JUNIOR LIBRARY ASSISTANT IN LOK SABHA

JUNIOR LIBRARY ASSISTANT IN LOK SABHA AND
RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIATS

PAPER-I : GENERAL KNOWLEDGE & CURRENT AFFAIRS GENERAL ENGLISH AND LIBRARY METHODS & TECHNIQUES

INSTRUCTIONS : (i) Write your Roll No(s) at the appropriate column(s) on the answer sheet. (ii) Put X mark only to mark your response (iii) In case you want to change your responses to any question fully blacken the first response like this and {X} mark in the correct Box

Time : 75 Minutes Marks : 150

PART - A : General knowledge and Current Affairs

1. Secretary - General of UNO is
(A) Kofi Annan
(B) Juan Soana
(C) George Bush
(D) Ban Ki-moon
2. Nithari is a village in
(A) Rajasthan
(B) UP
(C) Haryana
(D) Delhi
3. Rajnath Singh has been elected President of BJP for
(A) two years
(B) one year
(C)three years
(D) four years
4. In the recent Ashes Cricket series Australia defeated England
(A)5-0
(B)4-1
(C) 3-2
(D) 3-1
5. Foreign Secretary of India is
(A)Shiv Shankar Menon (B)G.Parthasarthy
(C) Nirupan Sen
(D) M.K Narayanan
6. Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha is
(A)Najma Heptullah (B)Charanjit Singh Atwal
(C) B.S Shekhawat
(D)K. Rahman khan
7. Recently the following personality resigned from Union Cabinet on being convicted on account of murder charges
(A)Navjot Singh Sidhu (B)Shibu Soren
(C) Lalu Prasad Yadav
(D) Taslimuddin
8. Prof Muhammad Yunus; the recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize; hails from
(A)Pakistan
(B)Indonesia
(C)Bangladesh
(D) Libya
9. Who among the following Test cricketers has taken 700 wickets in Test Cricket?
(A)Murali Dharan
(B)Glen Macgrath
(C) Anil Kumble
(D) Shane warne
10. Recently violence erupted in the following Indian State aimed at Hindi Speaking migrants
(A) Assam
(B) Nagaland
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) West Bengal
11. The follwing is the for ongoing Ardh kumbh Mela in UP
(A) Lucknow
(B) Allahabad
(C) Kanpur
(D) Varanasi
12. Common Wealth Games 2010 will be held in
(A) Mumbai
(B) Delhi
(C) London
(D) Kolkata
13. India was Places______in the final medals tally at 15th Doha Asian Gaes
(A) 8th
(B) 6th
(C) 7th
(D) 5th
14. Union Home Minister is
(A) Pranab Mukherjee
(B) Arjun Singh
(C) A.K.Antony
(D) Shivraj V.Patil
15. Chief minister of West Bengal is :
(A) Mamta Banerjee
(B) Praksh Karat
(C) Buddhadev Bhatacharjee
(D) Sita Ra Yetury
16. Capital of Lakshadweep is
(A) Daman
(B) Kavaratti
(C) Silvassa
(D) Port Blair
17. Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission is
(A) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
(B) Ratan Tata
(C) Y.V. Reddy
(D) R.Chidambaram
18. Any political party in India can be recognised as National Party if it has State Party Status in at least
(A) 3 States
(B) 4 States
(C) 5 States
(D) 6 States
19. Lok Sabha is called in session at least
(A) once a year
(B) thrice a year
(C) four times a year
(D) twice a year
20. No. of Lok Sabha seats from Maharashtra is
(A) 42
(B) 52
(C) 48
(D) 46
21. As per the constitution of India; a citizen of India should not be less than ___ of age to become the President of India
