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#1. What is a category?
Ranganathan postulates that a subject is constituted of at the most ‘ five fundamental categories, namely, Personality, Matter, Energy, Space and Time
Mnemonic : PMEST
#2. A sequence of coordinate (equally ranked) classes arranged in some definite order is called ...
Ranganathan defines array as “a set of classes arranged in the proper sequence and derived from a
universe, on the basis of a single characteristic at any step in the progress towards a complete assortment of the entities of the universe”.
#3. Identify the examples of arrays.
#4. What are schedules?
#5. What is a chain?
The order in a chain is from general to specific or in the reverse order of specific to general.
The arrangement of entities in a chain is always hierarchical.
#6. Which of the following is not a chain?
all your brothers and sisters is not a chain but an array of class.
The arrangement of entities in a chain is always hierarchical.
#7. What is an index?
An index is an alphabetical approach to the systematic schedules. Topics which are scattered by discipline in the schedules are collocated in the index.
#8. What are the auxiliary concepts known as in DDC?
#9. What are the auxiliary concepts known as in CC?
#10. What are the auxiliary concepts known as in UDC?
#11. Who is known as classificationist?
A designer of a classification system is known as classificationist. S.R. Ranganathan, Melvil Dewey, H.E. Bliss, C.A. Cutter are a few outstanding names of classificationists
#12. Who is known as classifier?
#13. Which of the following statements regarding classification is/are true?
#14. What is an Enumerative classification?
#15. Which of the following is not an example of enumerative classification system?
Subject Classification of, Brown and Dewey Decimal Classification are good examples for Almost Enumerative scheme