TNPSC 2015: Librarian, LIBRARY SCIENCE (DIPLOMA STD)


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~- What does Academic Library consist?
~ School, College, University
(B) Public, Special, School-
(C) College, Contact, Public
(D) Mobile, Contact, Research
11.- Who is the ex-officio President of Public Library in Tamilnadu?
(~) Minister of Law
(B) Minister of Health
(C) Minister of Child Labour
~) Minister of Education
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12. Who acts as the ex-officio - Secretary of the Library Committee?
~· Librarian . (B) Vice - Chancellor
(C) Principal (D) Head of the Department
(A) !91TQ:la;rr
13. Who initially formulated model "Inter-library code"?
~ ALA (B) FID
(C) IFLA (D) UNESCO
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(C) re~u~ruGJ (D) ll..j6GT'1iuGa;rr
14. · "Service before self' is the motto of
~ librarians (B) lawyers
. (C) businessmen (D) drivers
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(C) Q~rr~ru ~~ur'r (D) ~~IJ6l.lrT
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15. In 1957 who headed library adhoc committee?
./.-> S.R. Ranganathan (B) Deshmukh
(C) Kothari (D) Sinha
(A) 6rGiu.~/r. 1Jffila;l!)rrfb6ITT (B) Gfb~C'Pa;
(C) Ga;rr~fZirrrTl (D) fil6ITT~rr
16. What type of library is "Baba Atomic Research Centre Library"?
$> Special library (B) Public library
(C) Academic library (D) Contact library
(B) Gurr§! !9Jl6l>a;t.i:i
(D) Qfb rrLfrLj !9ff6l>a; t.0
17. A library which serve the population of a country free of charges or for a nominal fee is
called as
(A) College library (B) University library
(C) Special library ~ Public library
(A) a;ru~rrl ~6l>a;t.i:i
(C) 6l!Du y !9ff6l>a;t.O
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18. Where is national library of India situated?
(A) Delhi ~ Kolkatta
(C) Lucknow (D) Chennai
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(A) Gui>6\Sl (B) Qa;rrGi>a;~lbrr
(C) QJ8;a~rr (D) Ga:~Gn~
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19. What is the main source of revenue for college libraries?
.vt> Fees from students (B) Cost for loss of book
(C) Fine (D) Selling old books
20. 'Carboxide' used in fumigation is a mixture of what chemicals?
(A) Ethy1 oxide and H2
(B) Ethyl oxide and 02
(C) Ethyl oxide and H20
.Jl'f Ethyl oxide and C02
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21. Air.-conditioning of stock room removes
~ Sulphur dioxide (B) · Carbon
(C) Iodine (D) Chlorine
(A) c%UUrT-6r>L ~.S6r>GTU@ (B) ,g;rrrru~
(C) ~~UJrrtq.~ (D) @)~GTTrrrf1~
22. Rusty brown spots appearing on old papers is regarded as
(A) Copying (B) Writing
~ Foxing (D) Pasting
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(C) urr.SQl$lffil (D) ~L.@~ru
23. Which animal skin is morocco leather used for binding?
~) Goat · (B) Cow
(C) Buffalow (D) Pig
(A) ~@ (B) Uffi
(D) u~!6J
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24. What is stock verification of books?
(A) Acquisition of books .JI! Physical check up of books
(C) Dusting books (D) Replacing books
25. In fumigation, a mixture of Ethyl oxide and carbondioxide is used in the ratio of
(A) 1:3 (B) 1:4
(C) 1:6 ~ 1:9
(A) 1:3 (B) 1:4
(C) 1:6 (D) 1:9
26. Book card, book pocket are some of the items that is used in which department?
(A) Acquisition (B) Reference
(C) Computer section ~) Technical
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30. Who developed CPM?
~ Dupoint Company (B) National Library
(C) Public Library (D) Tata Consultancy Service
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(C) Gurr@ @TGUa;tb (D) LrrLrr a;6lim"a:Gi>Gum§l aa:66lru
31. What is the role of Good Office's Committee?
(A) To interact with librarians
~ To decide the Indian rate of conversion
(C) To implement new policy for book selection
(D) To act a nodal centre for users
32. Who suggested that "only published books should be procured"?
(A) S.R. Ranganathan .ti> George S . Bonn
(C) Krishan Kumar (D) Bhattacharya
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3G. The Calcutta university commission is also known as
(A) Radhakrishnan Commission .,tJ Sadler Commission
(C) Hunter Commission (D) Raleigh Commission
37. How many principles have Helen H. Haines put down for the Book selection?
(A) 13 (B) 12
~ 14 (D) 10
(A) 13 (B) 12
(C) 14 (D) 10
38. Who said "Demand for books should be differentiated according to its volume, value and
variety"?
