UNIT TEST 2 : Library and Society

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UGC NET

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1. Dr. S.R.Ranganathan enunciated Five Laws of Library Science in 1928, when it was published as a book
1928
1929
1930
1931

2. Location of the Library should be at a central place, which law strongly emphasizes this statement
First law of library science
Second law of library science
Third law of library science
Fourth law of library science

3.The word 'Organism' is a ________
Codes :
Scientific term
Library science term
Sociological term
Biological term

4.Clay tablets libraries were existed in
Egypt
China
India
Assyria

5. Calcutta Public Library was opened to public on
21st March 1836
21st April 1836
21st May 1836
21st June 1836

6. The new Imperial Library of India opened on 30th January 1903 in the Metcalf Hall. Who is its first librarian?
Lord Curzon
K.M. Asadullah
John Macfarlane
B.S. Kesavan

7. The National Library of India was opened by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on 1st February 1953, in connection with the _____________ Jubilee celebrations of the library.
Silver
Golden
Diamond
Platinum

8. A National Library for the Blind and the Physically ' Handicapped already situated in
New Delhi
Chennai
Kolkatta
Dehradun

9. The Library of Congress, the National library of the United States of America situated in
Texas
New York
Washington
Ohio

10. The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals(CILIP) was formed in 2002 2 by the merger of the __________ Institute of Information Scientists
ALA
LA
ILA
ASLIB

11. Who is the first female president of ALA?
Theresa Elmendorf
Mary Wright Plummer
Camila Alire
Clara Staton Jones

12. The Association for Information Management formerly known as
Association of Special Libraries and Information Management
Association of Special Libraries and Information Centre
Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux
Association of Special Libraries and Information Business

13.FID was dissolved in
Codes :
2000
2001
2002
2003

14. The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions established in the year 1927 in _________.
Hauge
Edinburgh
Brussels
London

15. Who is the first life member of ILA?
A C Woolner
K M Asadullah
S.R.Ranganathan
C.D.Sharma

16. Indian Association of the Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS), Established in
19th December 1969
19th December 1968
19th December 1967
19th December 1966

17. UNESCO Public Library Manifesto was formulated by UNESCO in
1949
1972
1994
2012

18. The INSDOC (Indian National Scientific Documentation Centres) was established in 1952 with the assistance of
UNO
UNESCO
IFLA
ILA

19. Model Public Library Bill in 1963 under the chairmanship prepared under chairmanship of
M. D. Sen
Venkatappaiah
S.R.Ranganathan
C.D.Deshmukh

20. What is Red Letter Day in the history of Britain?
The day British Library was setup
British Museum was established
British Library Legislation became a reality
British Library Association formed

21. World's first library act was enacted in
India
USA
UK
Germany

22. Indian office library located in
UK
USA
Canada
India

23.Mudaliar Commision in India was specially setup for the development of
Codes :
Primary education
Secondary education
Higher education
All the above

24.National Library Week celebrated every year in India during
14-20 August
14-20 September
14-20 November
14-20 December

25. BLAISE an online service provided by
Library of Congress
British Library
NISCAIR
INIS

26. UNISIST was launched by
WHO
FAO
UNESCO
IAEA

27. In which of following state gets fund through Library Cess
Tamil Nadu
Maharashtra
West Bengal
Manipur

28. CALIBNET was sponsored by
NISSAT
NISCAIR
UNESCO
DELNET

29. National Information Centre for Crystallography located in
Lucknow
Bangalore
Chennai
Pune

30. Which is not a publication of IASLIC?
IASLIC Newsletter
IASLIC Bulletin
Journal of Librarianship
Indian Library and Information Science Abstracts