Maharashtra State Eligibility Test September 2015 Paper 3 (1-10)

1.Lotka’s law of scientific productivity is expressed by the equation : Y = C/Xn
Here Y represents :
Frequency of authors making X contribution
The number of articles
Frequency of authors writing only one paper
The year of publication

2.Identify the factor that may cause inconsistency in indexing :
When number of concepts represented are less
When the indexer is a very experienced person
When number of concepts represented are more
When a thesaurus is used to control the vocabulary

3. Arrange the following catalogue codes in the chronological sequence of their publication and choose the correct answer by using the codes given below :
(i) Classified cataloguing code
(ii) AACR-2
(iii) ALA Code
(iv) British Museum Code
Codes :
(iii), (i), (ii), (iv)
(iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
(iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(ii), (i), (iii), (iv)

4.Which of the following is a primary document ?
Science
Indian Science Abstracts
Science Citation Index
Chemical Abstracts Service

5.Match the following
(i) RTI -----------(a) 1972
(ii) Delivery of Book Act----------- (b) 2005
(iii) Press and Registration of Book Act-----------(c) 1867
(iv) RRRLF----------- (d) 1954
(b) (d) (c) (a)
(d) (b) (a) (c)
(a) (d) (b) (c)
(c) (a) (d) (b)

6.Match the following List-I and List-II and choose the correct answer by using the codes given below :
List-I
(i) DOAJ
(ii) Thomson Reuters
(iii) Elsevier
(iv) ASLIB Proceedings
List-II
(a) Science Direct
(b) Web of Science
(c) Open Access Journals
(d) Emerald
(b) (d) (c) (a)
(a) (c) (d) (b)
(c) (b) (a) (d)
(d) (c) (a) (b)

7.The main entry heading according to AACR2 (Revised Edition) for a sound recording of the book by Lewis Carroll titled ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; read and sung by Cyril Ritchard; the music composed by Alec Wilder and played by the New York Woodwind Quintet would be :
Carroll, Lewis
Ritchard, Cyril
Wilder, Alec
New York, Woodwind Quintet

8.LANs are distinguished from other types of networks by three characteristics ?
(i) Speed
(ii) Size
(iii) Topology
(iv) Transmission technology
Select the correct answer :
(ii) (iii) (iv) are correct
(ii) (iii) (i) are correct
(iii) (iv) (i) are correct
(i) (ii) (iv) are correct

9.While formulating a budget for a library, the following factors have to be considered :
(a) Type of Organisation
(b) Size of the Organisation
(c) Type of Users
(d) Number of books issued to a users
Select the correct answer :
Codes :
(a), (b) and (c) are correct
(b), (c) and (d) are correct
(c), (d) and (a) are correct
(a), (b) and (d) are correct

10.Match the following List-I and List-II and choose the correct answer by using the codes given below :
List-I
(i) In AACR-II connecting symbol for size of the document
(ii) Connecting symbol for statement of responsibility
(iii) Connecting symbol between place and name of the publisher
(iv) Connecting symbol for accompanying material
List-II
(a) Colon
(b) Plus
(c) Semicolon
(d) Diagonal Slash
Codes :
(d) (c) (b) (a)
(c) (d) (a) (b)
(c) (a) (b) (d)
(d) (c) (b) (a)