CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR
Professional Assistant/Semi Professional Assistant:
a.General Knowledge:Indian History, Indian Geography, Indian Economy, Indian Polity& Constitution, Current Affairs-India & World.
b.Reasoning Ability:Analogies–Semantic Analogy, Symbolic/ Number Analogy, FiguralAnalogy, Similarities & Differences, Word building, Relationship concepts, ArithmeticNumber series–Semantic Series, Number Series, Coding & decoding–Small & Capitalletters/ numbers coding, decoding & classification.
c.Numerical Ability:Number System, Time & Work, Averages, Percentages, Profit &Loss, Ratio & Proportion, Simple & Compound Interest, Time & Distance.
d.General English:Comprehension, One-word substitution, Synonyms & Antonyms,Spelling error, spotting error in sentences, Grammar-Noun, Pronoun, Adjective, Verb,Preposition, Conjunction, Use of ‘A’, ‘AN’ & ‘The’, Idioms & Phrases.
e.Domain Knowledge:
1.Types of Libraries and their Features
2.Role of Libraries in Contemporary Society
3.Five Laws of Library Science
4.Library Legislation in different States of India
5.Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
6.National and International Library Associations: ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS, SIS, IFLA, FID,ALA, ASLIB, SLA, etc.
7.National and International Agencies: UNESCO, OCLC, RRRLF, UGC, INFLIBNET,DELNET, etc.
8.Information Centres: DRTC, ISI, INSDOC (NISCAIR), NASSDOC, DESIDOC,SENDOC, etc.
9.Basic Terminology: Call Number, Class Number, Book Number, Isolates
10.Classification: Concept, Purpose and Species
11.Features of DDC, UDC and CC
12.Notation: Definition and Purpose
13.Five Fundamental Categories
14.Library Catalogue: Definition and Purpose
15.OPAC and WebOPAC
16.Canons of Classification and Cataloguing
17.Principles of Book Selection
18.Selection Tools: Print and Non-Print Materials
19.Processing of Documents: Accessioning, Classification, Cataloguing, Labeling and Shelving
20.Serials/Journals: Selection and Procurement
21.Book Transaction Systems: Traditional and Modern
22.Stock Verification of Books: Methods and Tools
23.Weeding Process
24.Information Sources: Print and Non-Print; Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources
25.Types of Dictionaries, Encyclopedias
26.Geographical and Biographical Sources
27.Indexing and Abstracting Sources
28.Types of Bibliographies
29.Biographical Sources
30.Types of Reference Services: Ready Reference Service and Long Range ReferenceService
31.Reference Librarian: Role, Skills and Competences
32.User Education/Information Literacy Skills
33.CAS/SDI
34.International Information Systems: INIS, AGRIS, MEDLARS/MEDLINE, INSPEC
35.Information Seeking Pattern
36.Computer Genesis
37.Computer Generations
38.Primary and Secondary Memory; Storage Devices
39.Operating Systems: MSDOS, Windows, Linux
40.Programming: Algorithm, Flowcharts, Languages
41.MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Power Point, DBMS, CDS/ISIS, WINISIS
f. Descriptive= 100 Marks
i.Passage-20 Marks
ii. Paragraph Writing (Narrative/Descriptive)-15 Marks
iii.Report writing-20Marks
iv. Letter writing-20 Marks
v. Essay Writing-25 Marks