1. In India, Public library developments as a movement was initially started from
(1) Delhi
(2) Kolkata
(3) Baroda
(4) Pune.

2. Library grows and grows endlessly’ is
(1) First law of library science
(2) Fifth law of library science.
(3) Fourth law of library science
(4) not a law of library science.

3. Who is the director of public libraries in India, according to the library legislation of India?
(1) Chief Executive at state level
(2) Prime mister
(3) State governor
(4) None of these

4. The number of states in India having library legislation (Presently) is …..
(1) 11
(2) 16
(3) 18
(4) None of these

5. Indian’s first Library Legislation after Independence was enacted in..
(1) Bihar
(2) Tamil Nadu
(3) Maharashtra
(4) Punjab

6. In India “Book week” is celebrated in the month of …….
(1) January
(2) November
(3) September
(4) June

7. In India the Library Science education started at…
(1) New Delhi in 1924
(2) Baroda in 1911
(3) Chennai in 1933
(4) None of these

8. American Library Association (ALA) has instituted …….. For promoting love for books and reading.
(1) Clarence day Award
(2) Carnegie medal
(3) Caldcott medal
(4) Aurianne medal

9. Open access system of a library is specified in …
(1) First law of library science.
(2) Fifth law of library science
(3) Second law of library science
(4) Third law of library science

10. Proper organization of reading material and efficient charging system is the implication of.
(1) Fourth law of library science.
(2) Third law of library science
(3) Second law of library science
(4) None of these

11. First Indian university that converted the diploma in library science into Bachelor’s Degree was…
(1) University of Delhi
(2) Banaras Hindu University
(3) Aligarh Muslim University
(4) Panjab University.

12. Collection and Provision of Information from Various sources over a period of time is known as …
(1) Long range reference service
(2) SDI
(3) Short range reference service
(4) None of these

13. The patents are regarded as..
(1) Primary sources
(2) Tertiary sources
(3) Secondary sources
(4) None of these

14. ISSN stands for
(1) Indian Standard Service Number
(2) International Standard Serial Number
(3) Indian Super Service Number
(4) International Super Service Number

15. Which of the following is a technique to train professional staff with in the library ?
(1) Job Rotation
(2) Staff Assessment
(3) Conference participations
(4) Communicating Job Standards

16. According to Ranganathan the Percentage of total money of the library budget to be spent on the reading materials should be ……
(1) 10%
(2) 5%
(3) 40%
(4) 75%

17. The most important aspect of the management is ….
(1) Performance analysis
(2) Budget
(3) Cost benefit analysis
(4) All these

18. The PPBS technique was developed by ..
(1) World Bank
(2) State Bank of India
(3) Rand Corporation
(4) RRRLF

19. PERT means
(1) Programme Evaluation Review Technique
(2) Programme Evaluation Reverse Technique
(3) Post Evaluation Review Technique
(4) Postgraduate Evaluation Review Technique

20. The Zero Based Budget was first prepared in…..
(1) 1947
(2) 1950
(3) 1970
(4) 1965

21. The seven step of planning was formulated by…
(1) Knoontz and O Donial
(2) E.Mayo
(3) A. Moslo
(4) H.Fayol

22. System analysis of a library is carried out for …
(1) Developments of Library routines only
(2) Improvement of the functions and services
(3) Evaluating the performance
(4) All these

23. Thesis is an example of
(1) Micro document
(2) Macro document
(3) Meta data
(4) Conventional document

24. Five Laws of Library Science was first published in ….
(1) 1925
(2) 1930
(3) 1931
(4) 1933

25. The grant from the UGC for the Academic libraries is called
(1) Regular grant
(2) Ad- hoc grant
(3) Plan grant
(4) Irregular grant

26. The arrangement of main entries in the classified catalogue is..
(1) According to the author
(2) According to the tile
(3) By a classification scheme
(4) Alphabetically

27. The indexing periodicals provide us
(1) List of articles
(2) List of books
(3) Whole bibliographical descriptions of articles
(4) List of documents

28. The frequency of Indian National Bibliography ( I.N.B) is
(1) Annually
(2) Weekly
(3) Monthly
(4) Quarterly

29. The number of language books which are covered in Indian National Bibliography ( I.N. B) is
(1) 10
(2) 11
(3) 15
(4) 13

30. The Collection of Maps, Tables and Charts, etc., is called
(1) Globe
(2) Map
(3) Atlas
(4) Gazetteer

31. Translation of document is
(1) Secondary source
(2) Primary source
(3) Tertiary source
(4) Not a source

32. The sources which are available chiefly in the printed form are called………… sources.
(1) Reference
(2) Documentary
(3) Non – documentary
(4) Information

33. In a library scheme of collection, number are devised and maintained by.
(1) Reference section
(2) Review section
(3) Technical section
(4) Maintenance section

