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451. In which of the following codes ISBN is given in the Main Entry
A. AACR – I
B. AACR – II
C. CCC
D. ALA
452. Shelf List replicates the sequence or arrangement of
A. Books on the Shelves
B. Entries in the Accession register
C. Cards in the Dictionary Catalogue
D. Entries in the printed catalogue
453. Analytical entry is prepared for
A. Full document
B. Part of a document
C. Joint author
D. Alternate tide
454. Canon of Recall Value’ is concerned with the rendering of
A. Section
B. Heading
C. Notes
D. Tracing
455. Canon of Recall Value’ was enunciated by
A. S.R. Ranganathan
B. D. Austin
C. C.A. Cutter
D. S. Lubetzky
456. The Short title formed on the spine of the book is known as
A. Binder’s title
B. Tell-tale title
C. Fancy title
D. Spine title
457. The information of a book such as an author, title, imprint, and collation is known as
A. Description
B. Bibliographic description
C. Record of a book
D. Details of a book
458. The Correct expansion of ISSN is
A. International Scientific Serial Number
B. International Social Science Number
C. International Standard Serial Number
D. Indian Standard Serial Number
459. The concept of library hand is provided in
A. CCC
B. ALA
C. AACR – II
D. DOC
460. MARC refers to
A. Book. Number
B. Classification
C. Catalogue
D. Indexing
461. Which of the~ following cataloguing codes is based on ISB
A. ALA
B. RDC
C. CCC
D. AACR-II
462. “Systems” in Colon Classification is derived by
A. Subject Device
B. Alphabetical Device
C. Geographical Device
D. Chronological Device
463. The connecting symbol used for Superimposition Device in CC. (61hEdn) is
A. Colon
B. Hyphen
C. Plus
D. Parenthesis
464. Part-2 of Colon Classification (61hEcln) consists of
A. Rules
B. Index
C. Schedules
D. List of Classics
465. The Relative Index is found in
A. DOC
B. CC
C. UDC
D. BC
466. Wall-picture Principle is one of the principles of
A. Facet Sequence
B. Mnemonic Sequence
C. Helpful Sequence
D. Geographical Sequence
467. The number of elements in the call number is
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
468. The person who propounded the “One place theory” in classification is
A. Dewey
B. Cutter
C. Brown
D. Bliss
469. Equal sign = is used in UDC to indicate
A. Form
B. Time
C. Language
D. Space
470. The function of library classification is to achieve
A. Order
B. Filing
C. Helpful sequence
D. Arrangement
471. Polycotton means division into
A. Many
B. Two
C. Five
D. Ten
472. Common Isolates can be applicable to
A. All subjects
B. Few subjects
C. Majority of Subjects
D. None of the subjects
473. The title ‘A Study of Democracy and Dictatorship’ represents the phase relation of
A. General
B. Influence
C. Compassion
D. Bias
474. In CC Systems and Specials are known as
A. Basic Subjects
B. Main Classes
C. Canonical Classes
D. Amplified basic Subjects
475. An array is a group of
A. Subordinate Classes
B. Coordinate Classes
C. Basic Classes
D. Chain of Classes
476. The number of major components comprises in a bibliographic record of a document are
A. Three
B. Four
C. Six
D. Eight
477. The principle of Scientific and Educational Consensus was expounded by
A. Brown
B. Dewey
C. Rartganathan
D. Bliss
478. The most significant feature of the 20th Edition of DDC for its use is the provision of
A. Index
B. Manual
C. Guidelines
D. Summaries
479. The digits Z, z, 0, and 9 in CC are known as
A. Empty digits
B. Emptying digits
C. Blank digits
D. Merunonic digits
480. A book containing a store of words of information about a particular field or set of concepts, specifically a dictionary of synonyms’ is known as
A. Dictionary
B. Glossary
C. Thesaurus
D. Terminology
481. FID/CR is concerned with research in
A. Classification
B. Cataloging
C. Documentation
D. Bibliography
482. The concept of ‘systematic indexing’ was developed by
A. J. Kaiser
B. E.J. Coates
C. J.E.L Farradane
D. Henry sharp
483. The asterisk symbol is used in the 7th Edn of CC to indicate
A. Phase Relation
B. Agglomerate formation
C. Common Isolate
D. Speciator
484. The notation used in DDC to represent subjects have
A. Cardinal value
B. Ordinal Value
C. Integer Value
D. Semantic Value
485. Board System of Ordering is a
A. catalogue Code
B. Indexing System
C. Classification Scheme
D. Subject Headings List
486. The only Scheme which provides the scheme for book numbers is