(A) 30 years
(B) 35 years
(C) 40 years
(D) 25 years
22. A dispute relating to the election of the president of india is decided by
(A) Election Comission
(B) Chief Justice of India
(C) Supree Court
(D) Parliament
23. India is a Union of States; Executive power of union is vested in the
(A) President
(B) Prime minister
(C) Home minister
(D) Chief Justice of India
24. Implementation of law is the function of
(A) Legistature
(B) Executive
(C) Judiciary
(D) None Executive
25. `Deshbandu` is the title of
(A) B.R. Ambedkar
(B) C.R.Das
(C) B.C. Pai
(D) R.N. Tagore
26. The term Fourth Estate is used for
(A) The press and news paper
(B) Parliament
(C) Judiciary
(D) Excutive
27. In 1905; Gopal krishna gokhele founded the
(A) Asiatic society
(B) Bharat Sewak Samag
(C) Brahmo samag
(D) Servents of India Society
28. Simon Commission visited India after:
(A) Civil Disobedience movement
(B) Swashe movement
(C) Non corporation movement
(D) quit india movement
29. The first indian to win noble prize was
(A) C.V. Raman
(B) R.N. Tagore
(C) Hargovianda quarana
(D) Amaritya sen
30. The literate state in india is
(A) Delhi
(B) Maharastra
(C) Punjab
(D) Kerala
31. Jnanpith Award is given in the field of
(A) Literature
(B) sports
(C) science
(D) music
32. Who was the author of Gita Govinda
(A) Vidyapathi
(B) surdas
(C) jayadeva
(D) Mirabai
33. Which part of the human body is effected by cataract
(A) ears (B) eyes
(C) nose (D) throat
34. Who abolished sati prath and chaild marriage
(A) G.K. Gokhale
(B) Swami dayanand
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (D) Swami Vivekanand
35. Who discovered the vaccine for chiken pox?
(A) Edward Jennar
(B) Harvey
(C) Koya
(D) Louis Pasteur
36. On which river; Lucknow is situated?
(A) Tapti
(B) Narmada
(C) Ganga
(D) Gomti
37. During whose reign did huen Tsang visit india ?
(A) Kanishka
(B) Chandra gupta
(C) Harshvardhan
(D) Ashoka
38. Who was founder of Homeopathy?
(A) Robert Koch
(B) Hahnermann
(C) Einstien
(D) Berliner
39. Total number of bones in huan body is
(A) 206
(B) 210
(C) 220
(D) 232
40. UNO was established in
(A) 1942
(B) 1939
(C) 1945
(D) 1947
41. Renal failure is a disease of
(A) liver
(B) galbladder
(C) heart
(D) kidneys
42. The famous international company `De Beers` is engaged in the business of
(A) beer
(B) diamonds
(C) animal skins
(D) coal
43. Which one of the following is not an example of direct tax?
(A) sales tax
(B) income tax
(C) wealth tax
(D) gift tax
44. What is the name of MTNLs cellular service ?
(A) BSNL
(B) Connect next
(C) Dolphin
(D) Airtel
45. The most flood prone state of India is
(A) Assam
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Bihar
(D) UP
46. The Industry for which Nepa nagar is known is
(A) cement
(B) fertiliser
(C) handloom
(D) newsprint paper
47. Solar energy is received by the earth through
(A) conduction
(B) radiation
(C) convection
(D) refraction
48. Which one of the following is the largest lake in the world?
(A) Lake Superior
(B) Caspian Sea
(C) Lake Baikal
(D) Lake victoria
49. The religious text of the jews is named as
(A) Tripalika
(B) Zend Avesta
(C) Torab
(D) Bible
50. March 8 is observed as
(A) Woemens Day
(B) World Environment Day
(C) Youth Day
(D) Heritage Day

PART - B : GENERAL ENGLISH
I Select the word which is closest in meaning to the given word.
