Delhi University MLIS Entrance Test 2020 Solved Questions with Explanations (11-20)

Delhi University MLIS Entrance Test 2020 Solved Questions with Explanations (11-20)

11. Which level management is responsible for execution of activities, supervision and monitoring?

(A) Top Level
(B) Middle Level
(C) Operational Level
(D) Lower Level

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Answer: (B) Middle Level
Notes: Middle level managers works as heads of department/branch and act as liaisons between top management and supervisors.

12. MBO stands for?

(A) Management by Objectives
(B) Modern budget operations
(C) Modern bibliographic Organisation
(D) Management by Organisation

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Answer: (A) Management by Objectives
Notes: Management by objectives (MBO) is the process of defining specific objectives within an organization that management can convey to organization members, then deciding on how to achieve each objective in sequence.The concept of MBO was given by Peter Drucker in 1954.

13.The principle of scalar chain represents which hierarchical order of the staff?

(A) Top to bottom order of staff
(B) Left to right order of staff
(C) Right to left order of staff
(D) Bottom to top order of staff

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Answer: (A) Top to bottom order of staff

14. Reservation of books by users is a function of __.

(A) Accessioning section
(B) Cataloguing section
(C) Classification section
(D) Circulation section

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Answer: (D) Circulation section

15. Who amongst the following should not be the member of Building Committee of the Library?

(A) Librarian
(B) Architect
(C) Library Committee
(D) Semi Professional Assistant

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Answer: (D) Semi Professional Assistant

16. Good Office Committee deals with __.

(A) Goods to be purchased by library
(B) Government Publications
(C) Library Authority
(D) Conversion rate for foreign publications

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Answer: (D) Conversion rate for foreign publications

17. What is the meaning of Modular form of Library building?

(A) One hall is constructed at every story
(B) The building is in the form of model
(C) The building has circular rooms
(D) The area of the rooms may be increased or decreased

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Answer: (D) The area of the rooms may be increased or decreased

18. Acquisition work of the document comprised of __.

(A) Selection and procurement
(B) Selection and accessioning
(C) Selection, procurement and technical processing
(D) Selection, Procurement and Accessioning

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Answer: (D) Selection, Procurement and Accessioning

19. The term scientific management was coined by?

(A) Louis Brandeis
(B) Fred Luthans
(C) F. W. Taylor
(D) Elton Mayo

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Answer: (A) Louis Brandeis
Notes: The term ‘Scientific Management’ is coined by Louis Brandeis in 1910. Next year in 1911, F. W. Taylor used the term in his book “Principles of Scientific Management” and subsequently popularized the term. F. W. Taylor is considered as ‘Father of Scientific Management’.

20. Which one of the following is a systematic maintenance of the income and expenditure flow on records?

(A) Reporting
(B) Auditing
(C) Accounting
(D) Budgeting

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Answer: (C) Accounting
Notes: Accounting means a systematic maintenance of the income and expenditure flow on records. Its main purpose is to ensure that the funds are spent correctly, properly and within limits. In other words, the purpose of fund or financial accounting is to assure proper use of money provided and to make it possible to track expenditure.