii         ii
(D)                   iii         iv         i           ii
Answer: (D)

Match the following :
List – I                                                                                    List – II
a. Statistical Quality/Process Control (SQC/SPC)      i. Identify the intensity of each problem in
the production process
b. Check Shets                                                                        ii. Selected variables checked
c. Pareto Chart                                                            iii. Identify the relationship between problems and causes   
d. Fish Bone Diagram                                     iv. Record variables in the production process
Codes :            a          b          c          d
(A)                   ii          iv         i           iii
(B)                   iv         ii          iii         i
(C)                   iii         iv         i           ii
(D)                   i           ii          iv         iii
Answer: (A)

Match the following :
List – I                                                                                                List – II
a.         Sinha Committee                                                        i. Library staff strength
b.         Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Committee                              ii. Central Medical Library
c.         Report of Dr. Shaw and Dr. D. B. Krishna Rao        iii. Libraries at Panchayat, Block, District and State
level
d.         Dr. J. Bhore Committee.                                             iv. National Agricultural System of Agriculture
Libraries
Codes :
                        a          b          c          d
(A)                   iii         i           ii          iv
(B)                   iv         iii         ii          i
(C)                   iii         i           iv         ii
(D)                   i           iii         ii          iv
Answer: (C)

Match the following :
List – I                                                                                    List – II
a.         Finding solution to the problem                                  i. Historical Research
of pilferage in libraries                       
b.         Implementation of could computing                          ii. Action research
services in special libraries                             
c.         A study of mathematician turned librarian                 iii. Experimental Research
d.         Use of web resources in Central Universities of India iv. Survey Research
Codes :            a          b          c          d
(A)                   ii          iii         i           iv
(B)                   iii         ii          iv         i
(C)                   iv         i           ii          iii
(D)                   i           iv         iii         ii
Answer: (A)

Match the following :
List – I                                                                        List – II
a.         Internal Files                                                   i.  WPD
b.         Universal File Format                                     ii. OeB
c.         Corel’s Word Perfect                                      iii. HTML
d.         Microsoft Reader                                            iv. RTF
Codes :            a          b          c          d
(A)                   i           iii         ii          iv
(B)                   ii          iv         iii         i
(C)                   iv         ii          i           iii
(D)                   iii         iv         i           ii
Answer: (D)

Match the following :
List – I                                                                        List – II
a.         Classical Models                                 i.  Ruesch and Bateson’s Functional Model
b.         Linear Model                                      ii. Aristotle
c.         Non-linear Model                                iii. Lasswell
d.         Multi dimensional                               iv. Westley and Mackan’s Conceptual Model
Codes :            a          b          c          d
(A)                   ii          iii         iv         i
(B)                   ii          iv         i           iii
(C)                   i           ii          iii         iv
(D)                   iii         ii          iv         i
Answer: (A)

Match the following :
List – I                                                                        List – II
a.         Henri La Fontaine                               i.  Expansive Classification
b.         H.E. Bliss                                            ii. Bibliographic Classification
c.         C.A. Cutter                                         iii. LC
d.         J.C.M Hansar                                      iv. UDC
Codes :            a          b          c          d
(A)                   iv         ii          i           iii
(B)                   iii         ii          iv         i
(C)                   ii          iv         i           iii
(D)                   i           iii         ii          iv
Answer: (A)

Match the following :
List – I                                                                        List – II
a.         PDFA                                                  i.  High Colour depth images
b.         HTML                                                 ii. Rules for encoding documents electronically
c.         TIFF                                                    iii. File format for long term archiving
d.         XML                                                   iv. Language for web pages
Codes :            a          b          c          d
(A)                   ii          iii         i           iv
(B)                   iii         iv         i           ii
(C)                   i           iii         ii          iv
(D)                   iv         ii          iii         i
Answer: (B)

Match the following :
List – I                                                                                                List – II
a.         Introduction to Modern information Retrieval           i.  H. Borko & C. Bernier
(McGraw Hill)                       
b.         Indexing Concepts and Methods (Academic Press)  ii. G. Salton & M.J. McGill
c.         Thesaurus Construction: A Practical Manual (Aslib)  iii. J.E. Rowley & R. Hartley
d.         Organizing Knowledge; An introduction to               iv. J. Aitchison & A. Gilchrist
Managing Acess to Information (Ashgate)
Codes :            a          b          c          d
(A)                   i           ii          iii         iv
(B)                   ii          i           iv         iii
(C)                   iv         i           ii          iii
(D)                   iii         i           iv         ii
Answer: (D)

