Library Science MCQs of Library and its Users (Quiz-1)

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1. The library is made of the word?
A. Liber
B. Libra
C. Libre
D. Liberae
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2. The word libra belongs to the language?
A. Roman
B. America
C. Latin
D. Greek
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3. Which commission was set up in free India in 1948 for the development of higher education in the country?
A. National Education Commission
B. University Education Commission
C. Education Commission
D. Indian Higher Education Commission
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4. Who are academic users of the libraries?
A. Students only
B. Teachers only
C. Students, teachers, and researches
D. Students, teachers research, and public
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5. What is the correct categorization of libraries
A. Public, Academic, Special
B. Public, Academic, Personal
C. National Regional and international
D. Public, specific and National
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6. The library for the people, of the people, and by the people is said about which type of libraries
A. General library
B. Special library
C. People library
D. public library
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7. Public libraries are the gift of?
A. Democracy
B. Kingship
C. Congress Party
D. The English
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8. Public library Manifesto of UNSECO was last revised in which year?
A. 1972
B.1998
C. 1997
D. 1994
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9. Informal self Education is possible through which kinds of libraries?
A. Public libraries
B. National libraries
C. school libraries
D. College libraries
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10. Who started a movement for social libraries first in the USA?
A. F. Conedy
B. Benjamin Franklin
C. AbrahimLinkon
D. George Washington
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11. To whom the credit goes for establishing a public library first in the USA?
A. Boston
B.Thomas Bray
C. Pannizi
D. Dewey
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12. Mercantile libraries were set up in which country
A. UK
B.U.S.A
C. India
D. Rome
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13. What were the school district libraries?
A. A library in the school
B. A library housed in the school but open to the public also
C. A library located in the district for school students
D. The district library open for the students
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14. In which type of library, surveys of the users, have been very useful?
A. In public libraries
B. In university libraries
C. In academic and special libraries
D. In special libraries
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15. When the first public library was set up in Calcutta?
A. 1835
B.1850
C. 1900
D. 1905
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16. In which year the Calcutta public library was merged with the imperial library?
A. 1900
B. 1902
C. 1905
D. 1910
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17. Who was the first librarian of a new imperial library?
A. Hari NathDey
B. B.S. Keshvan
C. MacFarlane
D. W. Borden
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18. McFarlane came to India for looking after the new imperial library from where?
A. Library of Congress, USA
B.British Museum London
C. State Lenin Library, Moscow
D. None of these
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19. The name of which Viceroy is related to the imperial library?
A. Lord Minto
B. Lord Wellington
C. Lord Curzon
D. Lord Mountbatten
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20. On which date Lord Curzon declared open the new imperial library for the public?
A. On 30 January 1903
B. Lord Wellington
C. Lord Curzon
D. Lord Mountbatten
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21. Who has the credit of starting the library training course in 1935 in the Imperial library?
A. Hari NathDey
B. John Alexander Chapman
C. K.B. Assudulla Khan
D. B.S. Keshavan
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22. In which year the Act of changing the name of Imperial Library was enacted?
A. 1910
B. 1920
C. 1930
D. 1940
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23. In which year the Imperial Library was declared the National Library of India?
A. 1930
B. 1936
C. 1941
D. 1948
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24. Why it is essential to study user’s need for information?
A. To assess the needs for books of users
B. To assess the needs for periodicals of users
C. To assess the needs for all reading materials of users
D. To assess the needs for information of users
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25. Surveys of the users of the libraries are conducted for what?
A. To assess the information gathering habits of users
B. To assess the approach to seek the use of the documents
C. To assess the extent of reliance on collection in libraries
D. All of the above
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26. Under which organ of the government, does the National Library of India function?
A. Ministry of education
B.Ministry of Human Resource
C. Planning Commission
D. None of these
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27. What is called that method of user studies that is undertaken to assess the information-gathering habits of library users?
A. Surveys of the users
B. Measurement of use
C. Community profiles
D. All of the above
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28. Which one is the largest public library in southeast India?
A. Calcutta public library
B. Madras public library
C. Delhi public library
D. None of these
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29. What is called that user’s study which is conducted to find out the pattern of flow of information in the communication system?
A. Behaviour studies
B. Use studies
C. Information flow studies
D. None of the above
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30. Who had made some excellent studies regarding the communication system in the field of Psychology?
A. Paul otlet and hennery La Fontane
B.Ranganathan&Seetharaman
C. Garvey and Griffith
D. Allen Kent
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31. What is the meaning of measurement of use?
A. Use of documents by readers within the library
B. Number or reference questions asked by the readers
C. Number of readers who used the library in any way
D. All of the above
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32. Where the India office library is located?
A. India
B. Great Britain
C. THE USA
D. Nepal
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33. What type of collection is in the India office library?
A. Books published in India
B. MSS
C. All Published and MSS
D. None of these
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34. What is called that users study which is conducted to find out the use of any communication media such as primary or secondary periodical?
A. Behaviourstudies
B. Use studies
C. Information flow studies
D. None of the above
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35. Which one of the following is not the characteristic of the National library?
A. It is the central library of the country
B. It is sponsored by the grant of the central government
C. It is an only copyright library
D. Its readers are the specific persons of the nation
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36. National libraries which store the books obtained through the delivery of books Act also called
A. Library of Books
B.Depository library
C. Books library
D. Repertory library
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37. What is the name of the national library of England?
A. British Museum
B. British library
C. National library
D. National library of UK
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38. In which year British Library was established?
A. 1970
B. 1971
C. 1972
D. 1973
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39. What is the importance of the day of 14th August 1850 in the history of the British library?
A. Establishment of the British library system
B. An open access was started in British Museum
C. British National Bibliography was started to publish
D. Public library Act got government assent
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40. In which year London library was founded in the UK?
A. 1835
B. 1841
C. 1850
D. 1876
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