ANSWER KEY FOR BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF SR RANGANATHAN CUM LIBRARIANS' DAY QUIZ

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1. Who is the Father of Library Science in India?

SR Ranganathan

2. How many laws of Library Science are there?

Five

3. Librarian Day is  celebrated on which date?

12th August

4. SR Ranganathan was born on which date?

9th August 1892

5. What is the full form of SR Ranganathan?

Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan

6. Library is a:

Storehouse of knowledge

7. Writer of a book is called?

Author

8. The backbone of a book is called?

Spine

9. There are two reference books in the following, identify them:

Dictionary & Encyclopedia

10. An account of someone's life written by someone else (A life story written by someone else)

Biography

11. A life story written by himself/herself (someone writing his/her own life story)

Autobiography

12. A bound collection of maps often including illustrations, informative tables, or textual matter

Atlas

13. A literature in the form of prose that describes imaginary events and people:

Fiction

14. Science, History, and Mathematics are categorised as:

Non-Fiction

15. Suppose you wrote a book, who will you be?(based on understanding)

Author

16. An account of events that have happened in the past(Subject):

History

17. Words in Dictionary are arranged in which order:

Alphabetical order

18. State true or false: Symbol of copyright is ©

True

19. Outer covering of a book cover is called?

Book jacket

20. Full form of ISBN:

International Standard Book Number

21. Which of the following is the highest City in the world?

Wen Chuan (Tibet, China) 16,732 ft. (Clarification: Internet gives the answer as Bolivia’s El Alto-La Paz 3,869m which is 12693.57 feet. Therefore Wen Chuan is higher)

22. Which is the smallest continent?

Australia

23. Which is the Largest Plateau in India?

Deccan Plateau

24. Where can you find the living root bridge in India?

Meghalaya

25. Which is the biggest library in India?

National Library of India (Kolkata, West Bengal)

26. Who is the current President of India?

Ram Nath Kovind

27. KVS is under which ministry?

Ministry of Education (erstwhile Human Resource Development)

28. Recently Neeraj Chopra won Gold Medal in the Olympic, in which game he won?

Javelin throw

29. What is the full form of KVS?

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan

30. What is the full form of BTR?

Bodoland Territorial Region