Match the following :
List – I                                                                                                List – II
a.         Papyrus                                                                       i.  Assyria & Babylonia                      
b.         Handmade paper                                                         ii. Egypt
c.         Clay tablets                                                                 iii. Medieval Europe
d.         Vellum/Parchment                                                      iv. China
Codes :            a          b          c          d
(A)                   ii          iv         i           iii
(B)                   iv         ii          iii         i
(C)                   iii         iv         i           ii
(D)                   iii         ii          iv         i
Answer: (A)

Match the following :
List – I                                                                                    List – II
a.         Icon                                                                 i.  Character strings                
b.         Menus                                                             ii. Select objects on the screen
c.         Dialogue Bou                                                  iii. Bit mapped region
d.         Pointing devices                                              iv. Obtain information from the end users
Codes :            a          b          c          d
(A)                   i           ii          iii         iv
(B)                   iii         iv         ii          i
(C)                   ii          iii         iv         i
(D)                   iii         i           iv         ii
Answer: (D)

Match the following :
List – I                                                                                    List – II
a.         Resource Description                                      i.  MARC                   
b.         Resource Discovery                                        ii. ISO 10160/10161
c.         Resource Exchange                                         iii. Dublin Care
d.         Interlibrary Loan                                             iv. Z 39.50
Codes :            a          b          c          d
(A)                   ii          i           iv         iii
(B)                   iv         ii          i           iii
(C)                   iii         iv         ii          i
(D)                   iii         iv         i           ii
Answer: (D)

Match the following :
List – I                                                                                                List – II
a.         Public Library Extension                                            i.  KD Metcalf            
b.         Academic Library Management                                 ii. M A Gelfand
c.         University Libraries for Developing Countries           iii. L R McColvin
d.         Planning Academic and Research Library Buildings iv. M B Line
Codes :            a          b          c          d
(A)                   iii         iv         ii          i
(B)                   iv         ii          i           iii
(C)                   iii         i           iv         ii
(D)                   ii          iii         i           iv
Answer: (A)

Match the following :
List – I                                                                                    List – II
a.         Indian Cultural Heritage                                             i.  TKDL                    
b.         Race & Brittle                                                             ii. IGNCA
c.         Traditional Knowledge                                               iii. C-DAC
d.         Mobile Digital Library                                                iv. National Library
Codes :            a          b          c          d
(A)                   i           iv         iii         ii
(B)                   iv         iii         ii          i
(C)                   ii          iv         i           iii
(D)                   iii         ii          iv         i
Answer: (C)

Match the following :
List – I                                                                                    List – II
a.         Carol Kuhlthau                                                           i.  8 stages                  
b.         David Ellis                                                                  ii. ISB is a 6 stage process
c.         M.J. Belkin                                                                  iii. ISB is of 8 key activities
d.         Marchionnini                                                               iv. ISB is 4 dimension characteristic
Codes :            a          b          c          d
(A)                   ii          iii         iv         i
(B)                   ii          iii         i           iv
(C)                   iii         i           iv         ii
(D)                   iv         ii          i           iii
Answer: (A)

Who categorized the user studies into the following three categories ?
(i) Behaviour Studies
(ii) Use studies
(iii) Information flow studies
(A) Maurice B Line
(B) Menzel
(C) Cronin
(D) Voigt
Answer: (B)

2. Which one of the following is not a virtual library ?
(A) Without walls.
(B) With distributed physical locations.
(C) Providing integrated and unified remote access to geographically distributed collections.
(D) Which does not exist in reality.
Answer: (B)

3. In 1974, Zurkowski used for the first time, which of the following term ?
(A) Digital Literacy
(B) Media Literacy
(C) Computer Literacy
(D) Information Literacy
Answer: (D)

4. Who defined “to be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is
needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed information.” ?
(A) SLA (B) ALA
(C) IFLA (D) CILIP
Answer: (B)

5. Which of the factor is not helping in limiting the external validity ?
(A) Reactive effect
(B) Ecological validity
(C) Interaction between selection bias of experimental variables
(D) Ecological effect
Answer: (D)

6. Semantic differential scale is concerned with
(A) Pool of items
(B) Selection from two opposite positions
(C) Five point scale
(D) Selection from a check list
Answer: (B)

7. In spiral of scientific method, the span of Zenith to descendent is
(A) Empirical phase
(B) Hypothesizing phase
(C) Deductive phase
(D) Verification phase
Answer: (C)

8. Which of the following variable cannot be expressed in quantitative terms ?
(A) Socio-Economic status
(B) Marital status
(C) Numerical Aptitude
(D) Professional Attitude
Answer: (D)

9. National Knowledge Network is to be implemented by
(A) National Knowledge Commission
(B) Information and Library Network
(C) National Information Centre
(D) Department of Information Technology
Answer: (C)

