Library and Sciences Most Repeated MCQ's

Q No 1. Which type of books should be weeded in a library?

(A) Superseded editions
(B) Thesaurus
(C) Dictionary
(D) Encyclopedia
Answer: (A) Superseded editions

Q No 2. According to Ranganathan, many collections lose its relevance in how many years?

(A) 20 years
(B) 30 years
(C) 40 Years
(D) 50 years
Answer: (A) 20 years

Q No 3. Which of the following is a Library Management Software?

(A) LibSys 7
(B) EPrints
(C) Joomla
(D) Drupal
Answer: (A) LibSys 7

Q No 4. Paul Outlet and Henri La Fountain related to ?

(A) Sears List of Subject Heading
(B) Library of Congress Classification System
(C) UDC
(D) Dictionary Catalog
Answer: (C) UDC

Q No 5. Sear’s List of Subject Headings (SLSH) is mainly useful for ?

(A) Small and medium libraries
(B) Special libraries
(C) Academic libraries
(D) College libraries
Answer: (A) Small and medium libraries

Q No 6. The first edition of DDC published in ?

(A) 1875
(B) 1876
(C) 1874
(D) 1896
Answer: (B) 1876

Q No 7. Who is the publishers of Sear’s list of subject headings ?

(A) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
(B) Brown
(C) H. W. Wilson
(D) C. A. Cutter
Answer: (C) H. W. Wilson

Q No 8. MESH is a ?

(A) Thesaurus
(B) Dictionary
(C) Journal
(D) Library
Answer: (A) Thesaurus

Q No 9. The First edition of DDC Consisted of ?

(A) 144 pages
(B) Four volume
(C) 44 pages
(D) 124 pages
Answer: (C) 44 pages

Q No 10. The Dewey Decimal Classification divides human knowledge into ?

(A) 10 basic categories
(B) 100 basic categories
(C) 1000 basic categories
(D) 10000 basic categories
Answer: (A) 10 basic categories

Q No 11. The first law of library science enunciated by Ranganathan is ?

(A) Library is a growing organism
(B) Books are for use
(C) Every book its reader
(D) Save the time of the reader
Answer: (B) Books are for use

Q No 12. Bibliographical information is related to ?

(A) Details concerning a publication
(B) Information about library timings
(C) Information about the number of books in a library
(D) Details about circulation statistics
Answer: (A) Details concerning a publication

Q No 13. Bibliometrics is ?

(A) Bibliographical control
(B) Bibliographical references
(C) Indexing
(D) Library research
Answer: (D) Library research

Q No 14. Informetrics is ?

(A) Mathematical research related to libraries
(B) A branch of Computer Science
(C) Mathematical Economics
(D) The study of Internet
Answer: (A) Mathematical research related to libraries

Q No 15. MARC formats are used for ?

(A) Classification of reading materials
(B) Compilation of bibliographies
(C) Cataloging
(D) Industrial purposes
Answer: (C) Cataloging

Q No 16. Which Library was established under the first two Ptolemies early in the third century BC ?

(A) Alexandria Library
(B) Patriarchal Library
(C) Macedonia Library
(D) Pergamum Library
Answer: (A) Alexandria Library

Q No 17. Most commonly used script in the world is ?

(A) Cyrillic
(B) Tibetan
(C) Hebrew
(D) Roman
Answer: (D) Roman

Q No 18. When the Asa Don Dickinson, an American Librarian started Library Science certificate course at university level in the subcontinent in Lahore ?

(A) 1858
(B) 1885
(C) 1915
(D) 1935
Answer: (C) 1915
Q No 19. How many branches PLA has ?

(A) Four
(B) Five
(C) Six
(D) Seven
Answer: (B) Five
Q No 20. The British Library is at ?

(A) Boston
(B) Edinburgh
(C) London
(D) Oxford
Answer: (C) London

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