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Test Booklet Code & Serial No.
A
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Signature and Name of Invigilator Seat No.
1. (Signature) ......................................... (In figures as in Admit Card)
(Name) ................................................ Seat No. ..............................................................
2. (Signature) ......................................... (In words)

(Name) ................................................ OMR Sheet No.
JAN - 18318 (To be filled by the Candidate)
Time Allowed : 2½ Hours] [Maximum Marks : 150
Number of Pages in this Booklet : 40 Number of Questions in this Booklet : 75
Instructions for the Candidates
1. Write your Seat No. and OMR Sheet No. in the space provided 1.
on the top of this page.
2. This paper consists of 75 objective type questions. Each question
will carry two marks. All questions of Paper-III will be compulsory, 2.
covering entire syllabus (including all electives, without options).
3. At the commencement of examination, the question booklet
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Library and Information Science
Paper III

III
Time Allowed : 2½ Hours] [Maximum Marks : 150
Note : This Question Paper contains Seventy Five (75) multiple choice questions,
each question carries Two (2) marks. Attempt All questions.
(75) (2)

1. Arrange the following steps in 1.
thesaurus construction in logical
order :
(i)
(i) Selection of terms
(ii)
(ii) Analysis of terms
(iii) Recording of terms (iii)

(iv) Alphabetical thesaurus pro- (iv)
duction
(A) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
(A) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
(B) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
(B) (i), (iii), (ii), (iv)
(C) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(D) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv) (D) (iii), (i), (ii), (iv)

2. Which is the first step in literature 2.
search ?
(A) Identification of search terms (A)
(B) Selection of databases
(B)
(C) Formulation of search state-
ment (C)

(D) Interaction with user (D)
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3. Match the following with the help 3.
of codes given below and select

the correct answer from the codes
-I -II
given below :

List-I List-II (a) (i)

(a) Symbiosis bet- (i) UNISIST

ween classi-

fication and
(b) (ii)
cataloguing
(c) (1971) (iii)
(b) UBC (ii) Mutualism

(c) CIP (1971) (iii) Ranganathan (d) (iv)

(d) Pre-natal (iv) Library of

cataloguing Congress

(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(A) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) (D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

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4. The concept of “Ask Library 4.
Anything” was originally initiated
by :
(A)
(A) ILA
(B)
(B) ASLIB

(C) SLA (C)

(D) ALA (D)

5. Statement (A) : 5. (A) :

Stock verification is essential in the

collection development in Academic

Libraries.
(B) :
Statement (B) :

Stock verification is not a time

consuming process.

Select the correct answer from the

codes given below :

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

(D) (A) is false but (B) is true (D) (A) (B)

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6. DOAJ lists ........................... . 6.

(i) Free journals
(i)
(ii) Online journals
(ii)
(iii) Subscription based journals
(iii)
(iv) Printed journals
(iv)
(A) (iii) and (iv) are correct
(A) (iii) (iv)
(B) (i) and (iii) are correct (B) (i) (iii)
(C) (i) and (ii) are correct (C) (i) (ii)
(D) (i) and (iv) are correct (D) (i) (iv)
7. Match the following and select 7.
the correct answer from the codes
given below :
-I -II
List-I List-II
(a) (i)
(a) MITX (i) Daphne Koller &
Andrew Ng.
(b) (ii)
(b) Udacity (ii) IIT Kanpur
(c) (iii)
(c) Coursera (iii) Anant Agarwal
(d) (iv)
(d) MOOKIT (iv) Sebastian Thurn
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(A) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)
(B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) (B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)

(C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) (C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

(D) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii) (D) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii)

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8. Identify the correct logical 8.
sequence :
(A)
(A) Problem identification, interpre-

tation, findings, data collection

(B) Data collection, problem (B)
identification, interpretation,

findings

(C)
(C) Data collection, interpretation,

findings, problem identification

(D) Problem identification, data
(D)
collection, interpretation,

findings

9. Matching and non-matching grants 9.

to public libraries in India are

given by :
(A)
(A) ILA
(B)
(B) RRRLF

(C)
(C) IASLIC

(D) PLA (D)

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10. Which of the following National 10.