10. Metadata Dublin core refers to
(A) Data elements in database
(B) Bibliographic elements in database
(C) Field elements in database
(D) Subject elements in database
Answer: (A)

11. E-Journal articles can be identified with the help of
(A) Digital Journal Identifier
(B) Journal Source Identifier
(C) Journal Article Identifier
(D) Digital Object Identifier
Answer: (D)

12. Z39.50 is a standard for
(A) Communication formats
(B) Search and Retrieval services
(C) Cataloguing Web Resources
(D) Library Management Services
Answer: (B)

13. In context to modulation, PCM stands for
(A) Pulse Code Modulation
(B) Phase Control Modulation
(C) Popular Code Modulation
(D) Penultimate Code Modulation
Answer: (A)

14. ISO 9000 standard denotes the
(A) consistence confirmance of a product or service to a given set of standard or expectations
(B) Total customer satisfaction
(C) Representation of stakeholders issues.
(D) Detailed list of measuring techniques
Answer: (A)

15. The stages in the product life cycle curve are
(A) Introduction, Growth, Maturity, Decline
(B) Introduction, Growth, Maturity, Profit
(C) Growth, Maturity, Profit, Decline
(D) Introduction, Growth, Maturity, Saturation
Answer: (A)

16. The physical and chemical treatment of materials to retard their further deterioration refers to
(A) Conservation (B) Rescuing
(C) Prevention (D) Restoration
Answer: (A)

17. Read the following example and indicate the name of the indexing system used:
‘Remuneration of teachers in French universities.’
The index headings are set as the following two lines:
France Universities  Teachers  Remuneration Universities  France Teachers  Remuneration
(A) Chain procedure
(B) POPSI
(C) PRECIS
(D) KWIC
Answer: (C)

18. Research in automatic classification for information retrieval of term or cluster of terms is called
(A) Evaluation theory
(B) Theory of clumps
(C) Time binding theory
(D) Dynamic theory
Answer: (B)

19. As specified by AACR-II (R), the source of information for machine readable data file is
(A) Internal user label
(B) Title page
(C) Colophone
(D) Title frame
Answer: (A)

20. NICRYS is information system for
(A) Machine tools
(B) Food science
(C) Crystallography
(D) Drugs
Answer: (C)

21. The national convention regularly organized by DELNET is known as
(A) CALIBER
(B) ICDL
(C) NACLIN
(D) DELNETCON
Answer: (C)

22. Report on ‘the development of digital libraries of the past decade’ is categorized as
(A) Review Report
(B) Trend Report
(C) Research Report
(D) State of the art report
Answer: (B)

23. Name of the President of Sri Lanka can be found in
(A) International who’s who
(B) Stateman’s Yearbook
(C) Who’s who in the world
(D) Wilson Biographies
Answer: (B)

24. Which of the following has stopped publishing in the print from since 2012 ?
(A) Europa World Yearbook
(B) Times of India Directory
(C) New Encyclopedia Britannica
(D) Keesing’s Contemporary Archives
Answer: (C)

25. Which of the following is not providing encyclopedia type of information ?
(A) Encyclopedia of Associations
(B) Compton’s Encyclopedia
(C) Worldbook Encyclopedia
(D) Encyclopedia Americana
Answer: (A)

26. Who used the phrase ‘control-access directional type sources’ ?
(A) R.E. Bopp (B) B.C. Wynar
(C) W.A. Katz (D) R. Balay
Answer: (C)

27. Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF) was established by
(A) Indian Library Association
(B) Department of Culture, Govt. of India
(C) Govt. of West Bengal
(D) Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India
Answer: (B)

28. Which State Public Library Act has the provision to collect library fund through land tax ?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Karnataka
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Maharashtra
Answer: No one is correct.

29. Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) (USA) is a
(A) Division of American Library Association
(B) Independent Association for Academic & Research Libraries
(C) Division of Special Libraries Association (USA)
(D) Division of IFLA
Answer: (A)

30. Which of the following is not an implication of Fourth Law of Library Science ?
(A) Classified arrangement
(B) Stack-room-guides
(C) Issue Methods
(D) Rural Library Services
Answer: (D)

31. Which one of the following is not a recommendation of National Knowledge Commission (India)?
(A) Preparation of a National Census of Library
(B) Encourage greater community participation in library management
(C) Raja Rammohan Roy library foundation to act as the National co-ordination agency
(D) Facilitate donation and maintenance of private collection
Answer: (C)

32. Digital library function incorporate:
(i) Creating and capturing
(ii) Storage and management
(iii) Search and access
(iv) Abstracting and reviewing
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(B) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
Answer: (A)

