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MPPSC Librarian 2024: Assistant Professor, Librarian and Sports Officer Examination, Library Science

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                                                     4424                                        Series

                       5712057                  LIBRARY SCIENCE




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1.     What is visual impairment often defined as ?          4.   When was the Directorate of Archaeology,
       (A) Best corrected visual acuity of worse than             Archives and Museums merged with the
            either 20/20 or 20/30                                 Govemment Archives of Madhya Pradesh ?

       (B) Best corrected visual acuity of worse than             (A) 1956
                                                                  (B) 1974
            either 20/40 or 20/60
                                                                  (C) 1980
       (Q Best corrected visual acuity of worse than
                                                                  (D) 1994
            either 20/70 or 20/90

       (D) Best corrected visual acuity of worse than
            either 20/50 or 20/80
                                                             5.   Which type of records are maintained by the
                                                                  Directorate of State Archives of Madhya
                                                                  Pradesh ?
2.     Intemational Federation of Library Associations
       and Institutions (IFLA)'s "Guidelines for                  (A) Ayurvedic Medicine records ^

       accessible libraries and services for everyone" are        (B) Current records

       meant to benefit which group of people ?                   (C) Non-current records

       (A) Senior Citizens                                        (D) Sociological records

       (B) Musicians
                                                             6.   When was the Indore Divisional Library
       (C) Persons with Disabilities
                                                                  Association founded ?
       (D) Business Executives
                                                                  (A) 1965
                                                                  (B) 1967
3.     What is the primary objective of National                  (C) 1970
       Information System for Science and Technology              P) 1975
       (NISSAT)?

       (A) To provide digital media content for              7.   What is the primary function ofJAWS Pro talking
                                                                  software, and which type of persons does it
            entertainment
                                                                  benefit ?
       (B) To    archive    historical- documents     and         (A) To convert a normal PC into a talking PC for
            artifacts                                                  benefitting visually-impaired users
       (C) To     support scientific      research    and         (B) To provide entertainment content for
                                                                       benefitting general users
            developmental work through an information
                                                                  (C) To      enhance     gaming   experience   for
            system                                                     benefitting gamers
       (B) To create a public library of general                  (D) To edit videos and images for benefitting
                                                                       content creators
            knowledge

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8.     According to the 'National Education Policy            11.   When was the University Grants Commission
                                                                    (UGC) Infbnet Digital Library Consortium'
       2020', what will be the role of public libraries for
                                                                    established ?
       adult education ?
                                                                    (A) 1st January, 2000
     (A) Public libraries will offer hobby classes for              (B) 28th December,2003
            adults.                                                 (C) 15th August, 2005
     (B) Public libraries will be utilized for adult                (D) 2nd October, 1999
            education courses.

     (C) Public libraries will provide job placement
                                                              12.   Under which of the following Act, is the 'Raja
            services for adults.                                    Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF)'
                                                                    registered ?
     (D) Public libraries will organize leisure
                                                                    (A) Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860
            activities for adults.
                                                                    (B) West Bengal Societies Registration Act,
                                                                         1961
9.     What      was       the   'National    Knowledge
                                                                    (Q Central Societies Registration Act, 1980
       Commission's (2005)' mandate ?
                                                                    (D) State Societies Registration Act, 1955
     (A) To develop national educational agreements
            between colleges and universities                 13.   In which year did the United Nations Educational,
                                                                    Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
     (B) To guide policy and direct reforms in key
                                                                    celebrate the 'International Book Year' with the
            areas siich as education and e-Govemance                slogan "Books for All"?

     (C) To regulate resource sharing among                         (A) 1962

            students and teachers                                   (B) 1972
                                                                    (C) 1982
     (D) To facilitate the upgrading ofprofessionals'
                                                                    (D) 1992
             skills in various areas



10. In which year was the term of copyright extended 14. Under the 'National Mission on Libraries(NML)'
                                                         scheme, which type of libraries receive financial
    to 60 years from 50 years after the death of the     assistance as part of the NML.Model Library
       author in India ?                                            Component?
                                                                    (A) Only private libraries
     (A) 1985
                                                                    (B) One State Central Library and one District
       (B) 1990
                                                                         Library in each StateAJT
       (C) 1992                                                     (C) All village libraries •
     (D) 1995                                                       (D) Only university libraries

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15.    When was Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library         19. Arrange the following State Public Libraries Acts
       first opened to public ?                                   in chronological order based on their year of
       (A) 1835                                                   enactment:

       (B) 1891                                                    1.    Rajasthan Public Libraries Act
      (C) 1929                                                    2.     Bihar Public Libraries Act
      (D) 1933                                                    3.      Haryana Public Libraries Act
                                                                  4.      Goa Public Libraries Act
16. Which among the following statements regarding
                                                                  Codes:
       International Federation of Library Associations
       and Institutions(IFLA)is incorrect ?                      (A) 3,4,1,2

