Objective Type Questions of Library & Information Science
Objective Type Questions of Library & Information Science
1.1. Information is a part of …Information is a part of … a) Information
a) Information ScienceScience b) Scienti
b) Scientific achiefic achievementvement c) Knowledge c) Knowledge d) Communication d) Communication Answer: A Answer: A 2. 2. Information is …Information is … a) Raw data a) Raw data b) Processe b) Processed datad data
c) Input data c) Input data d) Organized data d) Organized data Answer: D Answer: D 3.
3. What is Intellectual Property?What is Intellectual Property? a) Books
a) Books b) All readi
b) All reading mateng materialrial c) Intellectual thoughts c) Intellectual thoughts d) All of the above d) All of the above Answer: A
Answer: A 4.
4. The term “Information Service” is an improvised name …The term “Information Service” is an improvised name … a)
a) AdministraAdministrationtion b) Documen b) Documentationtation c) c) BibliographBibliographyy d) Reference service d) Reference service Answer: D Answer: D 5.
5. Resource sharing is a part of …Resource sharing is a part of … a
a) Library cooperation) Library cooperation b) Library a
b) Library administrationdministration c) Library management c) Library management d) Library cataloguing d) Library cataloguing Answer: A Answer: A 6.
6. Library technology reports is a publication of …Library technology reports is a publication of … a) ILA a) ILA b) ALA b) ALA c) LA c) LA d) IASLIC d) IASLIC Answer: A Answer: A 7.
7. When was the American Library Association established?When was the American Library Association established? a) 1876 a) 1876 b) 1872 b) 1872 c) 1875 c) 1875 d) 1880 d) 1880 Answer: A Answer: A
8. Which terms was coined by S.R. Ranganathan for mobile libraries a) Moving library
b) Library on wheels c) Library machine d) All of the above Answer: B
9. Which of the following is the primary source of information? a) Bibliography
b) Encyclopedia
c) Handwritten articles d) Dictionary
Answer: C
10. What is library literature? a) Indexing journal
b) List of books of library science c) Abstracting periodical
d) Directory of sources of library science Answer: D
11. Abstracting service provides… a) Abstract of articles
b) Whole bibliographic description of articles
c) Whole bibliographic description along with abstracts of article d) Whole bibliographic sources
Answer: C
12. What is a database?
a) Printed information sources b) Non paper information sources
c) Non printed information sources d) Electronic forms of printed source Answer: D
13. Article published in research journal are… a) Reference sources
b) Secondary sources c) Primary sources d) Tertiary sources Answer: B
14. Which service demands the creation of a „user‟ profile? a) CAS
b) Information retrieval c) SDI
d) Reference service Answer: C
15. “Reference service is the contact between the right reader and the right book in the right personal way” was stated by…
a) D J Fockett b) S R Ranganathan
c) James I Wyer
d) A.L.A Glossary of library terms Answer: B
16. What is the essential aspect of information service? a) Retrieval of information b) Storage of information c) Collection of information d) Communication of information Answer: D 17. CAS is defined as
a) A process of dissemination of information b) A process of information
c) A process of dissemination of current information d) A simple information service
Answer: C
18. Feedback mechanism is a part of which service? a) Reprography service
b) CAS
c) Translation service d) SDI
Answer: D
19. Which library first introduced the printed catalog a) British Museum
b) Library of Congress c) Lelin State
d) Imperial Library Answer: A
20. Which is the oldest classification scheme in the following… a) UDC
b) DDC c) EC d) CCC Answer: A
21. MARC was started in the year a) 1962
b) 1975 c) 1966 d) 1985. Answer: C
22. What is the Thesaurus?
a) A collection of selected terminology b) Synonymous terms
c) List of words d) All of the above Answer: A
23. What are the two parts of the annual report of the library a) Primary and Secondary
b) Analytical and Systematic c) Upper and Lower
d) Descriptive and Statistical Answer: D
24. Which network in India provided the first e-mail service in the country? a) NICNET b) DELNET c) ERNET d) INFLIBNET Answer: B 25. What is Bibliometry?
a) Function of Library Network b) Information Management Service
c) Information Management Tool. d) Library Service
Answer: C
26. Informal self education is possible in what kind of library? a) National Library b) Public Library c) Specific Library d) College Library Answer: B 27. What is a Patent
a) An agreement to the Government b) Document of the library
c) An agreement between the inventor and the Government d) An agreement between library and Publisher
Answer: C
28. Sear‟s List of Subject Headings (SLSH) is mainly useful for a) Small and medium libraries
b) Special libraries c) Academic libraries d) College libraries
29. The word Library is made of the word a) Liber b) Libra c) Libre d) Liberae Answer: B
30.Books for all is the same according to which law of library Science
a) Books are for use
b) Every reader and his/her book c) Every book and its reader d) Save the time of the reader
Answer: B
31. What is Dublin Core? (A) Content management tool (B) E- Library software (C) Metadata standard (D) Internet Protocol
Answer: C
32. Which one is the most important Problem being faced by Institutional Repositories for archiving the documents?
(A) Availability
(B) Rarity
(C) Copyright issues
(D) Author’s resistance
Answer: C33. Who is the author of “Subject Catalogue”?
