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 1. Writing materials : a) Clay tablets  -  Babylonia/ Algeria. b) Palm leaves  -  India. c) Paper  -  China. d) Papyrus  -  Egypt. 2. Opaque paper : Ans : Non Transparent paper. 3. Which of the following for true in reference to National library : Ans : a) The focal points of the nation in each country. b) Receiving a copy of every book published in the country. c) Located in the capital of the country. 4. Regional seminar on the development of National library in Asia and Pacific area held at :  Ans : 1964 Manila. 5. A library which is considered as the National library of United States is : Ans : a)Library of Congress. b) Located at Washington, DC. 6. Which of the biggest library in the world : Ans : Library of Congress, 1800. 7. "Kolkata public library "was established in Ans : 1836. 8. "Imperial library" was formally opened to the public at Metcalf Hall  all Kolkata in : Ans : 30 January 1903. 9. Who was the first librarian of ...

1. Research Types : a) Fundamental research  - Developing an effective explanation through theory building. b) Applied research  - Exploring the possibility of a theory for use in various situations. c) Action research  - Improving existing situation through use of interventions. d) Evaluative Research  - finding out the extent of  perceived impact of an intervention. 2. Which of the steps of activities best indicate the cyclic nature of action research strategy. Ans : Plan - Act - Observe - Reflect. 3. Which of the following sequences of research steps is nearer to scientific method. Ans : Perceiving the problem situation - Locating the actual problem and its definition - Hypothesizing - Deducing Deccan cosequences of the suggested solution and testing the hypothesis in action. 4. The problem of 'research ethics' is concerned with which aspect of research activities. Ans : Evidence-based research reporting. 5. Which of the following activities potential nurturi...

1. Which of the following are the characteristic of a seminar : Ans : a) It is a form of academic institution. b) It involves questioning, discussion and debates. c) It needs involvement of skilled persons. 2.  A Researcher is interested in studying,the prospect of for aparticular political party in an urban area  what tool should he prefer for the study : Ans : Questionnaire. 3. Ethical norms in research do not involve guidelines for : Ans : Thesis. 4. Which of the following statements regarding the meaning of research are : Ans : a) Research refers to a series of systematic activity or activities undertaken to find out the solution of a problem. b) It is a systematic logical and an  un biased process where in verification of hypothesis data analysis, interpretation and formation of principles can be done. c) It is an intellectual inquiring or quest towards truth. d) It leads to enhancement of knowledge. 5. A good Thesis writing should involve. Ans : a) Reduction of punc...

1. Which of the following are considered as  "key behaviour of effective teaching as evident from researches" Ans : a) Lesson clarity implying the extent to which teacher's presentation is clear to the class. b) Instructional variety involving teachers variability and flexibility during presentation. c) Students success rate implying the rate at which students to understand and correctly. 2. Characteristic features of formative and summative assessment procedures used in various teaching learning context : Ans : a) It is used for improvement of capacity and quality. b) It is used during instruction. c) It is deshadan participation of both teacher and student. 3. a)Personality and attitude related competencies -  Self efficiency and locus of control. b) Behavioural competencies -  Teaching and managing. c) Substantive competencies -  Subject and general knowledge. d) Style related competencies -  Dynamism and flexibility. 4. In which of the modalities of teaching...

1. Which of the following bibliographies for published by R. R. Bowker : Ans : Forthcoming books, Publisher's weekly. 2. Which of the followings are bibliographies Ans : Indian national bibliography, British National bibliography. 3. "Indian government publications" are published by : Ans : a) Ministry of information and broadcasting. b) Ministry of urban affairs and employment 4. National union catalogue published from : Ans : USA. 5. a) Systematic bibliography -  listing of items with minimum details. b) Analytical or critical bibliography  -  Investigation of physical nature of books. c) Historical bibliography -  Concerned with art of writing, printing and binding. d) Documentary bibliography  -  List of macro/ micro ideas of articles. 6. a) Books in print -  Trade bibliography. b) Social science : A Bibliography of doctoral dissertations  -  National bibliography. c) Asian social science bibliography  -  Subject bibliography. d...