      (A) IFLA was founded in 1927.                              (B) 4,3,1,2
                                                                 (C) 3,1,4,2
      (B) Isak Collijn was the first President ofIFLA.
                                                                 (D) 2,3,4,1
      (C) IFLA World Library and Information
              Congress (WLIC) 2025 will be held in
              Kazakhstan.                                    20. Levying library cess is one of the implications of
      (D) IFLA was founded in The Hague.                          which ofthe following laws of Library Science ?
                                                                 (A) First Law

17. Which of the following organizations merged to               (B) Second Law

       form    Chartered    Institute   of Library     and       (C) Fourth Law
       Information Professionals (CILIP)?                        (D) Fifth Law

        1.      Association of Special Libraries and
                Information Bureaux(ASLIB)                   21. In 2014, Online Computer Library Center
                                                                 (OCLC) Research Scientists, Connaway and
       2.       International Institute of Bibliography
                                                                  Daniel reordered 'Five Laws of Library Science'
       3.       Library Association(UK)
                                                                  given by S.R. Ranganathan. Which of the
       4.       Institute ofInformation Scientists
                                                                  following is the 'First Law' after reordering ?
       Codes:                                                    (A) Every Person His/Her Book
      (A) 1 and 4                                                (B) Every Book Its Reader
       (B) 2 and 3                                               (C) Save The Time of The Reader
       (C) 3 and 4                                               (D) Books Are for Use
       (D) 1 and 3
                                                             22. Who among the following inaugurated 'Delhi
18. Which Commission/Committee described public
                                                                  Public Library' in 1951 ?
       libraries as 'Stagnant Pool ofBooks'?
                                                                  (A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
       (A) Kothari Commission
                                                                  (B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
       (B) Sinha Committee
                                                                  (C) Dr;Zakir Hussain
       (C) Mudaliar Commission
                                                                  (D) Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
       (D) Mehrotra Committee

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23. 'JADE'is a/an                                          28. National Interlibrary Loan Code for the United
      (A) Software                                             States of America is prepared by :
       (B) Journal
                                                               (A) Intemational Federation of Library
                                                                    Associations and Institutions(IFLA)
       (C) Organisation
                                                               (B) American Library Association(ALA)
      (D) Indexing periodical                                  (C) Online Computer Library Center(OCLC)
                                                               (D) Special Libraries Association(SLA)

24.                  supports 'Data Science Journal*.
                                                           29. 'Health Science Library and Information
      (A) United Nations Educational, Scientific and
                                                               Network(HELINET)' consortium is an initiative
          Cultural Organization(UNESCO)
                                                                of:
      (B) International Federation of Library
                                                               (A) National Medical Library, India
          Associations and Institutions(IFLA)
                                                               (B) National Science Library, India
      (C) Committee on Data of the International
                                                               (C) Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
          Science Council(CODATA)
                                                               (D) Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
      (D) Indian Reference Station (INRES)

                                                           30. Which of the following was the order used by
25. International Nuclear Information System (INIS)            Dewey to organise knowledge in Dewey Decimal
    maintains     a    multilingual  thesaurus   in            Classification(DDC), that was the inverted order
                   languages.                                   of Bacon ?

      (A) Six                                                  (A) History, Philosophy, Poesy
      (B) Seven                                                (B) Poesy, History, Philosophy,
      (C) Eight                                                (C) Philosophy, Poesy, History
      (D) Nine                                                 (D) Philosophy, History, Poesy


                                                           31.. In Colon Classification, all the main subjects
26. 'FORSA' consortium          is   related   to 'which
                                                                covering the pure disciplines in the 'Natural
       subject ?
                                                                Sciences' group are arranged among themselves
      (A) Astronomy and Astrophysics                            according to the principle of:
      (B) Sociology and Arts                                   (A) Decreasing Extension
      (C) Robotics and Astronomy                               (B) Increasing Concreteness
      (D) Space and Astronomy                                  (C) Increasing Artificiality
                                                                (D) Decreasing Artificiality

27. 'Discovery to Delivery'(D2D)is the service of:
       (A) Patent Information System (PIS)                 32. By which mode of formation is the subject
       (B) Online Computer Library Center(OCLC)                 'Mathematical Science' formed ?

       (C) International Federation of Library                 (A) Fusion
           Associations and Institutions(IFLA)                 (B) Clustering
                                                               (C) Agglomeration
       (D) International Nuclear Information System
           (INIS)                                              (D) Distillation,


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33. Which of the following is not an objective of 37. Which ofthe following types ofattacks cannot be
    library automation ?                              prevented by a firewall ?
    (A) Reduce duplication of work                    (A)  Internet Protocol(IP)spoofing
    (B) Increase human resource costs                          (B) Internal employee threats
    (C) Improve user services                                  (C) Routing attacks
    (D) Enhance resource sharing
                                                               (D) NATing issues



