Maharashtra State Eligibility Test May 2016 Paper 3 (1-10)

1. Assertion (A): Para-professional staff support the professional staff in library routines
Reason (R): Professional staff lack experience
(A) is false but (R) is true
Both (A) and (R) are false
Both (A) and (R) are true
(A) is true but (R) is false

2.Which is not the publication of 'DESIDOC'?
Popular Science and Technology
R and D digest
Technology Focus
Annals of Library and Information Studies

3. INSPEC is published by
American Physical Society
Institute of Engineering and Technology
Institute of Electronic Engineers
American Chemical Society

4.Assertion (A): LIS profession is not considered at par with medical and engineering professions
Reason (R): There is no constitutional body for LIS profession like Medical Council Of India and AICTE
Both (A) and (R) are true
Both (A) and (R) are false
(A) is true but (R) is false
(A) is false but (R) is true

5. GIF (Grafics Interchange Format) employs:
Flexible compression
No compression
Loss compression
Lossless compression

6. Which of the following is not true about the concept of Information Policy?
It involves a multi-dimensional approach
It is possible only in multilingual countries
It involves identification of appropriate agencies to implement the policy
It has evolved as a direct response to information explosion

7. Match the following and select the correct answer from the codes given below.

(i). The Europa World of Learning	(a).Palgrave Macmillan
(ii). Commonwealth Universities Year Book	(b).Association of Indian Universities
(iii). Universities Handbook	(c).Association of Universities British Commonwealth
(iv). Statesman's Year Book	(d).Routledge

(d)(c)(b)(a)
(b)(c)(d)(a)
(a)(b)(c)(d)
(d)(c)(a)(b)

8.The central value of distribution is known as
Mean
Median
Mode
Deviation

9. 23rd edition of DDC was published in the year
1990
1995
2001
2011

10.Zip's law relates to
Frequency of periodicals
Frequency of word occurrences in a text
Frequency of an author in the text
Ranking of journals