LIS Question Bank 2



31. Journal “Library Literature” is published by........................ .
(A) H. W. Wilson
(B) The Library Association
(C) Bowker Sour
(D) Marcel Deker
Answer: (A)
32. Mortimer Taube is associated with...................... .
(A) PERT/CPM
(B) Cataloguing
(C) Classification
(D) Indexing
Answer: (D)
33. “Gap Device” helps in making a classification scheme more................ .
(A) Faceted
(B) Hierarchical
(C) Hospitable
(D) Enumerative
Answer: (C)
34. INSPEC—A bibliographic database deals with................... .
(A) Psychology and Ethics
(B) Physics and Electronics
(C) Philosophy and Ethics
(D) Economics and Commerce
Answer: (B)
35. The book entitled “Powershift” is authored by............................. .
(A) J.D. Bernal
(B) D. Solla Price
(C) Alvin Toffler
(D) H.E. Bliss
Answer: (C)
36. Mark the “odd one out” :
(A) Kaiser
(B) Line
(C) Farradane
(D) Coates
Answer: (B)
37. “Broad system of ordering” is.............................. .
(A) Modified classificatory system
(B) Method of acquisition
(C) An information system
(D) Cataloguing principle
Answer: (A)
38. Mark the “odd one out” :
(A) Sought Link
(B) Unsought Link
(C) Key Link
(D) False Link
Answer: (C)
39. In DDC, phoenix schedules represent classes which are....................................... .
(A) Slightly modified
(B) Completely modified
(C) Yet to be modified
(D) Discontinued
Answer: (B)
40. The complete catalogue record of a document is known as.................... .
(A) Title Entry
(B) Added Entry
(C) Analytical Entry
(D) Main Entry
Answer: (D) 
41. The Berne convention is concerned with.......................... .
(A) Translation
(B) Patents
(C) Copyright
(D) Standards
Answer: (C)
42. Routing of periodicals is considered as............................ .
(A) Current Awareness Service
(B) Selective Dissemination of Information
(C) Translation Service
(D) Indexing Service
Answer: (A)
43. Which of the following organization was responsible for the development of UDC ?
(A) Library of Congress
(B) The British Library
(C) UNESCO
(D) FID
Answer: (D)
44. The National Library of India receives books for deposit under........................... .
(A) Right to Information Act
(B) Registration of Books Act
(C) Copyright Act
(D) Delivery of Books and Newspapers Act
Answer: (D)
45. ISI has been renamed as................................. .
(A) NBT
(B) BIS
(C) ILA
(D) ISO
Answer: (B)
46. Earliest writing material “papyrus” was first used by........................... .
(A) Greeks
(B) Egyptians
(C) Sumerians
(D) Babylonians
Answer: (B)
47. Ranganathan’s “Five Laws of Library Science” were first published in the year.................... .
(A) 1929
(B) 1930
(C) 1931
(D) 1932
Answer: (C)
48. Match the following :
A                                 B
(1) Protocol                 (a) Jawa
(2) Language               (b) Internet Explorer
(3) Browser                 (c) Alta Vista
(4) Search Engine        (d) HTTP
Codes :
            1 2 3 4
(A) (a) (c) (b) (d)
(B) (d) (a) (b) (c)
(C) (c) (a) (d) (b)
(D) (b) (a) (d) (c)
Answer: (B)
49. Match the following :
A                                             B
(1) S.R. Ranganathan              (a) Zero Based Budgeting
(2) L.R. McColvin                  (b) Critical Path Method
(3) Peter Phyor                        (c) Three Card System
(4) Du Pont                             (d) Demand Theory
Codes :
            1 2 3 4
(A) (d) (c) (a) (b)
(B) (c) (d) (a) (b)
(C) (a) (b) (c) (d)
(D) (b) (c) (d) (a)
Answer: (B)
50. Research done to find the solution for an immediate problem is known as............................ .
(A) Conceptual Research
(B) Pure Research
(C) Applied Research
(D) Qualitative Research
Answer: (C)


Solved paper III of 2013 December Karnataka State Eligibility Test for Lectureship (SET) / State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) / K SET Examination in Library and Information Science conducted by University of Mysore is given below.
1. Which of the following is not covered in Intellectual Property Rights
(A) Copy Right
(B) Patents
(C) Trademark
(D) Thesaurus
Answer: (D)
2. Chairman of National Knowledge Commission was
(A) Kapil Sibal
(B)  P. Chidambaram
(C) Sam Pitroda
(D) Raghuram Rajan
Answer: (C)
3. Information is categorized into
(A) Statistical, Descriptive and Analytical
(B) Systematic, Analytical and logical
(C) Analytical, Statistical and Logical
(D) Logical, Analytical and Statistical
Answer: (A)
4. Who coined the name “Information Society?”
(A) Derek Austin
(B)  Daniel Bell
(C) Allen Kent
(D) E. J. Coates
Answer: (B)
5. IATLIS is connected with
(A)  Academic Librarians
(B)  Public Libraries
(C) Teachers in Library Science
(D) Teachers in Library and Information Science
Answer: (D)
6. The Head quarters of IFLA is at
(A) London
(B)  New York
(C) France
(D) The Hague
Answer: (D)
7.  Library Orientation is a type of
(A) Extension Service
(B)  Reference Service
(C) CAS
(D) SDI Service
Answer: (A)
8. When was the American Library Association (ALA) established
(A) 1872
(B) 1876
(C) 1877
(D) 1875
Answer: (B)
9. Articles published in research journals are
(A) Reference Sources
(B) Secondary Sources
(C) Primary Source
(D) Tertiary Sources
Answer: (C)
10. Trade Bibliography is
(A) Books compiled by authors
(B) Books compiled by book sellers
(C) Books complied by National library
(D) Books complied by publisher
Answer: (D)
11.  ‘Bibliography of Bibliographies’ is a
(A) Primary Source
(B)  Secondary Sources
(C) Tertiary Sources
(D) Non documentary Source
Answer: (C)
12. ‘Re P.Ec’ is a database of
(A) Geography
(B)  Political Science
(C) Petroleum
(D) Economics
Answer: (D)
13. Which of the following is an isolate
(A) Botany
(B)  Medicine
(C) Geography
(D) France
Answer: (D)
14. Who initiated shared cataloguing?
(A) Library of Congress
(B) Imperial Library
(C) British Museum
(D) National Library of Australia
Answer: (A)
15. ‘ Charles Ammi Cutter’ is well known for
(A) Classified Catalogue
(B) Alphabetico- classified catalogue
(C) Mixed catalogue
(D) Dictionary catalogue
Answer: (D)
16. ‘Accession Number’ means
(A) Call Number of a book
(B)  Unique Number given to a book by a library
(C) Book Number
(D) Class Number
Answer: (B)
17.  Who propagated the demand and supply theory of book
(A) SR Ranganathan
(B) Melvil Dewey
(C) Adamsmith
(D) Mc Colvin
Answer: (D)
18. In the acronym ‘POSDCORB’, ‘CO’ stands for
(A) Co-ordination
(B) Co-operation
(C) Co-relation
(D) Co-existence
Answer: (A)
19. What leads to job description?
(A) Job satisfaction
(B) Job analysis
(C) Work Description
(D) Job evaluation
Answer: (B)
20. Financial estimation is made on the basis of
(A) Ledger Method
(B)  Marginal Cost Method
(C) Per-Capita Method
(D) Cost-based Method
Answer: (C)