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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 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...

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...