34. A Database is a collection of
(1) Records in machine readable form
(2) Books
(3) Journals
(4) None of these

35. The e-books means
(1) Book in English
(2) Any book available in electronic form
(3) Any information available online
(4) Any text books

36. In which scheme for classification, the number ‘999’ is free extra- terrestrial subjects?
(1) Colon Classification
(2) Dewey Decimal Classification
(3) Both (1) & (2)
(4) None of these

37. A heading which is partly relevant to the subject sought is
(1) Penumbral subject
(2) Basic subject
(3) Alien subject
(4) None of these

38. The catalogue code which provides three level of descriptions is
(1) Classified catalogue code
(2) AACR –II
(3) Dictionary catalogue code
(4) All these

39. Which of the following codes was considered complete codification for subject catalogue?
(1) Vatican Code
(2) Jewett’s Code
(3) Ranganathan Code
(4) C A Cutter ‘s Code

40. A catalogue of books related to places is
(1) Topographical catalogue
(2) Connective catalogue
(3) Trade catalogue
(4) Serial catalogue

41. A Process of gathering processing representing and storage of information in a database is
(1) Information selectivity
(2) Information processing
(3) Information retrieval
(4) Information representation

42. A sequence of actions which results in obtaining required information is called
(1) Retrieval system
(2) Retrieval code
(3) Retrieval program
(4) Retrieval device

43. The microversion of CDS/ ISIS package is written in
(1) C language
(2) Fortran language
(3) Cobol language
(4) Pascal language

44. The vacuum tubes were used in which generation of computers?
(1) Second generation
(2) Third generation
(3) First generation
(4) Second and third generation

45. Which of the following type’s memory is volatile?
(1) ROM
(2) RAM
(3) PROM
(4) All these

46. The string of 8 bits is called
(1) Byte
(2) String
(3) Character
(4) Binary

47. Librarians are grouped under which category of library staff according to the? UGC library Committee?
(1) Academic
(2) Professional
(3) Administrative
(4) Teaching

48. Surveys of the users are most useful in
(1) Special libraries
(2) Public libraries
(3) Academic and special libraries
(4) University libraries

49. Which of the following is related with library users education?
(1) Ranganathan
(2) P Knapp
(3) M Dewey
(4) D M Noris

50. Initiation of the readers means
(1) Orientation
(2) Knowledge
(3) Beginning
(4) Understanding

51. Which Egyptian king called his library “A place of healing for the souls”?
(1) Rameses II
(2) Seti I
(3) Amenmesse
(4) Merneptah

52. Open access system was first initiated by
(1) State Lenin Library
(2) British Museum
(3) Boston public library
(4) Bibliotheque National

53. How many part are there in 13 digit ISBN number?
(1) 07
(2) 04
(3) 05
(4) 02

54. Which of the following service is designated to identify the most suitable documents to a specific user?
(1) Internet Link Service
(2) Document Delivery Service
(3) Selective Dissemination of Information
(4) Current Awareness Service

55. Researchers are
(1) Organizers of information
(2) Consumers of information
(3) Generation of information
(4) Both consumers and generators of information

56. Location of Library building is an implication of which Law of Library Science?
(1) Fifth
(2) Third
(3) First
(4) Fourth

57. Author’s right to claim ownership of created work is under
(1) Delivery of Books Act
(2) Intellectual Property Right
(3) Press Act
(4) Censorship

58. Indian Science Abstract are published by
(1) ISIC
(2) NBT
(3) DRTC
(4) NISCAIR

59. Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF) was established to develop
(1) College Libraries
(2) Special Libraries
(3) University Libraries
(4) Public Libraries

60. Universal availability of the publication was launched by
(1) I.F.L.A
(2) I.L.A
(3) F.I.D
(4) I.C.S.U

61. Resources sharing among the libraries was originally known as
(1) Library Distribution
(2) Library Cooperation
(3) Library Networking
(4) Inter Library Loan

62. R.R.L.F is a …
(1) Public library
(2) Special library
(3) Government body for supporting public libraries
(4) Trust to support all libraries

63. National policy on library and information system (draft) formulated by
(1) I.L.A
(2) R.R.R.L.F
(3) IASLIC
(4) IATLIS

64. Library Development Plan for India was drafted by
(1) S.R Ranganathan
(2) B.S Kesavan
(3) P.N Kaula
(4) P.B Mangla

65. How many copies of a book should be sent by Publisher under delivery of books Act?
(1) 3 Copies
(2) 4 Copies
(3) 5 Copies
(4) 2 Copies

66. The basic information role of a library is to
(1) Collect information in non – print media
(2) Collect all information available in print media
(3) Collect and dissemination information
(4) Give away books to library users

