Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) December 2018 Solved Questions with Explanations (71-80)

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) December 2018 Solved Questions with Explanations (71-80)

71.      The book ‘The Measurement and Evaluation of Library Services’ is written by __.

A.    S. L. Baker and F. W. Lancaster

B.     C. H. Busha and S. P. Harter

C.     T. Wilson and D. Allen

D.    I. S. Simpson

Answer: A (S. L. Baker and F. W. Lancaster)

Notes: The book originally published in 1977.

72.      Which commission recommended 6.5% of the total budget of a University for its library?

A.    Kothari Education Commission

B.     Radhakrishnan Commission for Higher Education

C.     Ranganathan Committee

D.    Sinha Committee

Answer: A (Kothari Commission)

Notes: The University Education Commission set up in 1948 under the chairmanship of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan recommended that 6.25 % of total budget of the university or Rs. 40 per student should be spent on libraries. However, the Education Commission (1964-1966) popularly known as ‘Kothari Commission’ recommended “6.5% of educational budget as reasonable expenditure on libraries. But this could vary, say from 6.5% to 10%, depending on the stage of development of each university library.” 

73.      ‘Raja Rammohan Roy National Agency for ISBN’ is located at __.

A.    Mumbai

B.     Chennai

C.     Delhi

D.    Kolkata

Answer: C (Delhi)

74.      ___ is cutting a universe of entities into parts of coordinate status.

A.    Dissection

B.     Lamination

C.     Super-imposition

D.    Denudation

Answer: A (Dissection)

75.      Which set of rules is applicable for exchange of files over internet?

A.    FTP/IP

B.     HTML

C.     HTTP

D.    HYPER LINK

Answer: A (FTP/IP)

76.      FRBR stands for __.

A.    Fundamental Requirements of Bibliographic Records

B.     Functional Region for Bibliographic Records

C.     Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records

D.    Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Remarks

Answer: C (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records)

Notes: In 1998, the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) model which is composed of four entities – (i.e. Work, Expression, Manifestation and Item and their associative relationships (i.e. Primary, Responsibility and Subject) was proposed by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).

77.      Who authored ‘Manual of Library Economy’?

A.    J. D. Brown

B.     S. D. Brown

C.     Melvil Dewey

D.    S. C. Bradford

Answer: A (J. D. Brown)

Notes: James Duff Brown wrote ‘Manual of Library Economy’ which was first published in 1903.

78.      AACR-2 is replaced by __.

A.    BIBFRAME

B.     AACR-3

C.     Resource Description and Access

D.    CCC

Answer: C (Resource Description and Access)

79.      Preparation of Library budget without considering previous year budget is known as:

A.    Performance Budget

B.     Programme Budget

C.     Zero Based Budgeting

D.    Formula Budget

Answer: C (Zero Based Budgeting)

80.  Who invented the concept of ‘Deep Web’?

A.    Loifi A. Zudeh

B.     Andy Grove

C.     Mike Bergman

D.    Larry Arvin

Answer: C (Mike Bergman)

Notes: ‘Deep Web’ in search context was coined in the year 2000 by technologist and internet search researcher Michael Bergman. He divided the web into two parts: Surface web – the part that traditional search engines indexes and Deep Web – the part that is hidden from the traditional search engines.