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DSSSB Technical Assistant (Library) Examination -2021 Solved Question Paper
Following are question and answers of the DSSSB Technical Assistant (Library) Examination-2021 which is conducted on the 07th August 2021.
Solved Questions Papers with Answer [Que-1 to 15]
1. Who describes librarianship “as a noble and service oriented profession which encourages all types of reading and education?
(A) A. Mayers
(B) R. L. Mittal
(C) Danton
(D) P. N. Kaul
Answer: (B) R. L. Mittal
2. The communication process begins with a ________?
(A) Source
(B) Channel
(C) Entropy
(D) Sender
Answer: In this que. Option A and D are the key factors to start the communication process so it s not possible to answer it or both the answers are correct so — here que. formation is wrong]
3. The oldest and the largest library association in the world is __________?
(A) IASLIC
(B) LA
(C) ILA
(D) ALA
Answer: (D) ALA
4. Who thought first about library legislation in India?
(A) Borden
(B) Ranganathan
(C) Dikinson
(D) Kesavan
Answer: (B) Ranganathan
5. ___ plays an important role in supporting the educational and research activities of the society.
(A) Industrial establishments
(B) Libraries
(C) Financial Institutions
(D) Professional organizations
Answer: (B) Libraries
6. __ refers to any society where knowledge is the primary production resource instead of capital and labour.
(A) Agricultural Society
(B) Information Society
(C) Knowledge Society
(D) Industrial Society
Answer: (C) Knowledge Society
7. Who started first school in librarianship in the world?
(A) Melvil Dewey
(B) C. A. Cutter
(C) J. D. Brown
(D) F. W. Rider
Answer: (A) Melvil Dewey
[Short Note: Melvil Dewey starts World’s first Library School of Economy at Columbia College, New York in the year January 5, 1887 ]
8. Public libraries are having a research role especially in the field of _______?
(A) Audio and video media
(B) Information science
(C) Linguistics
(D) Social Science and Humanities
Answer: (D) Social Science and Humanities
9. Vroom’s theory is related with _________?
(A) Classification
(B) Cataloguing
(C) Communication
(D) Motivation
Answer: (D) Motivation [Motivation theory developed in 1964]
10. The method for mapping the universe of subjects in colon classification is _______.
(A) Notational
(B) Hierarchical
(C) Enumerative
(D) Faceted
Answer: (D) Faceted
11. Libraries plays a very important role in fostering __ development of the students.
(A) Physical
(B) Spiritual
(C) Intellectual
(D) Psychological
Answer: (C) Intellectual
12. Mathematical theory of information was propounded by __________?
(A) Shannon and Weaver
(B) Weaver
(C) Shannon
(D) Faittorne
Answer: (A) Shannon and Weaver [in 1949 ]
13. __ percent of the annual school budget must be available for the library, besides capital cost of building, equipment and furniture.
(A) Ten to fifteen
(B) Fifteen to twenty
(C) Five to ten
(D) Twenty to thirty
Answer: (C) Five to ten
14. The state that enacted library legislation in 1965 is _______?
(A) Goa
(B) Manipur
(C) Karnataka
(D) Haryana
Answer: (C) Karnataka
15. Shannon-Weaver model of communication is ___________?
(A) General model
(B) Semantic model
(C) Technical model
(D) Social model
Answer: (C) Technical model
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