GNS 101 COMPENDIUM
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50 GNS 101 SUGGESTED QUESTIONS ANSWERS
1 --------------- contains the bibliographic information of books
AnS : INDEX
2 The director of center GNS I Lagos State University is?
Ans: PROF BIODUN AKINPELU
3 France national library is?
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Ans: BIBILOTHEQUE
4. ------- is a network in which the computer are geographically connected
Ans : LOCAL AREA NETWORK
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5. In library of Congress classification scheme HM-HX is
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And : social science: sociology
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6. The Lagos State University librarian is?
Ans : DR.ADERONKE BELLO
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7. -------- can be use as an entry point to the library catalogue
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And: AUTHOR
8. Lasu library operate
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Ans : LOCAL AREA NETWORK
9. Subject dictionaries are also known as
Ans: GLOSSARIES
10. The oldest form of catalogue is ?
Ans : BOOK CATALOGUE
11. ------- take a global view of teaching and learning in relation to a learner's environment
Ans: EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
12.during the second world war --------- library was established in Nigeria
Ans: BRITISH COUNCIL LIBRARY
13. Colon classification was develop by
Ans:S.R, RANGANATHAN
14. In Dewey's classification 600 was
Ans: TECHNOLOGY
15. Section 1 of NIGERIA copy commission act list -------categories of works that eligible f
copyrite protect
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17. GLAS stand for
Ans: GRAPHICS LIBRARY AUTOMATION SYSTEM
18. ------ is conducted to extend the frontier of knowledge
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Ans: BASIC RESEARCH
19. Lasu law library is
Ans: TESLIM OLAWALE ELIAS LIBRARY
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20. Oxford dictionary of biology is an example of
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Ans: SUBJECT DICTIONARY
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21.The Dewey Decimal Classification divides human knowledge into
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Ans:10 basic categories.
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22. Call Number of a Book Means
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(A) Book Number
(B) Class Number
(C) Both (A) and (B) are true
(D) None of the above
Answer: (C)
23. Accession Number means
(A) Call Number of a book
(B) Unique Number for a book inside a particular library.
(C) Book Number
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(D) Class number
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Answer: (B)
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24. How many digits have in the ISSN
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(A) 10
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(B) 8
(C) 13
(D) 15
Answer: (B)
25. use of Shelf list is
(A) Cataloging
(B) Circulation
(C) Stock Verification
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(D) Book Selection
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Answer: (C)
26. How many columns are there in the accession register?
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(A) 10
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(B) 12
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(C) 14
(D) 16
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27. Payments for the books purchased can be made only after
(A) Accessioning
(B) Classification
(C)Cataloguing
(D) Arrangement in the shelve
Answer: (A)
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28. The standard size of an accession register is ?
(A) 15” x 13”
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(B) 16 x 13”
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(C)12” x 5”
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(D) 5” x 3”
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Answer: (B)
29. section performs mainly two functions namely classification and
(A) Accessioning
(B) Bills payment
(C) Cataloguing
(D) Shelving
Answer: (C)
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30. Getting books back from the users and releasing the borrower’s ticket is known as
(A) Charging
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(B) Holding
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(C) Reserving
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(D) Discharging
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Answer: (D)
31. While entering the library, the personal belongings of a reader is kept in ________
(A) Cloak Room
(B) Property Counter
(C) Gate counter
(D) Store room
Answer: (B)
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32. Books misplaced on the shelves by readers are restored. This work is referred to as.
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(B) Stock verification
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(C) Shelf rectification
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(D) Shifting
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Answer: (C)
33. Outdated and seldom used books are withdrawn from the library is known as ___________.
(A) Shelving
(B) Weeding
(C) Circulating
(D) Guiding
Answer: (B)
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34. The objective of library binding is ________of the library materials.
(A) Proper organisation
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(B) Accessibility.
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(C) Durability
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(D) Humidity control
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Answer: (C)
35. part and pages of a volume are correctly sequenced in the first stage of binding process
known as?
(A) Sewing
(B) Guard
(C) Pulling
(D) Collation
Answer: (D)
36. Sheets before and after the text of a book are called _________. .
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(A) End papers
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(B) Attach cover
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(C) Head bands
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(D) Gilding
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Answer: (A)
37. ________ is one of the records of circulation section.
(A) Accession Register
(B) Day book
(C) Catalogue Card
(D) AACR-2 (R)
Answer: (A)
38. Physical condition of the books should be property maintained. This is known as
(A) Collation.
(B) Conservation
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(C) Shelf-arrangement
(D) Organization
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Answer: (B)
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39 ________ is an important record of books, which shows the position of any book on the
shelves.
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(A) Bay Guide
(B) Authority File
(C) Accession List.
(D) Shelf. .List
Answer: (D)
40.Three great achievements in U.S.A. were noticed i.e. enunciation of DDC classification
scheme, formation of American Library Association and the publication of 1st Journal of the
librarianship in the year
(A) 1857
(B) 1859
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(C) 1876
(D) 1901.
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Answer: (C)
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41. Books lost from the library are known through ________
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(A) Stock verification
(B) Charging and discharging
(C) Shelf list
(D) Accession Register
Answer: (A)
42. is the Library Association of
(A) Manipur
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(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Great Britain
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(D) Canada.
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Answer: (C)
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43. the following libraries in India, which one is the oldest library?
(A) Asiatic Society Library, Bombay
(B) Connemara Public Library, Madras
(C) Delhi Public Library, Delhi
(D) National Library of India, Calcutta.
Answer: (D)
44. The first centre to use computer in the library and information activities in India is
(A) DESIDOC
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(B) INSDOC
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(D) UGC.
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Answer: (B)
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45. NICNET and INDONET are the networks of which category?
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(A) LAN
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(B) MAN
(C) WAN
(D) IN
Answer: (C
46. Resource sharing is a part of …
(A) Library cooperation
(B) Library administration
(C) Library management
(D) Library cataloguing
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Answer: (A)
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47. Which one is a full text e-Resource?
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(A) JCCC
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(B) ISID
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(C) Science finder scholar
(D) ACS
Answer: (D)
48.Which one is E-Bibliographic database?
(A) Nature
(B) Blackwell
(C) ISID
(D) Springer
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Answer: (C)
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49.Virtua accommodates Different version of the MARC Standard?
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(A) USMARC
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(B) UKMARC
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(C) CANMARC
(D) SWEMARC/ All of above
Answer: (D)
50. Which is the journal of Library and Information Science?
(A) Abacus
(B) Acta numerica
(C) Interlending and Document supply
(D) All of above
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Answer: (C)
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The Electronic Library is......................
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(A) A Magazine
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(B) A Journal Name
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(C) A LIbrary
(D) An Encyclopeadia
Answer: (B)
50 GNS 101 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
