Maharashtra SET Exam (MAH-SET) 2020 – Library & Information Science Quiz Leave a Comment / By lisportal.in / 14 April 2024 Maharashtra SET Exam (MAH-SET) 2020 – Library & Information Science Quiz Maharashtra Set Exam (SET) 2020 Quiz Solved Library & Information Science 1 / 80 MAH - SET Exam 2020 Quiz Library and Information SciencePaper II 1. In historical research, the evaluation carried out to test the authenticity of the source document is referred to as : (A) Internal evaluation (B) External evaluation (C) Literary evaluation (D) Secondary evaluation 2 / 80 2. Identify correct sequence of the Steven’s four levels of measurement scales : (A) Ordinal; Interval; Nominal; Ratio (B) Nominal; Ratio; Ordinal; Interval (C) Nominal; Interval; Ordinal; Ratio (D) Nominal; Ordinal; Interval; Ratio 3 / 80 3. Match the following :List I List II(a) Logical theory of Information (i) Richard Saul Wurman(b) Informatik (ii) Calvin Mooers(c) Information retrieval (iii) Charles Sanders Pierce(d) Information Architect (iv) Karl SteinbuchCodes : (A) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii) (B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) (C) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv) (D) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) 4 / 80 4. .................... and .................... aretotally free plagiarism detectionsoftware.(i) Turnitin(ii) Viper(iii) Urkund(iv) EduBirdieCodes : (A) (ii) and (iv) are correct (B) (i) and (ii) are correct (C) (i) and (iii) are correct (D) (ii) and (iii) are correct 5 / 80 5. Arrange the following Conventions/Treatise according to their year of organization/approval :(i) WIPO Copyright Treaty(ii) Rome Convention(iii) Berne Convention(iv) Universal Copyright ConventionCodes : (A) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv) (B) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) (C) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) (D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) 6 / 80 6. Statement (A) : Information is a source of economic and political progress.Statement (B) : The transmission of information may be disturbed by some external noise.Codes : (A) (A) is false but (B) is true (B) Both (A) and (B) are false (C) Both (A) and (B) are true (D) (A) is true but (B) is false 7 / 80 7. Statement (A) : The term ‘Informatik’ is coined by Karl Steinbuch in 1957.Statement (B) : The ‘logical theory of information’ is developed by Charles Sanders Peirce.Codes : (A) (A) is true but (B) is false (B) (B) is true but (A) is false (C) Both (A) and (B) are true (D) Both (A) and (B) are false 8 / 80 8. Raw, unorganized, unprocessed and unevaluated facts are known as ...................... . (A) Data (B) Information (C) Knowledge (D) Wisdom 9 / 80 9. Prepare a national census of all libraries in India is a recommendation of ..................... . (A) UGC (B) IFLA (C) National Knowledge Commission (D) INFLIBNET 10 / 80 10. Who was the chairman of National Knowledge Commission ? (A) Manmohan Singh (B) Nandan Nilekani (C) R. Satyanarayana (D) Sam Pitroda 11 / 80 11. Which User Education Programmes was initiated for underdeveloped countries by UNESCO ? (A) UNISIST/PGI (B) WWAP (C) LINKS (D) IPDC 12 / 80 12. Who was the pioneer of Social Libraries in USA ? (A) Robert Keayne (B) John Winthrop (C) James Logan (D) Benjamin Franklin 13 / 80 13. Which Notable Gift collection in National Library, Kolkata cover the whole gamut of subjects ? (A) Dr. S.N. Sen (B) Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru (C) Jadunath Sarkar (D) Sir Asutosh Mukherji 14 / 80 14. Match the following :List I List II(a) ALA (i) 1926(b) IASLIC (ii) 1933(c) ASLIB (iii) 1955(d) ILA (iv) 1876Codes : (A) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) (B) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii) (C) (iii) (iv) (i) (ii) (D) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii) 15 / 80 15. Which are the types of Literacies ?(i) Digital Literacy(ii) Computer Literacy(iii) Information Literacy(iv) Literary WarrantCodes : (A) (i), (ii), (iv) are correct (B) (ii), (iii), (iv) are correct (C) (i), (ii), (iii) are correct (D) (i), (iii), (iv) are correct 16 / 80 16. Which committees were appointed to look into the working of the Public Libraries in England ?