34. Who first introduced the term 'automation' in
     1936?                                               38.   Which of the following is/are related to the
    (A) D.S. Harder
                                                               method(s) of passive attack to steal unauthorized
                                                               information fi-om a computer ?
    (B) Alan Turing
                                                                1.   Browsing
    (C) Alonzo Church
    (D) John McCarthy                                           2.   Inferencing
                                                                3.   Viruses

                                                                4.   Integrity attack
35. Which of the following are essential features of            Choose the correct answer:
    an Integrated Library System (ILS)?
                                                               (A) Onlyl
       1.    Common database for all operations                (B) Only 1 and 2
       2.    Support for multiple branches                     (C) Only 1,2 and 3
       3.    Continuous backup
                                                               (D) Only 1,2 and 4

       4.    Manual cataloguing
       Select the correct answer using the codes given
                                                         39.                  is for controlling the creation of
       below:
                                                               transmission paths between computers on a single
     (A) Only 1,2 and 3                                         network and for connection between different
     (B) Only 2, 3 and 4                                        networks.
     (C) I, 2, 3 and 4                                         (A) HyperText Transfer Protocol(HTTP)
     (D) Only I and 4                                          (B) Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
                                                                   Protocol(TCP/IP)
                                                               (C) File Transfer Protocol(FTP)
                                                               (D) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol(SMTP)
36. Which of the following is not a task under the
       'Circulation control' module of an 'Integrated
       Library System (ILS)'                             40.    Which ofthe following is     a purpose ofa proxy
       (A) Fine calculation                                     server ?

       (B) User management                                     (A) Speed up Internet access
                                                               (B) Enable private chat
       (C) Vendor database management                          (C) Improve security
       (D) Issue/return ofitems                                (D) Scan for viruses

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41. Which ofthe following are true about publication 45. Which of the following is a Key Result Area
    element of International Standard Book Number        (KRA)according to Peter Drucker ?
    (ISBN)?                                              (A) Employee entertainment
       1.     Variable length                            (B) Profitability
                                                         (C) Office decoration
       2.     Up to 5 digits
                                                         (D) Daily meetings
       3.     Fixed length
       4.     Up to 6 digits                        46. What was the primary focus of Max Weber's
                                                        Bureaucratic Management Theory ?
       Codes:
                                                         (A) Promoting employee creativity
    (A) Only 1 and 4
                                                         (B) Strictly defining hierarchy and regulations
    (B) 1,2, 3 and 4
                                                         (C) Eliminating management roles
    (C) Only 2, 3 and 4
                                                         (D) Encouraging flexible work environment
    (D) Only 2 and 4

                                                  47. In a thesaurus, which is the type of relationship
                                                      between a Discipline (e.g. Seismology) and
42. Who proposed the "14 steps" for a zero-defect     Phenomena studied (e.g. Earthquakes)?
    quality improvement plan ?
                                                      (A) Associative Relationship
    (A) Joseph Juran                                  (B) Hierarchical Relationship
    (B) Genichi Taguchi                                  (C) Equivalence Relationship
    (C) Kaoru Ishikawa                                   (D) Generic Relationship
    (D) Crosby
                                                  48. Descriptive Abstract is also known as :
                                                      (A) Informative Abstract
43. Performance Appraisal is a systematic way of
                                                      (B) Titular Abstract
    reviewing and assessing the performance of an
                                                      (C) Extended Abstract
    employee:
                                                      (D) Indicative Abstract
    (A) During a given period oftime
    (B) During the entire time of service           49. Find the odd one out from the following : ■
    (C) At the time of retirement                        (A) Uniterm
                                                         (B) Preserved     Context    Indexing    System
    (D) Before joining a job                                 (PRECIS)
                                                         (C) Postulate-based Permuted Subject Indexing
                                                              (POPSI)
44. According to Dr. S.R. Ranganathan's Staff           (D) Chain Indexing
    formula, how many professionals are required in
    Acquisition(Book)Section ?                      50. What is the first function of Management ?
    (A) 1 per 6000 volumes added annually               (A) Controlling
    (B) 1 per 10000 volumes added annually              (B) Organizing
    (C) 1 per 3000 volumes added armually               (C) Planning
       (D) 1 per 12000 volumes added annually            (D) Directing


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51. What is the Field Tag for Dewey Decimal              55. In Classified Catalogue Code (CCC), Generic
       Classification    (DDC)   Class   Number     in         Name Entry is :
       MARC-21 ?                                               (A) Cross Reference Index Entry
       (A) 020'                                                (B) Class Index Entry
      (B) 050                                                  (C) Book Index Entry
      (C) 082
                                                               (D) Cross Reference Entry
      (D) 010


