AMU M.Lib Entrance Test 2024–25 Previous Year Questions (PYQs) Practice Quiz with Answers

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This quiz is based on the previous year questions (PYQs) from the AMU M.Lib.I.Sc Entrance Test 2024–25 conducted by Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). The examination carries 100 marks with a duration of 2 hours. The paper includes 50 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), 6 Short Answer questions, and 2 Essay-type questions.

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1. Which of the following alphabetization method is also known as "nothing before something"?

(a) Classified Order

(b) Letter by Letter

(c) Dictionary Order

(d) Word by Word

2. The root word "..............ism" can be truncated using the following method to retrieve all words having the same characters.

(a) Right Truncation

(b) Left Truncation

(c) Middle Truncation

(d) Proximity Search

3. Which parameter considers the language, its style and presentation of a reference book.

(a) Scope

(b) Authority

(c) Treatment

(d) Format

4. In how many languages does Indian National Bibliography (INB) includes the books.

(a) 14

(b) 10

(c) 11

(d) 17

5. The symbols >, < or = are used in which of the following search techniques:

(a) Range Search

(b) Proximity Search

(c) Boolean Search

(d) Field-Specific Search

6. Principle of canonical sequence belongs to:

(a) Chronological Sequence

(b) Helpful Sequence

(c) Filiatory Sequence

(d) Facet Sequence

7. Request processing is an activity related to which of the following section.

(a) Acquisition Section

(b) Processing Section

(c) Reference Section

(d) Circulation Section

8. An important international standard for the exchange of bibliographic records between systems is..............

(a) ISO 2609 format

(b) ISO 2709 format

(c) ISO 2809 format

(d) ISO 2909 format

9. The IT Act which deals with cyber crimes came into being in India in which of the following year:

(a) 1998

(b) 1999

(c) 2000

(d) 2002

10. Access and control of network are typically maintained by a 'token-passing' system in which of the following network topology.

(a) Ring

(b) Star

(c) Tree

(d) Bus

11. Who is the Editor of 'Sears List of Subject Headings' (20th edition)?

(a) Michael Panzer

(b) Gregory R. New

(c) Rebecca Green

(d) Joseph Miller

12. The main class 'Social Work' in Colon Classification (6th edition) is represented by which of the following class numbers:

(a) YXA

(b) XY

(c) YXZ

(d) YX

13. In DDC, the notation 089 in Table 1 provides the direction for using notations from:

(a) Table 6

(b) Table 5

(c) Table 2

(d) Table 3

14. Who is the Editor in Chief of DDC (22nd edition)?

(a) Michael Panzer

(b) Jean S. Mitchell

(c) Rebecca Green

(d) Giles Martin

15. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below:

List-I (Indexing Systems)	List-II (Name of Designer)
(A) Keyword Indexing	1. E. Garfield
(B) Citation Indexing	2. M. Taube
(C) Chain Indexing	3. H.P. Luhn
(D) Uniterm Indexing	4. S.R. Ranganathan

(a) A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3

(b) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3

(c) A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

(d) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2

16. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below:

List-I (Information Products)	List-II (Publisher/Owner)
(A) Science Direct	1. Informatics India Ltd.
(B) Science Citation Index	2. Elsevier
(C) J-Gate	3. Clarivate Analytics
(D) Ulrich's Periodicals Directory	4. ProQuest

(a) A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1

(b) A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1

(c) A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4

(d) A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2

17. An array of classes, not admitting of 'extrapolation' is known as:

(a) Discontinuous Array

(b) Open Array

(c) Closed Array

(d) Continuous Array

18. The book 'A Modern Outline of Library Classification' is authored by:

(a) F.W. Lancaster

(b) G. Bhattacharya

(c) S.R. Ranganathan

(d) J. Mills

19. In the schedule of literature of Colon Classification (6th edition), [P3] is used to denote:

(a) Forms of Literature

(b) Language of Literature

(c) Author of the literary work

(d) Individual work of an author

20. Arrange in sequence the Maslow's hierarchy of needs:
i. Social
ii. Esteem
iii. Physiological
iv. Safety

Options:

(a) i, ii, iii and iv

(b) iii, i, iv and ii

(c) iii, iv, i and ii

(d) iv, i, ii and iii

21. Match the following:

List-I	List-II
(A) Periodical work	(I) Two card system
(B) Stock verification	(II) Three card system
(C) Circulation	(III) PPBS
(D) Budgeting	(IV) By shelf Register

(a) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)

(b) (A)-(IV), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)

(c) (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

(d) (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(III)

22. 'Zero Defects' in Quality Management was developed by..........

(a) Kaoru Ishikawa

(b) Genichi Taguchi

(c) Edwards Deming

(d) Philip B. Crosby

23. Index Indiana is a publication of.................

(a) National Library of India, Calcutta

(b) Central Reference Library, Calcutta

(c) IISc, Bangalore

(d) Delhi Library Association, New Delhi

24. How many parts are there in 13 digit ISBN number?

(a) 06

(b) 03

(c) 05

(d) 04

25. Arrange the following secondary sources according to the beginning of their publication in chronological order:
I. Biological Abstracts
II. Chemical Abstracts
III. LISA
IV. Index Medicus

Options:

(a) I, II, III and IV

(b) III, I, IV and II

(c) IV, I, II and III

(d) IV, II, I and III

26. Arrange the following in the ascending order of the first year of publication:
I. BNB
II. INB
III. Compendex
IV. Roget's Thesaurus of English words

Options:

(a) IV, I, III and II

(b) IV, I, II and III

(c) III, IV, II and I

(d) IV, III, I and II

27. Library Information Science Technology Abstracts (LISTA) is available through:

(a) Elsevier

(b) EBSCO Host

(c) ProQuest

(d) Palgrave Macmillan

28. Keesing's Record of World Events is a................

(a) Bibliography

(b) Dictionary

(c) News Digest

(d) Directory

29. Who categorized documentary sources of information into three categories i.e. Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources?

