MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION BANKIN LIS- 02

The headquarters of Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation is situtated at

1. Delhi
2. Calcutta
3. Chennai
4. Nagpur

The first library Act in India was passed and implemented in

1. Maharashtra
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Madras
4. Karnataka

A number of devices that are related to recall and precision have been studied by

1. Gilchrist
2. Vickery
3. Lancaster
4. Ranganathan

User studies in Social sciences was carried out by

1. Kuhn
2. Brittain
3. Line
4. Allen

An entry that is made for the subject of a chapter in a book is referred to as

1. Cross Refernece Entry
2. Cross Reference Index Entry
3. Class Index Entry
4. Book Index Entry

The concept of UBC was introduced by

1. UNESCO
2. LC
3. FID
4. IFLA

In Sears, List of Subject Headings preferred headings are indicated by

1. Marking them as preferred headings
2. Printing them in bold type
3. Underlining them
4. Italicising them

The component of an ISO-2709 meant primarily machine processing of the record is

1. the Label
2. the Directory
3. the Datafields
4. the Record Seperator

The CCF was developed by

1. LC
2. UNESCO
3. IFLA
4. FID

The agency in India responsible for assigning ISSN is

1. The National Library
2. INSDOC
3. INFLIBNET
4. Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation

The concept of Scientific Management was introduced by

1. Henry Fayol
2. C.I. Barnard
3. Peter Druck
4. F.W. Taylor

Preparation, service and assimilation are the main stages involved in

1. Initiation
2. User Education
3. Reference Service
4. Bibliography

Desirableness of personal contact between reader and library material was stressed by

1. H.P. Luhn
2. Derek Austin
3. Samuel H. Green
4. S.C. Broadford

‘Informatics’ is a term which was first used for documentation in

1. Britain
2. USA
3. USSR/Russia
4. India

Intellectual Property Rights are recognised by

1. Copyright
2. Patent
3. Both
4. Neither

Identify the primary document from the following:

1. Bibliography
2. Biography
3. Autobiography
4. None of the above

Identify the secondary source from the following:

1. Standards
2. Patents
3. Journals
4. Directories

The procedure of ‘chain indexing’ was developed by

1. Jack Mills
2. C.A. Cutter
3. S.R. Ranganathan
4. G. Bhattacharya

NATIS stands for

1. National Information System
2. National Technical Information System
3. National Team for Information Science
4. None of the above

MESH is the name of a

1. Medical Library
2. C.S.I.R Unit
3. Controlled Vocabulary
4. None of the above

POPSI was developed by

1. S.R. Ranganathan
2. Neelmeghan
3. B.S. Kesavan
4. G. Bhattacharya

According to CCC, the heading for work with three authors is

1. The first author
2. The title
3. The principal author
4. All the three authors

Which of the following areas is not a part of the description prescribed by AACR-II?

1. Title and statement of responsibility area
2. Edition
3. Publication and distribution
4. Address and location

Paul Otlet used the term ‘Documentation’ for the first time in a lecture at the International Congress at Brussels in

1. 1905
2. 1920
3. 1931
4. 1948

ISBN contains

1. 6 digits
2. 8 digits
3. 10 digits
4. 12 digits

BNB is published

1. Weekly
2. Monthly
3. Bi-Monthly
4. Annual

Principles of ‘Later-in-Time is one of the

1. Five Laws of Library Science
2. Cataloguing Principles
3. Principles of Helpful Sequence
4. Circulation rules

European Translation Centre is located at

1. Italy
2. France
3. Netherland
4. Germany

‘Micropaedia’ is in how many volumes?

1. 5
2. 12
3. 15
4. 20

‘Facts on File’ is published from

1. India
2. Africa
3. U.S.A
4. Europe

Which table deals with ‘Standard Subdivisions’ in DDC?

1. Table 1
2. Table 3
3. Table 5
4. Table 7

What is Bibliography

1. A list of books published
2. A list of books available in a library
3. A list of books available in two libraries
4. A list of Journals

Bibliographic service comes under

1. Ready Reference Service
2. Long Range Reference Service
3. Referral Service
4. None of the above

Mc-Graw Hill is a

1. Author
2. Printer
3. Publisher
4. Librarian

‘Indian Science Abstract’ is published by

1. INSDOC
2. ICSSR
3. DST
4. DRTC

Library Week is celebrated on

1. 10th November
2. 14th November
3. 14th December
4. 25th December

Encyclopaedia Britannica is in how many parts

1. Single
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four

State the number of tables DDC includes

1. 3
2. 5
3. 7
4. 9

Saraswathi Mahal Library is at

1. Tanjore
2. Bhubaneswar
3. Jaipur
4. Thiruvanathapuram

Association is a

1. Personal Author
2. Pseudonymous Author
3. Periodical publication
4. Corporate Author

As per CC ‘m’ refers to

1. Anteriorising Common Isolate
2. Posteriorizing Common Isolate
3. Time Isolate
4. Useful Arts

Library of Congress is located at

1. Washington D.C
2. Chicago
3. New York
4. London

If in the year 2000, a journal has reached its 40th volume, when was it first published

1. 1959
2. 1960
3. 1961
4. None of the above

Connema Public Library was established after the name of the then

1. Governor
2. Judge
3. King
4. Philanthropist

The real name of ‘Mark Twain’ is

1. Milton
2. Keats
3. Samuel Longhorne Clemens
4. William Wordsworth

Windows NT is the name of

1. Cable TV
2. Network
3. A Computer Operating Sytem
4. An On-line database

Lexicon refers to

1. Bibliography
2. Dictionary
3. Encyclopaedia
4. Directory

To find an occurance of a term in a work which part of the work do you refer

1. Contents
2. Chapters
3. Index
4. Title

The term ‘Thesaurus’ is associated with

1. Directory
2. Bibliography
3. Dictionary
4. None of the above

C.L.R.I (Central Leather Research Institute) is located at

1. Chennai
2. Calicut
3. Cochin
4. Cuttack

Objective Questions

1. Posting the right person at the right place is called ________
A. Recruitment
B. Coaching
C. Deployment
D. Induction

2.TQM is a system of continuous improvement employing participative management and centered on needs of the ________
A. Customers
B. Staff
C. Organization
D. Government