33. Which topology of computer network provides faster server access ?
(i) BUS Network Topology
(ii) RING Network Topology
(iii) MULTIPLE RING Network Topology
(iv) STAR Network Topology
Codes :
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct.
(B) (i) and (iii) are correct.
(C) (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct.
Answer: (D)

34. Which of the following are ISDN services ?
(i) RSS
(ii) Teletext
(iii) Voice mail
(iv) Video conference
Codes :
(A) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(B) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
Answer: (C)

35. Vocabulary in a database is controlled by :
(i) Thesaurus files
(ii) Import files
(iii) Standard files
(iv) Authority files
Codes :
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct.
(B) (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (i) and (iii) are correct.
(D) (ii) and (iii) are correct.
Answer: (B)

36. CCF for bibliographic record refers to
(i) Data transfer
(ii) Data storage
(iii) Standard tags of data identification
(iv) Formatting of records
Codes :
(A) (i) and (iii) are correct.
(B) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(D) (iii), (i) and (ii) are correct.
Answer: (A)

37. Which of the following are not reference service ?
(i) Preparation of user profile
(ii) Initiation of freshman
(iii) Compilation of documentation list
(iv) Readers Advisory
Codes :
(A) (i) and (ii) (B) (ii) and (iii)
(C) (i) and (iii) (D) (iii) and (iv)
Answer: (C)

38. Which of the following functions are analysed by ALA as reference service functions ?
(i) Consultation function
(ii) Guidance function
(iii) Instruction function
(iv) Bibliographic function
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
Answer: (B)

39. Which of the following are the scientists’ approach according to Melvin J. Voigt (1961)?
(i) Current Approach
(ii) Everyday Approach
(iii) Exhaustive Approach
(iv) ‘Catching up’ or ‘brushing up’ approach.
Codes :
(A) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(B) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(C) (i), (ii) and (iv)
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii)
Answer: (D)

40. Magazines are suitable for
(i) Leisure and entertainment
(ii) Scholarly information
(iii) Popular information
(iv) Subject information
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (i) and (iii) are correct.
(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct.
Answer: (C)

41. Planting the virus ‘Trojan Horse’ in computer network is
(i) Hacking (ii) Tampering
(iii) Decryption (iv) Intrusion
Codes :
(A) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct
(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
(C) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
(D) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
Answer: (B)

42. Which of the following are the fundamental conditions for a subject to be protected by IPR ?
(i) The work must be original
(ii) The work must be man made
(iii) The work must be intelligible
(iv) The work must be recorded/ fixed
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(B) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
Answer: (D)

43. Which of the following are the problems of present information environment ?
(i) Information indiscipline
(ii) Information literacy
(iii) Information overload
(iv) Information technology
Codes :
(A) (i), (iii) are correct
(B) (i) and (iv) are correct
(C) (ii) and (iv) are correct
(D) (i) and (ii) are correct
Answer: (A)

44. Assertion (A) : Qualitative measures must be made quantifiable in order to be convincing.
Reason (R) : Qualitative measures are a necessary complement to quantitative measures.
Codes :
(A) (A) is true, (R) is false.
(B) (A) is false, (R) is true.
(C) Both (A) & (R) are true.
(D) Both (A) & (R) are false.
Answer: (C)

45. Which of the following are not partners of National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) ?
(i) IIT Madras
(ii) IIT Delhi
(iii) IIIT Bangalore
(iv) NIT Rourkela
Codes :
(A) (iii) and (iv) (B) (i) and (iv)
(C) (ii) and (iii) (D) (i) and (ii)
Answer: (A)

46. Assertion (A) : Internet can replace libraries.
Reason (R) : Google searches will satisfy the maximum users needs.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Answer: (B)

47. Assertion (A) : Federated search technique is an integral component of an information portal.
Reason (R) : ‘Content Index’ contains content that is find by the search server.
Codes :
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true.
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false.
(C) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false but (R) is true.
Answer: (C)

 
Which is the correct sequence of the national libraries in the order of their year of establishment?
(i) British Library (formerly British Museum Library)
(ii) Library of Congress (Washington D.C.)
(iii) Lenin Library (Moscow)
(iv) Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris)
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(C) (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)
(D) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
Answer: (A)

What is the correct order of SCONUL’s “Seven Pillar Model of Information Skills”?
(i) Recognise information need
(ii) Construct strategies for locating
(iii) Compare and evaluate
(iv) Locate and access
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(C) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
(D) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
Answer: (C)