                                                         56. The      Class   Number   of   ^Atlas'   in   Colon
52. Which bibliographic model organises information            Classification is:
    of a resource into the following three core levels
                                                               (A) c
       of abstraction : Work,Instance and Item ?
                                                               (B) d
      (A) Functional Requirements for Bibliographic
          Records(FRBR)                                        (C) e
                                                               (D) f
      (B) Bibliographic Framework 2-0(BIBFRAME
            2-0)
      (C) Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules-2
                                                         57.   Which of the following is not a canon for
          (AACR-2)
                                                               characteristics ?
      (D) Resource Description and Access(RDA)
                                                               (A) Canon of Differentiation
                                                               (B) Canon of Relevance
53. The Sears List ofSubject Headings include which            (C) Canon ofPermanence
    of the following subdivisions ?                            (D) Canon ofBxhaustiveness
       1.      Topical
       2.      Geographical                              58.   In Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules-2
       3.     Form                                             (AACR-2),the symbol that separates the name of
                                                               publisher and the year of publication, is:
       4.      Chronological
                                                               (A) ,(Comma)
       Codes:
                                                               (B) ()(Bracket)
      (A) Only 2,3 and 4                                       (C) ;(Semicolon)
      (B) 1,2, 3 and 4
                                                               (D) :(Colon)
      (C) Only 1,2 and 3
      (D) Only 2 and 4
                                                         59.   'Function' in Political Science, 'Physiology' in
                                                               Biological Sciences, and 'Social Activities' in
                                                               Sociology, are all denoted by the digit-3. This
54.    Which of the following is not a Dublin Core             feature of Colon Classification (CC) conforms
       Metadata element ?                                      to :

       (A) Work                                                (A) Scheduled Mnemonics
       (B) Creator                                             (B) Seminal Mnemonics
       (C) Publisher                                           (C) Systematic Mnemonics
       (D) Contributor                                         (D) Alphabetical Mnemonics

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60.                        is an important tool to provide    65.   The Translation Centre for the Bodies of the

       referral service in libraries.                               European Union was established in
       (A) Union Catalogue                                          in              .

       (B) Encyclopedia
                                                                    (A) Germany, 1993
                                                                    (B) Luxembourg, 1994
       (C) Yearbook
                                                                    (C) The Netherlands, 1994
       (D) Almanac
                                                                    (D) Hungary, 1993

61. Which of the following is a tertiary source of
                                                              66. 'Medicinal ,and         Aromatic Plants     Abstracts
       information ?
                                                                    (MAPA)* is a/an                  .
       (A) Laboratory notebook                                      (A) Abstracting Journal
       (B) Abstracting periodical                                   (B) Indexing Journal
       (C) Library catalogue                                        (C) Bibliography
       (D) Handbook                                                 (D) Research Journal


62.                     has described three different 67.              is a software service that allows
       philosophies/levels of Reference Service.          libraries to send SMS messages to all
       (A) Margaret Hutchins                                        text-enabled phones.
       (B) Samuel Green                                             (A) Send org
       (C)' S.R. Ranganathan                                   ■    (B) Alert X
       (D) James Wyer                                               (C) Shoutbomb
                                                                    (D) Gemini
63.                         categorised textbooks under
       primary category.                                      68. 'WorldShare' is a type of                  .
       (A) Giljarevskij                                             (A) Interlibrary Loan Service
       (B) Denis Grogan                                             (B) Translation Service
       (C) Bonn and Smith                                           (C) Refere;nce Service
       (D) S.R. Ranganathan
                                                                    (D) Referral Service

64. 'Reference       and     User   Services    Association
                                                              69.                       is a leading electronic document
       (RUSA)* is a division of                .
                                                                    delivery service provider.
       (A) International       Federation      of   Library
                                                                    (A) Infotrieve
             Associations and Institutions(IFLA)
                                                                    (B) Clarivate
       (B) American Library Association(ALA)
                                                                    (C) Visible Light Communication (VLC)
       (C) Library Association(LA)                                      Document Delivery Service(DDS)
       (D) Special Libraries Association(SLA)                       (D) Team Builder

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70. Which organization is a successor to the General 74. Which of the" following skills are needed to
    Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(GATT), 1994 ?         convert information into knowledge ?
                                                                  1.     Cognitive skills
       (A) World Intellectual Property Organization
                                                                 2.      Critical skills
           (WIPO)
                                                                 3.      Theoretical skills
       (B) International Monetary Fund(IMF)
                                                                 Codes:
       (C) Word Trade Organization(WTO)
                                                                 (A) Only 1 and 2
    (D) United Nations Organisation(UNO)                         (B) Only 2 and 3
                                                                 (C) Only land 3
                                                                 (D) 1,2 and 3
71. Which of the following is not one of the main
       components of Berlo's SMCR model ?
                                                           75. What is the origin ofthe word 'document'?
    (A) Source
                                                                 (A) Greek word 'dokimos', meaning proof
       (B) Message
                                                                 (B) Latin word 'docere', meaning to teach or to
       (C) Context
                                                                       inform
       (D) Receiver                                              (C) English word 'documan', meaning evidence
                                                                 (D) French word 'documenter', meaning to
                                                                       teach or to inform
72. In which year was the Indian Copyright Act, 1957
       amended to extend protection to computer
                                                           76. What       is    the   purpose   of   encoding   in
       programs as literary works ?
                                                                 communication ?
       (A) 1985
                                                                 (A) To translate the message into a language or
       (B) 1990
                                                                       code suitable for transmission and intended
       (C) 1994                                                        receivers
       (D) 2000                                                  (B) To receive the message accurately
                                                                 (C) To organize the message content
                                                                 (D) To enhance the clarity ofthe message
73. Who defined communication as 'an exchange of
       facts, ideas, opinions or emotions by two or more
       persons'?                                           77.   Who coined the term "Information Science"in the

