AMU M.Lib.I.Sc Entrance Test 2023–24 PYQs | MCQ Quiz with Answers

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The AMU M.Lib.I.Sc Entrance Test is conducted by Aligarh Muslim University. In this post, we have provided the AMU M.Lib.I.Sc Admission Test 2023–24 question paper. 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. The exam also follows negative marking, where 25% of the marks are deducted for each incorrect answer.

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1. CRG (Classification Research Group) was formed in the year:

(a) 1954

(b) 1952

(c) 1972

(d) 1962

2. Who is the Present President of IFLA?

(a) Barbara Lison

(b) Donna Scheeder

(c) Christine Mackenzie

(d) Ingrid Parent

3. Invisible College is an example of:

(a) Documentary Sources

(b) Non-documentary Sources

(c) Meta document

(d) Conventional Sources

4. The First edition of AACR was edited by:

(a) C. Sumner Spalding

(b) Michael Gorman

(c) Seymour Lubetzky

(d) Paul W. Winkler

5. Subject heading list and thesauri are types of ………… Indexing languages:

(a) Controlled

(b) Uncontrolled

(c) Semi Controlled

(d) None of the above

6. The Seven Pillars of Information literacy was given by:

(a) Special Library Association (SLA)

(b) Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL)

(c) Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC)

(d) Indian Library Association (ILA)

7. According to IFLA standard, the basic components of Information literacy are:
i) Accessing   ii) Abstracting   iii) Evaluation   iv) Use of information

(a) i, ii, iii

(b) i, ii, iv

(c) ii, iii, iv

(d) i, iii, iv

8. Which of the following expresses the general principles of subject headings?
i) Common Usage   ii) Specificity   iii) Uniformity   iv) Intuition

(a) i, ii, iv

(b) ii, iii, iv

(c) i, ii, iii

(d) i, iii, iv

9. One of the recommendations of NKC for libraries was the preparation of:

(a) National Census of all Libraries

(b) National Registration of Libraries

(c) National Conference on Libraries

(d) National Knowledge Commission

10. 'Canon of co-extensiveness' is related to:

(a) Canons for chain of classes

(b) Canons for Arrays

(c) Canons for Notation

(d) Canons for Helpful Sequence

11. British National Bibliography (BNB) is an example of:

(a) Cataloguing in Publication

(b) Centralised Cataloguing

(c) Cooperative Cataloguing

(d) Subject Cataloguing

12. The expression of ideas into words is done in which stage of Library classification?

(a) Notational Plane

(b) Verbal Plane

(c) Assortment of aggregates

(d) Idea Plane

13. Ranganathan termed the Flexibility of notation as:

(a) Expansiveness of Notation

(b) Hospitality of Notation

(c) Permission of Notation to insert any new class

(d) Accommodation of Notation

14. Which of the following is not the objective of INFLIBNET?

(a) To provide reliable access to document collection through online union catalogue

(b) To establish appropriate control and monitoring system for the communication network and organize maintenance

(c) Provision of greater access to Public Libraries and their Networking

(d) To computerize operation of and information centres in the country following a uniform standard.

15. Claims Monitoring is a special feature of which of the following module?

(a) Acquisition

(b) Serial Control

(c) Circulation

(d) Cataloguing

16. Which of the following is not a function of digital library?

(a) Provide access to a very large information collections

(b) Support multi-media content

(c) Enable 'link' representation to external objects (hypertext)

(d) Provides all the functionaries to administer inter library loan requests

17. Which among the following is an advantage of Web OPAC?

(a) No need of Internet connection

(b) It runs on any version of windows

(c) Access is possible from any corner of the globe

(d) It runs on free available open source software

18. One of the advantages of Data warehousing is:

(a) Data warehousing makes data more accessible to business and organizations

(b) Data warehousing supports analysis of data regularly

(c) Data warehousing does logic pattern recognition

(d) Data warehousing compensates data loss

19. ………… is considered as a process of extracting data from large data sets:

(a) Data Warehousing

(b) Data Mining

(c) Metadata

(d) None of the above

20. The most widely used topology in LAN is:

(a) Tree Topology

(b) Ring Topology

(c) Bus Topology

(d) Star Topology

21. Which of the following is a meta-search engine?

(a) AltaVista

(b) Google

(c) Dogpile

(d) Bing

22. Which of the following indicator digit is used in UDC to combine notations of two or more classes having a kind of relationship?

