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Previous Year Library Science Exam MCQs

1. Who is known as the Father of Library Science in India?

(A) S. R. Ranganathan


(B) Melvil Dewey


(C) Charles Cutter


(D) Paul Otlet




2. The First Law of Library Science states:

(A) Books are for use


(B) Every reader his/her book


(C) Every book its reader


(D) Save the time of the reader




3. Who developed the Dewey Decimal Classification system?

(A) S. R. Ranganathan


(B) Melvil Dewey


(C) Charles Cutter


(D) Henri La Fontaine




4. DDC divides knowledge into how many main classes?

(A) 5


(B) 10


(C) 8


(D) 12




5. Colon Classification was developed by:

(A) Paul Otlet


(B) Cutter


(C) Melvil Dewey


(D) S. R. Ranganathan




6. Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) was developed by:

(A) Dewey and Cutter


(B) Otlet and La Fontaine


(C) Ranganathan and Dewey


(D) UNESCO




7. Library of Congress Classification was developed by:

(A) UNESCO


(B) British Library


(C) Library of Congress, USA


(D) OCLC




8. AACR-II is a code for:

(A) Classification


(B) Cataloguing


(C) Indexing


(D) Abstracting




9. RDA was introduced as a replacement for:

(A) DDC


(B) MARC 21


(C) AACR-II


(D) LCC




10. MARC 21 is used for:

(A) Book classification


(B) Bibliographic data exchange


(C) Library budgeting


(D) Preservation




11. OPAC allows users to:

(A) Repair books


(B) Print books


(C) Search library collections online


(D) Classify documents




12. The full form of ISBN is:

(A) Information System Book Number


(B) International Serial Book Number


(C) Indian Standard Book Number


(D) International Standard Book Number




13. ISSN is assigned to:

(A) Serials and journals


(B) Books


(C) Authors


(D) Libraries




14. Who proposed the concept of "Library is a growing organism"?

(A) S. R. Ranganathan


(B) Melvil Dewey


(C) Cutter


(D) Otlet




15. Reference service was introduced as a separate library service by:

(A) Ranganathan


(B) Dewey


(C) Samuel Green


(D) Cutter




16. A thesaurus is used for:

(A) Book binding


(B) Controlled vocabulary


(C) Shelf arrangement


(D) Library budgeting




17. Boolean searching uses operators:

(A) YES, NO, MAYBE


(B) ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY


(C) AND, OR, NOT


(D) OPEN, CLOSE, SAVE




18. Information retrieval is concerned with:

(A) Library construction


(B) Book printing


(C) Finding relevant information from information systems


(D) Staff management




19. Koha is:

(A) Cataloguing code


(B) Classification scheme


(C) Open-source Integrated Library System


(D) Metadata format




20. SOUL library software is developed by:

(A) OCLC


(B) UNESCO


(C) INFLIBNET Centre


(D) Library of Congress




21. RFID technology is used for:

(A) Classification of books


(B) Identification and tracking of library materials


(C) Copyright protection


(D) Digital publishing




22. Dublin Core is related to:

(A) Reference service


(B) Classification


(C) Cataloguing rules


(D) Metadata




23. The term "Metadata" means:

(A) Data about data


(B) Data storage


(C) Digital books


(D) Library records only




24. Open Access provides:

(A) Paid access only


(B) Free access to scholarly information


(C) Restricted access


(D) Printed resources only




25. Digital libraries mainly contain:

(A) Furniture records


(B) Only printed books


(C) Electronic resources


(D) User cards




26. Bibliometrics was introduced by:

(A) Alan Pritchard


(B) Dewey


(C) Ranganathan


(D) Garfield




27. Citation indexing was developed by:

(A) Green


(B) Melvil Dewey


(C) Cutter


(D) Eugene Garfield




28. Information literacy means the ability to:

(A) Build libraries


(B) Print books


(C) Classify documents


(D) Identify, evaluate, and use information effectively




29. Which organization publishes international library guidelines?

(A) Google


(B) Amazon


(C) IFLA


(D) Microsoft




30. Modern library services are moving towards:

(A) Digital transformation, automation, AI, and user-centered services


(B) Only traditional methods


(C) Removing technology


(D) Reducing information access




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