MAHA SET 2018 Question Paper 2 Library And Information Science

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Library and Information Science
Paper II

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Time Allowed : 75 Minutes] [Maximum Marks : 100
Note : This paper contains Fifty (50) multiple choice questions, each carrying
Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.
(50) (2)

1. The National Library of India 1.
receives books for deposit under :

(A) Right to Information Act (A)

(B) Registration of Books Act (B)

(C) Copyright Act (C)

(D) Delivery of Books and (D)
Newspaper Act

2. Full form of ADONIS is : 2. ADONIS
(A) Article Delivery Over Network
Information System (A)

(B) Abstract Document Over
Network Information System (B)

(C) Abstract Delivery Over
(C)
Network Information System

(D) Article and Documents On
(D)
Network Information System

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3. “Dynamic Theory” of classification 3.

was suggested by :

(A) Melvil Dewey (A)

(B) S.R. Ranganathan (B)

(C) W.C.B. Sayers (C)

(D) J.D. Brown (D)

4. Biographical database of Indian 4.

Scientist is a product of :

(A) INFLIBNET
(A)
(B) NISSAT
(B)
(C) NISCAIR
(C)
(D) DESIDOC
(D)

5. The ‘study abroad’ is a/an : 5.

(A) Encyclopedia (A)

(B) Year book (B)

(C)
(C) Directory
(D)
(D) Handbook
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6. Which of the following terms best
6.

describes data that were originally

collected at an earlier time by a

different person for a different

purpose ?
(A)

(A) Primary data
(B)
(B) Secondary data

(C)
(C) Tertiary data

(D) Field study note (D)

7. Which of the following is not a 7.

network protocol ?

(A) HTTP (A)

(B) SMTP (B)

(C) TCP/IP (C)

(D) Z 39.50 (D)

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8. Chairman of the Curriculum 8. UGC 2001

Development Committee (CDC),

Library and Information Science

appointed by UGC in 2001 was :

(A) K.A. Isaac (A)

(B) C.R. Karisiddappa (B)

(C) P.N. Kaula (C)

(D) P.B. Mangala (D)

9. Zero Base budget system was 9.

developed by :

(A) Peter A. Pyhrr (A)

(B) R.D. Stuart (B)

(C) F.W. Taylor (C)

(D) Henry Fayol (D)

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10. IATLIS is an association of : 10. IATLIS

(A) Special Librarians

(B) Teachers of Library and (A)

Information Science (B)

(C) College Librarians (C)

(D) School Librarians (D)

11. Library Committees of traditional 11.

universities in Maharashtra are

established by :

(A) Maharashtra Universities Act
(A)

(B) Agricultural Universities Act
(B)

(C) University Grants Commission
(C)
Act

(D)
(D) Govt. of India Act

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12. The concept of ‘speciator’ was first 12. CC

adopted in which edition of CC ?

(A) 4th (A)

(B) 5th (B)

(C) 6th (C)

(D) 7th (D)

13. Mrs. Anuradha Vaidya Kaginalikar; 13.

a fiction writer will be rendered as 2

per AACR 2 as :

(A) Mrs. VAIDYA KAGINALKAR (A) Mrs. VAIDYA KAGINALKAR

(Anuradha) ( ) (Anuradha) ( )

(B) Mrs. Anuradha Vaidya— (B) Mrs. Anuradha Vaidya—

Kaginalkar Kaginalkar

(C) Vaidya Kaginalkar, Mrs. (C) Vaidya Kaginalkar, Mrs.

Anuradha Anuradha

(D) VAIDYA KAGINALKAR, (Mrs. (D) VAIDYA KAGINALKAR, (Mrs.

Anuradha) ( ) Anuradha) ( )

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14. NISSAT initiated a project for a 14.

Knowledge Network using local

language. This is known as :

(A) Gyandarshan (A)

(B) Honeybee (B)

(C) Grassroot (C)

(D) NIC (D)

15. ‘Facts on File’ is a weekly digest 15.

of :

(A) Indian events (A)

(B) American events (B)

(C) World events (C)

(D) Asian events (D)

16. Mean, Median and Mode are : 16.

(A) Measures of deviation (A)

(B) Ways of sampling (B)

(C) Measures of control tendency (C)

(D) Measures of central tendency (D)

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17. “Live Journal” can be used for the 17.

creation of :

(A) Blog (A)

(B) RSS (B)

(C) Wiki (C)

(D) Facebook (D)

18. First All India Library Conference 18. 1918

was held in 1918 at :

(A) Baroda (A)

(B) Calcutta (B)

(C) Madras (C)

(D) Lahore (D)

19. Quality is “Fitness for use” said 19.

by :

(A) Peter Drucker (A)

(B) Joseph M. Juran (B)

(C) Michael Maccoby (C)

(D) Philip Crosby (D)

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20. Which of the following is not covered 20. IPR

by IPR ?

(A) Patents (A)

(B) Trademarks (B)

(C) Standards (C)

(D) Industrial Designs (D)

21. OPAC stands for : 21.

(A) Open Public Access Catalogue (A)

(B) Online Public Access Catalogue (B)

(C) Offline Public Access Catalogue (C)

(D) Onsite Public Access Catalogue (D)

22. When an author has not registered 22.

under copyright by legally proceeded

over dispute of ownership. What is

the validity of ownership ?

