Welcome to your Types of Libraries and Users LIS MCQ
1. Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library, Patna was opened for the public in October __.
2. The Library Science Education in India started at ___.
3. Who among the following was the first PhD in Library Science in India?
4. Who among the following was awarded the second PhD in Library Science in India?
5. Who was the first director of INSDOC?
6. Who is regarded as the ‘Father of Indian National Bibliography’?
7. “Guide for the Preparation and Publication of Abstracts” was published by __.
8. Who was the chairman of the National Library Review Committee appointed by the GOI?
9. Who was the first President of Indian Library Association (ILA)?
10. Who is the current President of ILA?
11. Who among the following was not a founding member of ILA?
12. Who is the present Director of INFLIBNET?
13. Who was the chairman of University Education Commission set up in 1948?
14. Who became the first chairman of UGC after it was officially set up in 1956 by an act of Parliament?
15. Who is the present chairman of UGC?
16. ‘Quality Higher Education for All’ is the tagline of __.
17. Who was the first President of Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC)?
18. Who is the present President of IASLIC?
19. ‘IASLIC Ranganathan Medal’ is given for __.
20. IASLIC-S. M. Ganguly Librarian of the Year Award is given since __.
21. Which of the following awards are instituted by IASLIC?
22. In which of the following institutions S. R. Ranganathan served as a Librarian?
a) Banaras Hindu University
b) Delhi University
c) Madras University
d) INSDOC
23. Who was the chairman of UGC Library Committee set up in 1957?
24. Who was the chairman of UGC Review Committee on Library Science set up in 1961?
25. Mehrotra Committee was set up in the year __.
26. Working Group on Modernisation of Library Services and Informatics was set up by __.
27. Who was the chairman of Education Commission (1964-1966) set up by the GOI?
28. Who was the chairman of the UGC Committee on National Network System constituted in 1988?
29. Who was the chairman of the UGC Curriculum Development Committee on LIS (1997-2001)?
30. Who was the chairman of Working Group on Libraries in 1964?
31. Who was the chairman of the Committee on ‘National Policy on Library & Information System (NAPLIS)?
32. Who was the chairman of Advisory Committee for Libraries set up by the Government of India in 1957?
33. Who is the Director-General of National Testing Agency (NTA)?
34. Who among the following was first awarded PadmaShri for his contributions to library science?
35. The term ‘library science’ was first used by __.
36. Who was awarded the first D.Litt degree in LIS by an Indian University?
37. Who was the first Research Professor of Library Science appointed by the GOI?
38. Who was the first Emeritus Fellow Professor of Library and Information Science appointed by the UGC?
39. Who among the following introduced DDC and AACR first time in India?
40. Who among the following is called ‘The Architect of Public Library Movement in India?
41. Who among the following are the recipients of PadmaShri award by the GOI?
a) Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
b) Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya
c) Prof. P. N. Kaula
d) Dr. B. S. Kesavan
42. Who is the founder of Sarada Ranganathan Chair in Library Science – the first chair to be established in the country?
43. Who was the first Indian recipient of ‘Kaula Gold Medal and Citation’ Award?
44. Who was the first recipient of ‘Kaula Gold Medal and Citation Award’?
45. Who among the following was the first recipient of ‘Ranganathan-Kaula Award’?
46. Who among the following initiated the ‘Kaula Series in Library and Information Science’?
47. Who identified the eight central values of librarianship?
48. Michael Gorman is the author/editor of ___.
a) Our Enduring Values: Librarianship in the 21st Century
b) Our Singular Strengths: Meditations for Librarians
c) The Enduring Library: Technology, Tradition, and the Quest for Balance
d) Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd Ed.
49. Which among the following is not one of the eight central values of librarianship as identified by Michael Gorman?
50. Which of the following organization declared 17th May as ‘World Information Society Day’?
51. Who was the first Director of Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation?
52. Which of the following are associated with UNESCO programme?
a) General Information Programme (PGI)
b) World Scientific Information System (UNISIST)
c) Universal Availability of Publications (UAP)
d) International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD)
53. ‘Information for All Programme’ (IFAP) was launched by __.
