Objective Questions In Library And Information Science Free

Objective Questions In Library And Information Science Free
Multiple Choice Questions in Library & Information Science

1 Who coined the term ‘Informatics’:

(a)        Chernyi           

(b) Mikhailov

(c)        Gilyarevaski     

(d) All the above

2 Which is the largest University Library in the World:

(a) Delhi University Library, India

(b) New York University Library, USA

(c) Harvard University Library, USA

(d) Bombay University Library, India

3 Who was the first Emeritus Professor in Library and Information Science in India?

(a)P. N. Kaula 

(b) J. S. Sharma

(c)D. N. Marshall        

(d) C. G. Viswanathan

4 Where is the headquarter of IFLA:

(a)        Moscow          

(b) Washington

(c)        Pans    

(d)The Hague

5 Directing user to the right source of information is called:

(a)Digest Service

(b)Referral Service

(c)Data Service

(d) Current Awareness Service

6 An individual who connects an internal colleague with

an external source of information is a/an:

(a) Information Consultant

(b) Information Broker

(c) Technological Gatekeeper

(d) Information Intermediary

7 The term UF (Used For) and SA (See Also) are used in:

(a) Classification scheme          

(b) LCSH

(c)        LC      

(d) None of these

8 Telecommunication is the transmission of information by electronic means.

(a)True

(b) False

9 Who is known as Ranganathan of Pakistan?

(a)        Dr. Khruseed

(b) Dr. Hammed

(c)        Mohd. K. Khan           

(d) Mazid Ati Khan

10 References and bibliographies are given while:

(a) In data analysis

(b) Conducting a research

(c) Writing a research report

(d) Conceiving a research problem

11.Benjamin A Custer edited:

(a)LISA          

(b) AACR II

(c)19 edition of DDC   

(d) None of these

12. Who is the co-worker of Dr. Ranganathan in the following?

(a)M. A. Gopinath       

(b) S. Dasgupta

(c)P. N. Kaula 

(d) C. G. Viswanathan

13. With which agency did UNESCO collaborate to establish UNISIST?

(a)ICSU          

(b) IFL4

(c)INIS           

(d) INFLIBNET

14. The concept of Technological Gatekeepers was first

proposed by.:

(a)Allen           

(b) Guha

(c)Diana Crone

(d) S. M. Shah

15.In which year second Ph. D. was awarded by the Punjab University, India:

(a)1957           

(b) 1967

(c)1977           

(d) 1987

16. Since which year Dewey started the work for Decimal Classification:

(a)1868           

(b) 1870

(c)1873           

(d) 1876

17. Information has become the most crucial weapon for acquisition of economic and political power.

(a)True

(b) False

18. In India the information products and service are marketed by:

(a)NISCAIR   

(b)NASSDOC

(c)DESIDOC  

(d)NISSSAT

19. The Committee on ‘Structure of Pubic Library Services in England and Wales’ is also known as:

(a)Parry Committee     

(b) Kenyon Committee

(c)        Roberts Committee      

(d) Edwards Committee

20. ‘Book for all’ is the same to which law of Library science:

(a) Books are for use

(b) Every reader and his book

(c) Every book and its reader

(d) Save the time of the reader

21. What was the name of the wife of Dr. Ranganathan?

(a)Sharda        

(b) Sanka

(c)Sushma       

(d) Sarala

22. Who was the first exponent of Scientific Method of Research?

(a) Bliss           

(b) Newton

(c) Bacon        

(d) Aristotle

23. To find out the present Home Minister of India, appropriate source of information is:

(a) Who’s who of Indian Writers

(b) Who was Who of India

(c) India who’s who

(d) Dictionary of National Biography

24. ‘Library is the heart of an institution’, this was stated by:

(a)Dr. Ranganathan      

(b) Dr. Radhakrishnan

(c)M. A. Gopinath       

(d) Wilson and Tauber

25. The term ‘News’ ‘Data’ and ‘Knowledge’ are related to the concept of and thus are synonymous with the term.

(a)Information  

(b) Facts

(c) Both           

(d) None of the above

Answers:

1 d

2 c

3 a

4 d

5 b

6 c

7 b

8 a

9 a

10 c

11 a

12 a

13 a

14 a

15 c

16 c

17 a

18 a

19 c

20 b

21 a

22 c

23 c

24 b

25 a