Q. CODE 431 MIZORAM INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION & RESEARCH Competitive Exam For Recruitment To The Post Of Deputy Librarian Time: 3 hours PAPER I FOUNDATIONS OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (All questions carry equal marks of 1 each. Attempt all questions) Marks : 200 1. One of the book selection principles states that “the best reading for the largest number at the ________ cost. a) Maximum b) Medium c) Least d) Zero 2. All part and pages of a volume are correctly sequenced in the first stage of binding process is known as: a) Sewing b) Guard c) Pulling d) Collation 3. The book ‘Library administration’ was brought out by Ranganathan in: a) 1925 b) 1933 c) 1931 d) 1935 4. Among the following which has not been considered as a library of national importance: a) Saraswati Mahal library b) Delhi public library c) Kudha Baksh oriental library d) The Rampur Raza library 5. Classification of all types of libraries has been made by: a) IFLA b) UNISIST c) UNESCO d) INSDOC 6. Informal self education is possible in what kind of library? a) National library b) Public library c) College library d) Government department library 7. The Farmington plan is associated with: a) Library legislation b) Library catalogue c) Library cooperation d) Library indexing 8. UNESCO assisted model public library in India is located at: a) Delhi b) Calcutta c) Madras d) Meghalaya 9. Shelf list facilitates: a) Binding b) Stock verification c) Book selection d) Reference service 10. Which organisation has introduced the concept of ‘sister libraries’ for children and young adults reading? a) UNESCO b) IFLA c) Library of congress d) Library association 11. Which two organisation jointly publish survey on digitization and preservation? a) IFLA and UNESCO b) ALA and UNESCO c) IFLA and ALA d) IFLA and LC 12. Which oprganisation was joined with Library Association (LA) to form CILIP in 2002? a) Institute of bibliography b) Institute of information scientists c) Institute of documentation d) Institute of librarianship 13. POSDCORB is related to: a) Library cataloguing b) Library reference service c) Library administration d) Library automation 14. The oldest and largest library association in the world is: a) ALA b) LA c) IFLA d) IIASLIC 15. The first law of library science strongly emphasizes on the ___________of library building a) Location b) Design c) Modernization d) Maintenance 16. Who implies Ranganathan’s five laws of library science to the web? a) Carl Simpson b) Michael Gorman c) Alireza Nouraozi d) David Berlo 17. Which is the best structure for the libraries? a) Line b) Line and staff c) Functional d) Operational 18. Kardex system is used for record keeping of which types of documents? a) Books b) Serial publications c) Maps d) Books and serial publication 19. How many digits are in ISSN? a) 10 b) 8 c) 13 d) 12 20. ASK (Approach, skill, knowledge) principle is related to: a) Classification b) Management c) ICT d) Standards 21. Where did Ranganathan put forth his five laws of library science? a) Meenakshi colege, Amanalainagar b) Hindu college, New Delhi c) City college, Bangalore d) Christ college, Bangalore 22. Which associations tagline is “managing information” a) IFLA b) ASLIB c) ALA d) LC 23. The first centre to use computer in library and information activities in India is: a) DESIDOC b) INSDOC c) DRTC d) UGC 1 24. Generally a reference service of a library in the conventional form is processed through the stages which are: a) Preparation, service, assimilation b) Indexing, orientation, delivery of query’s reply b) Orientation, user’s study, photocopying c) Orientation, preparation, delivery 25. ________is a process of helping employees in an organisation to acquire new skills and competence on a continuing basis: a) Total quality management b) Management information system c) Human resource development d) Financial resource development 26. Book number helps in: a) Individualizing the book within the same class number b) Individualizing the book among the books with same authors c) Individualizing the book with same year of publication d) Knowing the subject of the book 27. The library budget prepared without considering the previous years budget is: a) Performance budget b) Line item c) Zero based d) Lump sum 28. The first All India Conference of librarians in 1918 was held at: a) Baroda b) Calcutta c) Madras d) Lahore 29. Herzberg’s two factor theory deals with: a) Staff recruitment b) Leadership c) Decision making d) Motivation 30. The author who defined reference service as the “process of establishing contact between a reader and his documents in a personal way” is: a) W.A.Katz b) L.Shores c) M.Hutchins d) S.R.Ranganathan 