./:J L.R. McColvin (B) Melvil Dewey
(C) S.R. Ranganathan (D) Drury
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39. According to S.R. Ranganatha n, Public Library Staff's salary will be from
annual expenditure.
(A) 40 % ¢ 50 %
(C) 60 % (D) 70%
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(A) 40% (B) 50 %
(C) 60 % (D) 70%
40. Ranganathan recognized h ow many kinds of mnem onics?
(A) Seven (B) Six
/ (C) Three ~) Four
(A) q@
41. Who introduced expansive classification? '
~ C. A. Cutter (B) Melvil Dewey
(C) S. R. Ranganathan (D) H. Elise
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42. Library of congress classification has been divided into how many classes?
(A) 15 ~ 20
(C) 25 (D) 30
(A) 15 (B) 20
(C) 25 (D) 30
43. Which edition of CC provided a facet formula for each basic class of fundamental category? I
~ Third (B) Fourth
(C) Second (D) Fifth
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44. Which of the classification help to locate related document immediately?
¢Y According to subject wise (B) According to title wise
(C) According to author wise (D) According to publisher wise
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45. Which budget gives freedom to decide allocati.o ns of funds to different items?
(A) Line item budget
fJ/> Lumpsum budget
(C) Formula budget
(D) Performance budget
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46. What percentage is suggested for the salary of the staff for public library system according
to Ranganathan?
(A) . 40% ~ 50%
(C) 49% (D) 44%
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(C) 49% (D) 44%
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47. What is the meaning of user's education?
(A) Teaching
(B) Train t? ·use the library
(C) Give useful education
tJ'1 Instruction given to reader s to help them m ake the best u se of the library
48. The word "classification" is derived from which language?
~ Latin word
(B) French word
(C) German word
(D) Sanskrit word
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49. Fundamental categories were introduce<;! in which edition of colon classification?
~ Third edition
(B) Second edition
(C) Fourth edition
(D) Fifth edition
50. In which year the manual oh the use of DDC was publish ed?
~) 1982 (B) 1983
(C) 1985 (D) 1986
(A) 1982 (B) 1983
(C) 1985 (D) 1986
51. What is the size of the visible index catalogue card?
(A) 12 x 20 cm (B) 12 x 20.5 cm
(C) 12.5 x 21 cm Jl'f" 12.5 x 20 cm
(A) 12 x 20 cm (B) 12 x 20.5 cm
(C) 12.5 x 21 cm (D) 12.5 x 20 cm
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52. OPAC is an acronym of
(A) Online Periodical Access Catalogue
IJi*!' Online Public Access Catalogue
(C) Open Public Access Catalogue
(D) Offline Public Access Catalogue
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53. Expand CCF
(A) Common Communication Forum
(B) Country Communication Forum
~ Common Communication Format
(D) Country Communication Format
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57. The revised edition of AACR II was published in which year?
(A) 1987 ifJf 1988
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(C) 1989 (D) 1978
(A) 1987 (B) 1988
(C) 1989 . (D) 1978
58. In KWI C indexes the keyword is
(A) Derived from the text (B) Derived from the abstract
Jill' Derived from the title (D) Assigned by the author
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59. The Vth edition of classified catalogue code was published in which year?
(A) 1966 (B) 1963
JJl'f"" 1964 (D) 1965
(A) 1966 (B) 1963
(C) 1964 (D) 1965
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63. "Asian Recorder" is published from which place?
~ New Delhi (B) Chennai
(C) Pune (D) Coimbatore
(A) Jbll!d>Qu;u6151
(C) IJ~66T
64. What is contained in part 2 of New Encyclopaedia Britannica?
Jitlf Knowledge in Depth
(B) Index
(C) Abstract
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65. MEDLAR online database is known as
~ MEDLINE (B) MEDLINK ,.
(C) MEDLIFE (D) MEDSCI
(B) GinL.615lffil
(C) QinL. ~ruu
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66. In India who fixes the rates, terms and conditjons for selection of books?
