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                                                                     Question                                                           

1.  Desirableness of personal contact between reader and library material was stressed by 
A. H. P. Luhn                 B. Derek Austein 
C. Samuel S. Green       D. S. C. Bradford
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2. What are called the documents which are bound in paper and the information contained in them may not be available from any other source? 
A. Serials                       B. Books 
C. Pamphlets                 D. Periodicals
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3. What is called that document which contains descriptions of technical requirements for a product, material, process or service which are designed to meet the purchaser’s particular needs? 
A. Patent                     B. Pamphlet 
C. Specification          D. Standard
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4. What is called that document which is formulated by agreement, authority or custom of sponsors to define a product, material, process, quality, construction, operating characteristics, performance, etc.? 
A. Standard                               B. Patents 
C. Pamphlet                              D. Specification
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5. The first component i.e. Group Identifier of ISBN represents 
A. Title of the book                              B. Publisher’s group 
C. National or geographical group      D. National, geographical, language and any other group
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6. What is the full form of ISBN? 
A. International Standard Book Number 
B. Indian Standard Bibliographic Number 
C. International Standard Bibliographic Number 
D. Indian Standard Book Number
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7. What was the name of the number which was started first in UK for documents? 
A. Standard Book Number           B. International Book Number 
C. Serial Book Number                D. Book Number
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8. A modulus of how many bases, the check digit is calculated with weights 10 to 2 for a ISBN of a book? 
A. 14                B. 11 
C. 8                  D. 9
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9. Later after getting recognition internationally, what name was given to SBN? 
A. NIS            B. ISBN 
C. IBN           D. SNB
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10. ISBN of a book has how many digits? 
A. 17            B. 14 
C. 10            D. 12
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11. ISBN is 
A. system of giving a unique number to a book 
B. system of giving a not changeable number to a book 
C. system which differentiates one book from the other 
D. all the above
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12. If the ISBN of a book is 025463-104-5, the check digit of the book is 
A. 27                  B. 463 
C. 108                D. 5
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13. A modulus of how many bases, the check digit is calculated with weights 8 to 2 for a ISSN of a serial publication? 
A. 19                 B. 11 
C. 15                 D. 16
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14. What is the full form of ISSN? 
A. Indian Standard Service Number 
B. International Serial Standard Number 
C. International Standard Serial Number 
D. Indian Standard Serial Number
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15. Which one uses ISSN? 
A. Ulrich International Periodical Directory        B. British National Bibliography 
C. Indian National Bibliography                          D. Library Literature
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16. The ISSN is a 
A. unique number to a serial                                               B. unique number to a book 
C. unique number which identifies a particular serial        D. number by which the serial is femilon
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17.  Now-a-days what is called to staff of the libraries? 
A. Staffing                   B. Human workers 
C. Staff                        D. Human resources
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18. How many digits does the ISSN of a serial publication, have? 
A. 9                   B. 8 
C. 11                 D. 7
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19. Which of the following are ISDN services? 
i. RSS 
ii. Teletext 
iii. Voice mail 
iv. Video conference
Codes : 
A) (i), (iii) and (iv) are correct 
B) (i), (ii) and (iv) are correct 
C) (ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct 
D) (i), (ii) and (iii) are correct
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20.  Which national agency in India is assigning the ISBN? 
A. Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Education Resource Centre 
B. Delhi Public Library 
C. Federation of Publishers in India 
D. National Library of India
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21.  ISBN consists of 
A. 6 digits                B. 8 digits 
C. 13 digits              D. 15 digits
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22. ISBN changed from 10 digits to 13 from 
A. January, 2007             B. January, 2008 
C. January, 2006             D. January, 2005
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23. The first block in ISBN is a 
A. Geographic Identifier             B. Title Identifier 
C. Publisher Identifier                 D. Author Identifier
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24. Assertion (A): ISBDs were devised by UNESCO. 
Reason (R): They are the standards for all types of bibliographic activities. 
A. (A) is false but (R) is true. 
B. (A) is true but (R) is false. 
C. Both (A) and (R) are true. 
D. Both (A) and (R) are false.
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25. ISDN stands for 
A. International Standard Digital Network 
B. International Standard Distributed Network 
C. Integrated Services Digital Network 
D. Integrated Services Distributed Network
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26. Assertion (A): ISBD (S) is concerned with the serial publications. 
Reason (R): It is not used for the serials which have ceased their publication.
Codes: 
A. (A) is true but (R) is false 
B. (A) is false but (R) is true 
C. Both (A) and (R) are true 
D. Both (A) and (R) are false
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27. ISBN now consists of 
A. 10 digits            B. 13 digits 
C. 15 digits            D. 8 digits
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28.