MH SET 2015: 6 September, Paper II, Library and Information Science
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Test Booklet No.
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LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
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Library and Information Science
Paper II
II
Time Allowed : 75 Minutes] [Maximum Marks : 100
Note : This Paper contains Fifty (50) multiple choice questions, each question
carrying Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.
(50) (2)
1. First state-aided Public Library in 1.
India was established by :
(A) William Jones
(A)
(B) W.A. Borden
(B)
(C) Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad
(C)
(D) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (D)
2. In a virtual library : 2.
(A) There is no corresponding (A)
physical collection
(B)
(B) Collection is available online as
well as offline
(C)
(C) Collection is available online as
well as print form
(D)
(D) Collection is available on CD as
well as print form
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3. DOS, UNIX, LINUX, Windows are 3.
examples of :
(A) Application software (A)
(B) System software (B)
(C) Computer language (C)
(D) Operating system (D)
4. Lotka’s law is related to : 4.
(A) Word frequency count
(B) Scientific productivity (A)
(C) Distribution of papers in the (B)
periodicals (C)
(D) Citation analysis (D)
5. Which of the following cannot 5.
be considered as probability
sampling ?
(A)
(A) Lottery method of sampling
(B)
(B) Systematic sampling
(C) Snowball sampling (C)
(D) Cluster sampling (D)
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6. Who provided the first explication 6.
of a theory of scales for the
measurement of operational
variables ?
(A)
(A) E.S. Pearson
(B)
(B) S.S. Stevens
(C)
(C) F.W. Lancaster
(D)
(D) Steve Leach
7. The standard deviation of a 7.
population is :
(A)
(A) Mean of the squared deviations
(B) Mean deviation (B)
(C) Simply the variance
(C)
(D) Simply the square root of the
(D)
variance
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8. Abstracts in LISA (Library and 8. (LISA)
Information Science Abstracts) are
arranged according to :
(A) DDC
(A)
(B) Colon classification
(B)
(C) A special scheme of
classification (C)
(D) UDC (D)
9. According to Dr. S.R. Ranganathan 9.
the proportion of expenditure of
University Library budget on books
and other reading materials should
be : (A) 60%
(A) 60%
(B) 50%
(B) 50%
(C) 40%
(C) 40%
(D) 30%
(D) 30%
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10. A Standard TQM tool would be : 10.
(A) Questionnaire (A)
(B) Interview (B)
(C) Diary (C)
(D) Flow chart (D)
11. Which management school regards 11.
management as a Universal
process ?
(A)
(A) The Human Relations School
(B)
(B) The Classical School
(C)
(C) The System School
(D) The Social Systems School (D)
12. In 1990 4P’s were translated into 4 12. 1990 ‘Ps’
C’s of marketing. Here ‘Promotion’ ‘C’s’
(P) represents : ‘P’
(A) Cost to users (A)
(B) Customer needs and wants (B)
(C) Communication (C)
(D) Convenience (D)
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13. Systems study involves : 13.
(A) Analysis only
(A)
(B) Analysis, evaluation and design
(B)
(C) Analysis and design only
(C)
(D) Analysis and evaluation only (D)
14. Likert’s name is associated with : 14.
(A) Theory of Motivation
(B) Evolving organizational (A)
structure (B)
(C) Style of leadership (C)
(D) Decision-making theory (D)
15. Management of the Library by 15.
Library Committee is an example
of ..........
(A)
(A) MBO
(B)
(B) Participative Management
(C)
(C) Decentralisation
(D) Consultative Management (D)
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16. Delegation of authority
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involves :
(A) Responsibility only
(B) Authority and Accountability (A)
only
(B)
(C) Accountability and
Responsibility only
(C)
(D) Responsibility, Authority and
(D)
Accountability
17.
17. Index Translationum is a world
bibliography of translations of :
(A) Periodical articles
(A)
(B) Books
(B)
(C) Books and periodical articles (C)
(D) Patents (D)
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18. With whom would you relate 18.
‘Dissertation Abstracts Interna-
tional’ ?
(A)
(A) Pro-quest
(B)
(B) Springer
(C)
(C) Emerald
(D) OUP (D)
19. INSPEC database records .......... 19.
(A) Full text (A)
(B) Index and Abstract (B)
(C) Numerical (C)
(D) Abstract and Full text (D)
20. Which of the following journals is 20.
available only in electronic form ?
(A) D-Lib Magazine (A)
(B) Journal of Documentation (B)
(C) Library Quarterly (C)
(D) Library Trends (D)
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21. The best strategy for a high recall 21.
for a user who has one concrete
reference with him would be :
(A) Building block (A)
(B) Successive fractions (B)
(C) Citation Pearl Growing (C)
(D) Boolean search (D)
22. Name the author of ‘Grammar of 22.
Classification’ :
(A) S.R. Ranganathan (A)
(B) H.E. Bliss (B)
(C) W.C.B. Sayers (C)
(D) J. Mills (D)
23. ‘OCLC’ was founded in the year : 23.
(A) 2001
(A) 2001
(B) 2000
(B) 2000
(C) 1967
(C) 1967
(D) 1978
(D) 1978
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24. Who is responsible for registration 24.
of Indian Publishers ?
(A) INFLIBNET (A)
(B) DELNET (B)
(C) RRRLF (C)
(D) R.R. BOWKER (D)
25. Which of the following evaluation 25.
techniques is used in forecasting ?