(a) Giljarevskij

(b) S.R. Ranganathan

(c) Denis Grogan

(d) C.W. Hanson

30. NIScPR is the merger of .....................

(a) NISCOM and INSDOC

(b) IIS and INSDOC

(c) IIS and NISCAIR

(d) NISCAIR and NISTADS

31. In which financial estimation method, a minimum amount per head of population is fixed?

(a) Per Capita method

(b) Proportional method

(c) Method of details

(d) Zero based budgeting method

32. Who advocated the seven basic statistical tools for quality control?

(a) Shewhart

(b) S.R. Ranganathan

(c) Kaoru Ishikawa

(d) Phillip Crosby

33. Librarian Chat is a kind of.............

(a) Current Awareness Service

(b) Document Delivery Service

(c) Digital Reference Service

(d) Referral Service

34. Who identified the eight central values of librarianship?

(a) Robert Boyle

(b) Michael Gorman

(c) J. Simpson

(d) Mike Francis

35. Which of the following states do not have provision of library cess in their respective Public Library Acts?
(I) West Bengal
(II) Tamil Nadu
(III) Telangana
(IV) Manipur
(V) Kerala

Options:

(a) (I) and (IV) are correct

(b) (I), (II) and (IV) are correct

(c) (III) and (IV) are correct

(d) (II), (III) and (V) are correct

36. Universal Bibliography Control and International (UBCIM) – MARC is a core activity of:

(a) IFLA

(b) UNESCO

(c) National Library of Medicine

(d) Library of Congress

37. The canon of recall value was devised by:

(a) J.H. Shera

(b) S.R. Ranganathan

(c) W. Sayers

(d) Kevin Moores

38. Three card system of Dr. Ranganathan consists of which of the following:

(a) Book Card, Classified Index Card and Library Index Card

(b) Periodical Card, Check Card and Classified Index Card

(c) Bottom Card, Classified Index Card and Library Index Card

(d) Register Card, Check Card and Classified Index Card

39. International Who's Who 2024 (87th edition) is published by................

(a) Routledge Publications

(b) Marquis Publications

(c) R.R. Bowker Publishers

(d) H.W. Wilson Publishers

40. Match the following:

Codes	Year
A) ALA Rules	i) 1949
B) AACR-2	ii) 2003
C) RDA	iii) 1934
D) Classified Catalogue Code	iv) 1978

(a) i, ii, iii and iv

(b) ii, iv, iii and i

(c) iv, ii, i and iii

(d) i, iv, ii and iii

41. 'Documentation and its facets' was authored by..........

(a) S.R. Ranganathan

(b) S.C. Bradford

(c) G.G. Chawdhary

(d) F.W. Lancaster

42. In Colon Classification (7th edition) the indicator digit '&' (Ampersand) indicates.

(a) Space Facet

(b) Phase Relation

(c) Common Isolates

(d) Backward Range

43. WORF model is used for the reference interview which corresponds to:

(a) Welcoming, Open Ended Questions, Restate and Rephrase the Questions and Follow-up

(b) Welcoming, Open Ended Questions, Reference Questions and Follow-up

(c) Welcoming, Open Discussion, Reference Questions and Feedback.

(d) Welcoming, Open Access, Restate and Rephrase the Questions and Feedback.

44. National Knowledge Commission's Working Group on Libraries was chaired by:

(a) K.K. Banerjee

(b) H.K. Kaul

(c) P.B. Mangla

(d) Kalpana Dasgupta

45. The basic components of Information literacy in accordance with IFLA standard are:
(i) Access
(ii) Abstracting
(iii) Use of Information
(iv) Evaluation

Options:

(a) i, ii, iii

(b) i, ii, iv

(c) ii, iii, iv

(d) i, iii, iv

46. The dynamic theory of library classification was developed by..........

(a) J.H. Shera

(b) F.W. Lancaster

(c) H.E. Bliss

(d) S.R. Ranganathan

47. Deming cycle of Total Quality Management is based on..........

(a) Plan, Develop, Choose, Accept

(b) Plan, Drop, Check, Adopt

(c) Plan, Do, Check, Act

(d) Plan, Drag, Choose, Adapt

48. The Concept of User Education was given by:

(a) N.R. Satyanarayana

(b) Patricia B. Knapp

(c) M.B. Stevenson

(d) Taye Tadesse

49. 'Gang Plank' relates to which principle of library Management given by Henry Fayol.

(a) Equity

(b) Order

(c) Esprit de Corps

(d) Scalar Chain

50. The three theories of reference service namely Minimal, Middling and Maximum was given by:

(a) Samuel Rothstein

(b) A.B. Kroeger

(c) B.M. Robinson

(d) A.G. Rugh

Explanation for Question 26

The correct chronological order is determined by the first year of publication:-

• Roget's Thesaurus of English Words – First published in 1852.
• Compendex – Originally published as Engineering Index in 1884.
• BNB (British National Bibliography) – First published in 1950.
• INB (Indian National Bibliography) – First published in 1957.

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