MCQs of Library Science: History & Development (Quiz 04)

MCQs Library Science about it History & Development. This is quiz 04 of the history & development of Library Science. You’ll find questions about Library Science in MCQ format. If you are a student of Library and Information Management Sciences, then the history and development of Library Science are so important to understand. So we have arranged these MCQs of Library Science for its understanding of history and development over time.

LIS MCQs of History & Development – Quiz 04

The following are the MCQs of Library Science about History & Development Quiz 04:

121. The Karachi University Library Science Alumni Association (KULSAA) was founded in:
A. 1961
B. 1957
c. 1950
D. 1959
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122. KULSAA published very impressive quarterly journal entitled:
A. Library Bulletin
B. PJLIS
C. PLB
D. Pakistan Library Review
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123. The Society (or the Promotion and Improvement of Libraries (SPIL) was established in:
A. 1950
B. 1960
C. 1970
D. 1980
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124. Library Promotion Bureau introduces librarianship as a profession and gets it recognized by the government and private agencies in the country, was established in:
A. 1969
B. 1968
C. 1966
D. 1960
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125. Pakistan Association of Special Libraries (PASLIB) was formed in Karachi in:
A. 1970
B. 1968
C. 1960
D. 1965
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126. Library & Information Science introduced a not-for-profit trust, came into existence in year 2000, is called:
A. DIPU
B. PLA
C. PLUSAA
D. PAKLAG
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127. The biggest library in the world is:
A. Lenin State Library
B. Library of Congress
c. Bibliotheca National
D. British Museum
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128. Which of the following is the first or oldest library of United Kingdom?
A. Warrington Library
B. Saiford Library
C. Manchester Central Library
D. Canterbury Library
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129. The British Library is at:
A. Oxford
B. Edinburgh
C. London
D. Bristol
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130. Which Library holds over 13 million books 920,000 journals and newspapers titles?
A. India Office Library
B. Library of Congress
C. National Library New York
D. British Library
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131. A supervised session where students work on individual tasks and receive assistance and direction when needed:
A. Seminar
B. Workshop
C. Conference
D. Training
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132. An event where assigned readings are discussed, questions can be raised and debates can be conducted is:
A. Workshop
B. Training
C. Conference
D. Seminar
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133. A prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion is called:
A. Conference
B. Workshop
C. Training
D. Seminar
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134. They provide first hand information on morphological variations seasonal flowering and quick referral system for taxonomic studies is called:
A. Seminar Library
B. Taxonomic Library
C. Special Library
D. Herbarium Library
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135. What is Intellectual Property?
A. All reading material
B. Intellectual thoughts
C. Books
D. All of the above
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136. Newspapers, newsletters, magazines, and journals are known as:
A. Monograph
B. Non-Periodical serials
C. Periodical serials
D. None of them
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137. Annuals, proceedings, monographs series, almanacs, encyclopedias, dictionaries and directories et(C) are called:
A. Serials
B. Periodical serials
C. Monographs
D. None of them
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138. A specific serial title is identified by a unique international number called:
A. ISDN
B. ISBD
C. ISBN
D. ISSN
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139. A specific monograph title is identified by a unique international number called:
A. ISBD
B. ISBN
C. ISSN
D. ISDN
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140. A book or paper written with hand or pen is called:
A. Rare Material
B. Monograph
C. Manuscript
D. Notebook
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141. A formal written statement of the principles guiding a library selection of materials is known as:
A. Collection development policy
B. Collection development process
C. Collection development plan
D. Collection evaluation
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142. The process of deciding which material is to acquire for a library collection is:
A. Evaluation
B. Collection
C. Selection
D. Budgeting
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143. The process of securing material for library’s collection, whether by purchase, as gifts or through exchange program is known as?
A. Acquisition
B. Selection
C. Evaluation
D. Checking of duplication
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144. To establish guidelines for the present and future staff to develop the collection is called:
A. Collection development process
B. Collection development plan
C. Collection development policy
D. Collection evaluation
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145. The basic record in the library about each document forming part of its collection is:
A. Dispatch register
B. Budget register
C. Accession register
D. Books register
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146. For which library material, acquisition departments pay advance payment to suppliers?
A. Reference material
B. Serials
C. Monographs
D. None of them
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147. The basic principles of book selection were enunciated by:

A. Dewey
B. Cutter
C. McColvin
D. Drury
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148. A relatively short book or treatise on a single subject, complete in one physical piece, usually written by a specialist in the field is known as:

A. Stories
B. Monograph
C. Serial
D. Manuscript
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149. A publication issued in successive parts, usually at regular intervals, and as a rule, intended to be continued indefinitely, is known as:

A. Monograph
B. Serial
C. Manuscript
D. Rare Material
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150. A publication reproduced in more than one copy and more than one issue having a common name identifying the issues, and dating or numbering to show the distinction and connection between one issue and another:
A. Rare Material
B. Monograph
C. Serial
D. Manuscript
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151. These books which are handled through the usual channels purchase, whether library or bookseller, but instead must be bought through specialist dealers, auction houses are known as:
A. Monograph
B. Serial
C. Audio-visual
D. Rare Material
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152. The guidelines for collection in libraries were developed by:

A. LA
B. UNESCO
C. ILA
D. ALA
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153. Acquisition policy of a library will have a direct bearing on:

A. Collection development
B. Cataloguing
C. Circulation
D. Classification
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154. Selection according to user’s needs is one of the basic issues of:

A. Selection
B. Evaluation
C. Collection development
D. Acquisition
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155. The cost of acquisition of fixed assets is known as:
A. Joint costs
B. Marginal costs
C. Capital costs
D. Operating costs
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156. The biological identification of a person is called:
A. Biometrics
B. Dissertation
C. Biography
D. Bibliography
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157. Bibliography is a:
A. List of periodicals
B. Systematic list of documents
C. List of all materials
D. List of books
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158. Discarding from the stock, books which are of no further use in the library, is generally known as:
A. Weeding
B. Withdrawal
C. Removal
D. Purging
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159. Stock taking in libraries is done primarily for:
A. Dusting
B. Stock rectification
C. Weeding
D. Stock verification
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160. Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory is published annually by:
A. McGraw-Hill
B. R.R. Bowker
C. Prentice-Hall
D. Oxford University Press
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