CBSE Class 12 Sample Paper 2026 for Library and Information Science

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CBSE | DEPARTMENT OF SKILL EDUCATION
Library and Information Science (SUBJECT CODE -836)
Blueprint for Sample Question Paper for Class XII (Session 2025-2026)
Max. Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 60

PART A - EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS (10 MARKS):
OBJECTIVE SHORT
UNIT NAME OF THE UNIT ANSWER TYPE TOTAL
TYPE
NO. QUESTIONS QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS
1 MARK 2 MARKS
EACH EACH
1 Communication Skills-IV 1 1 2
2 Self-Management Skills – IV 2 1 3
3 Information and Communication 1 1 2
Technology Skills – IV
4 Entrepreneurial Skills- IV 1 1 2
5 Green Skills-IV 1 1 2

TOTAL QUESTIONS 6 5 11

NO. OF QUESTIONS TO BE Any 4 Any 3 07
ANSWERED
TOTAL MARKS 1x4=4 2x3=6 10
MARKS

PART B - SUBJECT-SPECIFIC SKILLS (50 MARKS):
DESCRIP
OBJECTI SHORT SHORT
VE TYPE ANS. ANS. TIVE/ LONG
UNIT NAME OF THE UNIT ANS. TYPE TOTAL
QUESTIO TYPE TYPE
NO. QUESTIONS QUESTIONS
NS QUES-I QUES-II
1 MARKS 2 MARKS 3 MARKS 4 MARKS
EACH EACH EACH EACH

1 Library Management 7 1 1 2 11
Organization of Library 1
2 Resources 5 1 1 8
Library & Information 0
3 Services 8 2 1 11
Computer Application in 1
4 Libraries 7 0 1 9

5 Communication Skills 5 1 0 0 6
TOTAL QUESTIONS 32 5 3 5 45
NO. OF QUESTIONS TO BE
26 Any 3 Any 2 Any 3 34
ANSWERED

TOTAL MARKS 1 x 26= 26 2 x 3 =6 3 x 2 =6 4 x 3 = 12 50
MARKS

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CBSE | DEPARTMENT OF SKILL EDUCATION
Library and Information Science (SUBJECT CODE -836)
Sample Question Paper for Class XII (Session 2025-2026)

Max. Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 60

General Instructions:

1. Please read the instructions carefully.
2. This Question Paper consists of 24 questions in two sections – Section A & Section B.
3. Section A has Objective type questions, whereas Section B contains Subjective type
questions.
4. Out of the given (6 + 18 = 24) questions, a candidate has to answer (6 +
11 = 17)questions in the allotted (maximum) time of 3 hours.
5. All questions of a particular section must be attempted in the correct order.

6. SECTION A - OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS (30 MARKS):
i. This section has 06 questions.
ii. There is no negative marking.
iii. Do as per the instructions given.
iv. Marks allotted are mentioned against each question/part.

7. SECTION B – SUBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS (30 MARKS):
i. This section contains 18 questions.
ii. A candidate has to do 11 questions.
iii. Do as per the instructions given.
iv. Marks allotted are mentioned against each question/part.

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SECTION A: OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

Q. 1 Answer any 4 out of the given 6 questions on Employability Skills (1 x 4 = 4
marks)
i. The following sentence is of which type of sentence. 1
Reading mythology will make you more aware.
(a) Interrogative (b) Exclamatory
(c) Declarative (d) Imperative

ii is a cluster of thoughts, feelings and behaviours that make a person 1
unique and different from others.

(a) Personality (b) Consciousness
(c) Self-awareness (d ) Neuroticism
iii. Which of the following is not a factor of the ‘Five Factor Model’? 1

(a) Consciousness (b) Openness
(c) Self-awareness (d ) Extraversion
iv. What is the shortcut key to bold the text in a spreadsheet? 1

(a) Ctrl+b (b) Ctrl+i
(c) Ctrl+l (d) Ctrl+u
v. The ability to make profitable and quick decisions is called . 1

(a) Decisiveness (b) Organizational Skills
(c) Interpersonal Skills (d) Perseverance
vi. CNG stands for . 1

(a)Consumer Natual Gas (b)Compressed Natural Gas
(C) Compressed National Gas (d) Central National Goal
Q. 2 Answer any 5 out of the given 7 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
i. Collection Development come into existence in . 1

(a) 1970s (b) 1980s
(c) 1990s (d) 1930s

ii Which one of the following is not a kind of microform material? 1

(a) Microfiches (b) Microopaque
(c) slides (d) Magnetic tapes

iii policy is a guidebook to a library for acquiring information sources. 1

(a) Acquisition (b) writing off
(c) weeding out (d) Technical processing

iv Books are arranged on the shelf according to their . 1

(a) Accession Number (b) Call Number
(c) Book Number (d) Collection Number

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v is a process for determining the Job requirement. 1

(a) Job Description (b) Job Evaluation
(c) Job Analysis (d) job specification

vi The Semi-Professional Assitant designation falls under the category of library. 1

(a) Academic (b) Public
(c) National (d) Special

vii The expenditure classifications based on the services rendered or materials acquired 1
by the libraries are the budgetary expenditure classification by .

