Test Yourself Series - 1 (Library & Society), Library and Information Science (UGC-NET)

1. Library play an important role in supporting educational, cultural and ......activities of a society.

a. Technical
b. Research
C. Vocational
D. Industrial

2. .........have occuupied the basic resources of an information society.
a. Educational and Culture
b. Agriculture and Industries
c. Information and Knowledge
d. Academic and Public Libraries

3. The first law of library science is restated as.............are for use.
a. Library/Information
b. Books/Readers/
c. Information/Knowledge
d. Documents/Information.

4. Library building and furniture should be.........in its design.
a. Economic
b. Functional
c. Comfortable
d. L-Shaped

5.The third law of Library Science works in full conformity with........
a. Resourch Sharing
b. Closed Access
c. Open Access
d. Obligation of Staff

6. The basic components of a library are i] books ii] Readers and ii].......
a. Staff
b. Budget
c. Building
d. Furniture

7. While planning and designing in library building there should be adequate provision of expansion both horizontally and ..........
a. height
b. vertically
c. width
c. length

8. Right information to the right user is the implication of...............Law of Library Science
a. Second
b. Third
c. First
D. Fourth

9. Book Club or reading society was another form of ............library.
a. Monastic
b. Subscription
c. Correlation
d. Commercial

10. William Ewart and .........were two personalities responsible for library legislation in U.K.
a. Joseph Brotherlon
b. George Biraback
c. Allan Ramsay
d. W.K. Smith

11. The first general library law in USA was enacted in .................
a. 1950
b. 1956
c. 1964
d. 1970


12. The acronym for Assocation for Information Management is.....................
a. IAMA
b. AIM
c. ASLIB
d. IIM

13. The earlier name of National Library, Calcutta was..........
a. Natiional Information Centre
b. National Public Library
c. Calcutta Public Library
d. The Imperial Library

14. NAPLIS document was prepared by a committee appointed by Department of .................., Govt. Of India.
a. Education
b. Information and Broadcasting
c. Culture
d. Information Technolgy

15. ALA Glossary of Library Terms defines the National Library as 'a library maintained by a ......
a. Province
b. Nation
c. County
d. State.

16. .................has been declared as an institution of national importance by Govt. of India
a. National Library, Calcutta
b. Delhi Public Library, Delhi
c. Connemera Public Library, Chennai
d. Asiatic Society Library, Mumbai

17. Librarian of Library of Congress is appointed by.........
a. President of USA
b. Chairman, Congress
c. Chief Executive, Library Affairs
d. President of Library of Congress

18. A School library inculcates.......children among the school
a. Saving habits
b. competing habits
c. reading habits
d. writing habits.

19. .........committee recommended 20% of the college budget for the maintenance and development of the library.
a. Prof. S.R. Ranganathan
b. Prof. S. Radhakrishnan
c. Prof. Lakshanaswamy
d. Prof. K. N. Raj

20. Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) centre is established by.........
a. UGC
b. RRRLF
c. NBT
d. NISSAT

21. The latest UNESCO Public Library Menifesto is published in the year........
a. 1990
b. 1994
c. 1995
d. 1998


22. Enactment of Public Library Act is otherwise known as...............
a. Right to Information
b. Intellectual Property Right
c. Copy Right
d. Library Legislation

23. Public Library acts enable to create a cadre of .......
a. All India Library Service
b. State Library Service
c. Indian Information
d. Subordinate Library

24. Model Public Library Bill, 1963 recommended library cess at the rate of .........per rupee on house tax on property tax.
a. Six Paise
b. Four Paise
c. Seven Paise
d. Ten Paise

25. Haryana Public Libraries act was passed in the year........
a. 1987
b. 1989
c. 1990
d. 1992

26. In 1993................state enacted public libraries act.
a. Mizoram
b. Sikkim
c. Goa
d. Nagaland

27. .....................is the State Central Library of Tamil Nadu
a. Oriental Library
b. Madras University Library
c. Connemera Public Library
d. Ranganathan Insitute of Library Studies

28. .........................Act provide reservation on one women and one ST members to all library Committees.
a. Kerala
b. Goa
c. Manipur
d. Gujrat


29. Administration of Public Libraries in Manipur comes under...........
a. Panchayatiraj Department
b. Information and Public Relations Department
c. Cultural Department
d. Education Department

30. Which state of the following does not have the provision of library cess.
a. Kerala
b. Maharashtra
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Tamil Nadu

31. Dr. S. R. Ranganathan has grouped the users in to four categories such as i] general i] ordinary iii] freshman iv]........
a. students
b. specialist inquirer
c. public
d. researchers

32. The British Library at........has established a centre for research on user studies (CRUS)
a. Leeds University
b. University of Oxford
c. University of Wales
d. University of Shefield

33. ...................is one of the indirect methods of knowing the user's needs.
a. Citatioin analysis
b. Interviews
c. Field Survey
d. Using Statics

34. A Case study of use of Delhi University Library was conducted in ...................
a. 1962
b. 1965
c. 1968
d. 1970

35. Motivating the potential users to use information resources is known as..........
a. Bibliographic instruction
b. User's Profile
c. User Education
d. User Orientation

36. Introduction the user to the general methods of library usage and service is called
a. Orientation
b. Instruction
c. Initiation
d. Induction

37. ..............attemted to make user education programmes initiated in less developed.
a. INIS
b. AGRIS
c. NISSAT
d. UNISIST

38. Calcutta Library Network, CALIBNET was sponsored by.............
a. CSIR
b. NISSTAD
c. NISSAT
d. ICAR

39. .....................is a Natioinal level Library and Information Network.
a. INFLIBNET
b. CALIBNET
c. MALIBNET
d. NICNET

40. The process of supplying the relevant documents on a specific topic to the user is known as .........
a. Bibliographic Service.
b. current Awareness service
c. Document Delivery Service
d. Reprographic serive

41. Indian Library Association , ILA was founded in .....
a. 1933
b. 1945
c. 1930
d. 1925

42. ILA has developed a database of libraries called.................
a. Soul
b. Nalanda
c. Oasis
d. CDS/ISIS

43. ALA has instituted an award for creative professional achievement called.......
a. John Daniel
b. E.P. Dutton
c. Melvil Dewey
d. R. Ralph

44. Journal of Librarianship is a serial publication of......
a. American Librarian Association
b. Indian Library Association
c. The Library Association
d. ASLIB


45. Association for Information Management is located in..........
a. Rome
b. Washington
c. Paris
d. London

46. IFLA has developed an internationally acceptable bibliographic standard namely
a. CCF
b. UNIMARC
c. UK Marc


47 FID headquarters is located at........
a. Rome
b. The Hague
c. Viena
d. Singapore

48. ....................is an apex body for promoting Public Library Service in India
a. NBT
b. NISSAT
c. INSDOC
d. RRRLF

49. Atom Index is a computerised database developed by...........
a. MEDLARS
b. INIS
c. AGRIS
d. DEVSIS

50..................................serves as a national centre for India to AGRIS
a. ARIC
b. ASIC
c. PID
d. NISTAD