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Q.61. Library catalogue cards are filed in specially designed. drawers called________
A. Charging tray
B. Catalogue cabinet
C. Display rack .
D. Filling equipment
Answer: B. Catalogue cabinet
Explanation: None
Q.62 …………….categorises documents into three types such as primary, secondary and tertiary.
A. Grogan
B. Skeltor
C. SR. Ranganathan
D. Hanson
Answer: A. Grogan
Explanation: H. W. Hanson (1971) divides documents into two categories - primary and secondary sources. Denis Grogan (1981) goes further and categorizes them as Primary, Secondary and Tertiary sources.
Q.63 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
Answer: C. least
Explanation: None
Q.64 ________ is a legal document and can be used as a source of industrial information.
A. Report
B. Law Review
C. Patent
D. Specification
Answer: D. Specification
Explanation: None
Q.65 ISBN stands for ________
A. Integrated Services Bibliographic Network
B. Indian Standard Book Number
C. International Standard Book Number
D. International Standard for Book and Non- book
Answer: C. International Standard Book Number
Explanation: None
Q.66 Technical section performs mainly two functions namely classification and……….
A. accessioning
B. bills payment
C. cataloging
D. shelving
Answer: C. Cataloging
Explanation: None
Q.67 . PRECIS was developed by Derek Austin for use in the ________
A. BNB
B. INB
C. ISBD
D. ISBN
Answer: A. BNB
Explanation: None
Q.68 Books misplaced on the shelves by readers are restored. This work is referred to as
A. Shelving
B. Stock verification
C. Shelf rectification
D. Shifting
Answer: C. Shelf rectification
Explanation: None
Q.69 The objective of library binding is ________of the library materials.
A. Proper organisation
B. accessibility.
C. durability
D. humidity control
Answer: C. Durability
Explanation: None
Q.70 All part and pages of a volume are correctly sequenced in the first stage of
binding process known as?
A. sewing
B. guard
C. pulling
D. collation
Answer: D. Collation
Explanation: Collation - in a bibliographic record, the physical description area or field, providing information about the number of pages, illustrations, presence of bibliography, size of material, etc.
Q.71 The term "Cyberspace" was first used by _________________
(A) Andrew Pollock
(B)William Gibson
(C) John Postal
(D) Joe Flower
Answer: (B)William Gibson
Explanation: The term cyberspace was first used by the American-Canadian author William Gibson in 1982 in a story published in Omni magazine and then in his book Neuromancer.
Q.72 NICNET and INDONET are the networks of which category?
(A) LAN
(B) MAN
(C)WAN
(D) IN
Answer: (C)WAN
Explanation: Wide Area Network.
Q.73 What is a bug?
(A) Computer Virus
(B) Error in Computer Configuration
(C) Error in a Programme
(D) None of these
Answer: (C) Error in a Programme
Explanation: None
Q.74 INTERNET was initially developed by US Department of
(A) Commerce
(B) Defense
(C) Interior
(D) State
Answer: (B) Defense
Explanation: The first workable prototype of the Internet came in the late 1960s with the creation of ARPANET, or the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. Originally funded by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Q.75 LYCOS is a
(A) search engine
(B) programming language
(C) database
(D) database vendor
Answer: (A) Search Engine
Explanation: Lycos, Inc., is a web search engine and web portal established in 1994, spun out of Carnegie Mellon University.
Q.76 What is the full form of ERNET?
(A) Engineering Network
(B) Eastern Regional Network
(C) Electronic Research Network
(D) Education and Research Network
Answer: (D) Education and Research Network
Explanation: None
Q.77 Which network in India provided the first e-mail service in the country?
(A) NICNET
(B) DELNET
(C) ERNET
(D) INFLIBNET
Answer: (C) ERNET
Explanation: None
Q.78 The Electronic Library is ......................
(A) A Magazine
(B) A Journal Name
(C) A Library
(D) An Encyclopedia
Answer: (B) A Journal Name
Explanation: Online date, start – end: 1983
Copyright Holder: Emerald Publishing Limited
Q.79 The CCF was developed by
1. LC
2. UNESCO
3. IFLA
4. FID
Answer: 2. UNESCO
Explanation: The first edition of CCF was published in 1984 under the editorship of Peter Simmons and Alan Hopkins and its second edition was published in 1988 in two volumes called CCF/B and CCF/F.
Q.80 Who is the first editor of “Modern Librarian”?
(A) F.Monbrary Volte
(B) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(C) J. D. Brown
(D) Krishan Kumar
Answer: (A) F.Monbrary Volte
Explanation: None