1. ‘Incunabula’ are the books
printed before
(A) 1500 AD
(B) 1550 AD
(C) 1650 AD
(D) 1660 AD
Answer: (A)
2. The Intellectual Property Right
is related to
(A) IT Act of 2000
(B) Censorship
(C) Right to Information Act
(D) Copy Right Act
Answer: (D)
3. The Public Library Manifesto was
issued by
(A) IFLA
(B) UNESCO
(C) ILA
(D) RRRLF
Answer: (B)
4. The Books and Newspaper Delivery
Act in India was enacted in the year
(A) 1879
(B) 1867
(C) 1905
(D) 1851
Answer: (Wrong question)
5. ‘Word of Learning” is
(A) Directory
(B) A Hand Book
(C) An Encyclopedia
(D) A Tourist Guide
Answer: (A)
6. ‘Biological Abstract’ is an
example for
(A) Slanted Abstract
(B) Statistical Abstract
(C) Auto Abstract
(D) Graphic Abstract
Answer: (A)
7. Patents are classified under
(A) Primary source
(B) Secondary source
(C) Tertiary source
(D) None of the above
Answer: (A)
8. Directing the users to other
libraries for getting the required document or information is known as
(A) Indexing service
(B) On-line service
(C) Reference service
(D) Referral service
Answer: (D)
9. An ‘Aray’ is a set of
(A) Coordinate classes
(B) Subordinate classes
(C) Main classes
(D) Basic classes
Answer: (A)
10. In pre coordinate indexing the
coordination of concepts taken place at the time of
(A) Indexing
(B) Searching and Retrieval
(C) Storage
(D) Document delivery
Answer: (A)
11. The central concept of TQM is
(A) SWAT analysis
(B)Johare’s window
(C) ISO-9002
(D) Quality circles
Answer: (D)
12. A total number of digits in the
latest ISBN are
(A) 10
(B) 15
(C) 13
(D) 9
Answer: (C)
13. The main component of Third
Generation Computer is
(A) Transistor
(B) Vacuum Tube
(C) Microchip
(D) Integrated circuits
Answer: (D)
14. A protocol that manages data
transfer on the internet is
(A) HTTP
(B) FTP/OP
(C) FTP/IP
(D) TCP/IP
Answer: (D)
15. The acronym ‘DOI’ stands for
(A) Digital Object Items
(B) Digital Object Identifier
(C) Digital Object Isolates
(D) Digital Object Information
Answer: (B)
16. Meslt is a Thesaurus in the
filed of
(A) Management
(B) Medicine
(C) Mechanical engineering
(D) Military Engineering
Answer: (Wrong question)
17. The symbol (=) equals within
parenthesis in UDC is used for
(A) Language Common Isolate
(B) Racial and Ethnic Groups
(C) Common Auxiliaries of Form
(D) Common Auxiliaries of Time
Answer: (B)
18. The ‘Central Value
Distribution’ is known as
(A) Mean
(B) Median
(C) Mode
(D) Measurement
Answer: (Wrong question)
19. Lotka’s law relates to
(A) Scattering of periodicals
(B) Obsolescence of literature
(C) Scientific productivity
(D) Seepage of information
Answer: (C)
20. The convention of INFLIBNET
organized to discuss the progress of library automation and library service is
known as
(A) DELNET
(B) NACLIN
(C) UGC-INFONET
(D) CALIBER
Answer: (D)
21. The main objective of Raja Ram
Mohan Roy Library Foundation is to promote
(A) School Libraries
(B) College Libraries
(C) Public Libraries
(D) Prison Libraries
Answer: (C)
22. One Gigabyte is equal to
(A) 2000 MB
(B) 1024 MB
(C) 1080 MB
(D) 1006 MB
Answer: (B)
23. The output of INIS is
(A) INIS-Atom Index
(B) INIS-Bibliography
(C) INIS-Vienna
(D) INIS-Abstract
Answer: (A)
24. The ‘Rules of Dictionary
Catalogue’ were developed by
(A) C. A. Cutter
(B) C. A. Babbage
(C) J. D. Brown
(D) Anthony Panizzi
Answer: (A)
25. HTML is related to
(A) HTTP
(B) TCP/IP
(C) SGML
(D) XML
Answer: (D)
26. The logical operators AND, OR
and NOT are devised by
(A) F. W. Laucaster
(B) David Boole
(C) Charles Babbage
(D) George Boole
Answer: (D)
27. URL stands for
(A) Universal Research Locator
(B) Universal Resource Locator
(C) Uniform Resource Locator
(D) Uniform Resource Log.in
Answer: (C)
28. The three display components of
PRECIS are
(A) RIN, SIN and Role Operators
(B) Lead, Qualifier and Display
(C) Lead, Qualifier and RIN
(D) Lead, Display and Call Number
Answer: (B)
29. Multiplexer is a data
communication
(A) Software
(B) Equipment
(C) Process
(D) Network
Answer: (B)
30. Emerald is a database of
(A) Engineering Literature
(B) Medical Literature
(C) Management Literature
(D) Agriculture Literature
Answer: (C)
31. Assertion (A):
Information can be obtained from several sources other than libraries.