(i) Adams Committee(ii) Mitchell Committee(iii) Barry Committee(iv) Tilden CommitteeCodes : (A) (i) and (iii) are correct (B) (i) and (ii) are correct (C) (iii) and (iv) are correct (D) (ii) and (iii) are correct 17 / 80 17. Which of the following signify the concept of a user ?(i) Member(ii) Proprietor(iii) Customer(iv) ClientCodes : (A) (i), (ii), (iii) are correct (B) (ii), (iii), (iv) are correct (C) (i), (iii), (iv) are correct (D) (i), (ii), (iv) are correct 18 / 80 18. Arrange the following concepts related with Information Literacy in logical order :(i) Evaluate(ii) Identify(iii) Locate(iv) Effective useCodes : (A) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) (B) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv) (C) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv) (D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) 19 / 80 19. Arrange the following Library Networks in order of their establishment :(i) BALNET(ii) INFLIBNET(iii) CALIBNET(iv) PUNENETCodes : (A) (ii) (iv) (iii) (i) (B) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii) (C) (i) (iii) (ii) (iv) (D) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii) 20 / 80 20. Arrange the following ancient libraries in order of their origin with the help of codes given below :(i) Library of Ashurbanipal(ii) Library of Celsus(iii) Library of Pergamum(iv) Villa of the PapyriCodes : (A) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) (B) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii) (C) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i) (D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii) 21 / 80 21. Assertion (A) : The profession of Library and Information Science is under tremendous pressure.Reason (R) : The application of various kinds of technologies in professional activities has widened.Codes : (A) (A) is true but (R) is false (B) (A) is false but (R) is true (C) Both (A) and (R) are false (D) Both (A) and (R) are true 22 / 80 22. Assertion (A) : User studies are useful in bridging the gap between the kind of information services needed and the kind of services in existence.Reason (R) : User studies are not needed for the creation of information systems, services and product.Codes : (A) (A) is true but (R) is false (B) (A) is false but (R) is true (C) Both (A) and (R) are false (D) Both (A) and (R) are true 23 / 80 23. INFOMINE is a ......................... . (A) Virtual Library of Internet Resources (B) Search Engines (C) Database (D) Online Library Catalogue 24 / 80 24. ‘Embase’ database provides information of .................... . (A) Biomedical Science (B) Education Science (C) Social Science (D) English Literature 25 / 80 25. JSTOR is an online system for archiving and accessing academic journals, books and primary sources which is located in .................. . (A) Germany (B) UK (C) USA (D) Budapest 26 / 80 26. DOAJ is ...................... . (A) Open access database (B) Commercial database (C) Citation database (D) Numerical database 27 / 80 27. Which one of the following are correct ?(i) Tertiary sources – New knowledge is first reported(ii) Primary sources – Don’t contain new information(iii) Reference sources – Don’t warrant continuous reading(iv) Secondary sources – Assist in locating primary sourcesCodes : (A) (i) and (ii) are correct (B) (ii) and (iv) are correct (C) (iii) and (iv) are correct (D) (i) and (iv) are correct 28 / 80 28. Assertion (A) : LISA is a source of primary information.Reason (R) : All primary sources provide ‘original’ information.Codes : (A) (A) is false, but (R) is true (B) (A) is true, but (R) is false (C) Both (A) and (R) are false (D) Both (A) and (R) are true 29 / 80 29. Assertion (A) : Users can have access to large number of E-journals through consortia.Reason (R) : Most users are not adequately aware of web-resources.Codes : (A) (A) is false and (R) is true (B) (A) is true and (R) is false (C) Both (A) and (R) are true (D) Both (A) and (R) are false 30 / 80 30. Arrange the following publications according to their year of first publications :(i) Encyclopaedia Britannica(ii) Encyclopaedia Americana(iii) Mc Graw Hill Encyclopaedia of Science and Technology(iv) Encyclopaedia of Library and Information ScienceCodes : (A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (B) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii) (C) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv) (D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) 