Previous Year Question Paper - Year 2004 - Series 2

1) Ranganathan’s Canons of Classification as Grouped into Three Planes of Work are:

(a) Idea, Verbal and Number

(b) Idea, Verbal and Notational

(c) Natural, Artificial and Computer

(d) Number, Common Isolate and Connecting Symbol

Answer: (b) Idea, Verbal and Notational

2) The First Block in ISBN is a___

(a) Geographic Identifier

(b) Title Identifier

(c) Publisher Identifier

(d) Author Identifier

Answer: (a) Geographic Identifier

 3) Theory X and Theory Y were formulated by____

(a) Douglas Murray McGregor

(b) Peter Drucker

(c) Abraham Maslow

(d) F. W. Taylor

Answer: (a) Douglas Murray McGregor

4) The Method of Reducing the Physical  Size of a Block of Information is called_

(a) Information Reduction

(b) Data Compression

(c) Data Retrieval

(d) Information Size

Answer: (b) Data Compression

5) Which one of the following is a Volatile Memory?

(a) RAM

(b) CD-ROM

(c) Hard Disk

(d) Floppy Disk

Answer: (a) RAM

 6) LYCOS is a 

(a) Search engine

(b) Programming language

(c) Database

(d) Database vendor

Answer: (a) Search engine

7) The Ability to Travel Between Electronic Documents using any Number of Alternative Paths to find Relevant Information is known as___

(a) Linking

(b) Browsing

(c) Searching

(d) Navigating

Answer: (c) Searching

 8) A Questionnaire Designed with Open- Ended Questions is known as___

(a) Unstructured

(b) Flexible

(c) Closed

(d) Structured

Answer: (a) Unstructured

9) Non-Sampling Error (NSE) are referred to as the errors of_____

(a) Probability

(b) Quantification

(c) Ratio

(d) Measurement

Answer: (b) Quantification

10) Delhi Public Library was established in____

(a) 1950

(b) 1951

(c) 1952

(d) 1953

Answer: (b) 1951