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Post NameLIBRARIAN GR IV - KERALA COMMON POOL LIBRARY
Question Paper Code066/2017
Date of Test9 June 2017
Medium of QuestionEnglish
Exam TypeOMR Examination
Total Questions100
1
The first All India Conference of Librarians in 1918 was held at
Answer
D. Lahore
2
The National Library for the visually handicapped is located at
Answer
C. Dehradun
3
Headquarters of IFLA is located in
Answer
D. The Hague
4
Which of the following is not an implication of Fourth Law of Library Science ?
Answer
D. Rural Library Services
5
Who has not changed its name ?
Answer
B. ALA
6
UNISIST, a project of UNESCO was launched in this year
Answer
B. 1972
7
System school of Management is based on the contribution of
Answer
Question Cancelled
8
The acronym for Association for Information Management is
Answer
C. ASLIB
9
Zero Based Budgeting system was propounded by
Answer
D. Peter Phyrr
10
“Span of control” refers to
Answer
A. The numbers of subordinates to be supervised
11
POSDCORB coined by
Answer
C. Gulic
12
ISBN now consists of
Answer
B. 13 digits
13
Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science is published by
Answer
C. Marcel Dekker
14
‘Rules for dictionary catalogue’ was devised by
Answer
D. C.A. Cutter
15
A gazette gives information about
Answer
C. Official announcement and notification
16
Glossary is a
Answer
A. List of technical words with definitions
17
Which university appointed the first full time university librarian ?
Answer
Question Cancelled
18
Arrange the following classification schemes in the order of year of origin
Answer
D. DDC, Expansive classification, UDC, CC
19
Arrange the following Associations according to the year of establishment
Answer
A. ALA, CILIP (LA), Special Library Association, ASLIB
20
Who propounded “Conservative, moderate and liberal theories of reference service” ?
Answer
C. James I. Wyer
21
Which national agency in India is assigning the ISBN ?
Answer
A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Education Resource Centre
22
Berne convention was adopted in the year
Answer
B. 1886
23
FID was dissolved in the year
Answer
A. 2002
24
‘Geophysics’ has been formed as a result of
Answer
B. Fusion
25
Which committee recommended that imperial library be designated as copyright library ?
Answer
B. Richey Committee, 1926
26
Who was the first Librarian of Imperial Library, Calcutta ?
Answer
A. John MacFarlane
27
In colon classification which indicator has been used for indicating interpolation ?
Answer
C. Astericks
28
What is Denudation ?
Answer
C. Is dividing classes to increase intension and decrease extension
29
Information about Government of India’s stand on ‘FDI’ can be found in
Answer
D. Asian Recorder
30
The National Mission on Libraries, India was established in which year ?
Answer
D. 2012
31
‘Indian National Bibliography’ is arranged under two parts, General Publication and __________ Publications
Answer
C. Governmental
32
The concept of ‘Reference Service’ is given by
Answer
D. Samuel Green
33
In which scheme of classification, special auxiliaries denote locally recurrent characteristics ?
Answer
B. Universal Decimal Classification
34
Which one is not a canon (as given Ranganathan) ?
Answer
A. Canon of Comprehensiveness
35
Granthana is an official publication of
Answer
C. RRRLF
36
Library Legislation refers to the development of
Answer
C. Public Libraries
37
IASLIC was founded in the year
Answer
A. 1955
38
Transistors were used in which generation of computers ?
Answer
B. Second generation
39
Number of States in India which have enacted Public Library Legislation till date is
Answer
D. Sixteen
40
Index Medicus is brought out as printed publication
Answer
B. Monthly
41
‘Five Laws of Library Science’ was first published in
Answer
C. 1931
42
INSDOC has been merged with NISCOM and is now known as
Answer
B. NISCAIR
43
DELNET stands for
Answer
A. Developing Library Network
44
Amendment to ‘Delivery of Books (Public Libraries) and Newspapers Act’ was enacted in India in the year
Answer
C. 1956
45
The Principle of Canonical Sequence is one of the principles of
Answer
C. Helpful Sequence
46
The Principle of Local Variation is mainly applicable in
Answer
A. Cataloguing
47
Who is the author of “Subject Catalogue” ?
Answer
A. E.J. Coates
48
“Facts on File” can be grouped under
Answer
B. Secondary source
49
‘Parry Committee’ (UK) was set up to advise
Answer
D. University Libraries
50
Grey Literature means
Answer
B. The literature which is not published and is not available through normal book selling channels
51
World of Learning is
Answer
D. A Directory
52
Routing of periodicals is
Answer
A. CAS
53
“Book Number” helps in
Answer
A. Individualising the book within the same class number
54
The “Principle of Literary Warrant” was propounded by
Answer
B. W. Hulme
55
Pre-natal Cataloguing means
Answer
B. Pre-Publication Cataloguing
56
Which of the following does not fall into the category of pre-coordinate indexing ?