Identify the correct order as per increasing data storage capacity :
(A) CDROM, DVD, Cartridge, BlueRay Disc
(B) DVD, Cartridge, BlueRay Disc, CDROM
(C) Cartridge, CDROM, DVD, BlueRay Disc
(D) BlueRay Disc, DVD, Cartridge, CDROM
Answer: (C)

Identify the correct order of the LIS Associations as per their year of establishment
(A) CLA, ALA, SLA, IASLIC
(B) ALA, SLA, CLA, IASLIC
(C) SLA, IASLIC, ALA, CLA
(D) CLA, SLA, IASLIC, ALA
Answer: (B)

Arrange the following State Library Acts in chronological order :
(i) Karnataka Public Library Act
(ii) Uttar Pradesh Public Library Act
(iii) Goa Public Library Act
(iv) Bihar Public Library Act
Codes :
(A) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(D) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
Answer: (A)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. Mean i. Most frequently occurring value
b. Mode ii. Average
c. Median iii. Measure of dispersion
d. Standard Deviation iv. Middle Value
Codes :
       a b c d
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) ii i iv iii
(C) iv iii i ii
(D) ii iii iv i
Answer: (B)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. Bradford i. Citation indexing
b. Lotka ii. Distribution of articles published in periodicals
c. Zipf iii. Scientific productivity of author
d. Garfield iv. Frequency of word occurrence in a text
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) iv i iii ii
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer: (B)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. Altavista i. Subject search engine
b. Lycos ii. Meta search engine
c. Geoindex iii. Regional search engine
d. Savvysearch iv. General search engine
Codes :
       a b c d
(A) iii ii i iv
(B) iii iv ii i
(C) iv iii i ii
(D) iv i ii iii
Answer: (C)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. Pen drive i. Communication device
b. i-Pad ii. Web server device
c. Wifi Modem iii. Storage device
d. Cloud computing iv. Computing device
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) iii ii i iv
Answer: (B)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. Informix i. Image software
b. Omni Page ii. Remote login software
c. TIFF viewer iii. DBMS software
d. Team Viewer iv. OCR software
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) ii i iii iv
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer: (B)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. Means of improving operations and services i. Preservation
b. Preparation of to-do-list ii. Standards
c. Performance guidelines iii. Time management
d. Reinforce the spines of books iv. Evaluation
Codes :
       a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iv ii iii i
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) iii ii i iv
Answer: (A)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. Chain indexing i. Derek Austin
b. Relational indexing ii. S.R. Ranganathan
c. Subject Indexing iii. J.E.L. Farradane
d. PRECIS iv. E.J. Coats
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) i ii iv iii
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) ii iv i iii
Answer: (B)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. Collateral classes i. Class comprising two or more entities
b. Multiple classes ii. Classes of the same order but not belonging to one in the same order
c. Chain of classes iii. A subject fixed with others in the universal of subject
d. Co-ordinate classes iv. A sequence of classes made up of any given class and its universe
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) ii iv i iii
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) i iv ii iii
Answer: (C)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. William Martin i. Little Science Big Science
b. Alvin Toffler ii. Information society
c. Eric J de Solla Price iii. Documentation
d. S.C. Bradford iv. The Third Wave
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) ii iv iii i
(B) iv ii iii i
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) i iv ii iii
Answer: (C)

Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Communication Barrier i. Radio
b. Communication Medium ii. Shanon & Weaver
c. Communication Model iii. Videoconferencing
d. Interactive Communication iv. Noise
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv i ii iii
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iii ii i iv
Answer: (B)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. Osgood and Schramm i. General Model
b. Berlo ii. Mathematical Model c. Shannon and Weaver
iii. Circular Model d. George Gerbner iv. S-M-C-R Model
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv i ii iii
Answer: (C)

Match the following: List – I List – II
a. Information contribution to the GNP of a nation i. Social information
b. Information that changes human activity ii. Technological information
c. Information that establishes interaction between government and people iii. Economic information
d. Information that forms a modern society iv. Political information
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) iii i iv ii
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) iv ii i iii
(D) ii iii iv i
Answer: (A)

Who categorized the user studies into the following three categories ?
(i) Behaviour Studies
(ii) Use studies
(iii) Information flow studies
(A) Maurice B Line
(B) Menzel
(C) Cronin
(D) Voigt
Answer: (B)

Which one of the following is not a virtual library ?
(A) Without walls.
(B) With distributed physical locations.
(C) Providing integrated and unified remote access to geographically distributed collections.
(D) Which does not exist in reality.
Answer: (B)

In 1974, Zurkowski used for the first time, which of the following term ?
(A) Digital Literacy
(B) Media Literacy
(C) Computer Literacy
(D) Information Literacy
Answer: (D)