<JI!' Good Office's Committee
(B) Government Office Committee
(C) Government Official Committee
(D) Good Office Council
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Jilf Engineering (B) Medicine
(C) Biology (D) Histc;iry
(B) ill0J~~6l.Jtb
(D) 6l.l1Jrurrw
68. 'Facts on file' is published from which place?
(/If New York (B) Washington
(C) Oxford (D) Moscow
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69.
, Wha t is a Thesaurus?
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(C) Index
(D) Abstract
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(A) U61.l rurrrrf!iQ)!l>e;Gi"r ~Lri.Jcfilw yfi;~e;t.D
(B) ru Wl e;rrL.iq.
(C) Lj~~e; 61Sl61!ptu ~LL6lJ~QITT"
(D) Lj~PJ8:i 8iQ!j.$8:it.D
70. Who introduced "Books in Print Plus" in CD/ROM formate?
; Bowker
(B) Oxford Press
(C) John Wiley
(D) The World Press
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(C) ~rrm~u5l~
(D) ~ ~ru6\.JL. tSllJGiu
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71. Process of establishing contact between a reader and document m a personal way is
known as
~ Refer ence service
(B) Indexing service
(C) SDI service
(D) CAS service
72. Where is 'European Translation Center' situated?
/ Delft (B) London
(C) Mumbai (D) Oxford
. ~~1JTrui.5lUJ~ ~IJ~6iu~rua:~ Ga:~u'r (European Translation Center) ~r&.!® ~~LDJi>§JGf1"61T§J? ..
(A) Gu;uu®
(C) ut.burru.J
73. In "stencil duplicating process" cyclostyling is also known as .
Jl'f_ Mimenographing (B) Carbon copying
(C) Typewriting (D) Duplicating
(B) d;rrrru~ u~ul.j
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74. Name th e book available for Abstracting Service in Science
' Guide to world abstracting and indexing services in Science
(B) Economic abstract
(C) Social Science Abstract
(D) Psychology Abstract
75. 'Users Profile file' is created in which servi ce
llJlf SDI Ser vice (B) CAS
(C) Indexing Service (D) Translation Service
76. 'Libra ry Bulletin' is given under which service?
(A) SDI (B) Tra nslation
~ CAS (D) Indexing
(A) 6reu tq. tB
(C) 51 GJ 6Teu
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77. Literature Searc_h is mainly used in
I"' - Long Range Reference Service
- (B) Ready Range Reference Service
(C) Re.prographic Service
(D) Documentation Service
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78. Feed back is one of the feature of which Service?
(A) Digest (B) CAS
?f"sDI (D) Reprographic
(B) 61 .~.6T6iu
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85. Which one of the following is not a search engine?
(A) Mosaic (B) Yahoo
(C) Google /jlf Zone Alarm
(A) GLDrr~a:ffi (B) LUfT&
86. Who took the initiative to set up DELNET?
(A) INSDOC (B) DESIDOC
Jilf' NISSAT (D) INFLIBNET
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87. Among the following which is a Firewall?
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(A) LUfT& (B) ~rorr8;$1
(C) ~roLrr GlSlGiuLrr
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90. Which of the following is a search engine?
(A) Netscape
(B) Zonelab
Jllf' Hotbot
(D) Zone alarm
(C) ~m.:..urn.:..
91. Expand FTP
(A) Field Transfer Protocol
Jlllf' File Transfer Protocol
(C) File Text Protocol
(D) Field Text Protocol
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95. What is the most popular DBMS for microcomputers?
"""' dBASE (B) LINUX
(C) UNIX (D) WINDOWS
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(D) @Sl~GurGfu
96. A program written in machine language is a sequence of what binary numbers?
(A) 2's and 3's (B) l's and 2's
/jl/f l's and O's (D) 3's and 4's
(A) 2 LDfD!J)JLD 3 (B) 1 LDfD!J)JLD 2
(C) 1 LDfD!J)JLD 0 (D) 3 LDfD!J)JLD 4
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97. What is Window?
