4. In Binary
Number System digit 4 is represented by :
(A) 10
(B) 11
(C) 100
(D) 101
Answer: (C)
5. Open System
Interconnection was an effort to:
(A) Standardize
networking
(B) Provide
Internet Connectivity
(C) Provide
e-mails
(D) Standardize
bibliographic description
Answer: (A)
6. What is not
true about spamming?
(A) It is the
abuse of electronic messaging system
(B) The most
widely recognized form of spam is e-mail spam
(C) Spamming is
expensive to advertise
(D) Spamming
costs huge in terms of loss of productivity
Answer: (C)
7. CPM is an effective:
(A) Method of
Knowledge Organization
(B) Project
Management Technique
(C) Budgeting
Technique
(D) Data
Collection Technique
Answer: (B)
8. Herzberg’s
“two factor theory” deals with :
(A) Staff recruitment
(C) Decision
Making
(D) Motivation
Answer: (D)
9. ‘Cranfield
Studies’ are an example of :
(A) Survey
research
(B)
Experimental research
(C) Historical
research
(D) Case study
Answer: (B)
10. The group
which is manipulated by an independent variable is known as :
(A)
Experimental group
(B) Informal
group
(C) Multiple
group
(D) Controlled
group
Answer: (A)
11. People who
are available, volunteer or can be easily recruited are used in the sampling
method called:
(A) Simple
random sampling
(B) Convenience
sampling
(C) Cluster
sampling
(D) Systematic
sampling
Answer: (B)
12. A question
that directs participants to different follow-up questions depending on their
response is called :
(A) Response
set
(B) Probe
(C) Semantic
differential
(D) Contingency
question
Answer: (D)
13. As per
rules laid down in AACR-II, the entry element “Ministry of Finance, Government
of India” will be rendered as :
(A) India.
Ministry of Finance
(B) Finance,
India, Ministry of .......
(C) Ministry of
Finance, India
(D) India,
Ministry of Finance
Answer: (A)
14. Arrange the
following in correct order:
(i) Deductive
phase
(ii) Empirical
phase
(iii)
Verification phase
(iv)
Hypothesizing phase
(A) (i), (ii),
(iv), (iii)
(B) (iv), (i),
(ii), (iii)
(C) (iii), (i),
(iv), (ii)
(D) (ii), (iv),
(i), (iii)
Answer: (D)
15. “Annual
Review of Information Science and Technology” was first published in 1966 by:
(A) Institute
for Scientific Information
(B) American
Society of Information Science (ASIS)
(C) IFLA
(D) Canadian
Association of Information Science
Answer: (B)
16. Hypertext
uses .......................... to present text and static graphics.
(A) Hyperline
(B) Infoline
(C) Hyperlinks
(D) Dataline
Answer: (C)
17. A router :
(A) Receives a
signal and retransmit it at a higher level
(B) Helps to
interface with another network
(C) Essentially
translates protocols
(D) Forwards
data packets between telecommunication networks
Answer: (D)
18.
............................. is not an open source library software.
(A) Greenstone
(B) NewGenLib
(C) Drupal
(D) Libsuit
Answer: (D)
19. POP stands
for :
(B) Post Offer
Protocol
(C) Pre Office
Protocol
(D) Post Office
Protocol
Answer: (D)
20. An open
access source for research reports on life sciences is :
(A) PubMed
(B) Biosis
(C) INSPEC
(D) World
Patent Index
Answer: (A)
21. Which of
the following key combinations when pressed, restarts the computer ?
(A) Ctrl+Alt+V
(B) Ctrl+Alt+Z
(C)
Ctrl+Alt+Del
(D) Ctrl+Alt+C
Answer: (C)
22. One step
that is not included in planning a research study is :
(A) Identifying
a researchable problem
(B) Statement
of the research problem
(C) Developing
a research plan
(D) Conducting
a meta analysis
Answer: (D)
23. Delphi
technique is associated with :
(A) Statistics
(B) Budgeting
(C) Forecasting
(D) Quality
control technique
Answer: (C)
24. The early
work on modeling of information communication was based on :
(A) Lasswell
model
(B) Shannon and
Weaver model
(C) Bradford
and Prince model
(D) Goode and
Hatt model
Answer: (A)
25. The process
of flow of Information from the generator to the user is :
(A) Information
search
(B) Information
transfer
(C) Information
need
(D) Information
system
Answer: (B)
26. “Information
is piecemeal, fragmented and particular.” Who said ?
(A) Daniel Bell
(B) Fritz
Machlup
(C) Brookers
(D) Belkin
Answer: (B)
27. Match the
following :
List I
List II
(i) Aslib
Proceedings
(a) Science Direct
(ii) DOAJ
(b) Web of Science
(iii) Thomson
Reuters (c) Open Access Journals
(iv) Elsevier
(d) Emerald
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(A) (d) (c) (b)
(a)
(B) (c) (d) (b)
(a)
(C) (a) (c) (d)
(b)
(D) (c) (a) (b)
(d)
Answer: (A)
28. The
function of shelf list becomes very fuzzy when :
(A) The library
also has an author catalogue
(B) The library
also has a title catalogue
(C) e-books are
added to a catalogue
(D) Library
also acquires print serials
Answer: (C)
29. Identify
the MARC tag that is used for variable fields containing data related to
subject access to the document :
(A) 7XX
(B) 6XX
(C) 5XX
(D) 2XX
Answer: (B)
30. The generic
tasks for which users use a database described in the FRBR model are :
(B) ‘to
browse’, ‘to identify’, ‘to select’ and ‘to acquire or obtain’
(C) ‘to find’,
‘to select’, ‘to acquire’ and ‘to read’
(D) ‘to
discover’, ‘to categorize’, ‘to select’ and ‘to acquire’
Answer: (A)
31. In the
context of the structure, the second component of the MARC record is :
(A) Variable
fields
(B) Fixed
fields
(C) Directory
(D) Leader
Answer: (C)
32. Match the
following :
List I
List II
(i) Fusion
(a) Metaphysics
(ii) Fission
(b) Astrophysics
(iii) Cluster
(c) Humanities
(iv)
Agglomeration (d) Indology
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(A) (b) (c) (d)
(a)
(B) (c) (d) (b)
(a)
(C) (d) (a) (b)
(c)
(D) (b) (a) (d)
(c)
Answer: (D)
33. WordNet is
:
(A) A Thesaurus
(B) A
Classification Scheme
(C) A Library
Network
(D) An Ontology
Answer: (D)
34. Arrange the
following according to their year of origin :
(i) Rules for
Dictionary Catalogue
(ii) ALA Code
(iii) FRBR
(iv) AACR-I
(A) (i), (ii),
(iii), (iv)
(B) (iv), (i),
(ii), (iii)
(C) (i), (ii),
(iv), (iii)
(D) (i), (iv),
(ii), (iii)
Answer: (C)
35. We cannot
use the characteristics ‘date of first publication’ and ‘the date of first
edition’ one after the other to decide a universe of books.
Identify the
canon that directs us to this guideline :
(A) Canon of
Differentiation
(B) Canon of
Concomitance
(C) Canon of
Ascertainability
(D) Canon of
Permanence
Answer: (B)
36. Match the
following :
List I
List II
(i) Chain
Indexing
(a) Bhattacharya
(ii) PRECIS
(b) Taube
(iii) POPSI
(c) Ranganathan
(iv) Uniterm
Indexing (d)
Austin
(i) (ii) (iii)
(iv)
(A) (b) (a) (d)
(c)
(B) (a) (c) (b)
(d)
(C) (c) (d) (a)
(b)
(D) (d) (c) (b)
(a)
Answer: (C)