Match the following and select the correct answer from the codes given below :List-IList-II(a) Public Library Extension(i) K.D. Metcalf(b) Academic Library Management(ii) M.A. Gelfand(c) University Libraries for Developing Countries(iii) L.R. McColvin(d) Planning Academic and Research Library Building(iv) M.B. Line

The correct matching is a-iii, b-iv, c-ii, d-i.Public Library Extension (UNESCO, 1950) is by L.R. McColvin, the British public library pioneer.Academic Library Management (1990) was edited by Maurice B. Line.University Libraries for Developing Countries (UNESCO, 1968) is by M.A. Gelfand.Planning Academic and Research Library Buildings (1965) is the classic work of Keyes D. Metcalf of Harvard.Every other code gives at least one of these books to the wrong author.

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Q: Library Committees of traditional universities in Maharashtra are established by :

They are established under the Maharashtra Universities Act.The traditional (non-agricultural) state universities of Maharashtra are constituted by the state's universities legislation, the Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994, since replaced by the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016. That legislation and the statutes made under it lay down the authorities and bodies of each university, and the library committee is one of them.The Agricultural Universities Act governs only the state's agricultural universities, not the traditional ones. The UGC Act sets up the University Grants Commission to fund and coordinate universities and does not constitute their internal committees, and the Government of India Act was colonial constitutional law.

Q: IARI library is at :

The IARI library is at New Delhi.The Indian Agricultural Research Institute, popularly called the Pusa Institute, was founded in 1905 at Pusa in Bihar and moved to New Delhi after the Bihar earthquake of 1934. Its library on the Pusa campus is one of the largest agricultural libraries in South Asia and serves as a national resource for agricultural research.Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad have other national institutions (for example, Hyderabad hosts ICRISAT and several ICAR institutes), but not the IARI library, which is attached to the Institute itself in New Delhi.

Q: Khuda Baksha Oriental Public Library, Patna was opened for the public in the year October :

The library was opened to the public in October 1891.The Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library at Patna grew from the private collection of manuscripts begun by Maulvi Muhammad Bakhsh and greatly enlarged by his son Khuda Bakhsh, a lawyer, who opened it to the public in 1891. It is famous for its Arabic and Persian manuscripts and Mughal paintings and was declared an Institution of National Importance by an Act of Parliament in 1969.1691 and 1791 are long before the library existed, and 1991 is a century late.

Q: National Library of USA is known as :

The national library of the USA is the Library of Congress.Founded in Washington in 1800 as the library of the US Congress, it rebuilt its collection from Thomas Jefferson's library after the British burned the Capitol in 1814 and grew into the de facto national library, with copyright deposit, the Library of Congress Classification and subject headings, and cataloguing services for the whole country.There is no institution called the National Library of America, and 'The Congress Library' reverses the official name. The White House has no national library; the presidents' papers go to presidential libraries run by the National Archives.

Q: Matching and non-matching grants to public libraries in India are given by :

The grants are given by the RRRLF, the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation.The Foundation, set up in 1972 by the Government of India's Department of Culture and based in Kolkata, supports public libraries through two kinds of schemes: matching schemes, in which the state government contributes a share, and non-matching schemes, funded by the Foundation alone, such as book assistance to libraries.The ILA (Indian Library Association) and IASLIC (Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres) are professional associations and do not fund public libraries. A public library association (PLA) is likewise a professional body, not a grant-giving agency.

Q: Which of the following National Library receives e-books and e-journals as deposits ?

The answer is the National Library of the Netherlands.The Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB) in The Hague was a pioneer in preserving electronic publications. Through agreements with publishers it began accepting electronic journals and books as deposits in the 1990s, and its e-Depot, operating from 2003, holds millions of e-journal articles and e-books for long-term preservation.The National Library of India's legal deposit, under the Delivery of Books and Newspapers Act, 1954, covers printed books and newspapers, not electronic publications. The French and Japanese national libraries have since extended deposit to some digital material, but the e-Depot of the Netherlands is the model case.

Q: Statement (A) : The UNESCO Public Library Manifesto, 1972 stated that, "The public library should be established under the clear Mandate of law".Statement (B) : IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto 1994 stated that, "The public library shall in principle be free of charge".