(A) Hardware (B) Software
j1f Operating System (D) High Level Language
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105. "Lenin National Library" is situated in
(A) Paris (B) Ukrain
~ Moscow (D) London
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(A) urrrll01.l (B) ~8;~"~
(C) wrr01.lGe;rr (D) 6UrorL~
106. Which policy gives importance to Public Libraries?
.vt National Policy on Education (B) Information Policy
(C) Book Selection Policy (D) National Policy on Medicine
107. A budget which covers the purchase of books and periodicals is called as
(A) Programme budget
(B) Zero based budget
~ Recurring grant
(D) Non-Recurring grant
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108. Academic libraries includes
(A) Special libraries (B) Mobile libraries
(C) Government libraries ,j/IJ University libraries
109. UNESCO was established to promote
~ Education, Cult.ure and Science (B) Literature and Language
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110. Who said library is a "Cultural Maturation"?
(A) R. G. Prasher ~ J.H. Shera
(C) Pandey S.K. Sharma (D) P.N. Kaula
(D) t5l .6r~. Qs;GTT@IT
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111. Which. is the controlling factor in book selection in all types of libraries?
.1' Budget
(B) Expenditure
(C) Laws
(D) Activities
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(D) Ga:UJroa;ffi
112. In which country did Farmington Plan formed?
(A) China
(B) UK
(C) India
~ USA
(A) SQTIT
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113. Package libraries are one of the ~ctivity of
~) Extension service (B) Lending s~rvice
(C) Research work (D) Reference work
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(A) 6l5lifl6l..lrr.S.su uoo:l (B) G.srr®~~Q.i uoo:l
(C) ~J)rrQ.iif41u uoo:l (D) . ®!Dl u Lj~6l51 u oo:l
114. Who was the first principal libraria n of British Museum?
(A) Edward Edwards ~ Anthoni Panizze
(C) A. Cutter (D) Berwick Sayer
(C) GJ: .SLLrr
115. Who was the Ch airm an of University Education Commission in 1948?
~ Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (B) Dr. S. Lal
(C) Dr. R.N. Shukla (D) Dr. A. Neelamegam
~tuira;Q.>@51 @)@6l51~ (1948) ~6"6)6U6l..J ir turrir?
(A) Dr. GTeu. J)rr~rr.$1@~6l!M~ (B) Dr. GTeu. rurrru
(C) Dr. ~ir.GT~. 8T.Srurr (D) Dr. GJ. ,IBruGLO.stb
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116. Who directs Public Relation Programme in University?
~ Alumni of University (B) Laymen
(C) Business People (D) House Wife
(C) G!SlturrUITIJ LD.$e;GiT
117. Reading circle is which type of program
(A) teaching program ,pf> extension program
(C) training program (D) borrowing program
118. In which year was the national library of Russia was established?
(A) 1864 (B) 1863
fl!> 1862 (D) 1865
(A) 1864 (B) 1863
(C) 1862 (D) 1865
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119. A library on 'Gandhian studies" belongs to which type of library?
(A) Public library (B) Government library
~ Special library (D) College library
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(C) filJDuy l9lfrua;L.O (D) a;Q.>~rrl l9JTQ)a;L.0
120. What type of Organisation is UGC?
~ Autonomous Organisation (B) Public Sector
(C) Private Organisation (D) Industrial Firm
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(A) Biu.J ~L...§1 ~QlLDuy (B) LO.$a;m ~Q>LDUL.j
(C) ~~u.Jrrir ~QJLDuy (D) Q~rr~Q.> c!!'rrirfe~ ~QJLDUL.j
121. When was British museum established?
(A) 1760 ~ 1753
(C) 1785 (D) 1790
(A) 1760. (B) 1753
(C) 1785 (D) 1790
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122. Why gliding is done in binding process of a book?
~ To protect the book (B) To prepare final copy
(C) To decorate the book (D) To prepare the covering board
123. The survey of the work done during the preceding year is known as
(A) Hand Book (B) Annual Review
~ Annual Report (D) Annual Book
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124. What is over due charge?
(A) Damaging book (B) Loss of book
~ Books returned after due date (D) Misplaced book
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125. Replacing the cover.on a volume is known as
/> Recasing (B) Reinforcing
(C) Sizing (D) Glazing
(A) LDJPlULq- ~~LD~~ru
(C) ~m6l51Lru (D) UGTTU61T~1.HT$a;ru
126. Which material is best for making shelves for a library?
,_(y Steel (B) Burma teak ·
(C) Rose wood (D) Palm tree wood
(B) UtTL.Drr a~8;@i
(C) aiJrrG"iu ~L.. (D) U~6nl L.DIJLD
127. What is a "Beetle"?
~ Insect (B) Natural disaster
(C) Chemical disaster (D) Fi:r:e disaster
(A) !d,8:51 (B) . @lLifb~a; ~~6l.J
(C) a6lJ~l1Jru ~~6l.J (D) ~ ~~6l.J .