                                                                 1950s?
       (A) Harold Koontz
       (B) Louis Allen                                           (A) Jason Farradane
                                                                 (B) Alan Turing
       (C) Newman and Summer
                                                                 (C) Claude Shannon
       (D) G.D. Brown
                                                                 (D) John von Neumann

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78. Which layer of UNIX OS has the command 82. What does "Bandwidth" measure in a network ?
        interpreter ?                              (A) Number of devices connected
        (A) Kernel                                 (B) Amount of data transferred in a given time
        (B) Utilities                              (C) Physical length of the cable
                                                   (D) Internet downtime
        (C) Shell
        (D) Nucleus
                                                         83. What is the main purpose ofthe 'FTP' protocol ?
                                                             (A) Secure websites
    79. Which ofthe following is not a secondary storage     (B) Transfer files over the Internet
        device in a computer ?
                                                             (C) Monitor network traffic
        (A) Magnetic storage device                          (D) Provide cloud storage services
        (B) Optical storage device
        (C) Magneto-optical storage device
                                                          84. In which of the following modes of data
        (D) Semiconductor memory storage device               transmission, can the data flow in both directions,
                                                              but in only one direction at a time ?
                                                              (A) Simplex
    80. Which layer of the UNIX operating system is           (B) Half-Duplex
        responsible for process, memory,file, device, and     (C) Full-Duplex
        security management ?                                 (D) Half-Simplex
        (A) Kernel
         (B) Shell
                                                               85. Assertion(A): The Internet Protocol(IP) is
         (C) Utilities
                                                                                 a unique number alloted to
         (D) BIOS
                                                                                 each computer system in a
                                                                                      network.

                                                                    Reason(R):        The Internet Protocol(IP)
    81. Which of the following statements are true about                              number comprises four parts
           UNIX?
                                                                                      divided by dots.
           1. It is a multi-user operating system.
                                                                   (A) Both(A)and(R)are true.
           2. Ken Thompson and Dennis                Ritchie       (B) (A)is true, but(R)is false.
              developed it in early 1970s.                         (C) (A)is false, but(R)is true.
           3. It was the first operating system written in a       (D) Both(A)and(R)are false.
              high-level language.
           4. It was written in C++ language.
                                                               86. The communication technology used for a
           Codes:                                                  Personal Area Network(PAN)is         .
         (A) Only 1,3 and 4                                        (A) Bluetooth
         (B) Only 1,2 and4                                         (B) Ethernet
         (C) Only 1,2 and 3                                        (C) Fiber optics
         (D) 1.2,3and4                                             (D) Wi-Fi

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87. Which of the following is not a characteristic of 91. Which of the following is not true about
    diagrams ?                                            structured questions in a questionnaire ?
    (A) They are generally constructed on plain               (A) These are also known as closed questions.
           paper.                                             (B) These limit the responses of the participants
    (B) They are attractive to the eyes and more                    to stated alternatives.
           suitable for publicity.
                                                              (C) These responses have less reliability than
    (C) They do not add anything to the meaning of                the responses to unstructured questions.
           data.
                                                              (D) Structured questions have the advantage of
    (D) They represent mathematical relationship
                                                                    being 'standardizable'.
           between two variables.


                                                          92. Which of the following statements is not true
88. Which of the following is not a characteristic of          about unstructured observation ?

    technical writing ?                                       (A) Rating scales can be used for recording.
    (A) It is based on intuition, feeling and                 (B) It is particularly useful in exploratory
           imagination.                                             research.

    (B) It reports subject-specific data and ideas.           (C) On-the-spot note taking is preferred to
    (C) It presents information in tabular and                      increase accuracy.
           graphical mode.                                    (D) It is a relatively flexible technique.
     (D) It presents information as per the needs of
           potential readers.
                                                          93. Which of the following statements are related to
                                                              external criticism while evaluating Historical
89. Who has published the guidance document on                 Sources in Research ?
     'Good Academic Research Practices' ?
                                                                1. Chemical Analysis of Paper and Ink is
     (A) Information and Library Network Centre                   done.
           (INFLIBNET)
                                                               2. "Facts" ofthe document are compared with
     (B) University Grants Commission(UGC)
                                                                   the writings of other authoritative authors.
     (C) National Council of Educational Research
                                                                3. Documents' age and origin is ascertained.
           and Training(NCERT)
     (D) All India Council for Technical Education             4. Validity and reliability of the content is
           (AICTE)                                                 checked.