51. Expiate
(A) to carry out quickly
(B) to make amends for
(C) to talk freely and at length
(D) to send or give forth
52. Disseminate
(A) scatter
(B) conduct
(C) distinguish
(D) deduct
53. Surreptitious
(A) shrewd
(B) secret
(C) subtle
(D) scheming
54. Valediction
(A) conclusion
(B) introduction
(C) farewell
(D) curse
55. Prudent
(A) industrious
(B) energetic
(C) active
(D) cautious
56. Arrogance
(A) jealousy
(B) envy
(C) conceit
(D) greed
57. Immense
(A) increase
(B) grand
(C) broad
(D) great
II. Select the word most nearly opposite in meaning to given word.
58. Curtail
(A) abbreviate
(B) withhold
(C) compress
(D) prolong
59. Eradicate
(A) extrminate
(B) re-establish
(C) destroy
(D) demolish
60. Patriot
(A) citizen
(B) soldier
(C) traitor
(D) king
61. Plentiful
(A) odd
(B) scarse
(C) peculiar
(D) doubtful
62. Sodden
(A) dry
(B) damp
(C) decayed
(D) dusty
63. Gradually
(A) shortly
(B) widely
(C) slowly
(D) suddenly
64. Sparse
(A) plentiful
(B) dense
(C) abundant
(D) numerous
65. Knowledge
(A) reduction
(B) darkness
(C) ignorance
(D) shortage

III. Questions 66 to 70 are the definitions of certain words; choose the correct word.
66. A medicine to counteract poison
(A) anecdote
(B) antiseptic
(C) antidote
(D) sedative
67. To give up voluntarily
(A) avoid
(B) abdicate
(C) abduct
(D) abandon
68. Full of turns; twists and bends
(A) torturous
(B) tortuous
(C) intricate
(D) maze
69. One who can use either of his hands with ease
(A) amateur
(B) abidextrous
(C) avaricious
(D) bigot
70. Walking in sleep
(A) somnambulism
(B) somniloquism
(C) stoic
(D) philanderer
IV. Each of the following sentences has been divided into four parts; A;B;C and D. Identify the part having an error.
71. (A) Have anybody
(B) found a white
(C) handkerchief with
(D) my intials?
72. (A) He had just left
(B) the country
(C) than his father
(D) died
73. (A) I cannot
(B) understand you
(C) telling such
(D) a deliberate lie
74. (A) I should feel
(B) safer if
(C) he was to
(D) accompany me
75. (A) He is poorer
(B) than them
(C) but he is
(D) much happier
76. (A) We have been
(B) to his house
(C) no less than
(D) on three occasions
77. (A) The group was
(B) quite for a while
(C) but suddenly
(D) raised their voice
78. (A) The soldiers which
(B) were being sent into
(C) battle had no previous
(D) experience of fighting
79. (A) Every one had to
(B) show their invitation
(C) before being admitted
(D) into the hall
80. (A) None of the
(B) boys were able
(C) to answer
(D) the question
81. Up in arms
(A) raise one;s arms
(B) run away
(C) fight earnestly
(D) ready to fight
82. Wild goes cahse
(A) a hopeless enterprise
(B) chasing geese
(C) to follow happly
(D) chasing anything swifty
83. Throw cold water upon
(A) treat a person with indifference
(B) insult a person
(C) cool a person;s temper
(D) discourage some plan or effort
84. Writing on the wall
(A) sign of bad behavior
(B) sign of bad manners
(C) sign of comming events
(d) sign of good fortune
85. A dark horse
(A) A black horse
(B) an un expected pace of luck
(C) a person with un expected talents
(D) an animal which runs very fast
86. After the cinema they returned to the house...... their parents did.
(A) while
(B) before
(C) through
(D) since
87. His family prevailed..........him to accept the job
(A) above
(B) upon
(C) over
(D) beyond
88. He did not wish to go out.......of the rain.
(A) except
(B) while
(C) because
(D) since
89. He was undesided.........to go or not.
(A) unless
(B) untill
(C) whether
(D) that
90. They swa about in the river........it was time for lunch.
(A) if
(B) as
(C) till
(D) while
91. After everyone........his seat the play began.
(A) had taken
(B) were taken
(C) has taken
(D) is taken
92. He arived at the stop just as it.....
(A) a will be closed
(B) was closing
(C) is closed
(D) will be closing
93. If I ................you were comming; i would have prepared something special .
(A) had been konwing
(B) had known
(C) would not
(D) had not
94. she would not have broken her ankle; if she.....slipped.
(A) has not
(B) was not
(C) would not
(D) had not
95. If the car attendent had not been carelless; the fire......
(A) would never have started
(B) have never have started
(C) would have never started
(D) will never be starting
96. He was diseased with blindless.
(A) effected
(B) afflicted
(C) injured
(D)will never be starting
97. The authorites refuse to accept any claim for loss of property
(A) negligence
(B) demands
(C) risk
(D) liability
98. They did not listen to their parents advice and suffered as a result
(A) Head
(B) Prepere
(C) obeyed
(D) watch
99. He refused to lend the servant money as the latter ill-treated his genrosity.
(A) discarded
(B) dispossed
(C) devalued
(D) abused
100. The drink was rather week as it had distilled
with a great deal of water.