Library receives e-books and

e-journals as deposits ?

(A) National Library India (A)

(B) National Library Netherlands (B)

(C) National Library France (C)

(D) National Library Japan (D)

11. Theory of Psychology of human 11.

resources is developed by :

(A) M. Gregor (A)

(B) E. Mayo (B)

(C) H. Fayol (C)

(D) F. Taylor (D)

12. Classification Research Group (CRG) 12.

was formed in :

(A) India (A)

(B) Great Britain (B)

(C) USA (C)

(D) Germany (D)
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13. ................................. categorized 13.

documents into primary, secondary

and tertiary.

(A) D. Grogan (A)

(B) J.S. Mills (B)

(C) P.V. Young (C)

(D) J.H. Shera (D)

14. Which of the following statements 14.

are true in the reference of “All

Expert” service ?
(i)
(i) It is an e-mail reference service
(ii)
(ii) It covers all subjects
(iii)
(iii) It is free service
(iv)
(iv) It is fee based service

(A) (i), (ii), (iii)
(A) (i), (ii), (iii) are correct
(B) (i), (iii), (iv)
(B) (i), (iii), (iv) are correct

(C) (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) (ii), (iii), (iv) are correct

(D) (i), (ii), (iv) are correct (D) (i), (ii), (iv)

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15. According to AACR2, The 15. 1994
Maharashtra Universities Act, AACR2
1994 will be rendered as :
(A) MAHARASHTRA (Universities
(A) MAHARASHTRA (Universities
Act), 1994
Act), 1994
(B) Maharashtra Universities Act,
(B) Maharashtra Universities Act,
1994
1994
(C) Maharashtra (Government
(C) Maharashtra (Government
of —), Universities Act, 1994
of —), Universities Act, 1994
(D) Maharashtra Law, Statutes, etc.
(D) Maharashtra Law, Statutes, etc.
The Maharashtra Universities The Maharashtra Universities

Act, 1994 Act, 1994

16. Special features of geographical 16.
sources are :

(i) Scale (i)

(ii) Revision (ii)

(iii) RPM (iii)

(iv) Projection (iv)

(A) (i) and (ii) are correct (A) (i) (ii)

(B) (i) and (iv) are correct (B) (i) (iv)

(C) (ii) and (iii) are correct (C) (ii) (iii)

(D) (iii) and (iv) are correct (D) (iii) (iv)
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17. KOHA Software was developed at : 17.
(A) Katipo Communication Ltd.,
(A)
New Zealand

(B) University of Waikato, New (B)

Zealand
(C)
(C) Wikimedia Foundation
(D)
(D) Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) Libraries &
Hewlett-Packard Labs

18. Match the following and select 18.
the correct answer from the codes
given below :
-I -II
List-I List-II
(a) (i)
(a) OCLC (i) Bio-Med
(b) (ii)
(b) INFLIBNET (ii) Web-Dewey
(c) (iii)
(c) IISc (iii) N-List
(d) (iv)
(d) NLM (iv) Digital Library
of India

(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii) (A) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii)

(B) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii) (B) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

(C) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii) (C) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)

(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) (D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

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19. P.V. Verghese prize is awarded by 19.

Indian Library Association for :

(A) Best article (A)

(B) Best book (B)

(C) Best library (C)

(D) Best service (D)

20. N-LIST programme of INFLIBNET 20.

is mainly for :

(A) School libraries (A)

(B) College libraries (B)

(C) University libraries (C)

(D) Research libraries (D)

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21. “Facts, concepts or instructions in a 21.

formalised manner suitable for

communication”, is the definition of

information given by :

(A) IFLA (A)

(B) UNESCO (B)

(C) Shera (C)

(D) Lasswell (D)

22. In ‘medicine’ main class of CC the 22.

isolate ‘treatment’ is part of which

facet ?

(A) Personality facet (A)

(B) Matter facet (B)

(C) Energy facet (C)

(D) Time facet (D)

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23. Science Direct database is developed 23.

by :

(A) Emerald (A)

(B) EBSCO (B)

(C) Sage publications (C)

(D) Elsevier (D)

24. What is the relationship between 24.

ISBD and Cataloguing codes ?

