Objective Type Questions of Library & Information Science 1. Information is a part of … a) Information Science b) Scientific Scientific achievement achievement c) Knowledge d) Communication Answer: A
2. Information is … a) Raw data b) Processed Processed data c) Input data d) Organized data Answer: D
3. What is Intellectual Property? a) Books b) All reading reading material material c) Intellectual thoughts d) All of the above Answer: A
4. The term “Information Service” is an improvised name … a) Administration Administration b) Documentation Documentation c) Bibliography Bibliography d) Reference service Answer: D
5. Resource sharing is a part of … a) Library cooperation b) Library administration administration c) Library management d) Library cataloguing Answer: A
6. Library technology reports is a publication of … a) ILA b) ALA c) LA d) IASLIC Answer: A
7. When was the American Library Association established? a) 1876 b) 1872 c) 1875 d) 1880 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 Answer: A
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: C
33. Who is the author of “Subject Catalogue”? (A) E. J. Coates (B) J. Kaiser (C) C. A. Cutter (D) J. W. Metcalfe Answer: A
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