The answer is Both (A) and (B) are true.The UNESCO Public Library Manifesto of 1972 stated that the public library should be established under the clear mandate of law, so framed as to ensure nationwide provision of public library service, so statement (A) is true.The IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto of 1994 said that the public library shall in principle be free of charge, and placed responsibility for it on local and national authorities, supported by specific legislation and financed by them. So statement (B) is also true.Both manifestos are correctly quoted, so any option calling one or both false is wrong.

Q: Which of the states have enacted library legislation in the year 1993 ?(i) Mizoram(ii) Goa(iii) Kerala(iv) Haryana

The states are Mizoram and Goa, so the answer is (i) and (ii) are correct.Both the Mizoram Public Libraries Act and the Goa Public Libraries Act were passed in 1993.Kerala and Haryana enacted their public library laws earlier, both in 1989: the Kerala Public Libraries (Kerala Granthasala Sanghom) Act and the Haryana Public Libraries Act. So any code including (iii) or (iv) is wrong.

Q: Assertion (A) : Computerization of public libraries in India is slow.Reason (R) : Non-availability of resources.

The answer is Both (A) and (R) are true.The Assertion is true: compared with academic and special libraries, public libraries in India have been slow to computerise, and many district and rural libraries still work manually.The Reason is also true: the usual cause given is lack of resources, meaning funds, hardware, trained staff and in many places reliable power and connectivity, since public libraries depend on small and irregular state grants.Options calling either statement false are therefore wrong. (The code set does not ask whether R explains A.)

Library Committees of traditional universities in Maharashtra are established by :

A.Maharashtra Universities Act
B.Agricultural Universities Act
C.University Grants Commission Act
D.Govt. of India Act

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

They are established under the Maharashtra Universities Act.

The traditional (non-agricultural) state universities of Maharashtra are constituted by the state's universities legislation, the Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994, since replaced by the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016. That legislation and the statutes made under it lay down the authorities and bodies of each university, and the library committee is one of them.

The Agricultural Universities Act governs only the state's agricultural universities, not the traditional ones. The UGC Act sets up the University Grants Commission to fund and coordinate universities and does not constitute their internal committees, and the Government of India Act was colonial constitutional law.

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IARI library is at :

A.New Delhi
B.Bengaluru
C.Hyderabad
D.Ahmedabad

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

The IARI library is at New Delhi.

The Indian Agricultural Research Institute, popularly called the Pusa Institute, was founded in 1905 at Pusa in Bihar and moved to New Delhi after the Bihar earthquake of 1934. Its library on the Pusa campus is one of the largest agricultural libraries in South Asia and serves as a national resource for agricultural research.

Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad have other national institutions (for example, Hyderabad hosts ICRISAT and several ICAR institutes), but not the IARI library, which is attached to the Institute itself in New Delhi.

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Khuda Baksha Oriental Public Library, Patna was opened for the public in the year October :

A.1891
B.1791
C.1691
D.1991

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

The library was opened to the public in October 1891.

The Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library at Patna grew from the private collection of manuscripts begun by Maulvi Muhammad Bakhsh and greatly enlarged by his son Khuda Bakhsh, a lawyer, who opened it to the public in 1891. It is famous for its Arabic and Persian manuscripts and Mughal paintings and was declared an Institution of National Importance by an Act of Parliament in 1969.

1691 and 1791 are long before the library existed, and 1991 is a century late.

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National Library of USA is known as :

A.National Library of America
B.The Congress Library
C.White House Library
D.Library of Congress

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: D

The national library of the USA is the Library of Congress.

Founded in Washington in 1800 as the library of the US Congress, it rebuilt its collection from Thomas Jefferson's library after the British burned the Capitol in 1814 and grew into the de facto national library, with copyright deposit, the Library of Congress Classification and subject headings, and cataloguing services for the whole country.

There is no institution called the National Library of America, and 'The Congress Library' reverses the official name. The White House has no national library; the presidents' papers go to presidential libraries run by the National Archives.

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Matching and non-matching grants to public libraries in India are given by :

A.ILA
B.RRRLF
C.IASLIC
D.PLA

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: B

The grants are given by the RRRLF, the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation.

