Entrance Test for Admission To

Entrance Test for Admission to

B.Lib. & Inf. Science

Max. Marks: 100 Time: 60 Minutes

NOTE:

(i) This question booklet comprises of 50 questions.

(ii) Each question has four options (a), (b), (c) and (d) out of which one is correct. The candidate is required to darken completely the correct option in the OMR Answer Sheet supplied separately.

(iii) Each correct answer carries 2 marks.

(iv) No negative marking.

(v) Rough work may be done in this question booklet itself.

(vi) The question booklet along with the OMR answer sheet is to be handed over by the candidate to the Invigilator at the end of the examination.

B.Lib. & Inf. Science (Session 2009-10)

1. Who is the new Home Minister of India?

(a) P. Chidambaram (b) Pranab Mukherjee

2. Who is the new Rail Minister of India?

(a) Mamta Benerjee (b) Lalu Prasad Yadav

3. Who is the new Defence Minister of India?

(a) A.K. Antony (b) Sharad Pawar

4. Who is the First Woman Speaker of Lok Sabha?

(a) Ambika Soni (b) Sheela Dixit

5. Who is the present Attorney General of India?

(a) Milon Benerjee (b) Pramod Batra

6. Who is the new Chief Election Commissioner of India?

(a) Navin Chawala (b) V.S. Sampath

7. HINI Flu is related to:

(a) Swine Flu (b) Bird Flu

8. Recently is news Aila is related to :

(a) Cyclone (b) Medical

9. Mr. Shivraj Singh Chauhan is the new Chief Minister of which of the following States where elections were held in December, 2008?

(a) U.P. (b) M.P.

10. Who is the new Cabinet Minister from Haryana?

(a) Sudha Yadav (b) Shruti

11. Dr. Man Mohan Singh was sworn in Prime Minister of India for a second successive term on:

(a) 21 May, 2009 (b) 22 May, 2009

12. Who is the President of America?

(a) Bill Clinton (b) George Bush

13. NDRI stands for:

(a) National Dairy Research Institute

(b) National Development of Rural India

(d) None of the above

14. Full form of LTTE is:

(a) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

(b) Library Teaching in the Europe

(d) None of the above

15. Which is the Capital of UP?

(a) Allahabad (b) Lucknow

16. Taj Mahal was built by:

(a) Jahangir (b) Aurangjeb

17. Once in how many years is ‘Kumb Mela’ held?

(a) 9 (b) 10

18. World Environment Day is celebrated on:

(a) June, 5 (b) May, 31

19. Who is the author of ‘The Life Divine’?

(a) Swami Vivekanand (b) Aurobindo Ghosh

20. Who was regarded by Mahatma Gandhi as his ‘Political Guru’?

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (b) G.K. Gokhale

21. Who wrote ‘Sare Jahan se Achcha Hindustan Hamara’?

(a) Hali (b) Iqbal

22. Which eminent political personality plays an important role in the drafting of the Indian Constitution?

(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

23. Khajuraho is located in:

(a) Rajasthan (b) M.P.

24. The birth anniversary of which Indian leader is celebrated as ‘Teacher’s Day.

(a) Dr. Radhakrishan (b) Dr. Zakir Hussain

25. In a certain code ‘GOLD’ is written as ‘5124’ and LIVE’ is written as ‘2983’. How is ‘VOID’ written in that code?

(a) 8194 (b) 8394

26. Book is to illiteracy as medicine is to:

(a) Beauty (b) Cure

27. If ‘TOUR’ is coded as 1234, ‘CLEAR’ is coded as 56784, ‘SPARE’ is coded as 90847, how would you encode the word ‘SCULPTURE’?

(a) 953603147 (b) 953601347

28. 25 + 25 × 25 + 25 = ?

(a) 2500 (b) 250

29. 50% of 50 = ?

(a) 3000 (b) 300

30. 25% of ? = 125

(a) 3125 (b) 31.25

31. 0.5% of 25 = ?

(a) 125 (b) 12.5

32. As food to eating, so newspaper is to:

(a) Studying (b) Enjoying

33. Sorrow is to misfortune as joy is to:

(a) Enjoyment (b) Happiness

34. Government by one person?

(a) Monarchy (b) Dictatorship

35. Bibliophile is one who:

(a) loves books (b) reads books

36. Cigarette smoking is ………………….to health.

(a) vicarious (b) injurious

37. The sun and the moon …………….in the east and …………… in the west.

(a) sets, rises (b) rises, sets

38. Library is a place where …………….. are kept.

(a) Books (b) Newspaper

39. MP is related to KN in the same way as DG is related to:

(a) FI (b) GJ

40. If ‘blue’ is called ‘white’, ‘white’ is called ‘green’, ‘green’ is called ‘red’, ‘red’ is called ‘brown’, ‘brown’ is called ‘black’ and ‘black’ is called ‘yellow’, then which of the following represents the colour of human blood?

(a) red (b) brown

41. Mohan walked 20 metres towards West, took a right turn and walked 30 metres. Again he took a right turn and walked 20 metres. Towards which direction was he facing?

(a) North (b) South

42. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

(a) Pear (b) Mango

43. Looking at a portrait, A said, “her mother’s only son is my cousin’s father. My cousin is the daughter of my maternal uncle.” At whose portrait was A looking?

(a) Aunt (b) Grand-Mother

Directions: (Q. No. 44-46) In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the given conclusions logically follow from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Give answer (a) if only conclusion I follows

Give answer (b) if only conclusion II follows

Give answer (c) if either conclusion I or II follows

Give answer (d) if neither conclusion I nor II follows

Give answer (e) if both conclusions I and II follow

44. Statements:

Some boxes are packets.

Some packets are tubs.

All tubs are desks.

Conclusions:

(I) Some desks are packets.

(II) Some desks are boxes.

45. Statements?

All chairs are rooms.

Some rooms are tyres.

All tyres are wheels.

Conclusions:

(I) Some wheels are rooms.

(II) Some rooms are chairs.

46. Statements:

Some pens are tables.

Some tables are leaves.

Some leaves are flowers.

Conclusions:

(I) Some flowers are pens

(II) Some leaves are pens

47. CDs are of which shape?

(a) Square (b) Rectangular

48. Which part is the ‘Brain’ of the computer?

(a) CPU (b) Monitor

49. Which eminent Indian was commonly known as ‘Gurudev’?

(a) Acharya J.B. Kirpalani (b) Rabindranath Tagore

50. Who built G.T. Road?

(a) Chandra Gupta Maurya (b) Sher Shah Suri