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Multiple choice questions and answers in LIS SET-4


1.Who identified the eight central values of librarianship ?

(1) Margaret Mann

(2) Michael Gorman

(3) David Hume

(4) S.R. Ranganathan

Answer: Michael Gorman



2. Which of the following organization declared 17 th May as “World Information Society

Day” ?

(1) IFLA

(2) World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

(3) World Health Organization (WHO)

(4) UNESCO

Answer: World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)


3. ‘Bibliographic Coupling’ was first advocated by

(1) B.K. Sen

(2) S.R. Ranganathan

(3) M.M. Kessler

(4) S.C. Bradford

Answer: M.M. Kessler


4. By which mode ‘Management Science’ and ‘Research Methodology’ are formed ?

(1) Agglomeration

(2) Fusion

(3) Cluster

(4) Distillation

Answer:Distillation


5. ‘Prefix’ element of ISBN consists of _____ number of digits.

(1) 3

(2) 5

(3) 4

(4) 2

Answer: 3


6. Who defined notation as shorthand sign ?

(1) S.R. Ranganathan

(2)Immanuel Kant

(3) Benjamin A. Custer

(4)E.C. Richardson

Answer: E.C. Richardson


7. Which of the search strategy is useful to increase recall output ?

(1) Proximity operators

(2) Boolean operators ‘NOT’

(3) Truncation

(4) Boolean operators ‘AND’

Answer: Truncation


8. The ‘Right to Information Bill’ was enacted by the Parliament of India on

(1) 5th May 2005

(2) 15th June 2005

(3) 12th October 2005

(4) 22nd June 2005

Answer: 12th October 2005


9. Who was the first Director of Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation ?

(1) B.S. Kesvan

(2) D.R. Kalia

(3) B.P. Barua

(4) S. Bashruddin

Answer: B.P. Barua


10. In Ranganathan’s terminology ‘Latent Facet’ is a

(1) Facet added at the end

(2) Hidden Facet

(3) Important Facet

(4) Current of all Facets

Answer: Hidden Facet


11. ‘Transactional Model of Communication’ was suggested by

(1) Peter Drucker

(2) George Zipf

(3) Dean Barnlund

(4) A.C. Kessler

Answer: Dean Barnlund


12. Research Methodology involving the construction of theory through analysis of data is

known as

(1) Sampling Theory

(2) Grounded Theory

(3) Ideal Theory

(4) Basic Theory

Answer: Grounded Theory


13. Chapter 12 of AACR-2 has changed its name in AACR-2R, 2002. Identify the changed

name.

(1) Integrated Resources

(2) Continuing Resources

(3) Periodical Resources

(4) Online Resources

Answer: Continuing Resources


14. Identify the persons who contributed to the development of TQM.

a.Philip B. Crosby

b.Kaoru Ishikawa

c.Joseph Juran

d.Michael Gorman

Codes :

(1) a, b, c are correct.

(2) b, c, d are correct.

(3) a, c, d are correct.

(4) a, b, d are correct.

Answer: a, b, c are correct.


15. Identify the correct statements associated with Universal Decimal Classification Scheme

(UDC)

a.It is faceted classification scheme.

b.Paul Otlet and Henry La Fontaine are associated with it.

c.It has relative index.

d.It uses pure notation.

Codes :

(1) a, b are correct.

(2) b, c are correct.

(3) c, d are correct.

(4) a, d are correct.

Answer: a, b are correct.


16. In which of the following studies, a researcher is required to examine some specific sub-

population, as they change time ?

(1) Trend Study

(2) Cohort Study

(3) Cross Sectional Study

(4) Panel Studies

Answer: Cohort Study


17. Which of the following are associated with UNESCO Programme ?

a.General Information Programme (PGI)

b.World Scientific Information System (UNISIST)

c.Universal Availability of Publications (UAP)

d.International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD)

Codes :

(1) a, b are correct.

(2) a, c are correct.

(3) a, d are correct.

(4) b, c are correct.

Answer: a, b are correct.


18. Collection development principles are given by :

a.C.A. Cutter

b.Melvil Dewey

c.S.R. Ranganathan

d.B.S. Kesvan
Codes :

(1) a, b are correct.

(2) b, c are correct.

(3) c, d are correct.

(4) b, d are correct.

Answer: b, c are correct.


19. ‘Product life cycle’ is helpful in :

a.deciding marketing strategies best fitted to particular stages in the development of

service activities.

b.maintaining that all products or services follow distinctive pattern overtime.

c.dealing with the historical aspect of the product.

d.dealing with the stages of product life-cycle.

Codes :

(1) a, b, d are correct.

(2) a, b, c are correct.

(3) b, c, d are correct.

(4) a, c, d are correct.

Answer: a, b, d are correct.


20. PMEST in colon classification of S.R. Ranganathan is

a.Decreasing order of concreteness

b.Decreasing order of association

c.Decreasing order of classification

d.Decreasing order of fundamental categories
Code:
(1) a, b are correct

(2) a, d are correct

(3) a, c are correct

(4) b, d are correct

Answer: a, d are correct