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Library and Information Science-Paper II

[Attempt all questions in each paper. All questions carry equal marks i.e 2. Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes]

December, 1998

  1. A.A.C.R-II includes rules for:

    • biliographic description and choice of subject heading
    • choice of main entry and subject heading
    • choice of analytical entries and subject heading
    • bibliographic description and choice of main and added entries

  2. In a classification of persons, the groups-infants, children, adolescents, adults are known as

    • A facet
    • A chain
    • An array
    • A characteristic

  3. In research, indutive logic proceeds from

    • Particular to particular
    • Particular to general
    • General to particular
    • General to general

  4. One of the main methods of number building using different subject schedules in the DDC is by the

    • Relative Index
    • Table of Auxiliaries
    • Add notes
    • None of the above

  5. The process of breaking up a specific job into the various tasks involved is:

    • Job description
    • Job analysis
    • Job evaluation
    • Job synthesis

  6. Basic research is not concerned with

    • discovering causal relations between facts
    • discovering direct solutions to various practical problems
    • discovering universal laws and theories
    • refuting established theories

  7. Which of the following is not a secondary source of information

    • An encyclopedia
    • An annual review
    • A thesis
    • A technical handbook

  8. OCR stands for

    • Online computer retrieval
    • Optical character recognition
    • Online centre for reprographics
    • Optical computer recorder

  9. Who among the following persons is considered the father of Modern Management

    • Henri Fayol
    • Henry L. Gantt
    • Fredrick W. Taylor
    • Fredrick Herzberg

  10. Indentify the one that does not belong to the group:

    • MEDLARS
    • CAS
    • BIOSIS
    • BLAISE

  11. Brenda Derwin and M Kochen have researched on:

    • Information retrieval
    • Information needs
    • Computerised library systems
    • Classification

  12. RRRLF is a

    • Library association
    • A public library
    • A public trust for supporting libraries
    • A Government body to support public libraries

  13. Indentify the pair of names responsible for the origin of UDC

    • Paul Otlet and Donker Duyvis
    • Paul Otlet and Henri la Fontaine
    • S.C. Bradford and Paul Otlet
    • S.C. Bradford and Donker Duyvis

  14. A plotter is

    • an input device
    • a memory device
    • an output device
    • None of the above

  15. NICDRON is situated in

    • Calcutta
    • Mumbai
    • Chennai
    • Bangalore

  16. The device that converts analog signals to digital and vice versa is

    • MODEM
    • Analog computer
    • Digital computer
    • Digicom

  17. Among the following four fundamental categories which category is recognised as "Problem Facet"

    • Personality
    • Matter
    • Energy
    • Space

  18. "The library will subscribe to journals through an agent". This is a statement of

    • Objectives
    • Policy
    • Procedure
    • Mission

  19. As per AACR-II, in case of a translated work, the translator gets

    • the main entry
    • the added entry
    • a cross reference
    • an analytic entry

  20. The Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Libraries appointed by Government of India in 1957 to investigate the state of libraries in India was

    • S.R. Ranganathan
    • K.P. Sinha
    • D.P. Chattopadhyaya
    • A.A.A. Fyzee

  21. Invisible colleges

    • are networks of people interested in the same subject
    • help in communication
    • Neither (a) nor (b)
    • Both (a) and (b)

  22. Among the canons of verbal plane, which canon restraints the use of critical phrases in classification systems:

    • Canon of Currency
    • Canon of Context
    • Canon of Reticence
    • Canon of Relevance

  23. A bibliography and an index are:

    • similar, both are locating tools
    • similar, they are arranged subjectwise
    • not similar, bibliogrphies include books, but indexes include journal articles
    • not similar, a bibliography is prepared inhouse, an index is purchased

  24. If there is a difference in the title of a book as shown on the title page, half title page and the spine, the catalogue should render the title

    • as an title page
    • as on the title page, but in square brackets
    • as on the spine
    • as on the half title page

  25. A survey to determine the reading habits of students is

    • a descriptive study
    • an experimental research
    • a historical study
    • could be any of the above














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