Reason (R): The scope of
library science is narrower than information science.
Codes:
(A) (A) is false and (R) is true
(B) (A) is true and (R) is false
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false
Answer: (B)
32. Assertion (A): Abstract
is a concise representation of the content of the document similar to that of
original.
Reason (R): Abstract is a
time saving device.
Codes:
(A) (A) is true but (R) is false
(B) Both (A) and (R) are false
(C) (R) is true but (R) is false
(D) Both (A) and (R) are true
Answer: (D)
33. Assertion (A): Cataloguing
in Publication Program (CIP) is initiated by Library of Congress.
Reason (R): It helps
individual libraries in copying down the data.
Codes:
(A) (A) is false and (R) is true
(B) (A) is true and (R) is false
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false
Answer: (C)
34. Assertion (A): Web has
become a hub for all activities of library users.
Reason (R): Web is being
used as popular publishing media.
Codes:
(A) Both (A) and (R) are true, but
(A) is not correct explanation.
(B)(A) is true and (R) is false
(C) (A) is false and (R) is true
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false
Answer: (A)
35. Assertion (A): Cost and price
are one and the same.
Reason (R): Cost is what it
costs to do something, whereas price is a matter of strategic decision.
Codes:
(A)(A) is false, (R) is true
(B) (A) is true, (R) is false
(C) Both (A) and (R) are true
(D) Both (A) and (R) are false
Answer: (A)
36. Arrange the following networks
according to their year of establishment.
(i) BONET
(ii) DELNET
(iii) INFLIBNET
(iv) CALIBNET
Codes:
(A) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(D) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
Answer: (Wrong question)
37. Arrange the following catalogue
codes in chorological order of its development.
(i) AACR-I
(ii) Rules for Dictionary Catalogue
(iii) CCC
(iv) ALA Code
Codes:
(A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(B) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(C) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii)
(D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
Answer: (A)
38. Arrange the following indexing
systems according to the year of development.
(i) KWIC
(ii) POPSI
(iii) Uniterm Indexing
(iv) PRECIS
Codes:
(A) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
Answer: (Wrong question)
39. Arrange the following work components of WINISIS according to
the order of sequence of operation.
(i) FST
(ii) FDT
(iii) Print format
(iv) Workshet
Codes:
(A) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(B) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
Answer: (C)
40. Arrange the following
professional associations according to the year of establishment.
(i) IFLA
(ii) ASLIB
(iii) ALA
(iv) SLA (USA)
Codes:
(A)(i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(B) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
(D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
Answer: (D)
41. Arrange the following
abstracting periodicals in order of year of their print publication.
(i) Chemical Abstracts
(ii) Sociological Abstracts
(iii) Physics Abstracts
(iv) Biological Abstracts
Codes:
(A)(iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(B) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(C) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(D) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
Answer: (A)
42. Arrange the following physical
forms of catalogues in order of development.
(i) Sheaf
(ii) Register
(iii) OPAC
(iv) Card
Codes:
(A) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)
(D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
Answer: (B)
43. Arrange the following
components of communication in correct sequence of information flow.
(i) Message
(ii) Source
(iii) Medium
(iv) Receiver
Codes:
(A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(C) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv)
(D) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)
Answer: (C)
44. Match the following
List-I
List-II
(a) Librametry
(i) Dubrov
and Karenhas
(b)
Bibliometrics
(ii) Pritchard
(c)
Scientometrics
(iii) S. R. Ranganathan
(d) Informetrics
(iv) Otto Nache
Codes:
(a)
(b)
(c) (d)
(A)
(ii) (i)
(iii)
(iv)
(B)
(iii) (ii)
(iv) (i)
(C)
(iii) (ii)
(i) (iv)
(D)
(i) (iv)
(iii) (ii)
Answer: (C)
45. Match the following:
List-I
List-II
(a)
INB
(i) INSDOC, New Delhi
(b) National Index of
Translation
(ii) ISI Philadelphia
(c) Current
Contents
(iii) Bowker-Sour, UK
(d)
LISA
(iv) National Library Kolkata
Codes:
(a)
(b)
(c) (d)
(A)
(iv) (i)
(iii)
(ii)
(B)
(ii) (iii)
(iv) (i)
(C)
(iv) (i)
(ii)
(iii)
(D)
(i) (ii)
(iii) (iv)
Answer: (C)
46. Match the following
List-I
List-II
(a)
POSDCORB
(i) Mc Greger
(b) Prenatal
Cataloguing
(ii) Abraham Maslow
(c) X and Y
theory
(iii) Luther Gullick
(d) Theory of
Motivation
(iv) S. R. Ranganathan
Codes:
(a)
(b)
(c) (d)
(A)
(ii) (iii)
(i) (iv)
(B)
(iv) (iii)
(ii) (i)
(C)
(iii) (iv) (i)
(ii)
(D)
(i) (ii)
(iv) (iii)
Answer: (C)
47. Match the following:
List-I
List-II
(a) Anthony
Penezzi
(i) C.C.C.
(b) C. A.