54. Who developed ‘Seven Faces of Information Literacy’?
55. ‘The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library’ is an autonomous institution functioning under the _.
56. National Book Trust (NBT) is an autonomous organization functioning now under the aegis of __.
57. ‘Indian Library Review’ is a blog of __.
58. In which State below, there is no provision of library cess in its Public Library Act?
59. Which among the following States have no provision for library cess?
60. Nalanda University Library was destroyed by:
61. Which commission recommended 6.5% of the total budget of a University for its library?
62. In which year, the term, ‘Information Seeking Behaviour’ coined by T.D. Wilson?
63. Arrange the following state Public Library Acts in chronological order:
a) Gujarat Public Library Act
b) Bihar Public Library Act
c) Goa Public Library Act
d) Arunachal Pradesh Public Library Act
64. Arrange the steps of the 8W’s Literacy Model in correct order as given by Annette Lamb:
a) Webbing
b) Waving
c) Wondering
d) Weaving
65. Who described Ranganathan as ‘A Prince among Librarians’?
66. Who wrote Foreword to the first edition of ‘Five Laws of Library Science’?
67. Which among the following are the implications of the First Law of Library Science?
68. Which among the following are the implications of the Second Law of Library Science?
69. Which among the following are the implications of the Third Law of Library Science?
70. Which among the following are the implications of the Fourth Law of Library Science?
71. Which among the following are the implications of the Fifth Law of Library Science?
72. Michael Gorman has given variants of Five Laws of Library Science in his book ___.
73. Alireza Noruzi has suggested the variants of Five Laws of library science in web context in the year ___.
74. Carol Simpson has suggested the variants of Five Laws of Library Science applicable to Media E-resources in the year:
75. ‘These words stir students to think of and believe in library service above library work as their life goal’ – who stated with reference to Five Laws of Library Science.
76. From which universities, S. R. Ranganahan was awarded D.Litt (Honoris Causa)?
a) University of Delhi
b) University of Madras
c) University of London
d) University of Pittsburgh
77. Identify the resource sharing and document delivery principles as given by IFLA:
a) Each country should accept responsibility for providing access to its own publications.
b) Supplying libraries should accept requests submitted in hard copy only
c) From the moment a library dispatches an item to a requesting library until it
returns the supplying library is responsible for any loss or damage incurred to any other country
d) Each country should aim to develop an efficient national resource sharing system
78. National Medical Library of India is mainly a ___ library in the field of Medical and Allied Sciences.
79. Identify the following that does not come under user education:
80. Library Association, UK is now known as:
81. Who among the following is associated with the library course offered at Imperial library, Calcutta in 1935?
82. Melvil Dewey Medal 2019’ is given to __.
83. Joseph W. Lippincott Award 2019 is given to __.
84. Who among the following received the ‘Caldecott Medal’ for 2019 given by ALA?
85. The Kate Greenaway Medal 2019 – a British literary award that annually recognizes ‘distinguished illustration in a book for children’ is conferred to __.
86. The Carnegie Medal 2019 – a British literary award named after the Scottish born American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) is awarded to __.
87. Who was the first President of IFLA?
88. Who is the present President of IFLA?
89. Who was the first President of CILIP formed in 2002?
90. Who is the present President of CILIP: The Library and Information Association’?
91. Who is the present President of ALA?
92. Who among the following was the first President of ALA?
93. A non-linear model of information seeking behavior was presented by __.
94. Which law of library science is indicative of biological entity?
95. The term ‘Information Literacy’ was coined by __.
96. Identify the information scientist who developed ‘sense making’ theory of information needs __.
97. User studies were first conducted by __.
98. ‘Libraries as Gateways to knowledge’ is the title of the document ___.
99. National Knowledge Commission (NKC) was discontinued since ___.
100. Based on the years of establishment, arrange the following in chronological order:
a) ASLIB
b) ALA
c) ILA
d) IFLA