(A)
(A) They are not related at all.

(B)
(B) ISBD includes cataloguing rules

(C) Cataloguing codes could include
(C)
ISBD

(D) They are one and the same
(D)

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25. Which of the following journal is
25.

now been made available as open

access journal ?

(A) Journal of Documentation (A)

(B) College and Research Libraries
(B)

(C) Aslib Proceedings
(C)
(D) Journal of Academic Librarian-

ship (D)

26. LOCKSS is an initiative of : 26.

(A) MIT Libraries

(A)

(B) Stanford University
(B)

(C) University of Waikato
(C)

(D) University of Southampton (D)

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27. Match the following and select the 27.
correct answer from the codes given
below :
-I -II
List-I List-II
(a) (i)
(a) Registration (i) State Central

of Books Act Library

(b) Delivery of (ii) Central (b) (ii)

Books Act Reference

Library
(c) (iii)
(c) Copyright Act (iii) Getting

Required

Information (d) (iv)

(d) Right to Infor- (iv) Ownership of

mation Act Intellectual

Property

(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(A) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii)
(B) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(B) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

(C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv) (C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv)

(D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) (D) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)

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28. Assertion (A) : 28. (A) :

Many of the big libraries are going

for cloud computing.

Reason (R) : (R) :

Cloud computing has helped them

to avoid locally hosting and

operating multiple servers.

(A) Both (A) and (R) are true (A) (A) (R)

(B) Both (A) and (R) are false (B) (A) (R)

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false (C) (A) (R)

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true (D) (A) (R)

29. In the research context, the phrase 29.

“focus group” is associated with :

(A) Sampling (A)

(B) Questionnaire (B)

(C) Observation (C)

(D) Interviews (D)

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30. Statement (A) : 30. (A) :

The UNESCO Public Library

Manifesto, 1972 stated that, “The 1972

public library should be established

under the clear Mandate of law”.

Statement (B) :
(B) :

IFLA/UNESCO Public Library

Manifesto 1994 stated that, “The
1994
public library shall in principle be

free of charge”.

(A) (A) (B)
(A) Both (A) and (B) are true

(B) (A) (B)
(B) Both (A) and (B) are false

(C) (A) (B)
(C) (A) is false but (B) is true

(D) (A) is true but (B) is false (D) (A) (B)

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31. Match the following and select the 31.
correct answer from the codes given
below :
-I -II
List-I List-II
(a) (i)
(a) Public Library (i) K.D. Metcalf
Extension

(b) Academic Lib- (ii) M.A. Gelfand (b) (ii)

rary Manage-
ment
(c) (iii)
(c) University Lib- (iii) L.R. McColvin
raries for Deve-
loping Countries
(d) (iv)
(d) Planning Aca- (iv) M.B. Line
demic and Re-
search Library
Building

(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(A) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
(B) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
(B) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)

(C) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii) (C) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

(D) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv) (D) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)

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32. Arrange the following acts according 32.

to their enactment years :

(a) Digital Millennium Act (a)

(b) Right to Information Act (b)

(c) Information Technology Act (c)

(d) Indian Copyright Act (d)

(A) (d), (a), (c), (b) (A) (d), (a), (c), (b)

(B) (d), (b), (c), (a) (B) (d), (b), (c), (a)

(C) (a), (d), (b), (c) (C) (a), (d), (b), (c)

(D) (b), (c), (a), (d) (D) (b), (c), (a), (d)

33. PERT is used for managing the : 33.

(A) money management (A)

(B) time management (B)

(C) space management (C)

(D) self appraisal management (D)

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34. Among the different Boolean 34.
operators ‘AND’ is used to :

(A) Widen the search (A)

(B) Begin the search (B)

(C) Narrow the search (C)

(D) End the search (D)

35. “Jotspot” is used for the creation of : 35.