Cutter
(ii) ALA code
(c) S. R.
Ranganathan
(iii) British
Museum
(d) Seymour
Lubetzky
(iv) Rules for Dictionary Catalogue
Codes:
(a)
(b)
(c) (d)
(A)
(ii) (iii)
(i) (iv)
(B)
(iii) (iv) (i)
(ii)
(C)
(i) (ii)
(iii) (iv)
(D)
(iv) (i)
(ii)
(iii)
Answer: (B)
48. Match the following:
List-I
List-II
(a) Pen Drive
(i) Browser
(b)
Soul
(ii) Search Engine
(c) Net
Scope
(iii) Output device
(d)
Google
(iv) Library Software
Codes:
(a)
(b)
(c) (d)
(A)
(iii) (iv) (i)
(ii)
(B)
(iv) (iii) (i)
(ii)
(C)
(ii) (iii)
(i) (iv)
(D)
(iv) (ii)
(iii) (i)
Answer: (A)
49. Match the following:
List-I
List-II
(a) Annals of Lib. And Inf.
Science
(i) ISI
(b) Science Citation
index
(ii) University Microfilm International (UMI)
(c) Encyclopedia of Library and
Information Science
(iii) NISCAIR (INSDOC)
(d) Dissertation Abstract
(iv) Marcel Dekkar
Codes:
(a)
(b)
(c) (d)
(A)
(i) (ii)
(iii) (iv)
(B)
(iv) (iii) (ii)
(i)
(C)
(iii) (i)
(iv)
(ii)
(D)
(iv) (ii)
(i) (iii)
Answer: (C)
50. Match the following:
List-I
List-II
(a)
Mnemonics
(i) Measures of central tendency
(b) Initiation to
freshmen
(ii) Economy in cataloguing
(c) Mean, Median and
Mode
(iii) Aid to memory
(d) Law of
Parcimony
(iv) User
education
Codes:
(a)
(b)
(c) (d)
(A)
(iv) (iii) (i)
(ii)
(B)
(iii) (iv) (i)
(ii)
(C)
(iii) (i)
(ii)
(iv)
(D)
(i) (ii)
(iv) (iii)
Answer: (B)
Solved paper
III of 2013 December West Bengal State Eligibility Test for Lectureship (SET) /
State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) / WB SET Examination in Library and
Information Science conducted by West Bengal College Service Commission is
given below.
1. Which of the
following Universities was the pioneer to appoint a Reference Librarian for the
first time in India?
(A) Banaras Hindu University
(B) Delhi University
(C) Madras University
(D) Aligarh Muslim University
Answer: (C)
2. Which of the
following organisations in India is responsible for assigning the thirteen
digit International Standard Book Number?
(A) NISCAIR
(B) Raja Ram Mohun Roy National
Agency for ISBN
(C) Raja Rammohun Roy Library
Foundation
(D) The National Library, Kolkata
Answer: (B)
3. The word ‘hyper’ in hypertext
means
(A) extension into broader
dimensions
(B) extension into similar
dimensions
(C) extension into other
dimensions
Answer: (C)
4. Match the following:
List I
List II
(i) Information Please Almanac
(w) Directory
(ii) Keasing’s Record of World
(x) Annual Events
(iii) Encyclopaedia of
Associations (y) Bibliography
(iv) Publisher’s Weekly
(z) News Digest
Codes:
(i)
(ii)
(iii) (iv)
(A)
(w) (z)
(x)
(y)
(B)
(x) (z)
(w) (y)
(C)
(x) (z)
(y)
(w)
(D)
(x) (y)
(z)
(w)
Answer: (B)
5. European Translation Centre is
located at
(A) Delft, Netherlands
(B) Brussels, Belgium
(C) Paris, France
(D) Geneva, Switzerland
Answer: (A)
6. What is the full form of LED
in Colon Classification?
(A) Latest Effective Decade
(B) Latest Energy Division
(C) Light Emitting Diode
(D) Latest Effective Division
Answer: (A)
7.
Ranganathan’s modified rules of chain procedure for deriving subject headings
of specific subject entry was modified by M M Job, who suggested to include
(A) Space isolate as a sought
link term
(B) Time isolate as a sought link
term
(C) ACI as a sought link term
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B)
8. “Report on
the Testing and Analysis of an Investigation into the Comparative Efficiency of
Indexing Systems” contains the findings of the project entitled
(A) MEDLARS
(B) Cranfield I
(C) ISILT
(D) STAIRS
Answer: (B)
9. Match the following:
List I
List II
(i) World of Learning
(w) Alphabetical
(ii) Sears List of Subject
Headings (x) Classified
(iii) Data India
(y) Geographical
(iv) Indian National Bibliography
(z) Topical
Codes:
(i)
(ii)
(iii) (iv)
(A)
(w) (y) (x)
(z)
(B)
(x) (z)
(w) (y)
(C)
(y) (w)
(z) (x)
(D)
(y) (z)
(x)
(w)
Answer: (C)
10. BABYLON is a computer
software for
(A) digital library
(B) library management system
(C) translation
(D) statistical calculation
Answer: (C)
11. ‘User education’ and
‘Information literacy’ are semantically related as
(A) BT-NT
(B) NT-BT
(C) RT-RT
(D) Use-UF
Answer: (B)
12. Match the following:
List I
List II
(i) Term List
(w) Ontologies
(ii) Categories
(x) System software
(iv) Emulators
(z) Glossaries
Codes:
(i)
(ii)
(iii) (iv)
(A)
(x) (y)
(z)
(w)
(B)
(x) (z)
(y)
(w)
(C)
(y) (w)
(z) (x)
(D)
(z) (y)
(w) (x)
Answer: (D)
13. The
retrieval technique designed to find terms that are spelled incorrectly at data
entry or query input is known as
(A) term masking
(B) case sensitive searching
(C) fuzzy searching
(D) proximity searching
Answer: (C)
14. The Principle of
Later-in-Time is one of the principles of
(A) Fundamental Categories
(B) Helpful Sequence
(C) Facet Sequence
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B)
15. Who had referred to notation
as a shorthand sign?