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128. The annual report of college library does not include the
(A) Total number of books (B) Activities of library
(C) Financial constrains .j/!> Loss of books
129. Expand GOC
(A) Government Order for Catalogue
(B) Goods Order Committee
(C) Government Officials Committee
~ Good Office's Committee
130. The paper used in "pocket edition" books are of what type?
(A) Superior type ,If Inferior type
(C) Medium type (D) Ordinary type
(B) LDLLLDIT6ITT' 6Ll~ffi
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131. What is Zero Based Budget?
(A) Budgeting without funds
(B) Budgeting based on expenditure
(C) Performance budget
J1'f Budgeting a fresh
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(C) Qa:u'.J~~fr> UJ ~~uu~LU.Jrrcr; Qs;rr~L Gl.Jl)Gl.j Qa:Q)Gl.j fhJL.LL.i:>
132. What do you mean by Book Selection?
(A) Procurement of books (B) Donation of books
(C) Accessing of books ~ Adding books to a library
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(A) Lj~~cr;L.i:> GUrTffiJ@)~GU (B) Lj~~s;L.i:> JD6in"Qcr;rr"6>L GU~ffil@)~GU
(C) y~~cr;6 Ga:rr.S"6>a; (D) .(9lTQ)s;~fh1Gi> y~~cr;L.i:> Ga:rrl.!u§J
133. Which law of library science promotes reading habit?
(A) Fifth (B) Fourth
(C) Third ~ First
(A) &3.IB~rr6l.l§J (B) JD rr6irra; rr6l..l §!
(C) ~6irrJDrr6l.l~ (D) QP~Gi>
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134. What does Formula Budget refers?
(A) Enhance the facilities (B) No logical way of allocation
(C) Emph asize more expenditure on .salary ¢ Standard a llocation of money
135. Who was the First Librarian of National Library?
~ B.S. Kesavan (B) P .N . Kaula
(C) P . P a rthasarathy (D) G. Seetharaman
~pi§IUJ @r'ill.$~~~ (y:ipibi.> @rQ>a;rr 1Urrir?
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(C) t5I. urrir~~B'ITIJ~ (D) ~. 6~~ITl)ITLD~
136. Principles of Drury a1·e meant for what?
~ Book selection (B) Library cl assification
(C) Fina ncial management (D) Library cataloguing
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137. The word "Demand" in McColvin principle is matched with the t erm
(A) Marketing ~ Supply
(C) Book. (D) Finance
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Gurr®.rf>~t.D
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138. Zero Based Budget deals with
~ First time operations (B) Second year
(C) Third year (D) Fourth year
(B) .@ry~Lrrtb ~~@
. (D) JI>rrme;rrtb ~~©
139. · The first and foremos t function of p ersonnel m anagement are
~ J ob analysis (B) Performance appraisal
(C) J ob placement (D) Job training
(A) u~~w~ · (B) ~@)~ LD~u~@~ru
(C) u~ 6J!!Jurr© (D) u6lS!ITl ut6'l!D5l
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140. What is span of control?
(A) Controlled syste m
(B) Jurisdiction
¢ Number of sub-ordinates reporting directly to a manager
(D) Exercise strict control
141. National Bibliography refers to
(A) Books published by private agencies
(B) Books published by individuals
·.j/r Books published in a country
I (D) Books published by libraria ns
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144. Which classification scheme was published in 1876?
(A) Colon Classification
(B) Universal Decimal Classification
~ Dewey Decimal Classification
(D) Expansive Classification
145. Which notation device is used in the first edition of colon classification for synthesis of
subject?
