Bihar School Librarian LET 2026 Cataloguing – Topic Test

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Difficulty: 10 easy · 10 medium · 10 hard

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The first 5 questions of this free test.

1. Q1. The set of cataloguing rules famous as the '91 Rules' (1841) was compiled by:

   • A. Antonio Panizzi
   • B. Seymour Lubetzky
   • C. Charles C. Jewett
   • D. Charles A. Cutter
   Solution

   The '91 Rules' were drawn up by Antonio (Anthony) Panizzi for the printed catalogue of the British Museum. Cutter, Jewett and Lubetzky are associated with later American codes and studies.

2. Q2. The indexing system POPSI, developed at DRTC, is the acronym for:

   • A. Preferred Order Permuted Subject Indexing
   • B. Postulate-based Permuted Subject Indexing
   • C. Permuted Order Preferred Subject Indexing
   • D. Postulate-oriented Preserved Subject Indexing
   Solution

   POPSI stands for Postulate-based Permuted Subject Indexing, devised by G. Bhattacharyya; it is 'postulate-based' because it rests on Ranganathan's postulational approach.

3. Q3. The KWIC index, one of the earliest computer-produced indexes, was developed by H.P. Luhn. The abbreviation KWIC stands for:

   • A. Keyword in Catalogue
   • B. Keyword in Citation
   • C. Keyword in Context
   • D. Key Word Index Card
   Solution

   KWIC stands for Keyword in Context, a derived-title index in which each significant keyword is displayed within the surrounding words of the title.

4. Q4. The second edition of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2, 1978) was prepared and published jointly by which set of associations?

   • A. Library of Congress, Canadian Library Association and IFLA
   • B. IFLA, UNESCO and the American Library Association
   • C. American Library Association, Library of Congress and the British Library
   • D. American Library Association, Canadian Library Association and The Library Association (London)
   Solution

   AACR2 was produced by the Joint Steering Committee representing the American Library Association, the Canadian Library Association and the (British) Library Association, and was published under their joint imprint.

5. Q5. In thesaurus construction, the abbreviation 'BT' stands for:

   • A. Broad Topic
   • B. Bibliographic Term
   • C. Broader Term
   • D. Basic Term
   Solution

   BT denotes a Broader Term, the hierarchically superordinate term whose reciprocal is NT (Narrower Term).

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