31. The correct order for library acts according to their year of enactment is: a) Madras library act, Karnataka library act, Mizoram library act, Andhra Pradesh library act b) Madras library act, Karnataka library act, Andhra Pradesh library act, Mizoram library act c) Andhra Pradesh library act, Madras library act, Karnataka library act, Mizoram library act d) Madras library act, Andhra Pradesh library, Karnataka library act, Mizoram library act 32. Zero-based budgeting system was propounded by: a) Peter Drucker b) Edward Evans c) Allen Kent d) Peter Phyor 33. In which five year plan INFLIBNET was established: a) 4th five year plan b) 5th five year plan c) 6th five year plan d) 7th five year plan 34. The full form of PERT is: a) Programme evaluation review technique b) Planning evaluation right technique c) Personnel employee research technique d) Programme export review terms 35. The national library of India receives books for deposit under: a) RTI act b) Registration of books act c) Copyright act d) Delivery of books and newspapers act 36. Berne convention is concerned with: a) Translation b) Patents c) Copyright d) Standards 37. INDEST Consortia is primarily developed for: a) Public libraries b) Social sciences libraries c) Engineering and technological libraries d) Medical libraries 38. UGC was founded in the year: a) 1954 b) 1953 c) 1958 d) 1960 39. System analysis involves: a) Analysis and design b) Analysis c) Analysis, evaluation and decision d) Design 40. Mark the odd one out: a) INIS b) AGRIS c) DEVSIS d) CAS 41. Incunabula are: a) Books printed before 1500 AD b) Books printed before 1600 AD c) Books printed before 1550 AD d) Books printed before 1650 AD 42. The public library manifesto was issued by: a) IFLA b) UNESCO c) ILA d) RRRLF 43. The convention of INFLIBNET organized to discuss the progress of library automation and library service is known as: a) DELNET b) NACLIN c) CALIBER d) UGC-INFONET 44. Citation analysis helps in: a) Identification of core documents b) Subject indexing c) Descriptive cataloguing d) Selective cataloguing 45. Press and registration of books act of India was passed in the year: a) 1967 b) 1867 c) 1957 d) 1857 46. Who used the term ‘information literacy’ for the first time? a) Zarkowski b) G.B.Shaw c) Niels Bohr d) Douglas Mc Gregor 47. In which year RDA was published: a) 2008 b) 2009 c) 2010 d) 2011 2 48. Who assumed two basic assumptions about people and their approach of work: Theory X and theory Y? a) Elton Mayo b) Mary Parker c) C.I.Bernard d) Douglas Mc Gregor 49. ‘Million book project’ was initiated by: a) Pittsburg University b) MIT c) Michigan University d) Carnegie Mellon University 50. ‘Recto’ is used for which side of the page of a book? a) Right side b) Left side c) Upper side d) Lower side 51. Who was the first librarian of the National library of independent India? a) AK Mukherjee b) B.S.Kesavan c) G.R.Ekbote d) R.J.Mittal 52. Who was the teacher of Ranganathan in London? a) Melivil Dewey b) JD Brown c) W.C.B.Sayers d) A.Panizzi 53. Who was the Nobel prize winner among the following? a) Melvil Dewey b) S.R.Ranganathan c) Paul Otlet d) Henry La Fontaine 54. Fungus grows when humidity is: a) 10-20% b) 20-30% c) Below 40% d) Above 70% 55. Books/monographs published within a series can have: a) Only ISBN b) Only ISSN c) No ISBN and ISSN d) Both ISBN and ISSN 56. Planning programming budgeting system (PPBS) was elaborated by: a) Library of Congress b) Rand Corporation (USA) c) ALA d) OCLC 57. Indian standard IS 15339-2003 is related with: a) Public library : Guidelines b) Academic library : Guidelines c) Special library : Guidelines d) School library : Guidelines 58. ‘Conservative, moderate and liberal theories of reference service are given by: a) S.R. Ranganathan b) James I Wyer c) Krishan Kumar d) Samuel Rothstein 59. Using exactly the same words as were used originally is called: a) Verbatim b) Paraphrase c) Summary d) Bibliography 60. A detailed alphabetical list of topics, names of persons, places etc. mentioned in a book is called: a) Footnote b) Index c) Endnote d) Bibliography 61. How many percentage of the total money of the budget is to be spent on reading material of the library according to Ranganathan? a) 40% b) 30% c) 25% d) 50% 62. What technique is applicable for evaluation of library or information centre? a) Cost effectiveness b) Cost accounting c) Cost benefit analysis d) Performance analysis 63. What do you mean by information marketing? a) Marketing of books b) Marketing of periodicals c) Marketing of library services d) Marketing of library products and services 64. What is the most important part of organisation of libraries? a) Library furniture b) Library building c) Finance d) Report 65.