Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya Sagar

Semi Professional Assistant with Answer Key 

Question 

CAN refers to 

Computerised Area Network 

Campus Area Network 

Campus Automated Network 

Computerised Architecture Network 

Answer 

B



 Question

 Which program is not related with IFLA? 

UBC 

UAP 

PAC 

Pre natal catloguing 

Answer 

D



 Question

 Which part of new encyclopedia Britanica is useful for ready references? 

Macropaedia 

Propaedia 

Micropaedia 

Premedia 

Answer 

B



 Question

 Which libraries are functioning as depository libraries? 

I) Delhi Public Library 

II) Connemara Public Library 

III) British Council Library 

IV) Centrel Reference Library

I, III, IV are correct 

I ,III are correct 

I , II are correct 

II, III are correct 

Answer 

C



Question 

Consider the following statements: 

I) The maintenance section should be in near place to stock room, reading  room etc. 

II). The entire stock room covered by maintenance section, for renewal of  damaged book. 

Statement I) is true II) is false 

Statement I and II true 

Statement I and II false 

Statement I false II true 

Answer 

B



 Question

 PRECIS was developed by _______ in 1971 

 

British National Bibliography 

Indian National Bibliography 

UNESCO 

Library of Congress 

Answer 

A



 Question

 Which of the following are news summaries? 

i) Data India 

ii) Times of India Index 

iii)New York Times Index 

iv) Asian Recorder 

(i), (ii) and (iii) are correct 

(ii)and (iii) are correct 

(ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct 

(i)and (iv) are correct 

Answer 

D



 Question

 Which is National Library? 

Anna Centenary Library 

Library of Congress 

Anna University Library 

British Council Library 

Answer 

B



 Question

 A common test in research demands much priority on 

Reliability 

Useability 

Objectivity 

All of the above 

Answer 

D



 Question

 In which law “Guidance to uses in the use of library”

First Law of Library Science 

Third Law of Library Science 

Fifth Law of Library Science 

Second Law of Library Science 

Answer 

D



 Question

 Physical condition of the books should be property maintained. This is  known as 

Collation. 

Conservation 

Shelf-arrangement 

Organization 

Answer 

B



Question 

Gate register of library shows 

to find the user name 

for name sake 

to know the total user strength per day 

Check the library staff 

Answer 

C



 Question

 Which of the following is not a circulation procedure? 

Registration of members 

Charging of overdues 

Renewal of books 

Preparation of shelf card 

Answer 

D



  

Question

 Who was the first Librarian of Imperial Library, Calcutta? 

John MacFarlane 

Hrinath De 

B.S.Kesavan 

S.R.Ranganathan 

Answer 

A



 Question

 Indian Science Abstract is published by: 

DRTC 

ILA 

ICSSR 

INSDOC 

Answer 

D



 Question 

How many fundamental categories did Ranganathan identify? 

five  

two  

Six 

Four 

Answer 

A



 Question

 In 1966, the MARC as pilot project was launched by: 

OCLC 

Library of Congress 

The British Library 

Americal Library Association 

Answer 

B



 Question

 INSDOC comes under 

DST

UGC

AICTE

CSIR

Answer 

D



 Question

 What is Index India? 

Abstracting Service 

Reprographic Service 

Indexing Service 

Translation Service 

Answer 

C



Question 

The essential qualities of a researcher are 

Spirit of free enquiry 

Reliance on observation and evidence 

Systematization or theorizing of knowledge 

All the above 

Answer 

D



  

Question

 WIPO is located at 

New York 

London 

Geneva 

Paris 

Answer 

C



Question 

“Pro Quest” is _______ 

Traditional Commercial Publisher 

Scholarly Society Publisher 

Electronic Aggregator 

Publisher of Higher Learning Institutions 

Answer 

C



 Question

 Which Law of Library Science emphasise the need of Library Building? 

First Law of library science 

Second Law of library science 

Third Law of library science 

Fourth Law of library science 

Answer 

A



 Question

 Which one is not service of circulation section ? 

Binding of book 

Lending of book's 

Renewal of book's 

Discharging of book 

Answer 

A



 Question

 An online search in which all aspects of the records in natural language may  be used as sought terms is  

Alphabetical collateral search 

Multi aspect search 

Free text searching 

Streaming search 

Answer 

C



 Question

 What is the symbol used in CC Ed 7 for indicating anterioring common  isolate? 

Double inverted comma (, ,) 

Equal (=) 

Plus(+) 

Dot(.) 

Answer 

A



 Question

 Internet filtering is 

A form of cencorship 

Acceptable user policy 

Access to inappropriate material 

Blocking internet facility 

Answer 

A



 Question:

 What are the four entities of FRBR model? 

Personality, Matter, Energy, Space 

Books, Form, Availability, Type 

Work, Expression, Manifestation, Item 

Discipline, Entity, Action, Personaility 

Answer 

C



  

Question

 When Madras Public Library Act was introduced? 

1939

1940

1948

1946

Answer 

C



 Question:

 Who is the father of Library movements in (U.S.A,), America? 

J.D. Brown 

H.E.Bliss 

John Paul Otlet 

Melvil Louis Kossuth Deway 

Answer 

D



Question 

Glossary is a: 

List of technical words with definitions 

List of words in a language 

List of thematically arranged words 

Alphabetical index to passages of work 

Answer 

A



 Question

 Who categorized information sources into conventional, non-conventional  and micro documents? 

