LIS Question Bank 2



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
(D) extension into narrower 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
(iii) Relationship List                          (y) Taxonomy
(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)
21. From which edition the concept of Phoenix schedule was introduced in DDC?
(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)
35. The Cow-Calf Principle as enunciated by Dr. S. R. Ranganathan is useful to determine
(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)
(B) (ii) and (iii)
(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
(A) IFLA Award Committee
(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
(B) Leadership
(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 :
(A) Print Office Protocol
(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 :
(A) ‘to find’, ‘to identify’, ‘to select’ and ‘to acquire or obtain’
(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)
40. Who is the author of ‘Systematic Indexing’ ?
(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
(C) Law of Parsimony
(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)
66. ‘Annals of Library and Information Studies’ journal is published by :
(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)