(A) P. N. Kaula
(B) H.E. Bliss
(C) E. C. Richardson
(D) E. W. Hulme
Answer: (C)
16. Who has written the book
“Grammar of Classification”?
(A) W. C. B. Sayers
(B) J. D. Brown
(C) Palmer and Wells
(D) S. R. Ranganathan
Answer: (A)
17. Which of
the following is the publisher of Dewey Decimal Classification 23rd edition
(A) Library of Congress
(B) Forest Press
(C) OCLC
(D) British Standards Institute
Answer: (C)
18. Arrange the
following categories of controlled vocabularies in increasing order of
flexibility for postcoordination
(i) classification schemes
(ii) ontologies
(iii) subject heading lists
(iv) thesauri
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)
(C) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(D) (i), (iii), (iv), (ii)
Answer: (D)
19. Match the following:
List I
List II
(i) SYNTagmatic Organisation
(w) Vannevar Bush Language (SYNTOL)
(ii) As We May Think
(x) E. Sverconius
(iii) How to Do Research
(y) J. C. Gardin
(iv) The Intellectual Foundation
(z) Nick Moore of Information Organisation
Codes:
(i)
(ii)
(iii) (iv)
(A)
(w) (x)
(y)
(z)
(B)
(x) (w)
(z) (y)
(C)
(y) (w)
(z) (x)
(D)
(z) (y)
(w) (x)
Answer: (C)
20. INFOTERRA is a global
environmental information network of
(A) UNDP
(B) UNISIST
(C) UNEP
(D) OECD
Answer: (C)
(A) DDC 8th ed.
(B) DDC 13th ed.
(C) DDC 16th ed.
(D) DDC 19th ed.
Answer: (C)
22. ‘A digit with ordinal value
but without semantic value’ is known as
(A) an empty digit
(B) an emptying digit
(C) an empty-emptying digit
(D) none of the above
Answer: (A)
23. According
to IFLA’s FRBR, the objectives of an information system can be expressed by the
following tasks:
(A) locate, select, obtain and
collocate
(B) find, select, obtain and
navigate
(C) identify, find, obtain and
collocate
(D) find, identify, select and
obtain
Answer: (D)
24. Match the following:
List I
List II
(i) Sense-Making Approach
(w) B. Dervin
(ii) Anomalous State of
(x) S. R. Ranganathan Knowledge
(iii) Spiral of Scientific Method
(y) Michael Casey
(iv) Library 2.0
(z) N. J. Belkin
Codes:
(i)
(ii)
(iii) (iv)
(A)
(w) (z)
(x)
(y)
(B)
(x) (w)
(z) (y)
(C)
(y) (w)
(x) (z)
(D)
(z) (y)
(w) (x)
Answer: (A)
25. Assertion
(A): The copyright laws prevent unauthorised reproduction of any literary,
musical, artistic work.
Reason (R): The
copyright is not infringed by making or supplying a copy of a part of a work,
if the copy is made or supplied by or on behalf of a librarian.
Codes:
(A) A is true, but R is false
(B) A is true, but R is partially
true
(C) Both A and R are true
(D) Both A and R are true, but R
is not the correct explanation of A
Answer: (D)
26. For which of the following
subjects FORSA consortium is dedicated?
(A) Medical Sciences
(B) Forestry
(C) Physics
(D) Astronomy and Astrophysics
Answer: (D)
27. In Colon
Classification 6th edition, which of the following symbols is used to represent
phase relation?
