questions

[namita sony]

1. 'Emerald' is the database of :

• Gems And Jewellry literature
• Material science literature
• Library and Information science literature
• Earth Science literature

2. MESH is the name of :

• Medical library
• controlled vocabulary
• Online database
• CSIR unit

3. 'rules for dictionary catalogue'  was  devised by :

• A.Panizzi
• C.C.Jewet
• S.Lubetzky
• C.A.Cutter

4. A gazette gives information about :

• Places of tourist interest
• Hostory of places
• Official announcement and notificition
• Old records

5. With which agency did UNESCO collaborate to establish UNNISIST?

• ISCU
• FID
• IFLA
• ILA

6.Which university appointed the first full time university librarian :

• Delhi University
• Punjab University
• Madras University
• Calcutta University

7.Assertion (A) : Classification and indexing have always been of the subject can not affect the staste of the subject.

Reason (R) : Conceptual analysis of the content of the queries and documents are essential input to an IR system.

Code :

• (A) is true and (R) is wrong
• Both (A) and (R) are true
• (R) is true but (A) is false
• Both (A) and (R) are false

8.Assertion (A) : Any change in the environment of the subject can not effect the state of the subject.

Reason (R) : A subject can be viewed as a system consisting of a set of interacting component ideas.

Code :

• (A) is true and (R) is wrong
• Both (A) and (R) are true
• (R) is true but (A) is false
• Both (A) and (R) are false

9. Assertion (A) :  Many projects and initiatives are taken to create digital librarians.

Reason (R) : Digital library  improves the professional status of librarians.

Code :

• Both (A) and (R) are true
• Both (A) and (R) are false
• (A) is true and (R) is false
• (R) is true but (A) is false

10. Assertion (A) : IFLA 's UBC programme encourages the use and exchange of standardized bibliographic description.

Reason (R) :Use of standard enables to bring uniformity in bibliographic description and interchange of bibliographic data.

Code :

• Both (A) and (R) are true
• Both (A) and (R) are false
• (A) is true and (R) is false
• (R) is true but (A) is false

11. Match the following items given in

                    LIST 1                                            LIST 2

DDC 19th edition                                          John Camaroni

DDC 20th edition                                          Melvil Dewey

DDC 21th edition                                          John  Mitchell

DDC 22th edition                                          Benjamin Custer

12. Match the following

                 LIST 1                                             LIST 2

SHE                                                           Nuclear Energy

MESH                                                        Education

ERIC                                                          Medicine

INIS                                                           Engineering

13 Match the following

                 LIST 1                                             LIST 2

Melvil Dewey                                             Belgium

Berwick Sayers                                         USA

B.S. Kesavan                                            Britain

Paul Otlet                                                 India

14 Match the following

                 LIST 1                                             LIST 2

UBC                                                       FID

UDC                                                       IFLA

MARC                                                    ASTINFO

Document Supply System                       Library Of Congress

15 Match the following

                 LIST 1                                             LIST 2

Mission Oriented                                     Patent Information System

Social Science Oriented                          DESIDOC

Science Subject Oriented                        NISSAT

Material Oriented                                    NASSDOC

16. Public Library Law has already been passed in the following states. Identify the correct chronological order in which they were enacted.

(i) Uttaranchal

(ii) Orrisa

(iii) Gujarat

(iv) Haryana

17. Arrange the following persons who were associated with computer history in chronological order:

(i) J . Presper Eckart

(ii) John W Mauchly

(iii) August Ada

(iv) Charles Babbage

18. Arrange the following bibliographies according to their date of origin :

(i) Indian National Bibliography

(ii) Cumulative Book Index

(iii) Book In Print

(iv) British National Bibliography

19.Arrange the following principles and canons according to their levels as enunciated by Dr.S.R.Ranaganathan.

(i) Principles of Cataloguing

(ii)General Normative Principles

(iii)Laws of Library Science

(iv)Canons of Cataloguing