(A) RSS (A)

(B) Wiki (B)

(C) Blog (C)

(D) Facebook (D)

36. Which of the following are not 36.
reference services ?

(i) Preparation of user profile (i)

(ii) Initiation of freshman (ii)

(iii) Compilation of documentation
list (iii)

(iv) Reader Advisory Service (iv)

(A) (i) and (iv) are correct (A) (i) (iv)

(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct (B) (ii) (iii)

(C) (i) and (iii) are correct (C) (i) (iii)

(D) (iii) and (iv) are correct (D) (iii) (iv)

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37. In OSI model which layer is in 37.

between Physical layer and Network

layer ?
(A)
(A) Data link layer
(B)
(B) Transport layer

(C)
(C) Presentation layer

(D) Session layer (D)

38. Which of the states have enacted 38. 1993

library legislation in the year 1993 ?

(i) Mizoram (i)

(ii) Goa (ii)

(iii) Kerala (iii)

(iv) Haryana (iv)

(A) (i) and (ii) are correct (A) (i) (ii)

(B) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct (B) (ii), (iii) (iv)

(C) (ii) and (iv) are correct (C) (ii) (iv)

(D) (i) and (iv) are correct (D) (i) (iv)

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39. INSPEC — A Bibliographical 39.

database deals with :

(A) Psychology and Ethics
(A)

(B) Ethics and English
(B)

(C) Physics and Engineering
(C)

(D) Philosophy and Ethnography (D)

40. Which of the following law is related 40.

with “author productivity” ?

(A) Law of Scattering (A)

(B) Law of Least Efforts (B)

(C) Law of Inverse Square (C)

(D) Price Square Root Law (D)

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41. Which association’s tagline is 41.

“managing information” ?

(A) IFLA (A)

(B) ASLIB (B)

(C) ALA (C)

(D) ILA (D)

42. Assertion (A) : 42. (A) :

Computerization of public libraries

in India is slow.

Reason (R) : (R) :

Non-availability of resources.

(A) (A) is true, but (R) is false (A) (A) (R)

(B) (R) is true, but (A) is false (B) (R) (A)

(C) Both (A) and (R) are true (C) (A) (R)

(D) Both (A) and (R) are false (D) (A) (R)

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43. A copyright law usually aims at the 43.
following features :
(i)
(i) Stimulate creative authorship

(ii) Public availability of intellec- (ii)

tual works
(iii)
(iii) Freedom of access to infor-
(iv)
mation

(iv) Profit making by publishers

Codes : (A) (i) (ii)

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

(D) (iii) and (iv) are correct (D) (iii) (iv)

44. Scientific management period is 44.

known in the years :

(A) 1880-1927 (A) 1880-1927

(B) 1950-1960 (B) 1950-1960

(C) 1927-1950 (C) 1927-1950

(D) 1950 onwards (D) 1950

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45. The 23rd edition of DDC contains 45. 23
......................... tables.

(A) 5 (A) 5

(B) 6 (B) 6

(C) 7 (C) 7

(D) 8 (D) 8

46. Scanned content pages of current 46.
journals sent through e-mail is
a(n) ............................ .

(A) Active documentation service (A)

(B) Passive documentation service (B)

(C) SDI service (C)

(D) Reference service (D)

47. Which of the following are not 47. 2.0
web 2.0 tools ?

(i) Ontologies (i)

(ii) Facebook (ii)

(iii) Intelligent Web (iii)

(iv) RSS Feeds (iv)

(A) (i) and (ii) are correct (A) (i) (ii)

(B) (i) and (iii) are correct (B) (i) (iii)

(C) (ii) and (iii) are correct (C) (ii) (iii)

(D) (iii) and (iv) are correct (D) (iii) (iv)
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48. “Library Herald” is the publication
48.
of :

(A) Delhi Library Association
(A)
(B) Library and Information
Science Professional Association (B)
of Andhra Pradesh

(C) Raja Rammohan Roy Library
(C)
Foundation

(D) IASLIC (D)

49. Who coined the term ‘Scientometrics’ ? 49.

(A) S.R. Ranganathan
(A)
(B) Allen Pritchard
(B)
(C) H.W. Hulme
(C)
(D) Vassily V. Nallimov (D)

50. Which state public library Act 50.
provides for an independent
minister for library services ?

(A) Kerala (A)

(B) Manipur (B)

(C) Mizoram (C)

(D) West Bengal (D)

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51. Users education concept can be 51.

matched with :
(A)
(A) Library Service Programme
(B)
(B) Library Orientation Programme
(C)
(C) Stock Verification Programme
(D)
(D) Stock Rectification Programme

52. Statement (A) : 52. (A) :

There is no difference between

Knowledge Management and

Information Management
(B) :
Statement (B) :

Knowledge and Information are

sometimes used synonymously and

interchangeably.