A. DOC
B. UDC
C. CC
D. BC
487. The most frequently used device in L.C. Classification Scheme is
A. Gap Device
B. Subject Device
C. Alphabetical Device
D. Chronological Device
488. Canon of currency belongs to
A. Idea Plane
B. Verbal Plane
C. Notational Plane
D. All the Planes
489. Which of the following types of fundamental category Matter [M] has been introduced in the 7th Edn of CC
A. Matter, Method, Material
B. Material, Method, Utility
C. Matter, Property, Utility
D. Material, Method, Property
490. Which of the following is the main class in CC
A. Higher education
B. School Education
C. Secondary education
D. Education
491. The Class belonging to the same chain is known as
A. Subordinate
B. Coordinate
C. Basic
D. Main
492. The classes belonging to the same array are known as
A. Coordinate
B. Subordinate
C. Canonical
D. Collateral
493. In CC for the Main Class Law, Personality isolates are obtained by
A. Chronological Device
B. Subject Device
C. Geographical Device
D. Mnemonic Device
494. In which of the following Main Classes in CC Space acts as a personality
A. Geography
B. History
C. Sociology
D. Political Science
495. UNIMARC is maintained by
A. UNESCO
B. ALA
C. IFLA
D. LA
496. In CC under Phase relation, the symbol c is used for
A. General
B. Bias
C. Comparison
D. Difference
497. A group of isolates such as Hindu Jain, Bhdhistic, Judaic, Christian, and Islam is called
A. Chain
B. Array
C. Facet
D. Main Class
498. the digits M 61 in the Class number O 157, lM 61, 1 represents
A. Personality
B. Matter
C. Energy
D. Time
499. The relation between two basic subjects is called
A. Intra-facet
B. Intra array
C. Inter subject
D. Closed subjects
500. The isolates like a book, public library, child, Heart, Party, and Village are the manifestation of which fundamental category
A. Personality
B. Matter
C. Energy
D. Space
501. The isolates like accident disease treatment, examination, and failure are the manifesting of which fundamental category
A. Personality
B. Matter
C. Energy
D. Space
502. The first” ISBD standard was developed in 1974 and revised in 1978 intended to the description of
A. Serials
B. Non-book materials
C. Monographs
D. Cataloguing material
503. In which of the following classification schemes there is a provision for Mother Country and Favored Country
A. DOC
B. UOC
C. CC
D. BC
504. In DDC 20th Edition number for more than one author’s work is given under the table
A. 3
B. 3A
C. 3B
D. 3C
505. A basic subject with one or more isolated ideas is known as
A. Complex
B. Compound
C. Basic
D. Mixed
506. A subject without any insolate idea is known as
A. Basic
B. Compound
C. Complex
D. Generic
507. Oceanography is an example of which of the following mode
A. Distillation
B. Denudation
C. Agglomeration
D. Cluster
508. Which of the following give rise to the formation of compound subjects
A. Distillation
B. Fission
C. Lamination
D. Fusion
509. Which of the following give rise to the formation of complex subjects
A. Loose Assemblage
B. Lamination
C. Distillation
D. Fusion
510. Distillation gives rise to the formation of which of the following
A. Life Sciences
B. Management Sciences
C. Physical Sciences
D. Social Science
511. Fission means
A. Thinking Process
B. Phase Relation
C. A mode of formation of a subject
D. A device
512. The Process of distillation gives rise to subjects like
A. Compound
B. Complex
C. Basic
D. Primary basic
513. Americana is an example of
A. Distillation
B. Fusion
C. Cluster
D. Agglomeration
514. Geo-physics is an example of
A. Fission
B. Fusion
C. Lamination
D. Loose Assemblage
515. The process of laying one facet over another facet is known as
A. Fission
B. Fusion
C. Lamination
D. Distillation
516. The processing of dividing or splitting a universe unevenly is known as
A. Dissection
B. Fission
C. Fusion
D. Denudation
517. The process of progressive decrease of intention and increase of intention is known as
A. Loose assemblage
B. Agglomeration
C. Distillation
D. Denudation
518. The process of collection of things of the same kind and grounded together is known as
A. Cluster
B. Fusion
C. Fission
D. Agglomeration
519. Ideology is an example of
A. Fusion
B. Agglomeration
C. Fission
D. Cluster
520. Machlup classified knowledge into
A. Five groups
B. Six groups
C. Eight groups
D. Ten groups
