1. The number of methods of “Analysis” proposed in AACR2R (1988) is

(A) three

(B) four

(C) five

(D) six

2. One of the following is a non-probability sampling method. Which is the one?

(A) Purposive sampling

(B) Convenience sampling

(C) Cluster sampling

(D) Snowball sampling

3. Pre-cordinate indexing was propounded by

(A) Melvil Dewey

(B) S. R. Ranganathan

(C) Derek Austin

(D) M. B. Line

4. Match the following:

List I                                        List II

(i) atlas                                     (w) homonym

(ii) pitch                                   (x) acronym

(iii) bibliophily                                     (y) eponym

(iv) laser                                  (z) synonym

Codes:        (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(A)  (w) (x) (y) (z)

(B)  (z) (y) (x) (w)

(C)  (y) (w) (z) (x)

(D ) (z) (x) (y) (w)

5. Arrange the following stages in research according

to the sequence of their occurrence:

(i) Theory

(ii) Axiom

(iii) Law

(iv) Hypothesis 

Codes:

(A) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

(B) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)

(C) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)

(D) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)

6. Sector Device is an extension of

(A) Gap Device

(B) Empty Device

(C) Octave Device

(D) Group Notation Device

7. Which one of the sampling methods will give better results if the size of the study population is very small?

(A) Purposive

(B) Stratified Random

(C) Simple Random

(D) Census

8. Which one of the following search devices will lead to an increase in the Recall output?

(A) Boolean ‘AND’

(B) Boolean ‘NOT’

(C) Proximity operators

(D) Truncation

9. In which year Aslib was acquired by MCB group, the holding company for Emerald group publishing?

(A) 2003

(B) 2005

(C) 2009

(D) 2010