3.Financial support given to libraries are of . two types
(i) Recurring and
(ii)………
A. Ad-hoc
B. Endowments
C. Annual
D. Non-recurring

4. Principle of maximum aggregate benefit is concerned with________
A. growth of library
B. library use
C. library service
D. library fee

5……….. takes items of expenditure for libraries as the working data for allocation
of funds.
A. Method of details
B. Per capita method
C. Principle of economy
D. Library budget

6.A budget which mainly covers items of current revenue and expenditure is called
___.
A Programme budget
B. Welfare economics
C Current budgeting
D. Capital budgeting

7._______ budgeting does not take into account what happened in the past but
emphasizes on current activities.
A. formula
B. performance
C. programme
D. zero-base

8. The library budget of a university is passed by the ?
A Senate
B. Executive Council
C. Academic Council
D. Research Council

9. In fund accounting, _______ fund can not be used for other purposes.
A Recurring
B. Non-recurring
C. Restricted
D. Encumbering

10. Scrutiny of financial transactions is called
A. Budgeting
B. Programming
C. Accounting
D. Auditing

11. A good library building is an outcome of librarian and _________.
A. Registrar
B. Building Corporation
C. Finance Officer
D. Architect

12. ________ are the storage areas for the various types of documents kept in a library.
A. Tasks .
B. Racks
C.Stacks
D. Desks

13. Study carrels are exclusive areas meant for……………
A. students
B. public
C. women
D. researchers

14. Library catalogue cards are filed in specially designed. drawers called ________
A. Charging tray
B. Catalogue cabinet
C. Display rack .
D. Filling equipment

15.. Information Gatekeepers come under ________ sources.
A documentary
B. human
C. institutional
D. neo-conventional

16…………… categorises documents into three types such as primary, secondary and.
tertiary.
A. Grogan
B. Skeltor
C. SR. Ranganathan
D. Hanson

17. ________ is a legal document and can be used as a source of industrial information.
A. Report
B. Law Review
C. Patent
D. Specification

18. In Encyclopaedia Britianica, ___________ acts as an index to macropaedia.
A. Bibliography
B. Introduction Part
C. Propaedia
D. Micropaedia

19. One of the book selection principles states that “the best reading for the largest number at the ……………Cost.”
A. maximum
B. medium
C. least
D. zero

20. Payments for the books purchased can be made only after
A. accessioning
B. classification
C Cataloguing
D arrangement in the shelve

21. The standard size of an accession register is ?
A.15” x 13”
B. 16 x 13”
C.12” x 5”
D. 5” x 3”

22. ISBN stands for ________
A. Integrated Services Bibliographic Network
B. Indian Standard Book Number
C. International Standard Book Number
D. International Standard for Book and Non- book

23. The three card system introduced by Ranganathan are
(i) Register Card
(ii) Check Card
(iii)……..
A. KARDEX
B LINDEX
C. Ledger Card
D. Classified Index Card

24. Technical section performs mainly two functions namely classification and……….
A. accessioning
B. bills payment
C. cataloguing
D. shelving

25. PRECIS was developed by Derek Austin for use in the ________
A. BNB
B. INB
C. ISBD
D. ISBN

26. ________ is one of the records of circulation section.
A. Accession Register
B. Day book
C. Catalogue Card
D. AACR-2 (R)

27. Getting books back from the users and releasing the borrower’s ticket is known as
A. charging
B. holding
C. reserving
D. discharging

28.While entering the library, the personal belongings of a reader is kept in ________
A. Cloak room
B. Property counter
C. Gate counter
D. Store room

29. Physical condition of the books should be property maintained. This is known as
A. collation.
B. conservation
C. shelf-arrangement
D. organization

30.________ is an important record of books, which shows the position of any book on the shelves.
A. Bay Guide
B. Authority File
C. Accession List.
D. Shelf. .List

31.Books misplaced on the shelves by readers are restored. This work is referred to
as .
A. Shelving
B. Stock verification
C. Shelf rectification
D. Shifting

32. Books lost from the library are known through ________
A. Stock verification
B. Charging and discharging
C. Shelf list
D. Accession Register

33. Outdated and seldom used books are withdrawn from the library is otherwise
known as – .
A. Shelving
B. Weeding
C. Circulating
D. Guiding

34. The objective of library binding is ________
of the library materials.
A. Proper organisation
B. accessibility.
C. durability
D. humidity control
B. Imitation
D. Sheep skin

35.All part and pages of a volume are correctly sequenced in the first stage of binding
process known as?
A. sewing
B. guard
C. pulling
D. collation

36. Sheets before and after the text of a book are called _________. .
A. End papers
B. Attach cover
C Head bands
D Gilding

37.Leather being used as one of the binding materials i.e., _________ is the strongest
leather.
A Roan
B. Imitation
C. Pig skin
D. Sheep skin

38. ________ has prescribed certain standards for library binding.
A. ILA
B. ALA .
C. BLA
D. NBT

39 ________ is a process of helping employees in an organization to acquire new skills
and competence on a continuing basis
A. Total Quality Management
B Management Information System
C. Financial Resources Development
D. Human Resources Development.

40. A skillful method of providing means, mechanism and structural elements to.
streamline organizational work is known as _______
A. Strategic planning
B. Role analysis
C. Work culture
D. Autonomous planning