(A) Semi colon ,t Colon
(C) Full stop (D) Question mark
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146. Name editor s of 7 th edition of colon classification
~ Neelamegham, Gopinath and Seetharama
(B) Ranganathan
(C) Martin
(D) M.A. Gopin~th
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(D) 6TLD.GJ. G.srriSIJDrrft
147. In which plane "canon of h omonym" is used by Ranganathan?
~ Nota tional plane (B) Verbal plane
(C) Idea plane (D) Work plane
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(C) 6T6Wr~ ~mt.D (D) LI~ ~GTTLD
148. The term 'literary warrant' was first introduced by
(A) S.R. Ranga nathan .,t E. Wyndhan Hulme
(C) A. Neelamegam (D) Senguptha
· (B) @. ~GU/]~m ~lL!LD
(D) Q5m®u~rr
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154. How many rules does Charles C Jewett's code contains?
(A) 32 (B) 36
,39 (D) 37
(A) 32 (B) 36
(C) 39 (D) 37
155. COM is an acronym for
'1Ji'f' Computer Output Microform (B) Common Output Microform
(C) Complete Output Microform (D) Control Output Microform
156. In which place the ICCP was held?
~Paris (B) Japan
(C) New York (D) London
(A) umfl~ (B) ~uurr~
(C) .ffillLJlUrrird:;
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157. In which year C.A. Cutter described the objectives oflibrary catalogue?
(A) 1867 Jlllf'1876
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(A) 1867 (B) 1876
(C) 1877. (D) 1874
158. What was the name of the first international cataloguing code published on 1901?
Jill" A A Code (B) RDC
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(A) 6J 6J ~s;rr@ (B) qi,rr Lit- 61
(D) 6J 6J 61 qi,rr
159. How many numbers are there in call number?
(A) 1 JJil!' 3
(C) 4 (D) 2
(A) 1 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 2
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160. AACR I is a code meant for which catalogue?
~Dictionary catalogue
(B) Divided catalogue
(C) Alphabetical catelogue
(D) Classified catalogue
(B) iS1rfl~~Q"JLD J91Tif>uL.i.q.
(C) ~ffil)6UrflQ"l6 .!:9fT!DuL.i.q.
(D) U@)UL.j J91TWULLq.
161. Which library use sears list of subject heading mainly?
~ Small libraries
(B) Big libraries
(C) Academic and special libraries
(D) Public libraries
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164. Which source would you consult to know the pronunciation of a word?
,
(A) Encyclopaedia
Dictionary
(C) Directory
(D) Standard
(B) ~a;ryrr~
( C) QI ~a;m.:.. ur
(D) ~LL ~QT~
165. Expand DEVSIS.
(A) Developing Science Information System
Jlillf Development Science Information System
(C) Development Science Informatics System
(D) Defence and Science Information System
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(B) QPQ!am!DlUJ ~!6161SlUJru fl>a;Q.Jru ~Q">tnuy
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166. Bibliography" of Bibliographies are what type of sources?
(A) . Primary Sou.r ces
(B) Secondary Sources
~ Tertiary Sources
(D) All the above
167. Who coined the word Bibliography?
Louis Jacob de Saint Charles (B) Lee Ash
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(C) J .D. Brown
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(D) Ranganathan
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(C) G~. iq.. LiGl)rr~ (D) ijri.IB;!f>rT~~
168: 'Data India' is published from which place?
(A) Mumbai Jlllf New Delhi
(C) Chennai (D) Pune
(A) ul.Ourrll..J (B) JB)iyQLGi:J~
(D) kJ,G6lrr
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169. Systematic Bibliogr aphy is known as
(A) Analytical Bibliography
JJ'f" Enumerative Bibliogr aphy
(C) Critical Bibliography
(D) Historical Bibliography
170. A word book is also known as
(A) Index Jlllf"' Dictionary
(C) Monograph (D) Periodical
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174. SDI concept was found by
(A) F.W. Lancaster
~ H.B. Luhn
(C) C.A. Cutter
(D) B.J. Foskett
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175. What type of abstract is produced by machine?
(A) Title Abstract
(B) Manual Abstract
~ Auto Abstract
(D) Slanted Abstract
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176. Which one is t he importa nt depository of Translation in U.K.?
(A) British Museui:n
IJllf British Library Lending Division
(C) The library Association
(D) Oxford University
177. Reference Service is of how many types?
~ 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 5
@)p5lULj~G\Sl .~a:~6l.J GT~fb~6m 6l.J~.$UU @tb?
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 5
178. Which is called the most perso.nal service?
(A) Abstracting Service Jjllf SDI
(C) Bibliographic (D)- Translation
(B) GTffil .tq-.ffi
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179. "Thermofax" is completely a - - - - process.