(A) λ
(B) &
(C) 0
(D) Δ
Answer: (C)
28. The U.S.
National Science Foundation has been funding a digital library programme called
the NSDL. The name is a recursive acronym: NSDL is the National SMETE Digital
Library, where SMETE stands for
(A) Science, Medicine,
Engineering, Technology and Education
(B) Science, Management,
Engineering and Technology Education
(C) Science, Medicine,
Engineering and Technology Education
(D) Science, Mathematics,
Engineering and Technology Education
Answer: (D)
29. Principles of Osmosis is
concerned with
(A) Stock taking
(B) Classification
(C) Reclassification
(D) Preservation
Answer: (C)
30. The term ‘Librametry’ was
first used by
(A) S. R. Ranganathan
(B) Alan Pritchard
(C) Allen Kent
(D) A. C. Foskett
Answer: (B)
31. Raja Rammohun Roy Library
Foundation is basically responsible for development of
(A) Academic library
(B) National library
(C) Special library
(D) Public library
Answer: (D)
32. An invisible college is a
typical example of
(A) informal channel of
communication
(B) formal channels of
communication
(C) both (A) and (B)
(D) none of the above
Answer: (A)
33. Match the following:
List I
List II
(i) Daniel J. Boorstin
(w) National Library, India
(ii) Joseph Van Praet
(x) British Library
(iii) Y. M. Mulay
(y) Library of Congress
(iv) Antonio Panizzi
(z) Bibliotheque Nationale
Codes:
(i)
(ii)
(iii) (iv)
(A)
(w) (y)
(x)
(z)
(B)
(y) (z)
(w) (x)
(C)
(x) (z)
(w) (y)
(D)
(w) (x)
(y)
(z)
Answer: (B)
34. ‘Universal Bibliographical
Control’ is a programme of
(A) FID
(B) IFLA
(C) UNISIST
(D) ALA
Answer: (B)
(A) the sequence of isolates in
an array
(B) the sequence of isolates in a
chain
(C) the facet sequence
(D) none of the above
Answer: (C)
36. When did Shannon and Weaver put
forth the mathematical model of communication?
(A) 1938
(B) 1942
(C) 1945
(D) 1949
Answer: (D)
37. Who has coined the term
‘blog’?
(A) John Berger
(B) Peter Merholz
(C) Micheal Zeinne
(D) David Weiner
Answer: (B)
38. h-index is
an index that attempts to measure the productivity and impact of the published
work of
(A) An Institution
(B) A Scientist
(C) A Journal
(D) An Article
Answer: (B)
39. If SRELS
Journal of Information Management = Library Science with a Slant to
Documentation = Library Science, then Journal of the American Society for
Information Science and Technology = Journal of the American Society for
Information Science =?
(A) Bulletin of the American
Society for Information Science and Technology
(B) American Documentation
(C) Annual Review of Information
Science and Technology
(D) American Libraries
Answer: (B)
40. The term ‘hypertext’ was
coined by
(A) Ted Nelson
(B) Charles Babbage
(C) Tim Berners-Lee
(D) Tay Vaughan
Answer: (A)
41. Library legislation generally
ensures smooth management of
(A) Academic libraries
(B) Documentation centres
(C) Public libraries
(D) Special libraries
Answer: (C)
42. Which digital library
software was developed at Cornell University?
(A) FEDORA
(B) EPrints
(C) GSDL
(D) DSpace
Answer: (A)
43. Which of
the following is not a salient feature of Bibliographical Database Management
System?
(A) Variable Field
(B) Fixed Field
(C) Repeatable Field
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B)
44. The latest revised ANSI/NISO
standard forming the basis of MARC 21 is
(A) Z 39.2—1994 (R 2009)
(B) Z 39.19—2005 (R 2010)
(C) Z 39.84—2005 (R 2010)
(D) Z 39.50—2003 (R 2009)
Answer: (A)
45. Arrange the following steps
of research according to the sequence of their occurrence
(i) formulation of hypothesis of
research
(ii) designing of data and
analysis plan
(iii) selection of data gathering
method
(iv) report writing
Codes:
(A) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)
(B) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(C) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
(D) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
Answer: (B)
46. Formal courses in
Librarianship was started in
(A) University of Calcutta
(B) University of Dhaka
(C) Columbia University
(D) University of London
Answer: (C)
47. When DSpace was first
released under the terms of the BSD open source license?
(A) 2000
(B) 2002
(C) 2004
(D) 1998
Answer: (B)
48. The first 3
digits of an International Standard Book Number (ISBN-978 8124706978) is
representing EAN which refers to
(A) European Author Number
(B) European Accession Number
(C) International Abbreviation
Number
(D) International Article Number
Answer: (D)
49. The title How to Build a
Digital Library is jointly authored by Ian Witten and
(A) David Worthington
(B) David Rosenthal
(C) David Bainbridge
(D) David Hawking
Answer: (C)
50. Which one of the following is
not a part of MARC record structure?
(A) Leader
(B) Directory
(C) Record terminator
(D) Check digit
Answer: (D)
51. The book entitled ‘Five laws
of Library Science’ was first published in
(A) 1925
(B) 1930
(C) 1931
(D) 1933
Answer: (A)
52. Which of the following are
library networks?
(i) ERNET
(ii) INFLIBNET
(iii) NICNET
(iv) OCLC
Codes:
(A) (ii) and (i)
(C) (ii) and (iv)
(D) All of the above
Answer: (C)
53. The arrangement of the ‘text’
part of the Roget’s Thesaurus is akin to that of
(A) a classification system
(B) an ontology
(C) a dictionary
(D) an index
Answer: (A)
54. Which one of the following is
the formula for calculating recall ratio?