The Foundation, set up in 1972 by the Government of India's Department of Culture and based in Kolkata, supports public libraries through two kinds of schemes: matching schemes, in which the state government contributes a share, and non-matching schemes, funded by the Foundation alone, such as book assistance to libraries.

The ILA (Indian Library Association) and IASLIC (Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres) are professional associations and do not fund public libraries. A public library association (PLA) is likewise a professional body, not a grant-giving agency.

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Which of the following National Library receives e-books and e-journals as deposits ?

A.National Library India
B.National Library Netherlands
C.National Library France
D.National Library Japan

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: B

The answer is the National Library of the Netherlands.

The Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB) in The Hague was a pioneer in preserving electronic publications. Through agreements with publishers it began accepting electronic journals and books as deposits in the 1990s, and its e-Depot, operating from 2003, holds millions of e-journal articles and e-books for long-term preservation.

The National Library of India's legal deposit, under the Delivery of Books and Newspapers Act, 1954, covers printed books and newspapers, not electronic publications. The French and Japanese national libraries have since extended deposit to some digital material, but the e-Depot of the Netherlands is the model case.

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Statement (A) : The UNESCO Public Library Manifesto, 1972 stated that, "The public library should be established under the clear Mandate of law".
Statement (B) : IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto 1994 stated that, "The public library shall in principle be free of charge".

A.Both (A) and (B) are true
B.Both (A) and (B) are false
C.(A) is false but (B) is true
D.(A) is true but (B) is false

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

The answer is Both (A) and (B) are true.

The UNESCO Public Library Manifesto of 1972 stated that the public library should be established under the clear mandate of law, so framed as to ensure nationwide provision of public library service, so statement (A) is true.

The IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto of 1994 said that the public library shall in principle be free of charge, and placed responsibility for it on local and national authorities, supported by specific legislation and financed by them. So statement (B) is also true.

Both manifestos are correctly quoted, so any option calling one or both false is wrong.

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Match the following and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

List-I	List-II
(a) Public Library Extension	(i) K.D. Metcalf
(b) Academic Library Management	(ii) M.A. Gelfand
(c) University Libraries for Developing Countries	(iii) L.R. McColvin
(d) Planning Academic and Research Library Building	(iv) M.B. Line

A.a-iii, b-iv, c-ii, d-i
B.a-iv, b-ii, c-i, d-iii
C.a-iii, b-i, c-iv, d-ii
D.a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

The correct matching is a-iii, b-iv, c-ii, d-i.

Public Library Extension (UNESCO, 1950) is by L.R. McColvin, the British public library pioneer.
Academic Library Management (1990) was edited by Maurice B. Line.
University Libraries for Developing Countries (UNESCO, 1968) is by M.A. Gelfand.
Planning Academic and Research Library Buildings (1965) is the classic work of Keyes D. Metcalf of Harvard.

Every other code gives at least one of these books to the wrong author.

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Which of the states have enacted library legislation in the year 1993 ?

(i) Mizoram
(ii) Goa
(iii) Kerala
(iv) Haryana

A.(i) and (ii) are correct
B.(ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
C.(ii) and (iv) are correct
D.(i) and (iv) are correct

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: A

The states are Mizoram and Goa, so the answer is (i) and (ii) are correct.

Both the Mizoram Public Libraries Act and the Goa Public Libraries Act were passed in 1993.

Kerala and Haryana enacted their public library laws earlier, both in 1989: the Kerala Public Libraries (Kerala Granthasala Sanghom) Act and the Haryana Public Libraries Act. So any code including (iii) or (iv) is wrong.

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10.

Assertion (A) : Computerization of public libraries in India is slow.
Reason (R) : Non-availability of resources.

A.(A) is true, but (R) is false
B.(R) is true, but (A) is false
C.Both (A) and (R) are true
D.Both (A) and (R) are false

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2018, SET Exam - 2018,

Answer: C

The answer is Both (A) and (R) are true.

The Assertion is true: compared with academic and special libraries, public libraries in India have been slow to computerise, and many district and rural libraries still work manually.

The Reason is also true: the usual cause given is lack of resources, meaning funds, hardware, trained staff and in many places reliable power and connectivity, since public libraries depend on small and irregular state grants.

Options calling either statement false are therefore wrong. (The code set does not ask whether R explains A.)

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