(A) (A) (B)
(A) Both (A) and (B) are true

(B) (A) (B)
(B) (A) is true but (B) is false

(C) (A) is false but (B) is true (C) (A) (B)

(D) Both (A) and (B) are false (D) (A) (B)

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53. Arrange the following catalogue 53.

codes in chronological order :

(i) CCC (i)

(ii) AACR2 (ii) 2

(iii) Rules for Dictionary Catalogue (iii)

(iv) AA Code (iv)

(A) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii) (A) (iii), (iv), (i), (ii)

(B) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i) (B) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)

(C) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii) (C) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)

(D) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii) (D) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)

54. Which is the most useful for decision- 54.

making in library ?

(A) Text-books (A)

(B) Newspapers (B)

(C) News-letters (C)

(D) State-of-the-Art-Report (D)

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55. E-Pathshala is : 55.

(A) Open access source for various (A)
courses

(B) Commercial database
(B)
(C) Directory of institutions con-
(C)
ducting online courses
(D)
(D) List of online courses

56. Arrange the following layers of OSI 56.

Model in the sequence in which they

function :
(i)

(i) Network layer
(ii)
(ii) Physical layer
(iii)
(iii) Transport layer
(iv)
(iv) Data link layer

(A) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
(A) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)

(B) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)
(B) (iv), (ii), (i), (iii)

(C) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii) (C) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)

(D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) (D) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

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57. RUSA is concerned with : 57.

(A) CILIP (LA)
(A)
(B) ALA
(B)
(C) UNESCO (C)
(D) WIPO (D)
58. The phrase ‘Controlled Group’ is 58.
used in :

(A) Survey research (A)

(B) Historical research (B)

(C) Descriptive research (C)

(D) Experimental research (D)

59. Statement (A) : 59. (A) :
‘E-Granthalaya’ can be customized
depending upon the requirement of
individual library.
(B) :
Statement (B) :

‘E-Granthalaya’ is a freely available
software.

(A) (A) (B)
(A) Both (A) and (B) are true

(B) Both (A) and (B) are false (B) (A) (B)

(C) (A) is true but (B) is false (C) (A) (B)

(D) (A) is false but (B) is true (D) (A) (B)

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60. Match the following and select the 60.
correct answer from the codes given
below :
-I -II
List-I List-II
(a) (i)
(a) Harold Lasswell (i) SMCR

Model

(b) Brenda Dervin (ii) Linear (b) (ii)

Model
(c) (iii)
(c) James Kriketas (iii) Model of

information

seeking

behaviour

(d) David Berlo (iv) Sense (d) (iv)

making

approach

(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(A) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv)
(B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)
(B) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i)

(C) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (C) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) (D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)

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61. Which is true about Raja 61.

Rammohan Roy Library Foun-

dation ?

(A) Located at Chennai and works (A)

for University Libraries

(B) Located at Kolkata and works (B)

for Public Libraries

(C) Located at Mumbai and works (C)

for College Libraries

(D) Located at New Delhi and (D)

works for School Libraries

62. Most used model of information 62.

seeking by the information

specialists, while preparing their

models is :

(A) Ellis Model (A)

(B) Dervin Model (B)

(C) Nested Model (C)

(D) Kulthau Model (D)

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63. Library standards in India are 63.
developed by :

(A) RRRLF (A)

(B) National Library (B)

(C) DRDO (C)

(D) BIS (D)

64. An IR thesaurus does not provide 64.
the following :

(A) Broader/Narrower terms (A)

(B) Equivalent terms (B)

(C) Related terms (C)

(D) Meanings of terms (D)