Who defined “to be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is
needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed information.” ?
(A) SLA (B) ALA
(C) IFLA (D) CILIP
Answer: (B)

Which of the factor is not helping in limiting the external validity ?
(A) Reactive effect
(B) Ecological validity
(C) Interaction between selection bias of experimental variables
(D) Ecological effect
Answer: (D)

Semantic differential scale is concerned with
(A) Pool of items
(B) Selection from two opposite positions
(C) Five point scale
(D) Selection from a check list
Answer: (B)

In spiral of scientific method, the span of Zenith to descendent is
(A) Empirical phase
(B) Hypothesizing phase
(C) Deductive phase
(D) Verification phase
Answer: (C)

Which of the following variable cannot be expressed in quantitative terms ?
(A) Socio-Economic status
(B) Marital status
(C) Numerical Aptitude
(D) Professional Attitude
Answer: (D)

National Knowledge Network is to be implemented by
(A) National Knowledge Commission
(B) Information and Library Network
(C) National Information Centre
(D) Department of Information Technology
Answer: (C)

Metadata Dublin core refers to
(A) Data elements in database
(B) Bibliographic elements in database
(C) Field elements in database
(D) Subject elements in database
Answer: (A)

E-Journal articles can be identified with the help of
(A) Digital Journal Identifier
(B) Journal Source Identifier
(C) Journal Article Identifier
(D) Digital Object Identifier
Answer: (D)

Z39.50 is a standard for
(A) Communication formats
(B) Search and Retrieval services
(C) Cataloguing Web Resources
(D) Library Management Services
Answer: (B)

 In context to modulation, PCM stands for
(A) Pulse Code Modulation
(B) Phase Control Modulation
(C) Popular Code Modulation
(D) Penultimate Code Modulation
Answer: (A)

ISO 9000 standard denotes the
(A) consistence confirmance of a product or service to a given set of standard or expectations
(B) Total customer satisfaction
(C) Representation of stakeholders issues.
(D) Detailed list of measuring techniques
Answer: (A)

 The stages in the product life cycle curve are
(A) Introduction, Growth, Maturity, Decline
(B) Introduction, Growth, Maturity, Profit
(C) Growth, Maturity, Profit, Decline
(D) Introduction, Growth, Maturity, Saturation
Answer: (A)

The physical and chemical treatment of materials to retard their further deterioration refers to
(A) Conservation (B) Rescuing
(C) Prevention (D) Restoration
Answer: (A)

Read the following example and indicate the name of the indexing system used:
‘Remuneration of teachers in French universities.’
The index headings are set as the following two lines:
France Universities  Teachers  Remuneration Universities  France Teachers  Remuneration
(A) Chain procedure
(B) POPSI
(C) PRECIS
(D) KWIC
Answer: (C)

Research in automatic classification for information retrieval of term or cluster of terms is called
(A) Evaluation theory
(B) Theory of clumps
(C) Time binding theory
(D) Dynamic theory
Answer: (B)

 As specified by AACR-II (R), the source of information for machine readable data file is (A) Internal user label
(B) Title page
(C) Colophone
(D) Title frame
Answer: (A)

NICRYS is information system for
(A) Machine tools
(B) Food science
(C) Crystallography
(D) Drugs
Answer: (C)

The national convention regularly organized by DELNET is known as
(A) CALIBER
(B) ICDL
(C) NACLIN
(D) DELNETCON
Answer: (C)

Report on ‘the development of digital libraries of the past decade’ is categorized as
(A) Review Report
(B) Trend Report
(C) Research Report
(D) State of the art report
Answer: (B)

Name of the President of Sri Lanka can be found in (A) International who’s who
(B) Stateman’s Yearbook
(C) Who’s who in the world
(D) Wilson Biographies
Answer: (B)

Which of the following has stopped publishing in the print from since 2012 ?
(A) Europa World Yearbook
(B) Times of India Directory
(C) New Encyclopedia Britannica
(D) Keesing’s Contemporary Archives
Answer: (C)

Which of the following is not providing encyclopedia type of information ?
(A) Encyclopedia of Associations
(B) Compton’s Encyclopedia
(C) Worldbook Encyclopedia
(D) Encyclopedia Americana
Answer: (A)

Who used the phrase ‘control-access directional type sources’ ?
(A) R.E. Bopp (B) B.C. Wynar
(C) W.A. Katz (D) R. Balay
Answer: (C)

 Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF) was established by (A) Indian Library Association
(B) Department of Culture, Govt. of India
(C) Govt. of West Bengal
(D) Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India
Answer: (B)

Which State Public Library Act has the provision to collect library fund through land tax ?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Karnataka
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Maharashtra
Answer: No one is correct.