                                                                Choose the correct answer:

90. In research,'making up data or results' is called :        (A) Only 1,2 and 3
     (A) Falsification                                         (B) Only 1,3 and 4
       (B) Plagiarism                                          (C) Only 1 and 3
       (C) Fabrication                                         (D) Only 2 and 4
       (D) Misrepresentation

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94. 'The Big6 Skills' Information Literacy Model 99. Who among the following suggested "The Seven
    was formulated by whom ?                         Lamps ofConduct'for library professionals ?
    (A) David Ellis                                  (A) Girija Kumar
    (B) Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz
                                                     (B) A.K. Mukheijee
    (C) Aimette Lamb
                                                     (C) R.L.Mittal
    (D) Nicholas Belkin
                                                     (D) S.R. Ranganathan

95. Which of the following sampling techniques is
    applied when the (user) study population has an 100. 'Lonely Planet' is the name of
    equal and independent chance of selection ?         (A) Publisher
    (A) Quota sampling                                     (B) Film
    (B) Random sampling                                    (C) Geographical information source
    (C) Snowball sampling                                  (D) Encyclopedia
    (D) Convenience sampling
                                                       101. 'Science Citation Index' is now provided online
96. Which of the following is not a legal depository        through              .
    library under 'Delivery ofBooks and Newspapers        ■ (A) Elton B. Stephens Company(EBSCO)
    (Public Libraries) Act'?
                                                           (B) Clarivate
    (A) National Library ofIndia, Kolkata
                                                           (C) Sage
    (B) Connemara Public Library, Chennai
                                                           (D) Elsevier
    (C) Delhi Public Library, Delhi
    (D) Asiatic Society Library, Kolkata
                                                       102. According to which edition of Dewey Decimal
                                                            Classification are entries in the 'Indian National
97. In 'Delhi Public Library' since when have the           Bibliography(INB)' arranged ?
    books received under Delivery of Books and
    Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act been put in          (A) 18th Edition
       circulation ?                                       (B) 19th Edition
     (A) 1954                                               (C) 22nd Edition
     (B) 1967                                              (D) 23rd Edition
     (C) 2009
     (D) 2020
                                                       103.' National Institute of Standards and Technology
                                                            (NIST) of USA deals with which of the
98. Indian Library Association (ILA) was formally           following ?
       formed on:
                                                            (A) Newspapers
       (A) 13th September, 1933
                                                            (B) Specifications
       (B) 31st October, 1933
                                                            (C) Patents
       (C) 13th November, 1933
                                                            (D) Standards
       (D) 28th November, 1933

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104. When was the Association of Special Libraries 108. Among the following sets of Terms and their
       and Information Bureaux(ASLIB)founded ?               Introducer, find the incorrect one:
    (A) 1920
                                                            (A) Statistical Bibliography-Cole and Bales
    (B) 1932
    (C) 1924                                                (B) Bibliometrics-Pritchard

    (D) 1956                                                (C) Informetrics — Nacke

                                                            (D) Netometrics -Bossy
105. When is National Library Week celebrated in
       India ?

    (A) 1 St to 7th January

    (B) 14th to 21St November                           109. According to Connell, what should be the correct
    (C) 23rd to 30th April                                   sequence of the following headings in a research

    (D) 10th to 17th June                                    report?
                                                             List of the Figures, Table of Contents,

106. Which of the following statements is not true           Acknowledgements, List of Tables

       about ^impact factor' ?                              (A) List of the Figures, Table of Contents,

    (A) It takes into account literature published                Acknowledgements, List of Tables
            over two years.                                 (B) Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, List
    (B) It is a tool for ranking academic journals                ofthe Figures, List of Tables
            analysing citations.                            (C) Acknowledgements,Table of Contents, List
       (C) It was started by Institute for Scientific             of Tables, List ofthe Figures •
            Information (ISI).                              (D) Table of Contents, Acknowledgements,List
    (D) It is an Author-Level Metrics.                            of Tables, List ofthe Figures


107. When the reference lists of two documents share

       one or more of the same cited documents, it is   110. Find the odd one out:

       called:
                                                            (A) Mendeley
    (A) Co-citation Analysis
                                                            (B) Zotero
       (B) Bibliographic Coupling
                                                            (C) Dnipal
       (C). Direct Citation
       (D) Reference Analysis                               (D) EndNote.