(A) dissolved
(B) instilled
(C) diluted
(D) infused
101. Which of the following statements about PARLIINE Database is incorrect
(A) It provides a brief description of parlia ments around the world.
(B) It is a database developed by inter- parliamentry union (IPU)
(C) It is a database developed by the parliament of india
(D) it provides general inforation on parlia ments. electrol system. result of recent election.
102. what does IFLA stand for.
(A) International Federation of libarary associations
(B) Indian federation of library associations
(C) International forum for libarary associa tions
(D) International forums for legislative associations
103. which of the following did not make recomandations with regard to leblraries
(A) Radhakrishnan commission
(B) kothari commission
(C) Ray Committlee
(D) sarkana commission
104. Law of the scattering was formulated by
(A) Dr. S.R. Ranganathan
(B) S.C. Bradford
(C) A.J. Lotka
(D) B.C. Brookes
105. Unterm Indexing system was invented by
(A) Allenkant
(B) Mortimer taube
(C) Calvin N Mooers
(D) H.P. Lukh
106. who among the following does not belong to the feild of library science
(A) Prof. P.N. Kaula
(B) Dr. Rangananthan
(C) Charless Dickens
(D) Melvil Dewey
107. which one of the following does not come under house keeping activities in library.
(A) Acquistion
(B) Circulation control
(C) Cataloguing
(D) Printing
108. Who conceptulised library in a desk
(A) Robert landau
(B) Melvil dewey
(C) Ass Don Dickinson
(D) S.C. Bradford
109. Microimages can be recorded in the following microforms. excluding one.
(A) Microfilm
(B) Microfiche
(C) Ultrafiche
(D) Macrofilm
110. What type of nations are used in CC
(colon classification)
(A) Mixed
(B) Pure
(C) Multiple
(D) None of these
111. The author of five laws of library science is-
(A) Engine garfield
(B) Pauline Atherton
(C) Micheel Gorman
(D) S.R. Ranganathan
112. DIALOG is a -
(A) Software
(B) Interactive website
(C) National computer network
(D) Information Retrivel service
113. Who is considered the Father of
Library science in india
(A) Dr. S.R. Ranganathan
(B) Dr. Velaga venkatapaiaha
(C) Prof. S.Das Gupta
(D) Prof. Bashiruddin
114. Who introduced deway decimal
classification in india
(A) Prof. P.N. Kaula
(B) S.R. Ranganathan
(C) Prof. W. Boyd reyward
(D) Asa Don Disknson
115. Which of the following is the
National Library of the USA
(A) The library of congress
(B) The Library of senate
(C) The American national library
(D) The National library of washington
116. A coputer network set up by the informatics
center in india is known as.
(A) TYMENT
(B) TELENET
(C) NICNET
(D) COMNET
117. One of the following services is not provided
by the liabarities
(A) Reference services
(B) Reserch Services
(C) Retrival services
(D) Telecasting services
118. who deviced colon classifications.
(A) melvil dewey
(B) prof. m.v. gopinath
(C) Ass Don Dickinson
(D) prof. S.R. Ranghanathan
119. Which of the following is not a coponent of
facet.
(A) matter property
(B) matter method
(C) matter metteria
(D) matter subject
120. How any editions of DDC have been publiched so far.
(A) 20
(B) 21
(C) 22
(D) 23
121. Who is known as the Archicts of public librarary in india.
(A) D.R. S.R. Ranghanathan
(B) Prof. K.N.Kaula
(C) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(D) Padmashri I.V. Ramayahia
122. KARDEX System is devised for...
(A) Keeping records of maps
(B) Keeping records of periodicals
(C) Keeping records of books
(D) Keeping records of manuscripts
123. LARDDIS stands for..
(A) Librarary assotions of Reference research
documentation and inforation services
(B) Legislative association of reference. Reserch documentation and inforation services
