Library & Information Science Questions and Answers - Set 30 | Library & Information Science Quiz GkSeries

1 NALANDA, the digital library is an initiation of :

1 DRTC

2 IISC Bangalore

3 National Institute of Technology, Calicut

4 NISCAIR

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Answer: National Institute of Technology, Calicut

2 Six Sigma in quality management was developed by :

1 Motorola

2 IBM

3 Honey well

4 GENPACT

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Answer: Motorola

3 In Binary Number System digit ‘11’ is represented by :

1 1010

2 00001011

3 110011

4 00010110

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Answer: 00001011

4 Which of the following reflects the position of libraries In British Columbia ?

1 There are no libraries on reserve.

2 Public libraries on reserve are under funded.

3 Band school libraries exist on reserve.

4 There are 141 First Nations libraries.

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Answer: Band school libraries exist on reserve.

5 In Ontario in 2001 - 2002 :

1 Only 52 first Nations libraries existed

2 Only 141 first nations libraries received operating grants

3 Many small communities are underfunded

4 Majority of First Nations libraries received operating grants

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Answer: Many small communities are underfunded

6 Among First Nations Communities

1 libraries are always priority

2 sometimes rights and title claims are pressing needs

3 there are no pressing needs for education and health

4 they need a library even when they do not have land

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Answer: sometimes rights and title claims are pressing needs

7 Which of the following is true about public libraries in urban centres ?

1 Public libraries in urban centres tend to differentiate between aboriginal people and the general population

2 Urban aboriginal people are often well served by public library

3 The Albert library branch of the Rijina public library does not work closely with local urban aboriginal communities.

4 Spadina Branch of the Toronto Public library works closely with local aboriginal communities.

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Answer: Spadina Branch of the Toronto Public library works closely with local aboriginal communities.

8 Which of the following is not true about the library services for Saskatchewan’s Aboriginal Peoples Committee ?

1 It has aboriginal representatives

2 It has public sector representatives

3 They meet once a year

4 They advise on the implementation of the recommendation.

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Answer: They meet once a year

9 The protection of copyright in the care of films, photographs, anonymous, pseudonymous publications and works of governments, the 60 year period is counted from :

1 the date of birth of creator

2 year following the death of creator

3 the date of publication

4 as per statement of author

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Answer: the date of publication

10 International Standard Music Number (ISMN) for print music is promoted, coordinated and supervised by :

1 International Agency for ISMN, London

2 International Standards Agency for Music, Sydney

3 Standards Agency for Music International, Paris

4 The International ISMN Agency, Berlin

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Answer: The International ISMN Agency, Berlin

11 In which year the WIPO Copyright Treaty was adopted ?

1 1995

2 1996

3 1997

4 1998

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Answer: 1996

12 Which one of the following data bases has not originated from USA ?

1 BIOSIS

2 MEDLARS

3 Chemical Abstracts

4 INSPEC

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Answer: INSPEC

13 The knowledge to which we have valid, conscious, introspective access under all circumstances is called :

1 Explicit knowledge

2 Semi tacit knowledge

3 Tacit knowledge

4 Predictive knowledge

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Answer: Explicit knowledge

14 ‘Working Papers’ fall under the category of :

1 Books

2 Monographs

3 News papers

4 Grey Literature

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Answer: Grey Literature

15 Who developed the theory of Information Supply and Indexing based on five axioms (doctorines) such as - definability; order; sufficient degree of order; predictability; and Fidelity ?

1 Rubert Fugmann

2 William Cooper

3 E. Garfield

4 Calvin Moores

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