| Post Name | Professional Assistant Grade II Library - Universities in Kerala |
|---|---|
| Question Paper Code | 003/2026/OL |
| Category Code | 274/2025 |
| Date of Test | 6 January 2026 |
| Exam Type | Online Examination |
| Total Questions | 100 |
1
Which organisation is the key global promoter of UN's Sustainable Development goals?
Answer
B. IFLA
2
The VIDWAN database facilitate
Answer
C. Faculty proļ¬les to collaborate research
3
The use of Discovery Services in modern academic libraries directly implements the principle of
Answer
D. Save the time of the reader
4
Which is the national agency in India to promote and support public library movement in India?
Answer
D. RRRLF
5
National Virtual Library of India project is a key component of which national initiative?
Answer
A. National Mission on Libraries
6
The Gyan Bharatam Mission is associated with
Answer
C. Conservation and digitization of manuscripts
7
LIB-VAHINI platform is managed by
Answer
B. INFLIBNET
8
Which of the following is a major focus of ENSULIB?
Answer
D. Green library initiatives
9
Who is the current Director General of UNESCO?
Answer
B. Khaled El-Enany
10
What is the rate of the library cess speciļ¬ed in the Kerala Public Library's Act?
Answer
A. 5% surcharge on House Tax/Property Tax
11
DDC 22nd edition was published by :
Answer
C. OCLC
12
Which classiļ¬cation system is based on the facet theory of classiļ¬cation?
Answer
D. Colon Classiļ¬cation
13
Pheonix schedules are seen in which classiļ¬cation scheme?
Answer
B. DDC
14
Phase relation device is essential for :
Answer
C. Analytical and synthetic classiļ¬cation
15
Which of the following subjects are formed by Loose Assemblage mode of formation? (i) Mathematics for Engineers (ii) Inļ¬uence of sleep disorders on mental health (iii) Sustainability and social cohesion (iv) Geometry in Mathematics
Answer
B. (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
16
Which is the Odd one?
Answer
B. Later-in-Time Principle
17
The book "Classiļ¬cation, Theoretical and Practical" is written by
Answer
D. E.C. Richardson
18
Gap device is used in classiļ¬cation scheme to provide for
Answer
C. Hospitality in array
19
Which seminal mnemonic is used for "disease" in classiļ¬cation schemes?
Answer
B. 4
20
Which is a Posteriorising common isolate in CC 6?
Answer
A. Research
21
Who said, Information is that, which is transmitted by the act or process of communication, it may be a message, a signal, a stimulus, it assumes a response in the receiving organism and therefore, possess response potential _________?
Answer
B. Shera, J.H.
22
In the knowledge pyramid, which one of the following is a base?
Answer
D. Data
23
The 'Measure of uncertainty' in information transmission is called
Answer
C. Entropy
24
In Morris's theory of signs, which one of the following is not a part?
Answer
D. Acoustics
25
Which one of the following is not considered as a barrier to communication?
Answer
A. Entropy
26
National Policy on Information Technology is propounded in the year
Answer
B. 2012
27
As per the Right to Information Act, which one of the following is shall be obligation to give any citizen?
Answer
D. Any oļ¬cial records, memos, documents, logbooks and papers
28
The Indian Copyright Act came into eļ¬ect on
Answer
B. January 1958
29
The Trade Marks Act enacted in the year
Answer
C. 1999
30
Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) declaration declared in the year
Answer
A. 2002
31
The online version of Encyclopedia Britannica known as Britannica Online launched in the year
Answer
A. 1994
32
Who is maintaining the LIS-Forum, a discussion forum in Library and Information Science in India?
Answer
B. IISc, Bengaluru
33
Open Course Ware Consortium is attribution of
Answer
Question Cancelled
34
DOAJ Foundation is located at
Answer
C. Roskilde, Denmark
35
The reservoir of Indian Electronic Theses and Dissertation is known as
Answer
B. Shodhganga
36
Biography Index - Past and Present is a product of
Answer
A. EBSCO
37
The publisher of The Times Comprehensive Atlases of the World is
Answer
B. Harper Collins
38
Which one of the following is not a tool for establishing subject gateways?
Answer
D. SOSIG
39
Which one of the following is not a citation database?
Answer
C. JSOR
40
Which one of the following is not a tertiary source of Information?
Answer
A. Patents
41
What are the diļ¬erent categories of users identiļ¬ed by Dr. S.R. Ranganathan based on various types of library services? (i) The Fresher (ii) Ordinary Reader (iii) Ordinary user (iv) Specialist reader (v) General public (vi) General reader
Answer
C. (i), (ii), (iv), (vi)
42
What are the four approaches to information needs identiļ¬ed by Guha? (i) Current Approach (ii) Anytime Approach (iii) Exhaustive Approach (iv) Catching up approach (v) Everyday Approach (vi) Exclusive Approach
Answer
A. (i), (iii), (iv), (v)
43
Who deļ¬ned Reference Service as "Reference Service is that phase of library work which is directly concerned with assistance to readers seeking information and in using the resources of library in study and research"?
