1. Which of the following activities are supported by UGC?
(i) Facilitating increased access to information.
(ii) Monitoring the implementation of revised curriculum.
(iii) Making policies for human resource development
(iv) Funding all academic libraries.

Codes:

(A) (i) and (ii) are correct
(B) (i) and (iii) are correct
(C) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(D) (i) and (iv) are correct



2. Which of the following are the components of Search Engine?

(i) Spider
(ii) TCP/IP
(iii) Search Mechanism
(iv) Index

Codes:

(A) (iv), (i) and (ii)
(B) (iii), (ii) and (i)
(C) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(D) (ii), (iv) and (iii)



3. When the permission of copyright owner is not needed?

(i) Criticism or review
(ii) Translation
(iii) Research purpose
(iv) Photocopy for sale

Codes:

(A) (i) and (iii) are correct.
(B) (i) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (ii) and (iii) are correct.



4. Which of the following are Library net works?

(i) Internet
(ii) Indonet
(iii) INFLIBNET
(iv) OCLC

Codes:

(A) (i) and (ii) are correct.
(B) (ii) and (iv) are correct.
(C) (iii) and (iv) are correct.
(D) (i) and (iv) are correct.



5. Arrange the following University Libraries according to the year of their establishment:

(i) Madras University Library
(ii) Delhi University Library
(iii) Calcutta University Library
(iv) Bombay University Library

Codes:

(A) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i)
(B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii)
(C) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
(D) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)



6. Poor ‘Accessibility’ and less ‘affordability’ of journal subscription in print era led to

(i) High allocation of funds for serials
(ii) Open access movement
(iii) Decrease in subscription of journals
(iv) E-journal consortia subscription

Codes:

(A) (i) & (ii) are correct
(B) (i), (ii), (iv) are correct
(C) (ii), (iv) are correct
(D) (i), (ii), (iii) are correct



7. When a librarian has to show the rationale for the purchase of more e-resources, which of the following’s will help to support his/her stand?

(i) Collection development policy
(ii) Indent from users
(iii) Book selection tools
(iv) All the above

Codes:

(A) (i) and (ii) are correct
(B) (i) and (iii) are correct
(C) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(D) (iv) is correct



8. Assertion (A): Machine translation is not a fully dependable service.

Reason (R) : The semantics of languages are not fully encoded in algorithms.

Codes:

(A) (A) is true, but (R) is false
(B) Both (A) & (R) are true
(C) (A) is false, but (R) is true
(D) Both (A) & (R) false.


9. 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
Codes :

            a          b          c        d
   ii          iv         iii         i
(B)      iv         iii         i          ii
(C)      i           iv         iii        ii
(D)      iii         iv         i          ii



10. Assertion (A) : RFID technology is still not widely installed in Indian Library Environment.

Reason (R) : the standardization, application and innovation are constantly changing.

Codes:

(A) Both (A) & (R) true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(B) Both (A) & (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false.
(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true.


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