RSMSSB Librarian Grade - III 19 September 2020 Exam Solved Questions with Explanations (41-50)



RSMSSB Librarian Grade - III 19 September 2020 Exam Solved Questions with Explanations (41-50)

41. What is called ready reference source which can be referred for guidance in any occupation, art or study?




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Answer: (C) Manual
Notes: A `manual' is a corresponding word derived from Latin term `manuals'. It means a guide book, a compendious book, an abridged handbook or a concise treatise which can be referred for guidance in any occupation, art or study.



42. DDC (19th edition) is __ scheme.




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Answer: (B) Almost enumerative
Notes: An almost-enumerative scheme for classification consists of a long schedule enumerating most of the subjects of the past, the present and the anticipatable future, and in addition, a few supplementary schedules of common isolates are provided to construct some numbers if needed. Subject Classification by J. D. Brown (1906) and Dewey Decimal Classification (1876) comes under Almost-enumerative schemes.




43. In chain procedure, connecting symbols represent:




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Answer: (D) False Link
Notes: In chain procedure, a link is a false link if it ends with a connecting symbol or relation device, etc.



44. First edition of Colon Classification was published in which year?




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Answer: (D) 1933



45. Writing system was invented by __.




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Answer: (D) The Ancient Egyptians
Notes: Mesopotamian cuneiform (3400 and 3300 BC) and early Egyptians Heiroglyphics (c. 3200 BC) are the earliest writing systems.



46. The Standard size of a catalogue card is:




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Answer: (B) 12.5 x 7.5 cms



47. What are the three levels of management?




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Answer: (C) Top, Middle, and Low



48. A service which directs a user to an appropriate source of information or data required, is known as:




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Answer: (A) Referral
Notes: Referral service does not provide users with the document or information needed by them, but directs them to sources of information where required document or information would be available.




49. Generally the information sources are divided mainly into following two categories:




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Answer: (A) Documentary and Non-Print
Notes: Information sources are of two types i) Documentary sources and ii) Non- documentary sources (Non-Print Sources) .All recorded sources of information are documentary sources and All un-recorded sources of information are non-documentary sources.



50. Who defined an almanac as a compendium of useful data and statistics relating to countries, personalities, events, subjects and the like?




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Answer: (A) William A. Katz
Notes: William A. Katz, in his 'Introduction to Reference Work' defines Almanac as ' a compendium of useful data and statistics relating to countries, personalities, events, subjects and the like'.

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