31 / 80 31. ‘‘National Union Catalogue of Scientific Serials in India’’ is compiled and maintained by ......... . (A) BLDSC (B) NLM (C) NISCAIR (D) INIS 32 / 80 32. ‘CAPS’ developed by NISCAIR is related to ..................... . (A) Document Delivery Service (B) Electronic Reference Service (C) Real Time Digital Reference Service (D) Technical Enquiry Service 33 / 80 33. Cover to cover translation service comes under which of the following type of service ? (A) Current Awareness Service (B) Selective Dissemination of Information (C) Anticipatory Service (D) On Demand Service 34 / 80 34. NISCAIR is formed by merging of which organisations noted below ?(i) INSDOC(ii) ICSSR(iii) NISCOM(iv) NISSATCodes : (A) (i) and (iii) are correct (B) (ii) and (iii) are correct (C) (i) and (iv) are correct (D) (ii) and (iv) are correct 35 / 80 35. Which of the following are anticipatory services ?(i) Newspaper Clippings(ii) Reference Service(iii) Indexing Service(iv) Document Delivery ServiceCodes : (A) (i) and (ii) are correct (B) (ii) and (iii) are correct (C) (i) and (iii) are correct (D) (iii) and (iv) are correct 36 / 80 36. Statement (A) : Web 1.0 is ‘‘Read only web’’.Statement (B) : ‘Skype’ is an example of Web 1.0.Codes : (A) (A) is true but (B) is false (B) (A) is false but (B) is true (C) Both (A) and (B) are true (D) Both (A) and (B) are false 37 / 80 37. Statement (A) : Abstract saves time of users while selecting literature for research.Statement (B) : Abstract is a condensation service which provides summaries of original documents.Codes : (A) Both (A) and (B) are false (B) (A) is false but (B) is true (C) Both (A) and (B) are true (D) (A) is true but (B) is false 38 / 80 38. Match the following :List I List II(a) William Katz (i) To provide the right book to right reader in right personal way.(b) Dr. S.R. Ranganathan (ii) Direct personal aid within the library to person in search of information for whatever purpose.(c) Grieg Aspnes (iii) Reference service is divided into two categories viz. Direct and Indirect.(d) Margaret Hutchins (iv) To supply its users with all information at lowest possible cost.Codes : (A) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii) (B) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii) (C) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv) (D) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) 39 / 80 39. Match the following :List I List II(a) Abstracting service (i) SCI(b) Translation service (ii) INB(c) Bibliographical service (iii) LISA(d) Indexing service (iv) ITCCodes : (A) (ii) (i) (iii) (iv) (B) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) (C) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii) (D) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii) 40 / 80 40. Match the following :List I List II(a) IFLA (i) Science citation index(b) UNESCO (ii) First search(c) OCLC (iii) Public library manifesto(d) ISI (iv) Universal availability of publicationsCodes : (A) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) (B) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii) (C) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) (D) (i) (ii) (iv) (iii) 41 / 80 41. NISCAIR is part of : (A) DST (B) ISRO (C) CSIR (D) DSIR 42 / 80 42. Who publishes ‘Indian Library and Information Science Abstracts’ ? (A) ILA (B) IASLIC (C) IATLIS (D) NISCAIR 43 / 80 43. ‘Universal Bibliographic Control’ is a programme of : (A) FID (B) UNESCO/IFLA (C) UNISIST (D) ALA 44 / 80 44. Worldcat is maintained by ........... . (A) Library of Congress (B) Online Computer Library Centre (C) American Library Association (D) MIT Library 45 / 80 45. Identify the correct chronological order in which the following are set up :(i) ILA(ii) IASLIC(iii) APLA(iv) IATLISCodes : (A) (i) (iii) (iv) (ii) (B) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (C) (iii) (i) (ii) (iv) (D) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii) 46 / 80 46. Assertion (A) : You are not allowed to upload videos to YouTube. It is a paid service.Reason (R) : YouTube is a service of Google.Codes : (A) Both (A) and (R) are correct (B) Both (A) and (R) are false (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true 47 / 80 47. Assertion (A) : ISSN is the International Numbering system for serials.Reason (R) : In India ISSN is provided