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This collection of Questions Answers Quizzes and Explanation will act not only as a question bank on Library and Information Science but also be a good tool for appearing in the competitive exams Ex. UGC-NET/ SET in Library and Information Science and interviews and keeping updated with the new knowledge for LIS professionals.

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: Who coined the term information science.

A) S.R. Ranganathan

B) Paul Otle

C) Ralph R. Shaw

D) Calvin N. Mooers

Explanation: Correct (B) Paul Otlet a Belgain Documentalist is considered one of the father of Info Science. Especially for his contributions to documentation & Indexing.

Question 2: Which Law of Library Science States “Every Book its Reader?

A) First Law 

B) Third Law

C) Second Law

D) Fifth Law

Explanation: Correct (C) S.R. Ranganathan’s Second Law “Every Book its Reader” emphasizes that for every book there exists at least one teacher who will benefit from it.

Question 3: The first library act in India was enacted in which state?

A) West Bengal

B) Andhra Pradesh

C) Maharashtra

D) Tamil Nadu

Explanation: Correct (D)The Madras Public Library Act of 1948 was the first library act in India, which was later adopted by other states.

Question 4: Which Indexing System uses UNITERMS?

A) Permuted Indexing

B) Chain Indexing

C) Co-ordinate Indexing

D) KWIC Indexing

Explanation: Correct (C) The Co-ordinate indexing system also known as Uniterm Indexing, was developed to use single terms or Uniterm for Indexing.

Question 5:In Library Classification colon classification was developed by ?

A) H.E. Bilss

B) Melvil Dewey

C) C.A Cutter

D) S.R. Ranaganathan

Explanation: Correct (D) Colon Classification is on innovative classification system developed by S.R.Ranaganthan, using symbols (e.g. Colons) to link concept.

Question 6: which of the following is a Boolean operator?

A) OR

B) NOT

C) AND

D) All of the above

Explanation: Correct (D) Boolean operators include AND,OR, & NOT which help retine search results in databases & Information retrieval.

Question 7: The concept of selective Dissemination of Information SDI was introduced by ?

A) Calvin Mooers

B) Paul Otlet

C) Hans Peter Luhn

D) Eugene Garfield

Explanation: Correct (C) SDI was developed by H.P. Luhan as a way to deliver tailored info. To users based on their specific information needs.

Question 8: The Principle of Least Effort in Information seeking behavior was given by?

A) George Zipf

B) D. Ellis

C) T.D. Wilson

D) A. Prabha

Explanation: Correct (A) George Zipf’s Principle of least Effort suggests that users will tend to seek the easiest solution or resource.

Question 9: The Standard abbreviation for Library & Information Science is

A) LINS

B) LIBIS

C) LINFO

D) LIS

Explanation: Correct (D) LIS is the commonly accepted abbreviation for Library & Information Science.

Question 10: The Five Laws of Library Science were formulated ?

A) Shiyali Ramamitra

B) S.R. Ranganathan

C) Charles Ammi Cutter

D) Melvin Dewey

Explanation: Correct (B) Ranganathan is the organization of the five laws of Library Science a foundational theory in library science.

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