(A) (Retrieved relevant documents
÷ Total relevant documents) × 100
(B) (Total retrieved documents ÷
Retrieved relevant documents) × 100
(C) (Total retrieved documents ÷
Retrieved irrelevant documents) × 100
(D) None of the above
Answer: (A)
55. Index Medicus is brought out
as printed publication
(A) Quarterly
(B) Monthly
(C) Weekly
(D) Has ceased publication
Answer: (B)
56. Which of
the following organisations is not established under the aegis of the Ministry
of Culture?
(A) National Mission of
Manuscripts
(B) National Library of India
(C) India Office Library
(D) Raja Rammohun Roy Library
Foundation
Answer: (C)
57. The RFID technology is used
in the library to perform
(A) Information retrieval
(B) Serial management
(C) Circulation operations
(D) SDI service
Answer: (C)
58. A dictionary is a ________
source of information.
(A) primary
(B) tertiary
(C) secondary
(D) none of the above
Answer: (B)
59. Match the following:
List
I
List II
(i) La Gazette
(w) World’s oldest still published newspaper
(ii) Hicky’s Bengal
(x) World’s first Sunday Gazette newspaper
(iii) The observer
(y) First newspaper in Asia
(iv) Ordinari Post
(z) World’s first French Tijdender language newspaper
Codes:
(i)
(ii)
(iii) (iv)
(A)
(w) (y)
(x)
(z)
(B)
(y) (z)
(w) (x)
(C)
(y) (w)
(z) (x)
(D)
(z) (y)
(x)
(w)
Answer: (D)
60. Arrange the
following technologies according to the year of their inventions in descending
order:
(i) Internet
(ii) Satellite Communication
(iii) Telephone
(iv) Television
Codes:
(A) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
(B) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)
(C) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
(D) none of the above
Answer: (A)
61. Match the President of IFLA
with his/her tenure:
List I
List II
(i) Ingrid Parent
(w) 2007-2009
(ii) Claudia Lux
(x) 2009-2011
(iii) Sinikka Sipila
(y) 2011-2013
(iv) Ellen Tise
(z) 2013-2015
Codes:
(i)
(ii)
(iii) (iv)
(A)
(z) (x)
(y)
(w)
(B)
(y) (w)
(z) (x)
(C)
(x) (y)
(w) (z)
(D)
(w) (z)
(y)
(x)
Answer: (B)
62. ‘Dware-Dware Gyan Sampada’ is
a
(A) Public Library Initiative
(B) Digital Library Initiative
(C) Virtual Library Initiative
(D) UNESCO Initiative
Answer: (B)
63. Arrange the
following library management software according to their year of origin:
(i) Koha
(ii) NewGenLib
(iii) SOUL
(iv) CDS/ISIS
Codes:
(A) (iv), (i), (ii), (iii)
(B) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
(D) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
Answer: (D)
64. Match the following:
List I
List II
(i) DDC
(w) 15th ed.
(ii) SLSH
(x) 34th ed.
(iii) DDC, Abridged
(y) 23rd ed.
(iv) LCSH
(z) 20th ed.
Codes:
(i)
(ii)
(iii) (iv)
(A)
(y) (x)
(z)
(w)
(B)
(y) (z)
(x)
(w)
(C)
(w) (y)
(z)
(x)
(D)
(y) (z)
(w) (x)
Answer: (D)
65. The indexing techniques (0-3)
as used in WINISIS will produce
(A) post coordinate index
(B) pre coordinate index
(C) both (A) and (B)
(D) none of the above
Answer: (B)
66. INSDOC has been merged with
NISCOM and is now known as
(A) DELNET
(B) NISCAIR
(C) DESIDOC
(D) NASSDOC
Answer: (B)
67. Identify
the correct order of the evolution of the following storage devices in
descending order:
(A) DVD, Magnetic tape, Floppy,
CD
(B) Magnetic tape, DVD, CD,
Floppy
(C) DVD, CD, Floppy, Magnetic
tape
(D) DVD, Floppy, Magnetic tape,
CD
Answer: (C)
68. What is the new name of ISBD
(S)?
(A) ISBD (JR)
(B) ISBD (CR)
(C) ISBD (ER)
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B)
69. The correct order of steps
involved in digital conversion of print materials is
(A) encoding, scanning,
searching, display
(B) scanning, encoding,
searching, display
(C) scanning, encoding, display,
searching
(D) encoding, scanning, display,
searching
Answer: (B)
70. ‘Melvil Dewey Medal’ is an
annual award given by
(B) ALA Award Committee
(C) ILA Award Committee
(D) ASLIB Award Committee
Answer: (B)
71. Assertion
(A): Historical research has been regarded to be truly scientific by a member
of experts.
Reason (R):
Historical evidences can be replicated.
Codes:
(A) Both A and R are true
(B) A is false, but R is true
(C) Both A and R are false
(D) A is partially true, but R is
true
Answer: (D)
72. What is the meaning of
‘Translation Pools’?