(A) Wet jlf""Dry
(C) Light (D) Thin
(B) 11L6UrT
( C) Grua:rriro
180. A topology designed with each node connected directly to a central unit and switch is
known as
(A) Ring ~Star
(C) Bus (D) Mesh
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@6i.J6l.lrTWJ ~i:6lwuu@.$l!D~
(A) rTlffil (6l.l~GTTwt.b) (B) GiuLrrr'r (.!DLB'~~IJ"LD)
(D) GLD~ ( Gl.J~G\))
181. INFLIBNET is a programme of which centre?
~ UGC
(B) Department of Tourism
(C) Department of Commerce
(D) Department of Human Resources Development
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(B) a;!iJwrurr~ ~~!D
(C) 6l.J~a;61Slwru ~~JD
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182. Match the following :
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(a) DELNET 1. 1995
(b) BONET 2. 1991
(c) INFLIBNET 3. 1992
(d) MYUBNET 4. 1988
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Jiff 4 3 2 1
(B) 3 4 1 2
.,.
(C) 2 1 3 4
(D) 1 2 4 3
(a) Qui>Gp;L... 1. 1995
2. 1991
3. 1992
4. 1988
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) 4 3 2 1
(B) 3 1 2
(C) 2 1 3 4
(D) 1 2 4 3
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183. The initial focus of BONET was a imed to do w hich major activity?
Jlllf Inter - library Activities
(B) Acquisition Activity
(C) Circulation Activity
(D) Reference Activity
. 184. Among the following which is a Browser?
(A) Alta Vista ,,
(B) Trojan Horse
(C) Yahoo •
; Netscape
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(A) ~ruLrr 66lffi>Lrr
(B) L(~IJ'rr~~ ~rrl'rffil
(C) lUIT&.
(D) GtoL..ffil~s;u
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189. The device that converts digital to analog and analog to digital signal is known as
(A) Analog computers JJlll'Modem
(~
(C) VDU (D) Electro fax
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s;®6151 @Gi..Jrurrw ~£61tLJuu@ffil!D§l
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(C) 6151.tq-.lLJ (D) ~Q)a;L..alJ"rr aua;~
190. In which section is Bar coding label recognition device used?
(A) Acquisition Section ~ Circulation Section
(C) Periodical Section (D) SDI Section
(B) @llrubi> ru1:9riil®t.0 !Slifl~
(D) ~~ tii-&l !Slifl~
191. Which of the following is also called as Hard Disc Drive?
(A) Compact Disc (B) Floppy Disc
Jll'f' Winchester Disc (D) Video Disc
(B) !Slmrru!Sl tq-~8>
(D) ~tq-atLJrr tq-~8i
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192. Who developed UNIMARC?
JiJI"' IFLA (B) FID
(C) UNESCO (D) ILA
li..j~LDrrr'rBi~ffi ~(!96l.m8i.$lw ,lli]gJJ6l.JGUTLD 6T~?
(A) @ururr (B) 6TU2£tq.
(C) lJ...jGUTGiuG.g;rr (D) ffi6TQlG;j
193. What is the purpose of word processor?
(A) Storing (B) Editing
(C) Manipulating text JI'!' All the above
194. Who started MARC project?
(A) UNESCO (B) British museum library
~ Library of Congress (D) IFLA
(D) @ururr
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195. "Higher Level Languages" are called as which language?
~ Application Language (B) Machine Language
(C) Assembly Language (D) Natural Language
196. Which pointer device is used for playing computer games?
~ Joystick (B) Light pen
(C) Keyboard (D) Track ball
(B) ~rul... Qu6ITT
(C} £Gurrrr@
197. Word processing software, spread sheet programmes are what type of software?
(A) Custom software jlllf' Application software
(C) Package software (D) Digital software
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(A)
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198. The third generation computers began in which year?
/ 1965 (B) 1960
(C) 1950 (D) 1945
(A) 1965 (B) 1960
(C) 1950 (D) 1945
199. Which of the following type is non volatile memory?
.JtJlf' ROM (B) PROM
(C) WORM (D) RAM
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(A) IJ"fTtD I (B) ~IJ"rrill
200. Which is the main unit of the computer?
(A) ALU Jlllf' CPU
(C) Keyboard (D) Monitor
(A) 6J GTGU !hi>
(C) £~urrir@ (D) LDfT~ Lir
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