(A) No ownership without (A)

registration

(B) It may not be legally tenable (B)

(C) Ownership is automatic (C)

(D) Cannot claim ownership (D)

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23. Concept of “Reference Librarian” 23.

was first initiated by :

(A) S. Parthsarathy (A)

(B) Melvil Dewey (B)

(C) Samuel S. Green (C)

(D) Justin Winsor (D)

24. Which of the following canon says 24.

that choice and rendering of heading

should be determined from the title

page and its verso :

(A) Canon of prepotence (A)

(B) Canon of currency (B)

(C) Canon of ascertainability (C)

(D) Canon of consistency (D)

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25. How many centres were established 25. NACIDS

by NISSAT for providing access to NISSAT

NACIDS ?

(A) 10 (A)

(B) 11 (B)

(C) 12 (C)

(D) 13 (D)

26. Abstracts in print version of LISA 26.

are arranged according to :

(A) Dewey decimal classification (A)

(B) Colon classification (B)

(C) A special scheme of classification (C)

(D) UDC (D)

27. A variable used to cause a change 27.

in another variable is known as :

(A) Discontinuous variable (A)

(B) Dependent variable (B)

(C) Independent variable (C)

(D) Extraneous variable (D)

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28. Process of reading data from 28.

permanent store and writing it to

computer’s main store is called :

(A) Saving data (A)

(B) Loading data (B)

(C) Writing data (C)

(D) Reading data (D)

29. Which was the first Indian 29.

university that has changed the

Diploma Course in Library Science

to B.Lib.Sc. ?
(A)
(A) Banaras Hindu University

(B)
(B) Delhi University

(C)
(C) Aligarh Muslim University

(D)
(D) Madras University

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30. The basic principle which governs 30.
the selection of reading material for

a library was enunciated by Drury

in :
(A) 1928
(A) 1928
(B) 1926
(B) 1926

(C) 1932 (C) 1932

(D) 1930 (D) 1930

31. IARI library is at : 31.

(A) New Delhi
(A)
(B) Bengaluru
(B)
(C) Hyderabad
(C)
(D) Ahmedabad (D)

32. According to Dr. S.R. Ranganathan, 32.
reference service aimed at new

readers is called :

(A) General help to general readers (A)

(B) Short range reference service (B)

(C) Long range reference service (C)

(D) Initiation (D)

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33. Which of the following is not a 33.

standard for bibliographic records ?

(A) ISBD (A)

(B) MARC (B)

(C) ISO-2709 (C) 2709

(D) AACR-2 (D) 2

34. Promotion of Existing Information 34.

Systems & Services and not to dwell

upon subjects already handled was

an objective of which information

system ?
(A)
(A) INIS
(B)
(B) AGRIS

(C)
(C) NISSAT

(D)
(D) DESIDOC

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35. Research periodicals are ..................... 35.

source.

(A) Primary (A)

(B) Secondary (B)

(C) Tertiary (C)

(D) Meta (D)

36. Which of the following is not a 36.

primary source ?

(A) BIS standard for library (A)

furniture

(B) NASA Report (B)

(C) Library Quarterly (C)

(D) LISA (D)

37. Thick coax cable has maximum 37.

.......................... segments.

(A) 10 m (A) 10 m

(B) 100 m (B) 100 m

(C) 500 m (C) 500 m

(D) 50 m (D) 50 m

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38. Khuda Baksha Oriental Public 38.

Library, Patna was opened for the

public in the year October :

(A) 1891 (A) 1891

(B) 1791 (B) 1791

(C) 1691 (C) 1691

(D) 1991 (D) 1991

39. Who among the following persons is 39.

considered as father of modern

management ?

(A)
(A) Henry Fayol

(B)
(B) Henry Gantt

(C) F.W. Taylor (C)

(D) Frederick Herzberg (D)

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40. Who has introduced Advancement 40.

of Librarianship Programme ?

(A) IFLA (A)

(B) UNESCO (B)

(C) FID (C)

(D) ICSU (D)

41. National Library of USA is known 41.

as :

(A) National Library of America (A)

(B) The Congress Library (B)

(C) White House Library (C)

(D) Library of Congress (D)

42. ‘User Profile’ contains : 42.

(A) List of descriptors

(B) List of useful citations (A)

(C) List of users (B)

(D) Information about user’s (C)

information needs (D)

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43. Gap device helps in making a 43.

classification scheme more :

(A) Faceted (A)

(B) Hierarchical (B)

(C) Hospitable (C)

(D) Enumerative (D)

44. The following search engine was 44.

exclusively meant for searching

scientific information :

(A) Google (A)

(B) Alta-vista (B)

(C) Dogpile (C)

(D) SCIRUS (D)

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45. Which of the following journals is 45.

available only in electronic form ?

(A) D-Lib Magazine (A)

(B) Journal of Documentation (B)

(C) Library Quarterly (C)

(D) Library Trends (D)

46. McGregor’s theory ‘Y’ is related 46. ‘Y’

with :

(A) disliking of persons at work
(A)
place

(B) lack of creativity at work place (B)

(C) self-directed and self-controlled
(C)

at persons work place

(D) self-centred and selfishness at

(D)
work place

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47. Multiplexing is used in : 47.

(A) Packet switching

(A)
(B) Circuit switching

(B)
(C) Data switching

(C)
(D) Packet switching and data

switching (D)

48. The Library Science Education in 48.

India started at :

(A) Baroda (A)

(B) New Delhi (B)

(C) Madras (C)

(D) Bombay (D)

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49. ............................... improves the 49.

planning and control of operations

by providing better information for

decision-making.

(A) System analysis (A)

(B) Management Information
(B)
System

(C)
(C) Operation Management

(D) Controlling techniques (D)

50. Identify the information scientist 50.

who developed ‘sense making’ theory

of information needs :

(A) Brenda Dervin (A)

(B) Blaise Cronin (B)

(C) Michael Buckland (C)

(D) Nicholas Belkins (D)

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