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Whether you are studying, doing research, working professional, this is the place for you to develop a sound knowledge of Library and Information Science. For librarians, catalogers, (M.LIB & B.LIB) & Ph.D. students, researchers in LIS professionals.

Question 1:The Press and Registration of books Act was enacted in 

A) 1847 

B) 1867

C) 1850

D) 1840

Explanation: Correct (B) The Press and Registration of Books Act was enacted in 1867. It was a colonial era law that regulated printing presses and newspapers. The Act also governed the registration of books and newspapers in India.

Question 2:UNIMARC was developed by

A) UNESCO

B) FID 

C) IFLA 

D) Library of Congress

Explanation:  Correct (C) The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) developed UNIMARC, or Universal MARC format, in 1977. IFLA also owns the copyright to UNIMARC.

Question 3: GSDL was developed at 

A) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) libraries & Hewlett-Packard labs  

B) Katipo Communications Ltd, New Zealand 

C) Wikimedia Foundation

D) University of Waikato, New Zealand.

Explanation:  Correct (D) The Greenstone Digital Library (GSDL) was developed at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. It was developed in collaboration with UNESCO and the Human Info NGO in Belgium.

Question 4: PERT was developed by 

A) Booz Allen Hamelton 

B) Allent Cant

C) The Navy special project office

D) None of the above

Explanation:  Correct (C) PERT was developed by the U.S. Navy in the 1950s to help create a business plan that would coordinate the thousands of contractors it had working on myriad projects. While PERT was originally a manual process, today there are computerized PERT systems that enable project charts to be created quickly.

Question 5: The term hyper text was coined by 

A) Charles Babbage

B)  Tay Vaughan

C)  Tim Berner Lee 

D) Ted Nelson

Explanation: Correct (D) Hypertext is text which contains links to other texts. The term was coined by Ted Nelson around 1965 (see History ). HyperMedia is a term used for hypertext which is not constrained to be text: it can include graphics, video and sound , for example. Apparently Ted Nelson was the first to use this term too.

Question 6: Million Book Project was initiated by 

A) Pittsburg University

B) MIT, USA 

C) Michigan University

D) Carnegie Mellon University

Explanation: Correct (D) The Million Book Project (or the Universal Library) was a book digitization project led by Raj Reddy at Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science and University Libraries from 2001 to 2008.

Question 7: CONPOLIS (India) was set up in the year 

A) 1986 

B) 1987 

C) 1985

D) 1988

Explanation: Correct (C) CONPOLIS: Committee on National Policy on Library and Information Systems was set up in 1985 and submitted its report in 1986. Prof. D.P.

Question 8: What is the theme of PLANNER 2024?

A) Libraries in AI Era: Applications and Perspectives

B) Library Technologies and Innovations

C) Uplifting Academic Libraries

D) Library Automation and Networking

Explanation: Correct (A)The theme of PLANNER 2024 is "Libraries in AI Era: Applications and Perspectives". Key details about PLANNER 2024: Focus: Exploring the applications and perspectives of artificial intelligence within the library field. Organizer: INFLIBNET Centre Date: September 19-21, 2024 Location: Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh

Question 9: The term Cyberspace was first used by 

A) Andrew Pollock

B) Joe Flower

C) John Postal 

D) William Gibson

Explanation: Correct (D) The term cyberspace was first used by the American-Canadian author William Gibson in 1982 in a story published in Omni magazine and then in his book Neuromancer. In this science-fiction novel, Gibson described cyberspace as the creation of a computer network in a world filled with artificially intelligent beings.

Question 10: Emerald full text Database is published from

A) USA  

B) U.K.

C) Germany

D) France

Explanation: Correct (B) Emerald was founded in the United Kingdom in 1967 as Management Consultants Bradford (MCB) UP Ltd. The publisher changed its name to Emerald in 2002 following the success of its Emerald Full-text database.

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