521. The expounder of ‘Spiral of Scientific Method’ is
A. B.C. Vickery
B. H.E. Bliss
C. S.R. Ranganathan
D. W.C.B. Sayers
522. In ‘Spiral of Scientific Method’ nadir is the beginning of the
A. First quadrant
B. Second quadrant
C. Third quadrant
D. Fourth quadrant
523. The deductive phase starts from Zenith and ends at
A. Nadir
B. Zenith
C. Descendant
D. Ascendant
524. The research which relies on experience and/or observation is known as
A. Empirical
B. Descriptive
C. Conceptual
D. Applied
525. The process of identifying and recording certain characteristics of a document for its identification is known as bibliographic
A. Organization
B. Retrieval
C. Description
D. Storage
526. The famous ‘Ninety-one Rules’ developed for the British Museum were by
A. C.C. Jewette
B. CA. Cutter
C. S. Lubatzky
D. Anthony Panizzi
527. Reference Manual for Machine Readable Bibliographic Description was brought out in 1974 by
A. !FLA
B. FID
C. UNESCO
D. ALA
528. Elements in a document representing author, title, Publisher, Series etc is known as bibliographical
A. Elements
B. Characters
C. Symbols
D. Codes
529. Information retrieval is fastest from
A. Floppy Disk
B. Magnetic Tape
C. Hard Disk
D. None of the above
530. ‘Noise’ in Information Retrieval is due to
A. Precision
B. Recall
C. Relevant information
D. Redundant information
531. In which type of indexing system KWIC falls
A. Vocabulary
B. Pre-coordinate
C. ‘Thesaurus
D. Post-coordinate
532. A collection of words put in groups together according to likenesses in their meaning rather than in an alphabetical list
A. Abstract
B. Dictionary
C. Index
D. Thesaurus
533. PRECIS is an
A. Abstracting system
B. Classification system
C. Indexing system
D. Thesaurus system
534. KWIC indexing technique is based on
A. Abstract
B. Full text
C. Subject
D. Title
535. The indexing language used in KWIC is known as
A. Controlled indexing language
B. Free indexing language
C. Natural indexing language
D. Thesaurus
536. Indexes whose entry points are people, organizations, corporate authors, government agencies, names of universities, etc are called
A. Author indexes
B. Chain indexes
C. Classified indexes
D. Subject indexes
537. The index is arranged in a hierarchy of related topics, starting with generic topics and working down to the specific
A. Author indexes
B. Chain indexes
C. Classified indexes
D. Subject indexes
538. Combining two or more single index terms to create a new class is called
A. Coordinate index
B. Chain indexes
C. Classified indexes
D. Permuted index
539. The system is pre-coordinated at the time of indexing and is arranged in classification order, rather than a straight alphabetic order
A. Coordinate index
B. Faceted index
C. Classified indexes
D. Permuted index
540. A method that attempts to minimize this by presenting the single entries in a classified index, one by one, in an alphabetical list
A. Coordinate index
B. Chain index
C. Classified indexes
D. Permuted index
541. An index consists of a list of articles with a sub-list under each article of subsequently published papers that cite the articles
A. Coordinate index
B. Chain index
C. Classified indexes
D. Citation Index
542. A note that contains information specifically for indexers
A. History note
B. Indexer not
C. Scope note
D. Thesaurus note
543. The first institution to design MARC is
A. IFLA
B. LOC
C. FID
D. OCLC
544. The number of digits in ISBN
A. 8 and 10
B. 10 and 13
C. 8 and 13
D. 10 and 12
545. Each record of CCF comprises of
A. Two parts
B. Three parts
C. Four parts
D. Five parts
546. A book containing a store, of words of a particular field or set of concepts, specifically a dictionary of synonyms is known as
A. Dictionary
B. Glossary
C. Encyclopedia
D. Thesaurus
547. An ordered list of cited articles each of which is accomplished by a list of citing articles is known as a citation
A. Catalogue
B. List
C. Index
D. Abstract
548. In which library they have 14 million items of catalogued records
A. Library of congress
B. Chicago Library
C. National Library Canada
D. British Library
549. A shelf list is a very useful tool for
A. Stocktaking
B. Stock rectification
C. Stock accessioning
D. Stock management
550. The sequence of entries in the shelf list is
A. Classified
B. Alphabetical
C. Chronological
D. Geographical
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