(C) Librarary reference. records. Documenta tion and information services
(D) Library refereces reserch. Documentation
and information service
124. Which one of these is not a National Library.
(A) British library
(B) The library of congress
(C) The national council of educational research and traing
(D) The national library of India - Calcutta
125. KWC Indxing syste comes under category of.
(A) Pre coordinate indexing system
(B) Post coordinate indexing system
(C) chain indexing system
(D) Hyper indexing system
126. Data base management system (DBMS) consists of the following. except one.
(A) Source data
(B) Database administrator
(C) COBOL
(D) User Profile
127. Common Isolates in DDC are called...
(A) View point numbers
(B) Form divisions
(C) Standard sub divisions
(D) Auxiliary tables
128. In the context of CDS/ISIS full form of FST is.
(A) First stand Table
(B) First select table
(C) Field stand table
(D) Field select table
129. Which among the following falls under the five fundamental categories...
(A) PMEST
(B) PMSST
(C) PMETE
(D) ABDEC
130. Parliament libraray is a...
(A) Public Library
(B) National Libraray
(C) Acadamic Libraray
(D) None of these
131. Which one of the following is not a
specialized data bank....
(A) INSL
(B) UNISIST
(C) NISSAT
(D) GAIL
132. PARLIS stands for....
(A) Palrliamentary international system
(B) Parliamentary libraray information system
(C) Parliamentary international system
(D) Parliamentary information technology services
133. Who was the founder of delhi library associa tion; established in 1953...
(A) Prof. Kaual
(B) Dr. S.R. Ranganathan
(C) Prof. M.V. Gopinath
(D) Prof. Basheeruddin
134.Prof. P.N. Kaula;s works on classification include...
(A) How to use your classification scheme(1963)
(B) Analytico-Synthentic classification(1964)
(C) A Treatise on clolon classification (1985)
(D) All of these
135. Which one among the following librarary...
(A) The Library of Congress
(B) The British House of commons library
(C) The Parliament Library india
(D) The Parliamentaty Library - Australia
136. The full form of DVD is ....
(A) A digital versibal disk
(B) Digital value disk
(C) Digital virtual disk
(D) Digital volume disk
137. Who contitutes the library committee of Parliament..
(A) Speaker loksabha
(B) Deputy speaker. loksabha
(C) Deputy chairman rajyasabha
(D) Chairman Rajya sabha
138. The Parliament library caters to the require ment of ...
(A) Members of loksabha only
(B) Members of loksabha as well as Rajyasabha
(C) Members of loksabha; Rajyasabha and state and state ligislature
(D) Chairman Rajya sabha
139. The new parliamentary building as known as....
(A) Sansadiya Gyanpeeth
(B) Sansadiaya vidyapeeth
(C) Sansadiaya Gyanamandali
(D) Sansadiya Gyanalaya
140. OPAC refers to ....
(A) On line Public - Access catlog
(B) Open public - Access catlog
(C) Open parliamentary access catlog
(D) On-line Parliamentary Access centre
141. American centre library is an integral
part of the ....
(A) United states congressional services
(B) United states senete service
(C) United information service
(D) None of these
142. An Intorduction to Library Science.. written in 1933 was authored by...
(A) Leepierce butler
(B) Thomas Reiding
(C) Edmond hambers
(D) Walter suther land
143. Which one of these is not a National library..
(A) The national library at the INSDOC
(B) The national mediacal librarary Ministry of Health.
(C) The Khudabax Oriental Library. Patna
(D) The Delhi university Library
144. BLAISE refers to...
(A) British library autoated inforation services
(B) Big liabrary informaton services
(C) British legislative inforation services
(D) British libraries association and informa tion services
145. Which of these are also known as copyright or legal deposit Libraries....
(A) Legal libraries
(B) Law department libraries
(C) Legal lexicon Libraries
(D) National Libraries
146. Which system(s) are mostly used in indian libraries...
(A) Dewey Decimal Classification
(B) Colon classification
(C) Universal classification
(D) All of these
147. Which one of the following functions is not performed by a Public Library
(A) To provide free and direct access to tools of inforation and education
(B) To serve as an instrument of informal self-education
(C) To preserve materials of local/regional cultural heritage
(D) To serve as an instruent of format education
148. Who among the following developed the method of `Faced Analysis`-
(A) Jesse Shera
(B) James Perry
(C) F.W Lancaster
(D) Dr.S.R Ranganathan
149. The CDS/ISIS refers to -
(A) Database
(B) Training Programme
(C) Networking System
(D) All of these
150. Who has said about Melvil Deway that he ``Puck-like put a girdle round the earth with his dammed dots....and with his library methods were carried from Albany to Antipodes``-
(A) Ernest A Savage
(B) Joel C Downing
(C) Lloyd P Smith
(D) W Boyd Rayward