Answer
D. Sear’s List of Subject Headings
57
DESIDOC is documentation centre for
Answer
B. Defence Science
58
SSDC referred to the National Documentation Centre now known as
Answer
D. NASSDOC A 7
59
Orientation of library users is a kind of
Answer
A. Reference Service
60
The library budget prepared without considering the previous years budget is
Answer
A. Zero based Budget
61
The abbreviation MB to state the storage capacity refers to
Answer
A. Mega bytes
62
Weeding of un-useful books from the library is emphasized by this law of library science
Answer
D. Fifth law
63
The GMD in a catalogue entry according to AACR-II revised edition is given
Answer
A. After the title proper
64
Match the following : List-I List-II
Answer
A. Library is people’s university (i) Kothari
65
Match the following : List-I List-II
Answer
C. Lenin Library (iii) UK
66
Match the following : List-I List-II
Answer
D. I/O Device (iv) CPU Codes
67
Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation : (i) Promotes public libraries (ii) Located at Mumbai (iii) Promotes school libraries (iv) Located at Kolkata Codes
Answer
B. (i) and (iv) are correct
68
Identify the correct order of the evolution of the following storage devices
Answer
D. Magnetic tape, Floppy, CD, DVD
69
Arrange the physical forms of catalogue in the chronological sequence
Answer
A. Register, Sheaf Catalogue, Card Catalogue, OPAC
70
Match the following : List-I List-II
Answer
A. Scaler Chain (i) Direct dealing with subordinates
71
Match the following : List-I List-II
Answer
A. Check Card (i) Reader’s Ticket
72
Pre-coordinate indexing system is followed in : (i) Chain Indexing (ii) POPSI (iii) UNITERM (iv) PRECIS Codes
Answer
C. (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
73
Primary Sources include : (i) Thesis (ii) Patent (iii) Abstracting Periodical (iv) Periodical article Codes
Answer
C. (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
74
The catalogue codes were developed in the order as
Answer
C. Rules for Dictionary catalogue, Anglo American Code (Joint Code) ALA rules for author and title entries, AACRI
75
Which of the following are library networks ? (i) INTERNET (ii) DELNET (iii) NICNET (iv) OCLC Codes
Answer
B. (ii) and (iv) are correct
76
Arrange the following books in order of their publication : (i) Classified Catalogue Code (ii) Prolegamena to Library Classification (iii) Five Laws of Library Science (iv) Colon Classification Codes
Answer
C. (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
77
Match the following : List-I List-II
Answer
A. Tamil Nadu Public Libraries Act (i) 1948
78
Match the following : List-I List-II
Answer
C. Theory of Hierarchy of needs (iii) Luther Gullick
79
Which one of the following is not correctly matched ?
Answer
Question Cancelled
80
“The high purpose of Book Selection is to provide the right book to the right reader at the right time”. Whose quotation is this ?
Answer
A. Francis Drury
81
Who was the British general to esteem Rani Lakshmibhai of Jhansi as the best and bravest military leader of the rebels ?
Answer
D. Sir Hugh Rose
82
When was the new enfield Rifle with greased cartridges introduced in the British Indian Army ?
Answer
C. January 1857
83
The Revolutionary who ended his days as a Ramakrishna Mission Swami was ?
Answer
A. Jatindranath Bandopadhay
84
‘Kingdom of God’ is written by
Answer
B. Leo Tolstoy
85
Who is known as the Political Guru of Subhash Chandra Bose ?
Answer
A. Deshabandhu Chittaranjan Das
86
Who was the author of the book ‘The Indian War of Independence 1857’ ?
Answer
B. V.D. Savarkar
87
The two principles of Mahatma Gandhiji’s Ram Rajya were
Answer
B. Right means and Right ends
88
At which place was All India Khilafat Conference held in 1919 ?
Answer
B. Delhi
89
Who is known as Lincoln of Kerala ?
Answer
A. Pandit Karuppan
90
Which social reformer is known as “Madan Mohan Malavya” of Kerala ?
Answer
B. Mannath Padmanabhan
91
Who led the ‘Mookuthi Agitation’ for the Sake of Lower Caste people in Kerala ?
Answer
A. Arattupuzha Velayudhan
92
First Soil museum in India is at
Answer
A. Parattukonam
93
Which of the following states is also known as ‘The land of dawn lit mountains’ ?
Answer
A. Arunachal Pradesh
94
World Cancer Day was observed on
Answer
A. February 4
95
‘Almatti Hydroelectric Project’ situated in north Karnataka was on the river
Answer
B. Krishna
96
Which Indian City hosted the 2017 Nuclear Security Summit ?
Answer
C. New Delhi
97
Name of the Chinese traveller who visited Kerala in A.D. 1409 ?
Answer
D. Ma Huan
98
The Moderates and Extremists were united in the Congress Session of
Answer
D. Lucknow
99
Who first used the term Swaraj in his Presidential address in 1906 ?
Answer
C. Dadabhai Naoroji
100
Who was the Deoband Scholar to have played a prominent role in the Nationalist movement ?
Answer
C. Abdul Kalam Azad

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