65. Acharya Pralhad Keshav Atre has 65.
written prose under the name
P.K. Atre or Pralhad Keshva Atre;
while poetry under the name
Keshav Kumar. According to AACR2
2
P.K. Atre’s all documents will be
rendered as :
(A) Atre, Pralhad Keshav, (Keshav
(A) Atre, Pralhad Keshav, (Keshav
Kumar, Pseud)
Kumar, Pseud)
(B) P.K. Atre
(B) P.K. Atre
(C) Atre, Pralhad Keshav
(C) Atre, Pralhad Keshav

(D) Keshav Kumar, Pseud, (i.e. Atre (D) Keshav Kumar, Pseud, (i.e. Atre

Pralhad Keshav) Pralhad Keshav)

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66. Which of the following are review 66.
type of services ?

(i) CAS (i)

(ii) Trend report (ii)

(iii) Newspaper clipping (iii)

(iv) State-of-the-art-report (iv)

(A) (ii) and (iv) (A) (ii) (iv)

(B) (ii) and (iii) (B) (ii) (iii)

(C) (i) and (ii) (C) (i) (ii)

(D) (i) and (iv) (D) (i) (iv)

67. Which of the following are not the 67. ISDN
features of ISDN ?

(i) Simultaneous Digital trans- (i)
mission

(ii) Set of communication standards (ii)

(iii) Creates and combines packets (iii)

(iv) Program to visit web pages (iv)

(A) (i) and (ii) are correct (A) (i) (ii)

(B) (ii) and (iii) are correct (B) (ii) (iii)

(C) (iii) and (iv) are correct (C) (iii) (iv)

(D) (iv) and (i) are correct (D) (iv) (i)
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68. Match the following and select the 68.

correct answer from the codes given

below :
-I -II
List-I List-II
(a) (i)
(a) Books in print (i) Bibliography

of periodicals
(b) (ii)
(b) Ulrich Inter- (ii) Trade biblio-

national perio- graphy

dicals directory

(c) World of (iii) Biographical (c) (iii)

learning source
(d) (iv)
(d) Who’s who in (iv) Directory

India

(a) (b) (c) (d)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
(A) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)

(B) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)
(B) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii)

(C) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii) (C) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii)

(D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii) (D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)

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69. Identify the odd component : 69.

(A) Non-participatory (A)

(B) Overt (B)

(C) Open ended (C)

(D) Participatory (D)

70. Action research is : 70.

(A) An applied research (A)

(B) A longitudinal research (B)

(C) Historical research (C)

(D) Case study (D)

71. Arrange the following Acts 71.
according to the year of their
respective enactments :
(i)
(i) The Mizoram Public Libraries
Act (ii)
(ii) The Kerala Public Libraries Act
(iii)
(iii) The West Bengal Public
Libraries Act (iv)

(iv) Rajasthan Public Libraries Act

Codes : (A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
(B) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(B) (iii), (ii), (i), (iv)
(C) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
(C) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)

(D) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i) (D) (iv), (iii), (ii), (i)

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72. Which of the following organization 72.

prepared the draft of NAPLIS ?

(A) Raja Rammohan Roy Library
(A)
Foundation and ILA

(B) Raja Rammohan Roy Library
(B)
Foundation and NISCAIR

(C) ILA and Unesco
(C)
(D) IFLA and Raja Rammohan Roy (D)
Library Foundation

73. Which of the following are library 73.
networks ?
(i)
(i) INTERNET
(ii)
(ii) DELNET
(iii)
(iii) NICNET
(iv)
(iv) OCLC

(A) (i) (ii)
(A) (i) and (ii) are correct

(B) (ii) and (iv) are correct (B) (ii) (iv)

(C) (i) and (iii) are correct (C) (i) (iii)

(D) (i) and (iv) are correct (D) (i) (iv)

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74. The phrase ‘paperless society’ was 74.

coined by :

(A) Bill Gates (A)

(B) Eugine Garfield (B)

(C) F.W. Lancaster (C)

(D) Tom Davenport (D)

75. The Topology with highest 75.

reliability is :

(A) Bus Topology (A)

(B) Star Topology (B)

(C) Ring Topology (C)

(D) Mesh Topology (D)

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