(a) Plus (+)

(b) Colon (:)

(c) Semicolon (;)

(d) Slash (/)

23. 6th Edition of Colon Classification comes under the category of:

(a) Freely-faceted classification scheme

(b) Rigidly-faceted classification scheme

(c) Almost freely faceted classification scheme

(d) Purely-faceted classification scheme

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

List-I (Classification Scheme)                  List-II (Name of Designer)
I. Subject Classification                            a. H.E. Bliss
II. Bibliographic Classification                b. J.D. Brown
III. Expansive Classification                    c. Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine
IV. Universal Decimal Classification     d. C.A. Cutter

(a) I(a) II(c) III(d) IV(b)

(b) I(d) II(c) III(a) IV(b)

(c) I(b) II(a) III(d) IV(c)

(d) I(a) II(d) III(b) IV(c)

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

List-I (Books)                                                   List-II (Authors)
I. The Subject Approach to Information        a. W.C. Sayers
II. Classification and Communication                 b. H.E. Bliss
III. The Grammar of Classification          c. S.R. Ranganathan
IV. The Organization of Knowledge in Libraries   d. A.C. Foskett

(a) I(d) II(c) III(a) IV(b)

(b) I(a) II(d) III(b) IV(c)

(c) I(d) II(b) III(c) IV(a)

(d) I(c) II(b) III(d) IV(a)

26. In an Indexing system in which coordination of terms in the index entries are decided by Indexer before any particular request is made, is known as:

(a) Citation Indexing System

(b) Pre-Coordinate Indexing System

(c) Post-Coordinate Indexing System

(d) Subject Indexing

27. Herzberg's theory deals with:

(a) Staffing

(b) Motivation

(c) Performance appraisal

(d) Leadership

28. 'To provide the best books to the maximum readers at the least cost' was given by:

(a) S.R. Ranganathan

(b) Mc Calvin

(c) Melvil Dewey

(d) Sayers

29. 'Venn Diagram' expresses relationship in which of the following searches?

(a) Federated Search

(b) Truncation Search

(c) Boolean Search

(d) Simple Search

30. U, W and Y in Colon Classification are deemed to be known as:

(a) Empty-Emptying Digits (EED)

(b) Emptying Digit

(c) Gap Device

(d) Mixed Base

31. Which among these is an example of synchronous Digital Reference Service?

(a) Web form

(b) SMS

(c) Email

(d) Ask a reference service

32. The canon which helps in maintaining standardization of bibliographic data element in order to avoid adverse effect of variant is:

(a) Canon of Sought Heading

(b) Canon of Currency

(c) Canon of Consistency

(d) Canon of Permanence

33. 'Library Building and Furniture' is advocated in which law of library science?

(a) Second Law

(b) First Law

(c) Third Law

(d) Fourth Law

34. 'KNOWGATE' is associated with:

(a) ILA

(b) ALA

(c) Library of Congress

(d) CSIR-NISCAIR

35. Which one of the following is a fully enumerative scheme of classification?

(a) Bibliographic Classification

(b) Rider International Classification

(c) Broad System of Ordering

(d) Universal Decimal Classification

36. Who among the following is known as 'The Architect of Public Library Movement in India'?

(a) Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya

(b) S.R. Ranganathan

(c) P.N. Kaur

(d) B.S. Kesavan

37. ___is the present director of INFLIBNET?