by the Rajaram Mohan Roy Library Foundation.Codes : (A) Both (A) and (R) are true (B) Both (A) and (R) are false (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true 48 / 80 48. Which sign is used in UDC to agglomerate non-consecutive subjects ? (A) / (Stroke) (B) + (Plus) (C) ( ) (Circular Brackets) (D) [ ] (Square Brackets) 49 / 80 49. Which of the following is formed as a result of Distillation ? (A) Natural Sciences (B) Management Sciences (C) Physical Sciences (D) Biological Sciences 50 / 80 50. Dublin core represents .................. . (A) Metadata (B) Library (C) Indexing technique (D) Serials 51 / 80 51. Metadata is a ..................... . (A) Search engine (B) Website (C) Index (D) Data 52 / 80 52. The OCLC research project FAST is a/an : (A) Enumerative scheme of classification (B) Information retrieval model (C) Cataloguing guidelines for e-Resources (D) Enumerative and faceted schema for subject headings 53 / 80 53. The kinds of mnemonics are :(a) Scheduled mnemonics(b) Special mnemonics(c) Seminal mnemonics(d) Systematic mnemonicsCodes : (A) (a), (b), (c) are correct (B) (a), (b), (d) are correct (C) (a), (c), (d) are correct (D) (b), (c), (d) are correct 54 / 80 54. Identify the correct statement : EAD is a metadata standard which has the following characteristics.(a) Standard for encoding archival finding aids(b) Uses XML in archival and manuscript repositories(c) Implements recommendations of International Council of Archives(d) The scheme is maintained by DDI AllianceCodes : (A) (a), (b), (c) are correct (B) (b), (c), (d) are correct (C) (c), (d), (a) are correct (D) (a), (b), (d) are correct 55 / 80 55. Arrange the following ISBDs as per their year of publication :(a) ISBD (M)(b) ISBD (S)(c) ISBD (CM)(d) ISBD (CF)Codes : (A) (a) (b) (c) (d) (B) (b) (c) (d) (a) (C) (c) (a) (b) (d) (D) (d) (a) (b) (c) 56 / 80 56. As per ISO-2709 the sequence of elements in bibliographic record structure is :(a) Directory(b) Data fields(c) Record label(d) Record separatorCodes : (A) (a) (b) (c) (d) (B) (c) (a) (b) (d) (C) (d) (c) (b) (a) (D) (b) (d) (a) (c) 57 / 80 57. Match the following :List I List II(a) Train of characteristics (i) A basic class with one or more isolate idea(b) Facet (ii) Component of facet(c) Isolate (iii) Totality of divisions produced by a chain of characteristics(d) Unitary class (iv) A set of characteristics having categorized relationshipCodes : (A) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii) (B) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii) (C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv) (D) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i) 58 / 80 58. Match the following :List I List II(a) Richardson (i) Principles of book classification(b) Hulme (ii) Canons of classification(c) Sayers (iii) Prolegomena to library classification(d) Ranganathan (iv) Classification : Theoretical and PracticalCodes : (A) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) (C) (iii) (iv) (ii) (i) (D) (iv) (i) (ii) (iii) 59 / 80 59. Assertion (A) : ‘‘Canon of helpful sequence’’ states that the sequence of the classes in an array of classes and of the ranked isolates in an array of ranked isolates, should be helpful to the purpose of those for whom it is intended.Reason (R) : Different schemes for classification be designed to suit each individual user.Codes : (A) (A) is true but (R) is false (B) (A) is false but (R) is true (C) Both (A) and (R) are true (D) Both (A) and (R) are false 60 / 80 60. Assertion (A) : POPSI is an indexing system.Reason (R) : It is used for the preparation of index to CC. Select the correct answer from the codes given below :Codes : (A) (A) is true but (R) is false (B) (A) is false but (R) is true (C) Both (A) and (R) are true (D) Both (A) and (R) are false 61 / 80 61. Assertion (A) : RDA is a new content standard for cataloguing and replaces AACR2.Reason (R) : AACR2 is not a content standard.Codes : (A) Both (A) and (R) are true (B) Both (A) and (R) are false (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true 62 / 80 62. Flow diagram, PERT and CPM are known as the techniques of ......... . (A) Work analysis (B) Leadership (C) Survey (D) Communication 63 / 80 63. Theory X and Theory Y were profounded by : (A) F.W. Taylor (B) Abraham Maslow (C) Peter Drucker (D) Douglas McGregor 64 / 80 64. Edward Deming was .................... . (A) a Chinese professor (B) an American professor (C) a Japanese professor (D) a British professor 65 / 80 65. Assertion (A) : There is no difference between information management and knowledge management.Reason (R) : Information and knowledge are sometimes used synonymously. (A) (A) is true and (R) is false (B) Both (A) and (R) are true (C) (A) is false and (R) is true (D) Both (A) and (R) are false 66 / 80 66. Assertion (A) : Social networking tools are effective for marketing of library products and services.Reason (R) : They help to reach out users anywhere and at any time.Codes : (A) Both (A) and (R) are true (B) Both (A) and (R) are false (C) (A) is true and (R) is false (D) (A) is false and (R) is true 67 / 80 67. Match the following :List I List II(a) Fumigation (i) Acquisition(b) Building library collection (ii) Preservation(c) Kardex system (iii) Reference service(d) Information desk (iv) Recording of periodicalsCodes : (A) (ii) (iii) (i) (iv) (B) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) (C) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv) (D) (ii) (i) (iv) (iii) 68 / 80 68. Inserting spurious data or information into an organization’s system to disrupt or overload services is called .................. . (A) Interruption (B) Interception (C) Modification (D) Fabrication 69 / 80 69. Arrange the following measures according to their Bytes contained in them :(i) Exabyte(ii) Yottabyte(iii) Zettabyte(iv) PetabyteCodes : (A) (iv) (ii) (iii) (i) (B) (i) (iv) (iii) (ii) (C) (i) (iv) (ii) (iii) (D) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii) 70 / 80 70. Arrange the following steps in programming in a proper logical sequence :(i) Program code(ii) Program documentation(iii) Program test(iv) Program designCodes : (A) (iii) (ii) (i) (iv) (B) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii) (C) (iv) (iii) (i) (ii) (D) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii) 71 / 80 71. Assertion (A) : Search engines search documents for specified keywords, and returns a list of documents where the keywords were found.Reason (R) : Spider helps the search engines to index the documents.Codes : (A) Both (A) and (R) are true (B) Both (A) and (R) are false (C) (A) is true, but (R) is false (D) (A) is false, but (R) is true 72 / 80 72. Assertion (A) : Proxy server does not act as an intermediary between a computer and the internet.Reason (R) : Proxy server ensures security, administrative control and cache.Codes : (A) Both (A) and (R) are true (B) Both (A) and (R) are false (C) (A) is true and (R) is false (D) (A) is false and (R) is true 73 / 80 73. Which of the following facets are associated with the session layer ?(i) Dialog control(ii) Token Management(iii) Semantics of the information transmitted(iv) SynchronizationCodes : (A) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct (B) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct (C) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct (D) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct 74 / 80 74. An attempt to make computer resources unavailable to its intended user is called : (A) Virus attack (B) Worm attack (C) Denial-of-Service-Attack (D) Botnet process 75 / 80 75. Which layers of the OSI referencemodel are host to host layers ?(i) Transport layer(ii) Network layer(iii) Session layer(iv) Data link layerCodes : (A) (i) and (ii) are correct (B) (ii) and (iii) are correct (C) (i) and (iii) are correct (D) (ii) and (iv) are correct 76 / 80 76. Program which is used to control system performance is classified as ....................... . (A) Experimental program (B) System program (C) Specialized program (D) Organized program 77 / 80 77. In Ring Topology, the data can be transmitted only if the computer possesses ...................... . (A) Token (B) Packet (C) Data (D) Access method 78 / 80 78. LOCKSS is an initiative of which university ? (A) MIT university (B) Stanford university (C) University of Waikato (D) University of Southampton 79 / 80 79. Which ‘‘V’’ of Big Data is concerned with the usefulness of data ? (A) Velocity (B) Variety (C) Veracity (D) Value 80 / 80 80. Position Detection pattern are arranged at .................. corners of the QR code (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 Your score isThe average score is 40% 0% Restart quiz