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) (USA) is a
(A) Division of American Library Association
(B) Independent Association for Academic & Research Libraries
(C) Division of Special Libraries Association (USA)
(D) Division of IFLA
Answer: (A)

Which of the following is not an implication of Fourth Law of Library Science ?
(A) Classified arrangement
(B) Stack-room-guides
(C) Issue Methods
(D) Rural Library Services
Answer: (D)

Which one of the following is not a recommendation of National Knowledge Commission (India)?
(A) Preparation of a National Census of Library
(B) Encourage greater community participation in library management
(C) Raja Rammohan Roy library foundation to act as the National co-ordination agency
(D) Facilitate donation and maintenance of private collection
Answer: (C)

Digital library function incorporate:
(i) Creating and capturing
(ii) Storage and management
(iii) Search and access
(iv) Abstracting and reviewing
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(B) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
Answer: (A)

Which topology of computer network provides faster server access ?
(i) BUS Network Topology
(ii) RING Network Topology
(iii) MULTIPLE RING Network Topology
(iv) STAR Network Topology
Codes :
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct.
(B) (i) and (iii) are correct.
(C) (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct.
Answer: (D)

Which of the following are ISDN services ?
(i) RSS
(ii) Teletext
(iii) Voice mail
(iv) Video conference
Codes :
(A) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(B) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
Answer: (C)

Vocabulary in a database is controlled by :
(i) Thesaurus files
(ii) Import files
(iii) Standard files
(iv) Authority files
Codes :
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct.
(B) (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (i) and (iii) are correct.
(D) (ii) and (iii) are correct.
Answer: (B)

CCF for bibliographic record refers to
(i) Data transfer
(ii) Data storage
(iii) Standard tags of data identification
(iv) Formatting of records
Codes :
(A) (i) and (iii) are correct.
(B) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(D) (iii), (i) and (ii) are correct.
Answer: (A)

Which of the following are not reference service ?
(i) Preparation of user profile
(ii) Initiation of freshman
(iii) Compilation of documentation list
(iv) Readers Advisory
Codes :
(A) (i) and (ii) (B) (ii) and (iii)
(C) (i) and (iii) (D) (iii) and (iv)
Answer: (C)

Which of the following functions are analysed by ALA as reference service functions ?
(i) Consultation function
(ii) Guidance function
(iii) Instruction function
(iv) Bibliographic function
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
Answer: (B)

Which of the following are the scientists’ approach according to Melvin J. Voigt (1961)?
(i) Current Approach
(ii) Everyday Approach
(iii) Exhaustive Approach
(iv) ‘Catching up’ or ‘brushing up’ approach.
Codes :
(A) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(B) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(C) (i), (ii) and (iv)
(D) (i), (ii) and (iii)
Answer: (D)

Magazines are suitable for
(i) Leisure and entertainment
(ii) Scholarly information
(iii) Popular information
(iv) Subject information
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (i) and (iii) are correct.
(D) (ii) and (iv) are correct.
Answer: (C)

Planting the virus ‘Trojan Horse’ in computer network is
(i) Hacking (ii) Tampering
(iii) Decryption (iv) Intrusion
Codes :
(A) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct
(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
(C) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
(D) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
Answer: (B)

Which of the following are the fundamental conditions for a subject to be protected by IPR ?
(i) The work must be original
(ii) The work must be man made
(iii) The work must be intelligible
(iv) The work must be recorded/ fixed
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct.
(B) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct.
Answer: (D)

Which of the following are the problems of present information environment ?
(i) Information indiscipline
(ii) Information literacy
(iii) Information overload
(iv) Information technology
Codes :
(A) (i), (iii) are correct
(B) (i) and (iv) are correct
(C) (ii) and (iv) are correct
(D) (i) and (ii) are correct
Answer: (A)


Which of the following are not partners of National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) ?
(i) IIT Madras
(ii) IIT Delhi
(iii) IIIT Bangalore
(iv) NIT Rourkela
Codes :
(A) (iii) and (iv) (B) (i) and (iv)
(C) (ii) and (iii) (D) (i) and (ii)
Answer: (A)

  Which is the correct sequence of the national libraries in the order of their year of establishment?
(i) British Library (formerly British Museum Library)
(ii) Library of Congress (Washington D.C.)
(iii) Lenin Library (Moscow)
(iv) Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris)
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(C) (iii), (ii), (iv), (i)
(D) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
Answer: (A)

What is the correct order of SCONUL’s “Seven Pillar Model of Information Skills”?
(i) Recognise information need
(ii) Construct strategies for locating
(iii) Compare and evaluate
(iv) Locate and access
Codes :
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(C) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
(D) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
Answer: (C)

