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Question 1:

Match List I with List II:

LIST I Dimensions                                     LIST II Theories of Intelligence
A. Contextual Intelligence                         I. Structure of Intellect Model

B. Naturalistic Intelligence                         II. Triarchic theory of Intelligence

C. Spatial Relations                                     III. Theory of Multiple Intelligence

D. Three dimensions of Intellectual Traits  IV. Theory of Primary Mental Abilities

 

  • (1) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
  • (2) A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II
  • (3) A-III, B-I, C-I, D-IV
  • (4) A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

Question 2:

There is a general consensus among psychologists that intelligence is a product of complex interaction of \hspace{2cm} and \hspace{2cm}:

  • (1) Heredity and learning
  • (2) Heredity and environment
  • (3) Culture and thought
  • (4) Culture and heredity

Question 3:

Alfred Binet is associated with:

  • (1) Theory of Multiple Intelligence
  • (2) Two-factor theory
  • (3) Uni-factor theory
  • (4) Triarchic theory of Intelligence

Question 4:

Which one is not a part of componential intelligence (Sternberg, 1985)?

  • (1) Performance Components
  • (2) Behavioural Components
  • (3) Knowledge acquisition components
  • (4) Metacomponents

Question 5:

William Shakespeare, Premchand and Rabindra Nath Tagore are famous writers whose drama, poems, and stories have made them immortal. According to Gardner's Multiple Intelligences, identify their intelligence:

  • (1) Logical mathematical
  • (2) Spatial
  • (3) Linguistic
  • (4) Naturalistic

Question 6:

What are the characteristics of emotionally intelligent persons?


A. Sensitive to their own feelings and emotions.

B. Can relate emotions to thoughts.

C. Understand the intensity of others' emotions.

D. Unable to perceive various types of emotions on others.

E. Do not understand the powerful influence of the nature of emotions.

  • (1) A, B and D only
  • (2) A, B and E only
  • (3) D, C and E only
  • (4) A, B and C only

Question 7:

Arrange in order the intellectual activity that involves the interdependent functioning of three neurological systems of the brain as given by Das and Naglieri:


A. Psychology test is announced by the teacher.

B. You try to understand and grasp the meaning and relationship, learn all the information serially where required.

C. Arousal/Attention compels you to focus, read and revise your lessons.

D. Planning is activated by scheduling a time table, and clear your doubts to meet with your goal.

  • (1) A, B, C, D
  • (2) A, C, B, D
  • (3) D, B, A, C
  • (4) B, A, C, D

Question 8:

Erich Fromm viewed human beings differently despite being a Post Freudian. Identify his view from the statements given below:


A. Being purposeful and goal directed.

B. Basically social beings.

C. Sexual aggressive beings.

D. Guided by aims and aspirations.

E. Personality develops from our experiences with other individuals.

  • (1) A and B only
  • (2) C and D only
  • (3) D and E only
  • (4) B and E only

Question 9:

Match List I with List II:

LIST I                   LIST II

A. Disposition  I. Stable and persistent way of behaving.

B. Trait             II. Goals and ideals that are worthwhile to achieve.

C. Habit           III. Tendency to react in a particular way to a given situation.

D. Values         IV. Over learned modes of learning.

 

  • (1) A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
  • (2) A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
  • (3) A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV
  • (4) A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I

Question 10:

Freud proposed five stage theory of personality, also called psychosexual stages of development. The order in which these stages appear are:


A. Anal

B. Genital

C. Oral

D. Latency

E. Phallic

  • (1) A, B, C, D, E
  • (2) D, C, B, A, E
  • (3) C, A, E, D, B
  • (4) A, B, D, E, C

Question 11:

According to Morris, type D personality is-

  • (1) Prone to depression
  • (2) Prone to cancer
  • (3) High on energy
  • (4) High on patience

Question 12:

Varun's personality attributes can be described as dutiful, truthful, disciplined, clean and detached. Which type of personality is Varun having according to Charak Samhita?

  • (1) Sattva guna
  • (2) Tamas guna
  • (3) Rajas guna
  • (4) Prakriti

Question 13:

Indian adaptation of TAT (Thematic Apperception Test) has been done by:

  • (1) M.C Joshi
  • (2) Pramila Pathak
  • (3) S. M Mohsin
  • (4) Uma Chaudhary

Question 14:

As individuals, we always make a judgment about our own worth. This is an aspect of:

  • (1) Self-concept
  • (2) Self-belief
  • (3) Self-esteem
  • (4) Self-confidence

Question 15:

Navin worked very hard to qualify the national level entrance exam. However, on the day of the exam, he went blank and just walked out of the examination hall without attempting the paper. When asked about this by his parents and friends, he totally refuses that such a thing took place. Navin's behavior is an example of:

  • (1) Denial
  • (2) Repression
  • (3) Reaction Formation
  • (4) Rationalism

Question 16:

Navin worked very hard to qualify the national level entrance exam. However, on the day of the exam he went blank and just walked out of the examination hall without attempting the paper. When asked about this by his parents and friends, he totally refuses that such a thing took place. Navin's behaviour is an example of:

  • (1) Denial
  • (2) Repression
  • (3) Reaction Formation
  • (4) Rationalism

Question 17:

After the Covid-19 pandemic, Vikas would feel stressed every time he saw any person sneezing or coughing. According to cognitive theory of stress appraisal, Vikas appraised the situation as:

  • (1) Possible Harm
  • (2) Emotional response
  • (3) Cognitive response
  • (4) Neutral

Question 18:

Shweta got to know that she has a class presentation next week which will be evaluated. So she worked hard all week because she wanted to perform well. On the other hand, Veena got to know about the presentation last night. She ended up not sleeping the whole night and panicked due to which she could not prepare the presentation. The type of stress experienced by Shweta is ...... and ....... by Veena.