(A) Details about the names of
translation experts
(B) Details about the addresses
of the translators
(C) Agency of the names of
translation experts
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)
73. ‘Million Book Project’ was
initiated by
(A) Pittsburg University
(B) MIT, USA
(C) Michigan University
(D) Carnegie Mellon University
Answer: (D)
74. A
category-based systematic scheme of hierarchical classification incorporating
hierarchical relationships among the terms, control of synonyms, quasi-synonyms
and antonyms in extended sense is known as
(A) Thesaurus
(B) Thesaurofacet
(C) Classaurus
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)
75. In Dublin
Core Metadata Schema, which of the following elements does not have any qualifier?
(A) Title
(B) Creator
(C) Subject
(D) Descriptors
Answer: (B)
Solved paper
III of 2013 February Maharashtra State Eligibility Test for Lectureship (SET) /
State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) / M SET Examination in Library and
Information Science conducted by University of Pune is given below.
1. Which of the
following cannot be measured using an ordinal scale?
(A) Age
(B) Annual
income
(C) Grade point
average
(D) Religion
Answer: (D)
2. Database
management system that provides more flexible, albeit, more complex, logical
data models is :
(A)
Hierarchical Database Management System
(B) Network
Database Management System
(C) Relational
Database Management System
(D) Subject
Oriented Database Management System
Answer: (B)
3. Match the
following :
List I
List II
(a) CDS/ISIS
(i) NISCAIR
(b) Sanjay
(ii) CMC
(c) Granthalaya
(iii) UNESCO
(d) Maitrayee
(iv)
DESIDOC
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (iii)
(ii) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iii)
(iv) (i)
(C) (iv) (i)
(ii) (iii)
(D) (iii) (iv)
(i) (ii)
Answer: (D)
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)
37. The three
core processes i.e. opening, orientation and consolidation have been explained
in which information seeking behavior model ?
(A) Kuhlthou’s
Model
(B) Wilson’s
Model
(C) Foster’s
Non-linear Model
(D) Krikela’s
Model
Answer: (C)
38. String of
which indexing system has fixed citation order of discipline, entity, parts,
properties and processes ?
(A) PRECIS
(B) POPSI
(C) SLIC
(D) NEPHIS
Answer: (B)
39. The search
strategy that takes you from high precision to high recall is :
(A) Building
Block
(B) Citation
Pearl Growing
(C) Successive
Fractions
(D) Boolean
Search
Answer: (B)
(A) E.J. Coates
(B) J. Kaiser
(C) C.A. Cutter
(D) J.W.
Metcalf
Answer: (B)
41.
Hierarchical relation in a Thesaurus is a relation between :
(A) BT and RT
(B) RT and UF
(C) NT and RT
(D) BT and NT
Answer: (D)
42. Which
Information Retrieval Model studies the properties of the languages as well as
artificial language ?
(A)
Mathematical Model
(B) Economic
Model
(C)
Psychological Model
(D) Linguistics
Model
Answer: (D)
43. The ‘Web of
Knowledge’ is the service offered by :
(A) BIOSIS
(B) Pergamon
(C) Elsevier
(D) Thomson,
I.S.I.
Answer: (D)
44. Which of
the following is not a bibliographic network ?
(A) OCLC
(B) ISO
(C) CAS
(D) A-G Canada
Answer: (B)
45. The edition
statement is given in parenthesis immediately after the title of the documents
in :
(A) Chicago
Manual of Style
(B) Modern
Language Associate
(C) American
Psychological Association
(D) Scientific
Style and Format
Answer: (C)
46. Match the
following :
List I
List II
(i)
Introduction to Reference
Work
(a) B. Guha
(ii)
Documentationand
Information
(b) W.A. Katz
(iii)
University Libraries for Developing Countries (c) S.R. Ranganathan
(iv)
Documentation and its
facets
(d) M.A. Gelfand
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(A) (b) (a) (d)
(c)
(B) (c) (b) (a)
(d)
(C) (a) (c) (b)
(d)
(D) (b) (d) (c)
(a)
Answer: (A)
47. Second
group of entities in FRBR consist of :
(A) Author and
Conference proceedings
(B) Person and
Corporate body
(C) Publisher
and Corporate body
(D) Author and
Publisher
Answer: (B)
48. Match the
following :
List I
List II
(i) INDEST
(a) Engineering Sciences
(ii) FORSA
(b) Nuclear Physics
(iii) INIS
(c) Education
(iv) ERIC
(d) Astrophysics
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(A) (a) (c) (d)
(b)
(B) (c) (a) (b)
(d)
(C) (a) (d) (b)
(c)
(D) (d) (a) (c)
(b)
Answer: (C)
49. According
to AACR-II, the statement of responsibility in case of sound recordings “Texas
country by Willie Nelson and others” will be rendered as :
(A) Texas
Country/Willie Nelson and others
(B) Texas
Country/Willie Nelson ........ [et al.]
(C) Texas
Country/Willie Nelson (et al.)
(D) Texas
Country/Willie Nelson ........ (et al.)
Answer: (B)
50. Telescoping
of arrays satisfies :
(A) Law of
Symmetry
(B) Law of
Osmosis
(D) Law of
Impartiality
Answer: (C)
51. A
regression curve is :
(A) A model of
a mathematical relationship between two variables
(B) A model of
a direct relationship between two variables
(C) A model of
an inverse relationship between two variables
(D) A model to
depict central tendency
Answer: (A)
52. Which of
the following is not the use of devices in classification schemes ?