(A) Market research (A)
(B) Performance evaluation (B)
(C) Cost-benefit analysis (C)
(D) Delphi technique (D)
26. The basic components of network 26.
analysis in PERT/CPM are :
(A) Event and performance (A)
(B) Event and activity (B)
(C) Activity and conditions (C)
(D) Conditions and dummy activity (D)
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27. National Library (Kolkata) receives
27.
books on deposit under :
(A) Registration of Books Act,
1867
(A) 1867
(B) The Delivery of Books Act,
(B) 1956
1956
(C) The Copyright Act, 1985
(C) 1985
(D) Right to Information Act,
(D) 2003
2003
28. Who was the first Librarian of 28.
Imperial Library ?
(A) John Macfarlane (A)
(B) J.A. Chapman (B)
(C) Khan Bahadur MA Asadullah
(C)
(D) B.S. Kesavan
(D)
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29. In the context of extension services 29.
mark the odd one :
(A) Public lectures and talks by
(A)
eminent persons
(B) Celebration of festivals
(B)
(C) Arranging the music show etc.
(D) Providing information (C)
pinpointedly (D)
30. Bodleian Library is in the
30.
University of :
(A) Cambridge (A)
(B) Oxford (B)
(C) Harvard (C)
(D) Stanford (D)
31. When was Encyclopedia Britannica 31.
first published ?
(A) 1758 (A) 1758
(B) 1768 (B) 1768
(C) 1865 (C) 1865
(D) 1875 (D) 1875
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32. Who wrote the book titled ‘‘An 32.
Introduction to Library
Classification’’ ?
(A)
(A) J.D. Brown
(B)
(B) S.R. Ranganathan
(C) W.C. Berwick Sayers (C)
(D) Howard Phillips (D)
33. The concept of systematic indexing 33.
was devised by :
(A) E.J. Coates (A)
(B) J.E.L. Farradane (B)
(C) H.P. Luhn (C)
(D) J. Keiser (D)
34. SQL stands for : 34.
(A) Structured Query Language (A)
(B) Standard Query Language (B)
(C) Systematic Query Language (C)
(D) Soft Query Language (D)
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35. Which one of the following reference
35.
source attempts to explain the
literary terms and works ?
(A) Oxford Dictionary of
(A)
Quotations
(B)
(B) Who’s Who of Indian
Writers
(C)
(C) Information please Almanac
(D)
(D) Benet’s Reader’s Encyclopedia
36. ‘Shodhagangotri’ Project is 36.
concerned with :
(A)
(A) Theses
(B)
(B) Synopsis of Theses
(C) Books (C)
(D) E-Journals
(D)
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37. The formula for the Chi-square test 37.
is :
(A) a 2
(A) a 2
(B) b 2
(B) b 2
(C) 2
(C) 2
(D) c 2 (D) c 2
38. Who is the author of the book 38.
‘‘Organization of Knowledge in
Libraries’’ ?
(A)
(A) S.R. Ranganathan
(B)
(B) W.C.B. Sayers
(C) J. Mills (C)
(D) H.E. Bliss (D)
39. Name the two states of India, in 39. 1989
which the Public Libraries Act was
passed in 1989 ?
(A)
(A) Kerala and Haryana
(B)
(B) Haryana and Goa
(C)
(C) Manipur and Mizoram
(D)
(D) Kerala and Goa
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40. The first Library Association formed
40.
in India is :
(A) Andhra Pradesh Library
(A)
Association
(B)
(B) Bengal Library Association
(C) Indian Library Association (C)
(D) Madras Library Association (D)
41. Who has introduced Advancement
41.
of Librarianship Programme ?
(A) IFLA
(A)
(B) UNESCO
(B)
(C) FID
(C)
(D) ICSU
(D)
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42. The significant characteristic of an 42.
analogue signal is :
(A) it is discrete (A)
(B) it is continuous (B)
(C) it transmits fast (C)
(D) it has less noise (D)
43. Identify the Dublin Core 43.
metadata element that is not related
to the resource as intellectual
property :
(A)
(A) Creator
(B)
(B) Publisher
(C)
(C) Title
(D) Contributor (D)
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44. Prof. D.P. Chattopadhyaya was
44.
Chairman of the committee
related to :
(A) National Policy on Library and (A)
Information System
(B) Development of Libraries and
(B)
their Organization
(C) Curriculum Development in (C)
Library and Information
Science
(D) Public Libraries in India (D)
45. Zero Based Budgeting means : 45.
(A) A budgeting without funds
(A)
(B) Budgeting afresh
(B)
(C) Budgeting based on previous
(C)
year’s expenses
(D)
(D) Performance budget
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46. Which indexing system uses a single 46.
term and an accession number of the
document as an indicator of
reference ?
(A)
(A) POPSI
(B)
(B) KWIC
(C) Index of DDC (C)
(D) Relative Index (D)
47. Identify the entity that belongs to 47.
first group of entities in FRBR :
(A) Object (A)
(B) Event (B)
(C) Concept (C)
(D) Expression (D)
48. In CCF, the equivalent of leader in 48.
MARC 21, is called : 21
(A) Directory (A)
(B) Record Label (B)
(C) Record Separator (C)
(D) Data Fields (D)
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49. Which of the following is not a canon 49.
for characteristics ?
(A) Canon of Differentiation (A)
(B) Canon of Exclusiveness (B)
(C) Canon of Ascertainability (C)
(D) Canon of Permanence (D)
50. Which of the following is an example 50.
of equivalence relationship ?
(A) Nervous system—Central
(A)
nervous system
(B)
(B) Freedom—Liberty
(C)
(C) Hunting—Hunters
(D)
(D) Weaving—Cloth
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