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111. Which of the following is not a feature of 114. Which of the following versions of 'DSpace'
     Computerised Documentation ServiceAntegrated    Digital Library Software was recently released on
                                                     February 7,2025 ?
     Set ofInformation Systems(CDSASIS)?
                                                                   (A) DSpace 7-0
    (A) Variable-size records
                                                                   (B) DSpace 7-6-3
    (B) Repetitive fields                                          (C) DSpace 8-1
    (C) Subfields                                                  (D) DSpace 9-2
    (D) Fixed-size records

                                                               115. How many modules are there in SOUL 3-0 ?
112. What        capabilities   must    Radio    Frequency         (A) Four
       Identification (RFID) tags possess to allow the             (B) Five
       reading     of    multiple      numbers   of     tags       (C) Six
       simultaneously ?                                            (U) Seven
       (A) Anti-theft capability
       (B) Anti-collision capability                           116. Which of the following organizations
       (C) Anti-tamper capability                                   collaborated in the development of 'Greenstone'
                                                                    Digital Library Software ?
    (D) Anti-static capability
                                                                   (A) World Bank and Food and Agriculture
                                                                       Organisation(FAO)
113. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct
                                                                   (B) United Nations Educational, Scientific and
       answer using the codes given below :                            Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and
            List-I                           List-II                     Human Info NGO

                                                                   (C) United Nations Educational, Scientific and
       (i) Bibliographic and            1.   MARC-21
                                                                       Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and
            authority record
                                                                         Institute   of Electrical   and   Electronics
       (ii) Information                 2.   Z39*50                      Engineers(IEEE)
            interchange format                                     (D) United Nations Educational, Scientific and
       (iii) Metadata harvesting        3.   OAI/PMH                     Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and
                                                                         Online Computer Library Center(OCLC)
       (iv) Bibliographic data          4.   ISO-2709
            interoperability                                   117. Which ofthe following pairs is correctly matched
        Codes:                                                      regarding e-Granthalaya ?
                                                                   (A) Version 1-0- MS SQL 2000
       (A) (i)-l,(ii)-2,(iii)-3,(iv)-4
                                                                   (B) Version2-0-MS SQL Server 7
       (B) (i)-2,(ii)-l,(iii)-4.(iv)-3
       (C) (i)-l,(ii)-3,(iii)-2,(ivH "                             (C) Version3-0-MySQL

       (P) (i)-4,(ii)-2,(iii)-3,(iv)-l                             (D) Version 4-0-PostgreSQL

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118.                     is the statistical office of the   123. 'Lists of Research in Progress' is a
        European Union.                                           source of information.
        (A) Statista                                              (A) Primary
        (B) Central Statistical Office                           (B) Secondary
        (C) Eurostat                                             (C) Tertiary
        (D) StatEuro
                                                                 (D) Non-documentary


119.                   is the premier collection of 124. Which of the following is not a secondary source
        encyclopedias on the Internet.                   of information ?

       (A) World Book Encyclopedia                               (A) Abstracting periodical
        (B) Interpedia                                           (B) Gazetteer
        (C) Wikipedia                                            (C) Almanac
       (D) Encyclopedia dot com                                  (D) Diary



120. 'Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 125. 'Open Data Portal' of United States Patent and
     Digital Library' is a               type of     Trademark Office(USPTO)provides data related
        database.                                                 to               .

       (A) Numeric                                               (A) Technical Reports

        (B) Bibliographic                                        (B) Patents
                                                                 (C) Periodicals
       (C) Full-text
                                                                 (D) Standards
       (D) Multimedia

                                                             126. 'World of Learning' is an example of a
121. 'OpenAthens' is a product of.
       (A) Elton B. Stephens Company(EBSCO)                      (A) Directory
       (B) Journal Storage(JSTOR)                                (B) News Digest

       (C) Sage                                                  (C) Dictionary
                                                                 (D) Yearbook
       (D) Association for Computing Machinery
          (ACM)Digital Library
                                                             127. Which publication can be considered as a 'draft

122. 'Extension workers' are                   sources of         standard' ?

        information.                                             (A) Patent
       (A) Documentary                                           (B) Gazette
       (B) Non-documentary
                                                                 (C) Specification
       (C) Secondary
       (D) Tertiary                                              (D) Report

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128. What is the primary purpose ofthe Check Card in      133. According to the University Grants Commission
          Three Card System ?                                      (UGC) Library Committee (1957), how much
            (A) To classify periodicals by subject                  should a university provide per student and per
            (B) To record overdue periodicals and send              teacher for acquiring reading materials for its
                  reminders                                         library ?
            (C) To keep financial details of periodicals           (A) ^10 per student andf 150 per teacher
            (D) To store bibliographic details ofperiodicals
                                                                   (B) ^15 per student and ^ 200 per teacher

     129. Who said ,"Books are the base of a library and        (C) ?25 per student and ^ 250 per teacher
          classification is the base of librarianship" ?        (D) ^ 20 per student andf 300 per teacher
         (A) W.C.B. Sayers
         (B) S.R. Ranganathan
         (C) F.K.W.Drury
         (D) Melvil Dewey                                   134. "Living with Books:The Art ofBook Selection
                                                                 is written by
     130. What characteristic of computers refers -to their     (A) H.E. Haines
          ability to perform several billion operations per     (B) Francis Drury
          second ?                                              (C) L.R. McColvin '
         (A) Diligence                                          (D) Melvil Dewey
         (B) Versatility
         (C) Speed
         (D) Automatic
                                                               135. In which financial estimation method is a