Ranganathan 

Bradford 

Grogan 

Henson 

Answer 

A



 Question

 Expand ARPA Network 

All research Projects Agency Network

Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

Advanced Review Projects Agency Network

Advanced Research peer Agency Network

Answer 

B



 Question

 In which year was UGC INFLIBNET established? 

1973

1988

1982

1973

Answer 

B



 Question

 Which Section of AACR-II (R) deals with serial publications? AACR-II ® 

Part - A, Section – 3 

Part – B, Section – 3 

Part - A, Section – 12 

Part - B, Section -12  

Answer 

C



 Question 

What is/are common feature/s between RFID & Barcode Technology? i) Read more than one item at a time 

ii) Able to locate specific items on shelves 

iii)Programmable 

iv) Read, While item is moving 

RFID 

(i), (ii) are correct 

(iii), (iv) are correct 

(ii), (iv) are correct 

All the above are correct 

Answer 

D



 Question

 Which of the following are the types of factors studies under ANOVA? i) Fixed 

ii) Frequency 

iii)Calculated 

iv) Random 

ANOVA 

(ii) and (iii) are correct. 

(i) and (iv) are correct 

(i) and (iii) are correct 

(ii) and (iv) are correct 

Answer 

B



 Question 

Arrange the following according to their year of origin: i.) Indian National Bibliography 

ii.)British National Bibliography 

iii.) Comulative Book Index 

iv.) Books in Print 

(i), (iii), (iv), (ii)

(ii), (i), (iii), (iv)

(iv), (iii), (ii), (i)

(iii), (iv), (ii), (i)

Answer 

D



Question 

The Farmington plan is associated with: 

Library Legislation 

Library Cataloguing 

Library Cooperation 

Library Indexing Service 

Answer 

C



Question 

SDI service is a/an 

Group Service 

Individual Service 

Parallel Service 

Retrospective Service 

Answer 

B



 Question

 Who is the Secretary of the College Library Committee? 

Principal 

Vice Principal 

Librarian 

Assistant Librarian 

Answer 

C



Question 

The process of establishing headings and providing 'Cross references' is  called 

Access points 

Headings 

Authority control 

Bibliographic Records 

Answer 

C



Question 

Thesauro facet is 

Indexing tool 

Abstracting tool 

Book selection tool 

Reference tool 

Answer 

A



 Question

 ______Bibliography is a systematic list of all the books published all over  the world. 

Systematic 

Trade 

Universal 

Descriptive 

Answer 

C



 Question

 How many entries are there in CCC (Classified Cataloguing Code)? Entries  (Eg.) Leading Section, Title Section, Head Section Etc. 

CCC 

4 Entries 

3 Entries 

5 Entries 

6 Entries 

Answer 

D



 Question

 What is the chief record in the library? 

Catlogue 

Accession Register 

Collection Register 

Shelf list 

Answer 

B



 Question

 How is stochastic equation of information solved? 

By statistical rules 

By dynamic rules 

By statistical and dynamic rules 

None of these 

Answer 

C



 Question 

Package libraries are one of the activity of 

Extension service 

Lending service 

Research work 

Reference work 

Answer 

A



 Question

 Indian Copyright Act, 1957 came into effect from 

1958

1959

1960

1965

Answer 

A



Question 

The following is a collaborative network of Reference Librarians 

Worldcat 

INDEST 

Question point 

Global scholar 

Answer 

C



Question 

CCF stands for: 

Common Communication Format 

Centre for Communication Format 

Committee for Communication Format 

Common Curriculum Format 

Answer 

A



 Question

 Who has evolved 'Bureaucracy model' of organization? 

John A. Veig 

Harold Laski 

Max Weber 

Joseph Massie 

Answer 

C



 Question

 Match the following: 

List - I List - II 

A. Trade publisher i. UNESCO 

B. Subject book publisher ii. American  

Psychological  

Society 

C. Government Press iii. Harper Collins 

D. Scholarly Publisher iv. W.B. Saunders 

A – ii, B – iv, C – iii D – i 

A – iv, B – iii, C – i, D – ii 

A – i, B – iv, C – iii, D – ii 

A – iii, B – iv, C – i, D – ii 

Answer 

D



 Question

 Who has developed World Wide Web? 

Tim Berners-Lee 

Bill Gates 

Balagurusamy 

None of the above 

Answer 

A



Question 

The standard size of a catalogue card is  

12.5 cm x 7.5 cm

12 cm x 7 cm

11 cm x 5 cm 

10 cm x 4 cm

Answer 

A



 Question

 What is a bug? 

Computer Virus 

Error in Computer Configuration 

Error in a Programme 

None of these 

Answer 

C



 Question

 Which law of library science promotes reading habit? 

Fifth 

Fourth 

Third 

First 

Answer 

D



 Question

 Who publishes Science Citation Index? 

Institute for Sicentific Information 

Oxford Press 

Wiley 

Clive Bingley 

Answer 

A



 Question

 What is the another name of Added entries? 

Main entry 

Cross reference entry 

Secondary entries 

Subject entry 

Answer 

C



Question 

The terms communication came from which language? 

Greek 

Latin 

German 

French 

Answer 

B