Answer
C. ALA Glossary of Library Terms
44
Who is generally credited as the "Father of Reference Service"?
Answer
A. Samuel Swett Green
45
What are the two main types of Digital Reference Service?
Answer
C. Synchronous and Asynchronous
46
What is the role of referral service?
Answer
B. To direct users to sources where they can ļ¬nd the information they need
47
What is the name of the Document Delivery Service oļ¬ered by INSDOC that provides copies of journal articles?
Answer
Question Cancelled
48
What are the two abstracting journals published by NISCAIR? (i) Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Abstracts (ii) CSIR News (iii) Indian Science Abstracts (iv) Wealth of India
Answer
B. (i), (iii)
49
What are some of the databases created by NASSDOC?
Answer
D. All of the above
50
How many Divisions and Sections are there in IFLA?
Answer
A. 8 Divisions, 47 Sections
51
What are some of the criteria that librarians use to evaluate library materials?
Answer
D. All of the above
52
What is the MARC 21 tag for the title and statement of responsibility area?
Answer
B. 245
53
What is the ideal temperature range and humidity range for storing library materials?
Answer
B. 20-25Ā°C, (c) 45-55%
54
What type of cards does the Newark system use for borrowers are books? (i) Identity card (ii) Transaction card (iii) Book cards (iv) Borrower card
Answer
D. (iii), (iv)
55
What are the four main methods of ļ¬nancial estimation for libraries?
Answer
A. Per capita method, formula method, proportionate method and method of details
56
What is the diļ¬erence between accounting and auditing?
Answer
B. Accounting involves recording transactions, while auditing involves verifying them
57
What are the four main types of ļ¬nancial records used in libraries?
Answer
A. Ledger, cash book, invoice register, salary register
58
What is the recommended space requirement per reader in a reading room, according to IS 1553 : 1989?
Answer
B. 2.33 square meters
59
What are the two main phases of the induction process for new employees?
Answer
C. Onboarding program and department training
60
What is the most important skill for library staļ¬ to possess in the future?
Answer
Question Cancelled
61
The basic structure of MARC communication format includes leader, record directory and which one of the following?
Answer
A. Variable ļ¬eld
62
ISBN contains how many digits?
Answer
D. 13 digits
63
Match the Metadata standard with the developing Agency/Organisation. Metadata Developing body (a) Dublin core (i) DCMI (b) e-GMS (ii) Library of congress (c) METS (iii) Government of UK (d) MODS (iv) DLF (Digital Library Federation)
Answer
C. (a)-(i), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)
64
Which of the following is not an entity in FRBR?
Answer
C. Edition
65
Which of the following is not a Section of Main Entry according to CCC(Ed.5)?
Answer
C. Call number section
66
In Chain Indexing, a link that does not represent a valid concept in the chain of classes is known as a :
Answer
C. False Link
67
The Latest revised ANSI/NISO standard forming the basis of MARC 21 Information Interchange format is
Answer
B. Z39.2 - 1994(R2016)
68
The Indexing system developed by Derek Austin for the British National Bibliography (BNB) in the 1970s is known as
Answer
C. PRECIS
69
Which system of subject headings is typically used in the Classiļ¬ed Catalogue Code (CCC) by S.R. Ranganathan?
Answer
C. Chain Procedure
70
The structure of the Common Communication Format (CCF) is based on which International Standard?
Answer
B. ISO 2709
71
National Library of India, Kolkata receives Books under which of the following :
Answer
C. Delivery of Books and News Papers Public Libraries Act, 1954
72
Where a work has joint author/co-author of a literary work, when does the copyright expires?
Answer
B. 60 years from the end of the calendar year in which the longest surviving author dies
73
Which of the following is NOT protected under the Indian Copyright Act, 1957?
Answer
B. Ideas and Procedures
74
The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is an International legal agreement administrated by which organization?
Answer
C. WTO (World Trade Organization)
75
Section 52 of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 covers
Answer
C. Fair dealing exceptions
76
Which of the following is not a right aļ¬orded by copyright law?
Answer
A. Right to patent an invention
77
Arrange the following IPR-related Acts in India according to their year of enactment : (a) The Copyright Act (b) The Designs Act (c) The Patents Act (d) The Trade and Merchandise Marks Act
Answer
A. (a), (d), (c), (b)
78
Plagiarism refers to
Answer
D. Presenting ideas and expressions of others as one's own without giving credit
79
The International agreement that incorporated minimum standards from the Berne Convention and made them mandatory for all WTO members is the
Answer
A. TRIPS Agreement
80
Which international treaty speciļ¬cally facilitates the creation and international transfer of books in accessible formats for visually impaired persons?
