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1. What is called the set of norms, percepts, and guides to good practice in librarianship?
A. Five Laws
B. Five Laws of Library Science
C. Colon Classification
D. Canons of Cataloguing
2. In which year did Dr. Ranganathan enunciate the Five Laws of library science?
A. 1928
B. 1930
C. 1931
D. 1933
3. In 1928, where Dr. Ranganathan was working?
A. A student at the London School of Librarianship
B. Librarian of the University of Madras
C. Lecturer m Mathematics at University of Madras
D. Professor at Delhi University
4. In which year, the book Five Laws of Library Science was published?
A. 1928
B. 1931
C. 1930
D. 1933
5. Which one is the First Law of library science enunciated by Ranganathan?
A. Books are for use
B. Every reader of his book
C. Every book its reader
D. Save the time of the reader
6. Which one is not the implication of the First Law?
A. Location of the library
B. Library working hours
C. Library staff
D. Library users
7. The First Law of library science strongly emphasizes the ___ of the library building.
A. Designs
B. Location
C. Modernization
D. Maintenance
8. According to the First Law, the location of the library should be:
A. At a central place
B. At long distance
C. At the nearer place
D. At outsider place
9. What is the variant form of the Second Law of Library Science?
A. Books are for only male people
B. Books are for all the people
C. Books are for only literate people
D. Books are for the children
10. Which Law of Library Science advocates the universalization and democratization of library service?
A. First Law
B. Second Law
C. Third Law
D. Fourth Law
11. What are the obligations of the Second Law of library science?
A. Obligation of the State and Library Authority
B. Obligation of the Staff members
C. Obligation of the users of the library
D. All of the above
12. How obligation of the staff can be fulfilled?
A. By providing books to readers
B. By providing inter-library loan service
C. By providing reference service to the readers
D. None of these
13. Which Law of library science emphasizes the obligation of the State to enact library legislation?
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth
14. Which Law of library science is satisfied by organizing extension programs?
A. Second Law
B. Third Law
C. Fourth Law
D. Fifth Law
15. Name the Third Law of library science?
A. Every reader of his book
B. Every book its reader
C. Save the time of the reader
D. Library is a growing organism
16. On which the emphasis is given in the Third Law of library science?
A. On the books
B. On the library services
C. On the staff
D. On the readers
17. What is the most effective way of satisfying the Third Law i.e., every book its reader?
A. Reference service
B. Open access system
C. Catalogue
D. Closed access system
18. What is open access system?
A. Books are arranged on open shelves
B. Books are arranged in classified order
C. Readers have the freedom to access books
D. All of the above
19. Which Law of library science emphasizes the growth of children and adults?
A. First law
B. Second law
C. Fourth law
D. Third law
20. Which law of library science emphasizes on weeding of unuseful books from the libraries?
A. Second Law
B. Third Law
C. Fourth law
D. Fifth Law
21. Which Law of library science emphasizes exact and fast library service from the library?
A. Second law
B. Third law
C. Fourth law
D. Fifth Law
22. What is the main factor in the Fourth Law of Library Science?
A. Time
B. Staff
C. User
D. Library
23. What are the most important implications for the Fourth law?
A. Open access
B. Proper classification arrangement
C. Charging system
D. All of the above
24. In modern times the Fourth Law strongly advocates which charging system of books?
A. Browne system
B. Newark system
C. Computer charging system
D. All of the above
25. What is the Fifth Law of library science?
A. Save the time of the reader
B. Library is a growing organism
C. Library is a growing organization
D. Library is an organism
26. Why does Ranganathan use the term Organism in place of the organization?
A. To clear the meaning of the word organization
B. To understand the services provided by the library
C. To underline certain characteristics of the library
D. To underline certain characteristics of the library as a living organism
27. Word Organism is a ___ term:
A. Scientific
B. Library science
C. Sociological
D. Biological
28. How growth is held m a living organism?
A. As a child’s growth
B. As an adult growth
C. As both child growth and adult growth
D. None of these
29. Child growth is chiefly characterized by the growth in ____
A. Physical dimensions
B. Internal dimensions
C. Two dimensions
D. One dimension
30. What is the main character of the child’s growth?
A. It is fast
B. It is visible
C. It is accurate
D. It is fast and visible
31. Adult growth is characterized by:
A. Replacement of cells
B. Internal qualitative change
C. Not visible
D. All of the above
32. Zero-growth libraries contradict the Fifth Law of library science. Whether the statement is true or false?
A. True, because no new books are added
B. True, because the total size of the book stock is steady
C. False, since the library may grow in other ways
D. False since there can be no zero-growth libraries
33. What is the meaning of weeding out of books?
A. Stock of the books in the stack
B. Removal of the books from the library
C. Binding of the books in the library
D. All of the above
34. Extension services to the blind by a public library are justified by which of the following?
A. The fourth law of library science
B. The fifth law of library science
C. The first law of library science
D. All the laws of library science
35. The interdependence of libraries has given rise to the concept of _______
A. Library cooperation
B. Library interdependence
C. Library organization
D. Cooperating libraries
36. What is the modified and developed name of library cooperation?
A. Cooperative Library
B. Resource sharing
C. Library networking
D. Cooperating working
37. Initially resource sharing was restricted only to the lending of:
A. Books
B. Periodicals
C. All the reading material
D. Books and periodicals
38. Now resource sharing includes the following?
A. All kinds of documents and reading material
B. All kinds of services and functions
C. Professional experiences and expertise of the staff
D. All of the above
39. Resource sharing strategy of a library may enable?
A. Joint acquisition
B. Shared use
C. Exchange of materials
D. All of the above
40. What are some essential prerequisites to fulfill resource sharing?
A. Agreement among library managers
B. Availability of union catalogues
C. Formation of computerized library networking
D. All of the above
41. What are now encompassed as resources for resources sharing activity?
A. Library reading materials
B. Library functions and services
C. Experiences and expertise of the library staff
D. All of the above
42. What is meant by the term sharing?
A. Sharing the use of material
B. Sharing the use of material by inter-library loan
C. Sharing of functions and services
D. Sharing of all resources of a library by the other
43. Shared cataloguing is an example of __________
A. Interlibrary loan
B. Centralized cataloguing
C. Resource sharing
D. Union cataloguing
44. Which one is not part of resource sharing?
A. Acquisition of books
B. Circulation of books
C. Collection management
D. Personnel management
45. What are the causes of resource sharing?
A. Increasing volume of documents
B. Increasing costs of documents
C. Lack of space
D. All of these
46. The resource-sharing strategy of a library may enable?
A. Joint acquisition
B. Shared use
C. Exchange of materials
D. All of these
47. What are the main forms of resource sharing?
A. Cooperative acquisition
B. Cooperative cataloguing
C. Cooperative storage
D. All of these
48. The document selection, placing orders, reminding suppliers, passing of bills, and a few other activities can be reduced greatly through________
A. Interlibrary loan
B. Cooperative acquisition
C. Union cataloguing
D. Shared cataloguing
49. What is the name of the software package developed by UNESCO?
A. Sanjay
B. Librarian
C. CDS/ISIS
D. Maitreyee
50. The INSDOC manages the Centralized Acquisition of Periodicals program for:
A. Libraries
B. 30 libraries of CSIR
C. Information
D. Libraries of ICSSR
So, these are the MCQs 01-50 for Library Law, Legislation, and Profession.
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