Identify the correct order as per increasing data storage capacity :
(A) CDROM, DVD, Cartridge, BlueRay Disc
(B) DVD, Cartridge, BlueRay Disc, CDROM
(C) Cartridge, CDROM, DVD, BlueRay Disc
(D) BlueRay Disc, DVD, Cartridge, CDROM
Answer: (C)

Identify the correct order of the LIS Associations as per their year of establishment
(A) CLA, ALA, SLA, IASLIC
(B) ALA, SLA, CLA, IASLIC
(C) SLA, IASLIC, ALA, CLA
(D) CLA, SLA, IASLIC, ALA
Answer: (B)

Arrange the following State Library Acts in chronological order :
(i) Karnataka Public Library Act
(ii) Uttar Pradesh Public Library Act
(iii) Goa Public Library Act
(iv) Bihar Public Library Act
Codes :
(A) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(D) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
Answer: (A)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. Mean i. Most frequently occurring value
b. Mode ii. Average
c. Median iii. Measure of dispersion
d. Standard Deviation iv. Middle Value
Codes :
       a b c d
(A) iii iv i ii
(B) ii i iv iii
(C) iv iii i ii
(D) ii iii iv i
Answer: (B)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. Bradford i. Citation indexing
b. Lotka ii. Distribution of articles published in periodicals
c. Zipf iii. Scientific productivity of author
d. Garfield iv. Frequency of word occurrence in a text
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) iv i iii ii
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii iv i ii
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer: (B)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. Altavista i. Subject search engine
b. Lycos ii. Meta search engine
c. Geoindex iii. Regional search engine
d. Savvysearch iv. General search engine
Codes :
       a b c d
(A) iii ii i iv
(B) iii iv ii i
(C) iv iii i ii
(D) iv i ii iii
Answer: (C)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. Pen drive i. Communication device
b. i-Pad ii. Web server device
c. Wifi Modem iii. Storage device
d. Cloud computing iv. Computing device
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) i iii ii iv
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) iv iii ii i
(D) iii ii i iv
Answer: (B)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. Informix i. Image software
b. Omni Page ii. Remote login software
c. TIFF viewer iii. DBMS software
d. Team Viewer iv. OCR software
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) ii i iii iv
(B) iii iv i ii
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) iv iii ii i
Answer: (B)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. Means of improving operations and services i. Preservation
b. Preparation of to-do-list ii. Standards
c. Performance guidelines iii. Time management
d. Reinforce the spines of books iv. Evaluation
Codes :
       a b c d
(A) iv iii ii i
(B) iv ii iii i
(C) ii iv iii i
(D) iii ii i iv
Answer: (A)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. Chain indexing i. Derek Austin
b. Relational indexing ii. S.R. Ranganathan
c. Subject Indexing iii. J.E.L. Farradane
d. PRECIS iv. E.J. Coats
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) i ii iv iii
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) ii iv i iii
Answer: (B)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. Collateral classes i. Class comprising two or more entities
b. Multiple classes ii. Classes of the same order but not belonging to one in the same order
c. Chain of classes iii. A subject fixed with others in the universal of subject
d. Co-ordinate classes iv. A sequence of classes made up of any given class and its universe
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) ii iv i iii
(B) i iii ii iv
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) i iv ii iii
Answer: (C)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. William Martin i. Little Science Big Science
b. Alvin Toffler ii. Information society
c. Eric J de Solla Price iii. Documentation
d. S.C. Bradford iv. The Third Wave
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) ii iv iii i
(B) iv ii iii i
(C) ii iv i iii
(D) i iv ii iii
Answer: (C)

Match the following :
List – I List – II
a. Communication Barrier i. Radio
b. Communication Medium ii. Shanon & Weaver
c. Communication Model iii. Videoconferencing
d. Interactive Communication iv. Noise
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) iv i ii iii
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) iii ii i iv
Answer: (B)

 Match the following: List – I List – II
a. Osgood and Schramm i. General Model
b. Berlo ii. Mathematical Model c. Shannon and Weaver
iii. Circular Model d. George Gerbner iv. S-M-C-R Model
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii iii iv i
(C) iii iv ii i
(D) iv i ii iii
Answer: (C)

Match the following:
List – I List – II
a. Information contribution to the GNP of a nation i. Social information
b. Information that changes human activity ii. Technological information
c. Information that establishes interaction between government and people iii. Economic information
d. Information that forms a modern society iv. Political information
Codes :
      a b c d
(A) iii i iv ii
(B) i iii iv ii
(C) iv ii i iii
(D) ii iii iv i
Answer: (A)