(a) Prof. S.P. Sinha

(b) Prof. P.N. Rao

(c) Prof. J.P. Singh Joorel

(d) Prof. D.Y. Patel

38. 'Facts on File' is a type of:

(a) Secondary Source

(b) Primary Source

(c) Tertiary Source

(d) Primary and Secondary Source

39. First computerized INB (Indian National Bibliography) came out in the year:

(a) 2001

(b) 2000

(c) 2002

(d) 2010

40. The facility for research scholars to accumulate, organise, store and cite the research work popularly is known as:

(a) Shodh Shuddhi

(b) Shodh Chakra

(c) Shodh Sindhu

(d) Shodh Sanchay

41. 'Library Herald' is published by:

(a) DLA

(b) NISCAIR

(c) DRTC

(d) LASLIC

42. Tamil Nadu Public Library Act came out in the year:

(a) 1950

(b) 1948

(c) 1946

(d) 1944

43. Which of the following is the theme of Open Access Week 2023?

(a) Community over Commercialisation

(b) Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge

(c) Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge

(d) Diversity, equity and inclusion

44. Which of the following library is situated at Dehradun?

(a) National Information Centre for Food Science and Technology

(b) National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities

(c) National Leather Research Institute

(d) Central Drug Research Institute

45. 'India Who's Who' 32nd edition is published by:

(a) CRC Press

(b) INFA Publication

(c) Association of Indian Universities

(d) A & C Black Publishers

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

List-I (Standards)                                                List-II (Year)
I. MARC II                                                    a. 1969
II. AACR II                                                   b. 2010
III. RDA                                                        c. 1987
IV. ISBD                                                    d. 1971

(a) I(d) II(a) III(b) IV(c)

(b) I(d) II(c) III(b) IV(a)

(c) I(c) II(a) III(b) IV(d)

(d) I(a) II(d) III(b) IV(c)

47. Public Library Manifesto (2022) was developed by:

(a) RRRLF and ILA

(b) Delhi Public Library and NISCAIR

(c) IFLA and LA

(d) UNESCO and IFLA

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

List-I (Committees / Commissions)                                               List-II (Chairmen)
I. Advisory Committee for Libraries                                           a. D.P. Chattopadhyaya
II. Review Committee on Library Science Education                       b. K.P. Sinha
III. National Knowledge Commission                                         c. Sam Pitroda
IV. National Policy on Library and Information Systems                  d. S.R. Ranganathan

(a) I(d) II(b) III(a) IV(c)

(b) I(b) II(d) III(c) IV(a)

(c) I(a) II(a) III(c) IV(d)

(d) I(d) II(b) III(c) IV(a)

49. One of the components of National Mission on libraries (2012) is:

(a) National Virtual Library of India

(b) National Digital Library of India

(c) National Special Library of India

(d) National Knowledge Library of India

50. The report of the National Knowledge Commission (2005) was named as:

(a) Libraries and Information Centers

(b) Libraries as Gateways to Information

(c) Libraries and Documentation Centers

(d) Libraries as Gateways to Knowledge

📄 Part-B — Subjective Questions

Max. Marks: 50  |  All questions are compulsory

Section – 'A'   Short Answer Questions (Answer in approx. 50 words) 6 × 5 = 30 Marks

1. Define search strategy and explain different search techniques with examples.

5 Marks

2. Explain the difference between rigidly faceted and freely faceted systems of classification with suitable examples.

5 Marks

3. Explain the purpose of vocabulary control in Indexing.

5 Marks

4. Explain the salient features of AACR-2.

5 Marks

5. Discuss, briefly the features of keyword Indexing.

5 Marks

6. Distinguish between Documentation Work and Documentation Service.

5 Marks

Section – 'B'   Essay Type Questions (Answer in approx. 250 words) 10 × 2 = 20 Marks

7. Discuss the process of recording and registration of Periodicals in a University Library.

10 Marks

8. Explain the principles of Subject Cataloguing.

10 Marks

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How many questions are asked in AMU M.Lib Entrance Test?

The exam contains 50 MCQs, 6 short answer questions and 2 essay type questions.

Is there negative marking in AMU M.Lib Entrance Test?

Yes, 25% marks are deducted for each incorrect answer.

What is the duration of the exam?

The exam duration is 2 hours.

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