(a) Character (b) Object
(c) Development (d) Technical Process
Q.3 Answer any 6 out of the given 7 questions (1 x 6 = 6 marks)

i. is a process of grouping. 1

(a) Acquisition (b) Classification
(c) Cataloguing (d) Technical Processing
ii. In fundamental categories, PMEST, E stands for . 1

(a) Environment (b) Energy
(c) Education (d) Evaluation
iii. The connecting symbol used for Matter facet is . 1

(a) Comma (,) (b) Semi-colon (;)
(c) Colon(:) (d) Dot (.)
iv. List of subject heading for small libraries (Sears List of Subject Heading) was first 1
published in .

(a) 1920 (b) 1921
(c) 1922 (d) 1923
v. The Name of the personal Author will enter into the field tag . 1

(a) 0XX (b) 1XX
(c) 2XX (d) 3XX

vi. The concept of Reference services was formulated in . 1
(a) 1875 (b) 1876
(c) 1877 (d) 1878

vii. The Cocept of Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) was given by . 1

(a) Hans Peter Luhn (b) Dr. S.R Rangnathan
(c) C A Cutter (d) Melvil Dewey

Q. 4 Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)
i. CAS stands for . 1

(a) Current Awareness Services (b) Content Awareness Services
(c) Current Assured Services (d) Content Assured Services

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ii. he statement “Reference services are the establishing of contact between reader and 1
book by personal services” is given by .

(a) Dr. S.R Ranganathan (b) H P Luhn
(c) C A Cutter (d) Melvil Dewey
iii. Library Services mean library services provided using the internet as a medium 1
and library website as a gateway with the help of an integrated library management
system.

(a) Traditional (b) Web-based
(c) Responsive (d) Active
iv. MEDLARS bibliographic database was created in . 1

(a) 1960 (b) 1961
(C) 1962 (d) 1963
v. OPAC stands for . 1
(a) Online Public Access Catalogue (b) Offline Public Access Catalogue
(c) Online Public Account Catalogue (d) Offline Public Account Catalogue
vi Topic or subject-oriented online forums, where messages are communicated through 1
e-mail, known as .

(a) Listserves (b) Bulletin Board
(c) Webcasting (d) Subject Gateways

Q.5 Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)

Linux is a/an software. 1
i.
(a) Operating system (b) Utility software
(c) Application Software (d) Library Software
A programme which controls the overall internal operations of a computer system is 1
ii.
called .
(a) Application Software (b) Operating system
(c) Utility Software (d) Library Software
Koha, Library Automation Software is a . 1
iii.
(a) Proprietory software (b) Open Sources software
(c) Freeware Software (d) Commercial Software
E- granthalaya software is developed by . 1
iv.
(a) National Informatics Center (b) INFLIBNET
(c) DRDO (d) M/O Culture
The Koha software was first released in . 1
v.
(a) 2000 (b) 2001
(c) 2002 (d) 2003
Koha uses RDBMS software. 1
vi.
(a) Oracle (b) MYSQL
(c) Postgre SQL (d) MS Access

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Q.6 Answer any 5 out of the given 6 questions (1 x 5 = 5 marks)

Z39.50 is a/an . 1
i.
(a) Application software (b) International standard protocol
(c) Operating System (d) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
The word Communication is derived from the Latin word . 1
ii.
(a) Communication (b) Community
(c) Communis (d) Communicate
In the communication process, one who communicates is known as . 1
iii.
(a) Source (b) Receiver
(c) Message (d) Channel
A process in which signs, symbols, gestures, etc., are used as the communication 1
iv.
mode is called .

(a) Vocal Comunication (b) Non-Vocal Comunication
(c) Verbal Comunication (d) Non- Verbal Comunication
v. Which one of the following is not an element of the communication model? 1

(a) Source (b) Receiver
(c) Message (d) Internet
vi. Fill in the blanks: 1

Sources/Communicator → Message → Encoder/decoder→ channel → →
Message → Audience /Receiver

SECTION B: SUBJECTIVE-TYPE QUESTIONS

Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions on Employability Skills (2 x 3 = 6 marks). Answer
eachquestion in 20 – 30 words.
Q.7 What are the four stages of active listening? 2

Q.8 Differentiate between Intrinsic Motivation and Extrinsic Motivation? 2

Q.9 Write four advantages of presentation software. 2

Q.10 What are the points on which we develop our organizational skills? 2

Q.11 Enlist the four ways to reduce the amount of waste produced in manufacturing plants 2
and factories.

Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions in 20 – 30 words each (2 x 3 = 6 marks)
Q.12 Write four functions of the Acquisition system. 2

Q.13 In Colon Classification Literature Class has Levels of Personality facet. What P1, P2, 2
P3 & P4 represents?

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Q.14 Differentiate between Responsive services and Anticipatory Services? 2

Q.15 Define Subject Gateway. Give two examples. 2

Q.16 Differentiate between Non-Vocal Communication and Vocal Communication. 2

nswer any 2 out of the given 3 questions in 30– 50 words each (3 x 2 = 6 marks)
Q.17 Discuss three different kinds of binding. 3

Q.18 Identify the different fundamental categories from the following sentences: 3

Feeding of cattle in India in 1995?

Q.19 Write three features of Facebook. 3

Answer any 3 out of the given 5 questions in 50– 80 words each (4 x 3 = 12 marks)
Q.20 Differentiate between Job Analysis and Job Evaluation? 4

Q.21 Write eight different functions of the Periodical Section. 4

Q.22 Explain the different steps Dr S R Ranganathan prescribed in classifying the 4
documents.

Q.23 What is Current Awareness Services (CAS )? Discuss the two different categories of 4
CAS.

Q.24 Discuss the software required for installing and running koha library Management 4
Software.

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