Here is the part 2 (21-40) solved questions of DRDO Library Science paper with explanations wherever necessary. Please share with your friends.
Q. 21 Staffing is concerned with providing and maintaining................resources.
(A) Physical
(B) Technical
(C) Human
(D) Financial
Answer: (C) Human
Explanation: None
Q.22 'Kinesis' is related to
(A) communication
(B) generation
(C) storage
(D) none of these
Answer: (A) communication
Explanation: None
Q.23 Who said 'some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested' ?
(A) John Milton
(B) William Jones
(C) Francis Bacon
(D) Benjamin Franklin
Answer: (C) Francis Bacon
Explanation: None
Q.24 Library Legislation refers to the development of
A) Academic Libraries
(B) Special Libraries
(C) Public Libraries
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C) Public Libraries
Explanation: None
Q.25 UNIMARC was developed under the umbrella of
(A) OCLC
(B) IFLA
(C) UNESCO
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B) IFLA
Explanation: UNIMARC was originally designed to be a switching format to enable the wider exchange of bibliographic data.
The UNIMARC Bibliographic format was first created and proposed by IFLA in 1977, with the title UNIMARC: Universal MARC format. A second version was published in 1980 followed, in 1983, by the UNIMARC Handbook. Finally, in 1987, the UNIMARC Manual was published.
Q.26 JSTOR is an online system for archiving and accessing academic journals. It is located in
(A) Germany
(B) UK
(C) USA
(D) Budapest
Answer: (C) USA
Explanation: JSTOR was conceived in 1994 by William G. Bowen, then-president of the Mellon Foundation, to help university and college libraries provide adequate space for an ever-increasing amount of published scholarship.
In 2009, JSTOR merged with and became a service of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization that works to advance and preserve knowledge and to improve teaching and learning through the use of digital technologies.
Q.27 INSDOC has been merged with NISCOM and is now known as
(A) DELNET
(B) NISCAIR
(C) DESIDOC
(D) NASSDOC
Answer: (B) NISCAIR
Explanation: National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR) came into existence on 30 September 2002 with the merger of National Institute of Science Communication (NISCOM) and Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre (INSDOC 1952 ). NISCAIR merged with NISTADS and became NIScPR in 2021.
Q. 28. Computer Memory is measured in
(A) Bytes
(B) Kilobytes
(C) Megabytes
(D) All of the above
Answer: (D) All of the above
Explanation: None
Q.29 Retrospective search service is a type of
(A) Referral service
(B) Responsive service
(C ) CAS
(D) SDI
Answer: (B) Responsive service
Explanation: Responsive services are those that are offered to users who make personal visits to libraries or send requests through mails or through telephone messages.
Q.30 Year book are also known as
(A) Hand book
(B) Annual
(C ) Directory
(D) Dictionary
Answer: (B) Annual
Explanation: None
Q.31 What is India: A reference annual?
(A) Year Book
(B) Almanac
(C ) Gide book
(D) Hand book
Answer: (A) Year Book
Explanation: None
Q.32 What is Trade bibliography?
(A) List of Author Bibliography
(B) List of Special Bibliography
(C ) List of books in print or for sale compiled by a publisher
(D) List of books of trade Library
Answer: C ) List of books in print or for sale compiled by a publisher
Explanation: None
Q. 33 Which of the following is not the documents?
(A) Manuscript
(B) Book
(C) Inscription
(D) Periodical
Answer: (C) Inscription
Explanation: None
Q.34 What are non- documentary sources?
(A) Which are in printed form.
(B)Which are in not printed form
(C) Which are nor documents
(D) None of these
Answer: (B)Which are in not printed form
Explanation: None
Q.35 What do you call a collection of maps, tables, charts, etc.?
(A) Globe
(B) Gazetteer
(C) Atlas
(D) Map
Answer: (C) Atlas
Explanation: None
Q. 36 Which service demands the creation of a ‘user’ profile?
(A) CAS
(B) Information retrieval
(C) SDI
(D) Reference service
Answer: (C) SDI
Explanation: SDI is a personalized service and is directed towards the individuals or homogeneous group, whereas CAS is awareness service which is directed towards all the users who need it.
Q. 37 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) A process of dissemination of current information
Explanation: Dissemination of information that will keep it users well-informed and up-to-date in their fields of basic interest as well as in related subjects is known as Current Awareness Service (CAS).
Q.38 The person who provides reference service is called
(A) Chief librarian
(B) Grade One Librarian
(C) Deputy Librarian
(D) Reference Librarian
Answer: (D) Reference Librarian
Explanation: Reference librarians recommend, interpret, evaluate, and/or use information resources to help patrons with specific information needs. Requests for assistance often occur in person at the library, reference is increasingly conducted by phone, chat and email.
Q.39 What is the another name of Added entries?
(A) Main entry
(B) Cross reference entry
(C) Secondary entries
(D) Subject entry
Answer: (C) Secondary entries
Explanation: None
Q.40 How many Auxiliary tables are there in DDC 23rd Edition
(A) 16
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
Answer: (B) 6
Explanation: None
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