     131. Which stock verification method is used when
                                                                   minimum amount per reader fixed ?
            books are checked based on their subject               (A) Zero-Based Budget Method
            classification ?                                       (B) Method of Details
            (A) Accession register method                          (C) Per Capita Method
            (B) Shelf list method                                  (D) Proportional Method
            (C) Subject-wise stock verification
            (D) Random sampling method

                                                               136. The eighth digit in ISSN is called
     132. Which of the following are the characteristics of
                                                                   (A) Title digit
          computers ?
                                                                   (B) Publisher digit
             1.     Accuracy
                                                                   (C) Country digit
             2.     Diligence                                      (D) Check digit
             3.     Versatility
             4.     Feelings
             Codes:
                                                               137. V^ich of the following Library Committees has
                                                                    no real power ?
            (A) Only 1 and 2
                                                                   (A) Executive Committee
            (B) Only 2 and 3
                                                                   (B) Ad-hoc Committee
            (C) Only 1,2 and 3
                                                                   (C) Recommending Committee
            (D) 1,2,3 and 4
                                                                   (D) Reporting Committee

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138. The hypothesis that reflects the findings of the   141. Which of the following statements are correct
       research study is called                              about DSpace ?
                                                              1. It is a free open-source software.
       (A) Research Hypothesis
                                                             2. It can manage and preserve different
       (B) Alternative Hypothesis
                                                                  format of digital content.
       (C) Null Hypothesis
                                                             3. It can be optimized for Google Scholar
       (D) Final Hypothesis                                       indexing.
                                                             4.   It's interface is available in more than 20

                                                                  languages.
139. Who has given the following definition of
                                                             Codes:
       Research ?
                                                            (A) Only 1,2 and 4
       "Research is best conceived as the process of
                                                            (B) Only 1,3 and 4
       arriving at dependable solutions to problems
                                                            (C) Only 1,2 and 3
       through the planned and systematic collection,       (D) 1,2,3 and 4
       analysis, and interpretation of data."

       (A) Hillway                                      142, Which of the following feature is not associated

       (B) Mouly                                             with cloud computing ?
                                                            (A) Highly scalable
       (C) Vickery
                                                            (B) Localized data storage
       (D) Kerlihger
                                                            (C) Allows sharing of data-processing tasks
                                                            (D) Reduction of maintenance needs

140. Which ofthe following are 'Probability Sampling
                                                        143."             is an extension of the current Web,
       Techniques'?
                                                             in which information is given well-defined
        1.   Quota Sampling                                  meaning, better enabling computers and people to
                                                             work in cooperation."
       2.    Systematic Sampling
                                                            (A) Web 2-0
       3.    Cluster Sampling
                                                            (B) Web 3-0
       4.    Purposive Sampling                             (C) Semantic Web
                                                            (D) Internet of Things(loT)
        Choose the correct answer:

       (A) Only 1 and 2                                 144. Which ofthe following is notonQ ofthe 5 V's Aat
                                                             define Big Data ?
       (B) Only 2 and 3
                                                            (A) Volume
       (C) Only 3 and 4
                                                            (B) Velocity
       (D) Only 1 and 4                                     (C) Version
  •
                                                            (D) Veracity

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145. What is the primary objective of the 'KRISHI         148. Which institution took the initiative to start the

       portal' introduced by the Indian Council of              abstracting periodical entitled the "Indian Science
       Agricultural Research(ICAR)?                             Abstracts" in 1936 ?

       (A) To provide free seeds and fertilizers to             (A) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
            farmers
                                                                (B) Indian National Scientific Documentation
       (B) To centralize and provide access to                        Centre(INSDOC),Delhi
             agricultural knowledge and resources
                                                                (C) Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
       (C) To offer online training programmes for
                                                                (D) The National Institute of Science of India,
            farmers
                                                                      New Delhi.
       (D) To conduct agricultural fairs and exhibitions



                                                           149. The taluka libraries in the public library system of
146. What is the main advantage of the.Citation Index
                                                                Baroda corresponded to which type of libraries in
       according to Eugene Garfield ?
                                                                the county library system ofEngland ?
       (A) It focuses on historical documents and their
             preservation.                                      (A) Mobile Libraries

       (B) It provides complete case history of each            (B) Branch Libraries
            reference.
                                                                (C) State Libraries
       (C) It is used primarily for general readers.
                                                                (D) Local Libraries
       (D) It provides real-time updates on e-print
            articles.


                                                           150. Which organization initially published Science

147. Which organization suggested the formation of              Citation Index(SCI)regularly since 1964?

       International Information System for Agricultural       (A) The       National    Library   of Medicine,

       Science and Technology(AGRIS)in 1969 ?                         Maryland

       (A) World Health Organization(WHO)                       (B) The Institute for Scientific Information,

       (B) Food and Agriculture Organisation(FAO)                     Philadelphia

       (C) International Monetary Fund(IMF)                     (C) The American Library Association

       (D) United Nations Educational, Scientific and           (D) The Social Science Research Network

            Cultural Organisation(UNESCO)


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