(A) To avoid
enumeration
(B) To provide
autonomy to a classifier
(C) To satisfy
the library users
(D) To satisfy
the canon of helpful sequence
Answer: (C)
53. Which of
the following is a primary document ?
(A) Nature
(B) Current
contents
(C) Science
citation index
(D) Chemical
abstracts
Answer: (A)
54. Assertion
(A) : Primary sources provide most authentic information.
Reason (R) :
Primary sources are highly unorganised as far as access is concerned.
Codes :
(A) Both (A)
and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A)
and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is
false but (R) is true.
(D) Both (A)
and (R) are false.
Answer: (B)
55. The term
‘Lexicography’ is associated with :
(A) Compilation
of dictionaries
(B) Compilation
of directory
(C) Compilation
of encyclopedia
(D) Compilation
of yearbook
Answer: (A)
56. When each
member of a population has an equal chance of being selected, the sampling is
called :
(A) Probability
sampling
(B) Quota
sampling
(C) Snowball
sampling
(D) Purposive
sampling
Answer: (A)
57.
‘Universities Handbook : India’ is published by :
(A) UGC
(B) NBT
(C) AIU
(D) ILA
Answer: (C)
58. Match the
following :
List I
List II
(i)
NISSAT
(a) Indian Science Abstracts
(ii) NISCAIR
(b) State-of-the-Art Reports
(iii) DESIDOC
(c) Information today and tomorrow
(iv)
Information
Consolidation (d)
DJLIT
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(A) (c) (a) (d)
(b)
(B) (a) (d) (c)
(b)
(C) (d) (a) (c)
(b)
(D) (b) (c) (d)
(a)
Answer: (A)
59. Division
into two is called :
(A) Dichotomy
(B) Decachotomy
(C) Polychotomy
(D) Monochotomy
Answer: (A)
60. NISCAIR was
formed by the amalgamation of :
(A) NISCOM and
INSDOC
(B) INSDOC and NISTADS
(C) NISCOM and
NISTADS
(D) INSDOC and
NISSAT
Answer: (A)
61. Which
organisation is working on intellectual property rights at international level
?
(A) WIPO
(B) UNESCO
(C) IFLA
(D) ANSI
Answer: (A)
62. Which of
the following principles of management corroborates the statement, “Library
administration should create environment which leads to harmony and unity” ?
(A) Initiative
(B) Equity
(C) Espirit de
Corps
(D) Order
Answer: (C)
63.
Biotechnology is an example of :
(A) Fission
(B) Fusion
(C) Cluster
(D) Lamination
Answer: (B)
64. Who looks
after DDC ?
(A) UNESCO
(B) IFLA
(C) OCLC
(D) CILIP
Answer: (C)
65. Identify
the right sequence :
(A) Theory,
Law, Hypothesis, Axiom
(B) Axiom,
Hypothesis, Law, Theory
(C) Hypothesis,
Axiom, Law, Theory
(D) Law, Hypothesis,
Theory, Axiom
Answer: (C)
(A) ILA
(B) DRTC
(C) NISCAIR
(D) IASLIC
Answer: (C)
67. The concept
of ‘invisible college’ was first used by :
(A) Derek
Desola Price
(B) F.W.
Lancaster
(C) Eugene
Garfield
(D) S.R.
Ranganathan
Answer: (A)
68. In web 2.0
tagging is called :
(A) Economy
(B) Taxonomy
(C) Synonymy
(D) Folksonomy
Answer: (D)
69. According
to the Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994 ......................... is the
Member Secretary of University Library Committee.
(A) BCUD
Director
(B) Librarian
(C) Dy.
Librarian
(D) Registrar
Answer: (B)
70.
............................. is not an indexing tool ?
(A) MESH
(B) Roget’s
Thesaurus
(C) Macrothesaurus
(D) TEST
Answer: (B)
71. The first
Ph.D. in India in Library Science was awarded to :
(A) B.S.
Keshvan
(B) D.B.
Krishna Rao
(C) P.N. Kaula
(D) S.R.
Ranganathan
Answer: (B)
72. Which
service consists of feedback mechanism ?
(A) Translation
service
(B) CAS
(C) SDI
(D) Reprography
Answer: (C)
73. A glossary
consists of :
(A) List of
common words in specific language
(B) List of
thematically arranged words
(C) List of
words arranged in alphabetical order
(D) List of
technical words with definitions
Answer: (D)
74. Who
proposed the ‘Demand Theory’ of book selection ?
(A) Lionel
McColvin
(B) Melvil
Dewey
(C) S.R.
Ranganathan
(D) F.K.W.
Drury
Answer: (A)
75. Which of
the following is the correct evolutionary sequence of classification schemes ?
(A) UDC, BC,
EC, DDC, CC
(B) DDC, EC,
UDC, CC, BC
(C) DDC, UDC,
EC, BC, CC
(D) UDC, EC,
DDC, CC, BC
Answer: (B)