1. Which of the following information sources are categorised by type : Ans : a) Documentary sources. b) Non Documentary sources. 2. Which of the following sources of information are Documentary sources : Ans : Books, Periodicals, Manuscripts, Patents, Standards, CD - ROM Recordings. 3. Technological Gatekeeper is a : Ans : a) Non Documentary source of information. b) Well informed person in a particular field. c) An a informal mechanism of keeping user informed of  relevant development. 4. Invisible College is a: Ans : a) Non Documentary source of information. b) Group of person interested in natural philosophy. c) Derek Solla price. 5. Which of the following documents are classified based on their physical properties by Dr.S. R. Ranganathan : Ans : 1) Conventional  2) Non Conventional, 3) Neo Conventional, 4) Meta Documents. 6. Conventional Documents: Ans : Books, Periodicals, Maps, Atlas. 7. Non Conventional Documents : Ans : Audios, Videos, Audio visuals, Microforms. 8. Ne...

  1. For effective teaching which of the following is a key behaviour : Ans : making ideas clear to learners who may be at different level of understanding. 2. Which of the following strategies of teaching are learner - centred : Ans : a) Cybernetics. b) Practical tasks based project. 3. Identify the characteristics and basic requirements of "Reflective level of teaching" in the following list of statements : Ans : a) Issues or raised and discuss it with a view to sift the potential rational solution of problems. b) Academic sessions are conducted in a dialogic more to explore and explain the basis of arguments. 4. The goal of teaching as compared to training is to provide opportunity of :  Ans : Sharing and caring leading to critical and creative reflection. 5. Which of the following Teacher competency belongs to the domain of personality and attitude : Ans : Locus of control and self efficacy. 6. Identify the teaching strategies which are employed during indirect instructio...

LIBRARY EDUCATION AND ASSOCIATIONS PART 2. 1. Indian Library Association Awards : (ILA ) Ans : a) Dr. PSG  Kumar lifetime achievement award. b) Kaula best librarian award. c) Dr. L M Padhya best university library award. d) Gidwani Deshpandey best academic librarian award. e) SM Ganguly award. 2. Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science Awards. (IATLIS) a) Motiwale best LIS teacher award. b) Prof. S. P. Narang research promotion award (for researcher). c) Prof. Jagindar Singh ramadevi lifetime achievement award. d) Mrs. Ratna Lakshman Rao best women LIS teacher. 3. American library association (ALA). a) John cotton Dana library public relations award. b) Clearance day of award for promoting love of books and reading. c) Melvil dewey award for creative professional achievement. d) Margaret mann award for achievements in cataloguing and classification. e) Ralph R. Shaw Award. 4. CILIP : AWARDS :  a) C K G  Children's book Award. b) Libraries change ...

LIBRARY EDUCATION AND ASSOCIATIONS, Part - I. 1. The world's first school of library science was started by: Ans : Melvil Dewey,  1887, Columbia University. 2. who was W. A. Borden : Ans : An American librarian. 3. In India W. A. Borden was called by :  Ans : Maharaja Sayajirao III. 4. "Father of library movement" in India : Ans : Maharaja sayajirao III. 5. Who was established the first library school in India :  Ans : W. A. Borden. 6. The journal "Library Miscellany"  was published by : Ans : W. A. Borden. 7. The significance of the year 2011 for LIS education in India is : Ans : Centenary year. 8. Who was Asa Don Dickinson :  Ans : An American librarian. 9. In India first certificate course of library science was conducted by : Ans : Dr. S. R. Ranganathan, Madras library Association, 1929. 10. Which university was first started by B.Lib in India : Ans : Aligarh Muslim University. 11. Which university was first started Master Degree in library science (M.Lib) i...

