Welcome to your Library Legislation and Library Acts LIS MCQ
1. ‘Incunabula’ are the books printed before __.
3. 'Ranganathan is to library science what Einstein is to physics', who quoted ___.
4. International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is established under the auspices of __.
5. ‘The Big Blue-taxonomy of information skills’ is an information literacy model developed by ___.
6. Who propounded information Need as ‘a state of uncertainty recognized by the individual’?
7. Lok Sabha Secretariat Library Service is called as ___.
8. Which of the Viceroys was associated with the Imperial Library Act?
9. Identify the full form of the acronym FAIFE (IFLA):
10. Sarada Ranganathan Chair in Library Science was announced in 1957 at the centenary celebration of __.
11. IFLA’s programme for capacity building of library associations is named as:
12. Which Education Commission observed ‘Nothing can be more damaging to a growing department than to neglect its library or give it a low priority’?
13. UNESCO’s International Advisory Committee on Documentation, Libraries and Archives (IACODLA) was established in ___.
14. Name the Indian Librarian who was honoured with the title of ‘Khan Bahadur’ in 1935 by the British Government.
15. ‘Parry Committee’ (UK) was set up to advise ___.
16. Arrange the following associations in the order of year of establishment:
SIS, IASLIC, IATLIS, ILA
IASLIC, ILA, SIS, IATLIS
ILA, SIS, IASLIC, IATLIS
ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS, SIS
17. Corollary of Second Law of Library Science is __.
18. Where the first M. Phil Programme in Library and Information Science was started in India?
19. The upcoming ‘National Virtual Library of India’ portal is dedicated to ___.
20. All Union Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (VINITI) was established in ___.
21. ‘InfoLit Global’ is an international information literacy initiative of ___.
22. IATLIS headquarter is located in __.
23. Identify the association that has changed its original name:
24. Delhi Public Library was __.
a) Established in 1956
25. The year 1972 is a significant year in the history of library movement in India, because it was:
a) The bicentenary year of birth of Raja Rammohan Roy
26. The Regional Centre for SAARC Documentation Centre (SDC) in India was located at ___.
27. Who has coined the acronym UBC?
28. Which of the following year was declared as the ‘International Book Year’ by UNESCO?
29. The acronym JOCLAI stands for ___.
30. First All-India Public Libraries’ Conference (1919) was held in ___.
31. Which of the following functions are analyzed by ALA as reference service functions:
a) Consultation function
32. Arrange the following National Libraries of the world in chronological order of their establishment:
a) British Library (erstwhile British Museum)
33. Name the first book published in India in Library Science?
34. National Science Library of India is located at___.
35. Who is the founder of World’s first Library Science School?
36. Information Search Process (ISP)-one of the models of information seeking behavior was proposed and developed by ___.
37. Most used model of information seeking by the information specialists, while preparing their models is:
38. James Krikelas developed a general model of information seeking model as early as __
39. ‘Principle of Least Effort’ in Information seeking behavior is given by__.
40. Who among the following proposed the ‘Uses and Gratifications Theory’ in information seeking behavior?
41. Who characterized Information Seeking behavior as ‘visceral, conscious, formalized and compromised’?
42. ‘Episodic model’ of Information Seeking Beahvior was developed by ___.
43. Which of the following libraries plays a crucial role in the life of an individual in creating love for books?
44. Directory of Special and Research Libraries in India was published by __.
45. ‘Best Retired Librarian Award’ is instituted by ___.
46. ‘Best LIS Teacher Award’ instituted by IASLIC since 2008 is sponsored by ___.
47. ‘Best LIS Young Teacher Award’ instituted by IASLIC since 2008 is sponsored by:
48. Which of the following is credited with the preparation and publication of the Public Library Manifesto?
49. Arrange the following items in chronological order of their date of first publishing:
a) IFLA/UNESCO School Library Manifesto
50. BOSLA (Bombay Science Librarian’s Association) was established in the year __.
51. Which of the following organizations is holding seminars and conferences in alternate years?
52. Laws of library science are nothing but ___.
53. Which of the pair of organizations do jointly publish survey on digitization and preservation?
54. In which year ASLIB was acquired by MCB group, the holding company for Emerald group of publishing?
55. Which of the following organization has introduced the concept of ‘Sister Libraries’ for children’s and young adults reading?
56. The new name of Standing Conference of National and University Libraries (SCONUL) is:
57. General Information Programme (PGI) was launched by ___.
58. Arrange the following Associations as per their establishment year:
59. Who among the following was instrumental in the formation of Special Libraries Association (SLA):
60. ‘Information Outlook’ – a bimonthly online professional magazine is being published by ___.
61. ‘Connecting information professionals’ is the slogan of ___.
62. Arrange the following Public Library Acts according to their year of enactment?
a) Mizoram Public Library Act
63. Which agency drafted National Policy on Libraries in India?
64. Skill Development Programme (SDP) for public librarians in India is initiated by __.
65. The principal objective of UAP programme was ___.
66. Which of the following can be identified with Ranganathan’s fifth law of library science?
67. Which of the following library association has not changed its name?
68. Which of the following is an aspect of user studies?
69. Which university in India was the first to start a PhD programme in Library Science?
70. Which university in India was the first to introduce two years integrated MLIS course?
71. First Certificate Course in LIS at the University Level was started by:
72. Which of the following university first started the P G Diploma Course in Library Science in India?
73. Which was the first Indian university that changed the Diploma course in Library Science to B. Lib Sc.?
74. Which of the following organization started an ‘Associateship in Documentation’ Course in 1964.
75. Name the Indian institutions that courses in Library Science for women candidates only:
76. Name the Institutions in India offering Library and Information Science education for Special libraries?
77. First State-aided Public Library in India was established by __.
78. According to Dr. S. R. Ranganathan, the proportion of expenditure of University Library Budget on books and other reading materials should be:
79. National Library (Kolkata) receives books on deposit under:
80. IFLA’s ‘Advancement of Librarianship Programme (ALP)’ is now known as:
81. The first IFLA Trend Report titled ‘Caught in the Waves or Caught in the Tide?: Insight from the IFLA Trend Report’ was brought out in ___.
82. IFLA’s ‘Manifesto for Libraries Serving Persons with a Print Disability (LPD)’ was intended to support:
83. ‘The Marrakesh VIP Treaty’ on Copyright Exceptions was adopted in __.
84. What is the name of the committee responsible for Indian Standards related to libraries?
85. Indian Standard ‘IS 15339:2003’ is related with ___.
86. ‘National Librarian’s Day (India) is celebrated on __.
87. Which agency proposed the seven pillars of information literacy?
88. Which is not among the seven pillars of SCONUL as defined by SCONUL Society?
89. Which is true about Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation?
90. Which of the following is the implementing agency for ‘capacity building’ activity of National Mission on Libraries?
91. Saraswathi Mahal Library is at __.
92. In the context of user studies, a Librarian’s study on ‘How well the human-computer-networks interaction works’, can be categorized as:
93. Who developed Information Literacy Logo?
94. The term ‘Bibliophile’ refers to:
95. Who is known as ‘biblioclast’?
96. Books of Unknown or doubtful authorship is known as:
97. Apograph refers to __.
98. The first printed works are called __.
99. Select the correct combinations:
a) Clay – Inscription
100. Cuneiform was a style of writing invented by __.