67. Head office of DELNET is located at
(1) Delhi
(2) Mumbai
(3) Chennai
(4) None of these

68. Books for all is variant of
(1) Second law
(2) Third law
(3) First law
(4) None of these

69. A library that is entitled by law to receive a free copy of every bool published is
(1) Dormitory library
(2) Depository library
(3) Deposit library
(4) Community library

70. The library which serves all the member of the society without distinction of age sex cast and creed is
(1) Academic library
(2) Public library
(3) National library
(4) Special library

71. The open access to the shelves contributes to the fulfillment of
(1) Third law
(2) First law
(3) Second law
(4) None of these

72. The activity of knowing acquisition organization and use of knowledge is known as
(1) Concept
(2) Cognition
(3) Perception
(4) Appreciation

73. What is the standard size of the catalogue card used in libraries?
(1) 12 ´ 5 cm
(2) 12.5 ´ 7.5 cm
(3) 5 ´ 3 cm
(4) 10 ´ 8 cm

74. In which state there is no provision of library cess in public library Acts?
(1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Maharashtra
(4) Karnataka

75. Systematic maintenance of the income and expenditure flow on records is called
(1) Funding
(2) Marketing
(3) Financing
(4) Accounting

76. Arrangement of data in predetermined sequence is called
(1) Coding
(2) Classifying
(3) Processing
(4) Sorting

77. In computer terminology and usage ‘Bug’ stands for
(1) Error in Hardware selection
(2) Error in software selection
(3) Computer virus
(4) Programming error

78. The full form of ERNET is
(1) Economic Research Networking
(2) Eastern in Region Network
(3) Electronic Research Network
(4) Education and Research Network

79. MS – Office is
(1) An Operating System
(2) A Software
(3) The Hardware
(4) A Programming language

80. INFLIBNET is proposed to link up mainly
(1) Industrial Libraries
(2) Public Libraries
(3) R & D Libraries
(4) Academic Libraries

81. Which of the following is a multiuser system?
(1) DOS
(2) UNIX
(3) LAN System
(4) LAN and UNIX

82. Decimal Fraction Notation was first used by
(1) Richardson
(2) Charles Martel
(3) Melvil Dewey
(4) H P Luhn

83. Canon of modulation falls under
(1) Chain
(2) Array
(3) Characteristics
(4) Success of characteristics

84. A Collection of entities without any special arrangement among them is termed as
(1) Grouping
(2) Allocations
(3) Aggregate
(4) Cluster

85. According to colon classification ‘J’ is known as
(1) Agriculture
(2) Botany
(3) Medicine
(4) Literature

86. A Scheme for classification that is based on some characteristics of the books, which do not provide a reliable guidance regarding subject matter is ….
(1) Artificial classification
(2) Form classification
(3) Flexible classification
(4) Famifying classification

87. In which scheme for classification, provision for arranging both minor and major topic is made by leaving gaps in notation?
(1) Library of Congress classification
(2) Dewey Decimal Classification
(3) Universal classification
(4) Colon classification

88. A work which is treated as a subject by itself is.
(1) Macro Subject
(2) Micro Subject
(3) Quasi Subject
(4) Spot Subject

89. Detailed classification required for macro documents is known as
(1) Bibliographic Classification
(2) Broad Classification
(3) Depth Classification
(4) Library Classification

90. The suitable reference source to known about the climate of Jaipur ( Rajasthan) is
(1) Globe
(2) Compass
(3) Maps
(4) Gazetteer

91. Which of the following is not a computer programming language?
(1) COBOL
(2) ASCII
(3) BASIC
(4) FORTRAN

92. The tracing section helps to identify the
(1) Added entries
(2) General subject entry
(3) Specific subject entry
(4) None of these

93. Catalogue is referred as a
(1) Process
(2) Tool
(3) Method
(4) Techniques

94. Open journal access system in India is mainly managed by
(1) NIC
(2) INFIBNET
(3) CSIR
(4) ICSSR

95. Information is both product and process statement was given by
(1) J C Bradford
(2) J Martin
(3) G Gerbner
(4) M Foucault

96. In MARC 21 subject access field are ……
(1) 3XX
(2) 4XX
(3) 6XX
(4) 5XX

97. Digital library function incorporates
(1) Creating and capturing
(2) Storage and management
(3) Abstracting and reviewing
(4) All these

98. Vocabulary in the database is controlled by
(1) Import file
(2) Standard files only
(3) Authority files only
(4) Both standard files and authority file

99. CCF bibliographic record refer to
(1) Data storage
(2) Data transfer and standard tags of data indemnification
(3) Data storage and formatting of records
(4) Formatting of records

100. “Shodhaganga” is repository of
(1) e – journals
(2) e – thesis
(3) e – books
(4) e – resources