  1. The first  law of  library science is: Ans: Books are for use. 2. The first law of library science is concerned with. Ans : Staff knowledge , ability and personal attitude to readers. 3. The second law of library science, Ans : Every reader his / her book. 4. Corollary  for second law of library science is: Ans : Books for all. 5. which of the following obligations are concerns with second law of library science : Ans : 1. The Obligations of the state. 2. The Obligations of the library Authority. 3. The Obligations of the library staff. 4. The Obligations of the raiders themselves. 6. The third law of library science : Ans : Every book its reader. Open access, shelf Arrangements , Library catalogue , Reference work, Book selection, publicity. 7. The fourth law of library science : Ans : Save the time of the reader. Classification and cataloguing , stock room guides, charging system. " modern charging system (computer based) issue and return", use of CD ROM. 8. T...

INFORMATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: 41. SCONUL is : Society of college National and University libraries. 42. SCONUL  Seven pillars model is concerned with. Ans : Information literacy, College education University education, 1999. 43. what is the correct order of SCONUL 's "seven pillar model of information skills"? 1. Recognise information need. 2. Constructive strategies for locating. 3. Locate and access. 4. Compare and evaluate. 44. Inference engine is a part of which information system. Ans : Expert system. 45. the term "Information science" came into existence in this year. Ans : 1959. 46. Who are known as "father of information science". Ans : Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine. 47. half - life in information science relates to? Ans : Rate of Obsolescence. 48. The concept of "Informatics"developed by . And : A.I. Mikhailov, 1967. 49. Recall and Precision ratios are used in the evolution. Ans : Information retrieval, 1950. 50. H...

  1. Data is :  Raw,  unorganised and unprocessed and an evaluated facts. 2. The CODATA Task group and accessibility and dissemination of data recognized in - 1975. 3. Data which are derived by theoretical calculation called. -  "Predicted data". 4. Based on scale of measurement data in social science. Ans: Nominal data, Ordinal data, interval data ,Ratio data. 5. Based on characteristics,data in social science can be categorised into. Ans: Quantitative data, Qualitative data. 6. "Data smog" is a term coined by : Ans: David Shenk. Term data smog refers: Too much information can create a barrier in our lives. 7. Nominal data - used for assigning numbers has the identification of individual unit. 8. Ordinal data -  Graded relationship among the numbers assigned to the observations made. 9. Interval data -  Ordered categories of data and differences between various categories of equal measurement. 10. Ratio data  - Quantitative measurement of a variable i...

  PART - II • world's first copyright act was passed in England 1709. • copyright protection in India is obtained from registrar of copyrights New Delhi. • The copyright act 1911, also as the imperial copyright act of 1911, is an act of the parliament of the United Kingdom. • Berne convention concern with copyright. • The berne convention for the protection of literary and artistic workers usually known as the berne convention, is an international agreement governing copyright which was first accepted in bern Switzerland in 1886. • The universal copyright convention adopted at Geneva in 1952 and revised it Paris in 1971. • The agreement on trade related accepts of intellectual property rights (TRIPS) is an international agreement administrated by the world trade organisation that sets down minimum standards for many forms of intellectual property. • General agreement on tariffs and trade in 1994, (GATT). • The Rome convention held for the production of performers producers of phono...

Information is a process data. Gregory Boston defined information as "a difference that makes a difference" The logic of information, also known as the logical theory of information development by " Charles Sanders Perce" the word"Informatik" is Germany word and coined by Karl steinbuch in 1957. Informatique - French- 1962 - P.Dreyfus.  informatika - Russian- 1966. futurologists -  specialists and                  forecasting. phenomenon - fact or occurrence. INFORMATION SCIENCE. "Information science" is an             interdisciplinary science primary         concerned with the analysis,collection   classification,manipulation, storage,       retrieval and dissemination of                 information. "fundamental equation of information   science" or sometimes called      ...