Home Unit 3: Information Sources Objective Questions on Encylopedias Encylopedias Thirunavukkarasu TC 5/18/2017 2 2 comments Top comments Newest first Unknown 5/10/2016 11:09:00 PM sir,Q.5 write Answer Encyclopaedia britanica 1768 reply Anonymous 8/28/2023 11:21:00 AM The work was issued in parts from December 1768 to 1771 with double-columned pages. The parts were bound in three stout quarto volumes of some 2,500 pages, with 160 copperplate engravings by Bell, and dated 1771.reference: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Encyclopaedia-Britannica-English-language-reference-work reply Post a Comment LIS QUIZ SERIES 1.The word encyclopedia is derived from ________ word`enkyklios paideia' Greek Latin Spanish German 2.Subject encyclopedia are also known as Circle of Knowledge Cyclopaedias Encyclopedia Modern Encylopedias 3.Who produced the first encyclopaedia 'Historia Naturalis'? Aristotle Plato Pliny Pirre Bayle 4.Who used the word 'encyclopaedia' for the first time in his 'Encyclopaedias Seu Orbits Methodical'? Pliny Plato Pirre Bayle Paul Scalich 5.The first edition of `Encyclopaedia Britannica' appeared in three volumes in Edinburgh in 1771 1881 1991 1781 6.The first edition of `Encyclopaedia Americana' published in 1729 1829 1929 1689 7.Which of the following are parts of "The New Encyclopaedia Britannica" a. Propaedia b. Micropaedia c. Macropaeida d. Minipaedia a, b a, b, d a, b, c a, b, c, d 8.Editor of Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Science is Fletcher-Janzen Gyanchand Jain Nostrand Reinhold Allen Kent 9.Which of the following is not one of eight check points to judge the value of encyclopaedias are Publication year Authority Arrangement Limitations 10.The scope of an encyclopaedia depends upon three criteria. Select those? a. Plan b. Coverage c. Selection d. Style b, c, d a, b, c a, b, d None of the above Tags: Unit 3: Information Sources Share This Article
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