Answer
C. Marrakesh Treaty
81
Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct about koha - Library Management Software (i) Distributed under the Free software General Public License (GPL) version 3 or later (ii) Supports international standards and protocols such as MARC 21, Z39.50 etc (iii) Uses MySQL as backend RDBMS and Apache Web Server (Open Source Software) (iv) Developed by Alice
Answer
D. (i), (ii) and (iii)
82
Among the listed softwares below, identify the softwares which are open source softwares (i) Newgenlib (ii) Virtua (iii) Evergreen (iv) Libsys
Answer
C. (i) and (iii)
83
(A) RFID is the latest technology used for fast check-in/check-out, increase security of library materials, enables to locate/search the misplaced books through which saves lot of time. (R) By realizing the application of RFID in library, all the libraries in India have installed RFID technology.
Answer
B. (A) is True; (R) is False
84
A : In an analog telephone system, signal becomes weaker when it travels from one telephone to another and if the telephones are far apart, the signal becomes weaker. R : As electric current passes along a wire and some of the energy is converted to heat which is the reason for the signal becomes weaker and weaker.
Answer
A. Both A and R are True
85
Match the following : (a) Modem (i) Computer network use to ensure fair access to shared network resources. (b) Packet switching (ii) An electronic device that connects several computers and serves as the centre of LAN (c) Routers (iii) Modulator/Demodulator (d) Hub (iv) The dedicating computers that interconnect networks and perform the task.
Answer
A. (a)-(iii); (b)-(i); (c)-(iv); (d)-(ii)
86
Choose the statements which are about LAN (i) LAN technology use hardware to interconnect multiple computers (ii) If one computer is down in LAN, the computer cannot communicate (iii) LAN technology designed for long distance (iv) The electrical signal transmitted remains strong
Answer
B. (i) and (iv) are correct
87
Select the statements which are true for browsers : (i) One of the earliest browsing services was known as gopher (ii) Examples of browsers are Apache, IIS (iii) Browsing services use Client/Server interaction (iv) Browser also acts as server
Answer
C. (i) and (iii) are correct
88
From the listed options, choose the options which are correct to ļ¬le transfer protocol (i) FTP is part of TCP/IP protocol suite (ii) FTP enables ļ¬les to be transferred between computers (iii) It is a protocol enables one computer to connect to another computer (iv) FTP works on Client/Server Principle
Answer
D. (i), (ii) and (iv)
89
Among the listed options, choose the search engines (i) Lycos (ii) Excite (iii) Infoseek (iv) Firefox
Answer
B. (i), (ii) and (iii)
90
Among the following softwares, identify virus scanning software (i) Mcafee (ii) Norton (iii) Drillbit (iv) Quick Heal
Answer
D. (i), (ii) and (iv)
91
Among the listed diļ¬erent softwares, choose the softwares which deals with institutional repository (i) Eprints (ii) CiteSeerX (iii) DSpace (iv) Fedora
Answer
B. (i), (iii) and (iv)
92
Among the listed items, which are all the digital library projects? (i) Project Gutenberg (ii) Carnegie Mellon University's Million Project (iii) Internet Archive (iv) MARC
Answer
D. (i), (ii) and (iii)
93
Select the statements which are true about digital library (i) Holds large storehouse of information accessible through computers (ii) Digital library holds only primary information (iii) Digital library is an archive of knowledge that spans many topics (iv) Digital library stores many forms of information like text, sounds, graphics, video etc
Answer
A. (i), (iii) and (iv)
94
Match the following : (a) SSRN (i) Economics (b) arXiv.org (ii) Social sciences (c) RePEc (iii) Library and Information Science (d) E-LIS (iv) Physics, Maths, Astronomy, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology
Answer
C. (a)-(ii); (b)-(iv); (c)-(i); (d)-(iii)
95
Formal open access declarations that were made at the meetings at (i) Budapest (ii) Bethesda (iii) Paris (iv) Berlin
Answer
D. (i), (ii) and (iv)
96
Select the options which are true related to Dspace software (i) Dspace - is a digital library system (ii) Capture, store; indexes and preserves (iii) Developed by - OCLC (iv) Inļ¬lbnet Centre uses fedora software for Shodhganga Institutional Repository
Answer
B. (i) and (ii)
97
Choose the statements which are true about shodhganga ETD (i) Shodhganga ETD uploads theses submitted by foreign universities (ii) Shodhganga ETD developed by INFLIBNET centre (iii) Uploads theses submitted by research scholars from Indian Universities (iv) ETD of shodhganga cannot be accessed through open access mode
Answer
A. (ii) and (iii)
98
Among the listed components, identify the major components of the expert system consists? (i) Knowledge base (ii) General algorithms (iii) Inference Engine (iv) User Interface
Answer
C. (i), (iii) and (iv)
99
Identify the statements, which are related to expert system (i) Expert systems are created on the basis of knowledge collected on speciļ¬c topics from human experts (ii) They imitate the reasoning process of human being (iii) Expert system emerged from the ļ¬eld of AI (iv) Expert systems are used by management personnel only to solve speciļ¬c problems?
Answer
A. (i), (ii) and (iii)
100
Among the given options, which are all the major areas of AI (i) Robotics (ii) Natural Language Processing (iii) Neural Networks (iv) Fuzzy Logic
Answer
D. All the above
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