Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) Library Assistant Exam 14th July 2021 Solved Questions with Explanations (31-40)
31. Which of the following information service demands the creation of 'Subject' and 'User' profiles?
Answer: (C) SDI Service
32. The first scientific journal, was published in __.
Answer: (A) 1665
Notes: The first periodical in the world was 'Philosophical Transactions' in English language, published by Royal Society of London. The first issue published in March 1665 as Monthly.
33. Bengal Library Association was setup in __.
Answer: (C) 1925
Notes: Bengal Library Association was formed as ‘All Bengal Library Association’ on 20th December, 1925 in a meeting held in Calcutta and chaired by J. A. Chapman, Librarian of Imperial Library.
34. __ is a Content Management system for creating and sharing interactive maps and other types of Geographic information.
Answer: (C) ArcGIS
Notes: ArcGIS is a geographical information system (GIS) software that allows handling and analyzing geographic information by visualizing geographical statistics through layer building maps like climate data or trade flows. The software is developed and maintained by the American company Esri.
35. Which one of the following is a community supported preservation archive service?
Answer: (A) Portico
36. If the readers read tags in a stationary position, it is called __.
Answer: (A) Fixed RFID
37. ___ is stimulating the exchange of information and collaborative efforts of all the university libraries and major national libraries in the UK.
Answer: (A) Standing Conference of National and University Libraries (SCONUL)
38. __ is the active and ongoing management of data through its lifecycle of interest and usefulness to scholarship, science and education.
Answer: (A) Data Curation
Notes: Data curation is the organization and integration of data collected from various sources. It involves annotation, publication and presentation of the data such that the value of the data is maintained over time, and the data remains available for reuse and preservation.
39. A system of alphanumeric codes developed by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) to uniquely and permanently identify sci-tech serial and monographic publications.
Answer: (A) CODEN
Notes: CODEN, designed by Charles Bishop in 1953, is a six character, alphanumeric bibliographic code that provide concise, unique and unambiguous identification of the titles of periodicals and non-serial publications from all subject areas. International CODEN Service under CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) of American Chemical Society, USA is the authorizing agency for providing CODEN.
40. Who devoted his considerable wealth to the promotion of libraries and world peace.
Answer: (A) Andrew Carnegie
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