Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) December 2018 Solved Questions with Explanations (21-30)

21. E-Gyankosh was a national depository implemented by __.

A. UGC

B. NIC

C. IGNOU

D. RRRLF

Answer: C (IGNOU)

22. Who developed ‘Seven Faces of Information Literacy’?

A. David Loerfscher

B. Christine Susan Bruce

C. Robert E. Berkowitz

D. Jamie McKenzie

Answer: B (Christine Susan Bruce)

Notes: ‘The Seven Faces of Information Literacy’ is written by Christine Susan Bruce, first published in 1997.

23. ‘Need Theory’ is given by__.

A. Maslow

B. Ranganathan

C. Drucker

D. Fayol

Answer: A (Maslow)

Notes: Hierarchy of Information Needs is a theory in psychology proposed by Abraham Maslow in his 1943 paper ‘A Theory of Human Motivation’ published in Psychological Review.

24. Who is regarded as ‘Father of Bibliography’?

A. Paul Otlet

B. Conrad Gesner

C. J. C. Brunut

D. A. C. Fosket

Answer: B (Conrad Gesner)

Notes: Conrad Gessner, a Swiss bibliographer published his remarkable bibliographical work ‘Bibliotheca Universalis’ in 1545 in which he listed all the writers who had ever lived, with the titles of their works, and brief annotations.

25. Symbol ‘L’ in Time Schedule of Colon Classification (6^th ed) represents:

A. 1400-1499

B. 1500-1599

C. 1600-1699

D. 1700-1799

Answer: D (1700-1799)

26. What is the process of transferring software programme from secondary storage to the hard disc called?

A. Download

B. Upload

C. Installation

D. Storage

Answer: C (Installation)

27. In which year Classification Research Group (CRG) was founded in England?

A. 1950

B. 1952

C. 1955

D. 1958

Answer: B (1952)

Notes: The Classification Research Group (CRG) was a significant contributor to classification research and theory in the field of library and information science. It was formed in England in 1952 and was active until 1968.

28. Who developed the ‘Information Foraging Model’?

A. Stuart Card, EH Chi and Peter Pirolli

B. Samuel B, Brown W. and P. Mavi

C. Stem B, Rout S. and Peter K.

D. Rout S., Stem B. and S. W. Sarck

Answer: A (Stuart Card, EH Chi and Peter Pirolli)

29. Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) scheme is an example of __.

A. Enumerative Classification

B. Rigidly Faceted Classification

C. Almost Enumerative Classification

D. Almost Faceted Classification

Answer: D (Almost Faceted Classification)

30. In Cataloguing, ‘Sino loco’ means:

A. Without Publisher

B. Without Title

C. Without Place

D. Without Year

Answer: C (Without Place)

Notes: Sine Loco [s.l.]: Place of publication is unknown. Usually put within square bracket.

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) December 2018 Solved Questions with Explanations (21-30)