  • (1) Distress, Eustress
  • (2) Eustress, Distress
  • (3) Strain, Eustress
  • (4) Strain, Distress

Question 19:

One of the important sources of psychological stress results from the blocking of needs and motives by something or someone that hinders us from achieving a desired goal. This is called ..........

  • (1) Frustration
  • (2) Conflict
  • (3) Internal Pressure
  • (4) Social Pressure

Question 20:

According to the Holmes and Rahe's stressful life events measure, arrange the following life events according to decreasing stress score:


A. Death of a close family member.

B. Unexpected accident or trauma.

C. Appearing for examination.

D. Change in eating habits.

  • (1) D, C, B, A
  • (2) A, B, C, D
  • (3) A, B, D, C
  • (4) D, C, A, B

Question 21:

Match List I with List II:

LIST I                           LIST II

A. Assertiveness            I. This is a way to solve problem related to distorted thought, irrational beliefs

B. Time Management    II. Learning how to plan time and delegate work, can help to relieve the pressure

C. Rational Thinking   III. It is a way to keep ourselves healthy, fit and relaxed

D. Self Care                 IV. It is a technique or skill that helps to communicate, clearly and confidently our feelings, needs, thoughts

 

  • (1) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
  • (2) A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
  • (3) A-IV, B-I, C-I, D-III
  • (4) A-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV

Question 22:

Chemicals that carry messages across the synapse to the dendrite of a receiver neuron are called ........

  • (1) Axons
  • (2) Cell body
  • (3) Neurotransmitters
  • (4) Dendrite

Question 23:

Schizophrenia is the descriptive term for a group of:

  • (1) Psychotic disorders
  • (2) Neurotic disorders
  • (3) Anxiety disorders
  • (4) Personality disorders

Question 24:

An individual reporting loss of part or some bodily functions is a symptom of:

  • (1) Dissociative disorder
  • (2) Panic Disorder
  • (3) Mood Disorder
  • (4) Conversion Disorder

Question 25:

Choose out of the following statements what is true about Somatic symptom disorder:


A. A person has persistent body-related symptom

B. Continually worries about the symptoms

C. Frequent visits to doctor

D. Experience paralysis, blindness etc.

E. Preoccupation with the thought of developing various illnesses.

  • (1) B, C, D only
  • (2) A, B, C only
  • (3) A, C, E only
  • (4) B, D, E only

Question 26:

Match List I with List II:

LIST I Period                                 LIST II Description

A. Reform movement                    I. Hippocrates, Socrates and Plato

B. The Renaissance Period         II. Increased humanism and curiosity about behaviour.

C. Organismic approach              III. Demonology and superstition

D. Middle Ages                              IV. Age of reason and enlightenment

 

  • (1) A-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV
  • (2) A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
  • (3) A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV
  • (4) A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III

Question 27:

Choose the correct option for identifying the features of a psychological disorder:

  • (1) Deviance, danger, distress, dysfunction
  • (2) Danger, Distress, dysfunction, dependent
  • (3) Danger, Aggression, Deviance, Distress
  • (4) Dependent, Deviance, Delusional, Distress

Question 28:

The process of emotional unburdening by the client, which has healing properties is called ........

  • (1) Sharing
  • (2) Catharsis
  • (3) Informed consent
  • (4) Alleviating personal distress

Question 29:

Identify the therapy where the client is taught to recognize the bodily process and the emotions that are being blocked out from awareness. It focuses on increasing the client's self-awareness and self-acceptance and is known as:

  • (1) Alternative therapy
  • (2) Gestalt therapy
  • (3) Existential therapy
  • (4) Client-Centered therapy

Question 30:

According to the psychodynamic therapy, the cause of psychological disorders can be:

  • (1) Faulty Conditioning Pattern
  • (2) Intrapsychic Conflict
  • (3) Sense of futility of one's existence
  • (4) Faulty thinking and belief

Question 31:

The rationale behind \hspace{2cm} therapy is that the client's distress has its origins in the biological, psychological, and social realms.

  • (1) Gestalt therapy
  • (2) Cognitive behavior therapy
  • (3) Client-centered therapy
  • (4) Logo therapy

Question 32:

Meeku was pulled up by his teachers for missing classes to play cricket during school hours. To modify his behaviour, Meeku's class-teacher applauded him every time his homework was submitted or when he answered in class. Gradually, Meeku started enjoying his teacher's class and stopped missing it. Which behavioural technique did the class teacher use?

  • (1) Aversion therapy
  • (2) Token economy
  • (3) Positive reinforcement
  • (4) Systematic desensitisation

Question 33:

Match List I with List II:

LIST I Modality of Treatment     LIST II Explanation

A. Positive Transfer                   I. When client opposes the progress of the therapy from the recall of painful memories

B. Negative Transfer                  II. The repeated process of using confrontation, clarification and interpretation

C. Resistance                             III. When the client idolises or falls in love with the therapist

D. Working through                   IV. When the client has feelings of hostility, anger and resentment towards the therapist

 

  • (1) A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV
  • (2) A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
  • (3) A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
  • (4) A-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV

Question 34:

Attitude change according to Festinger happens in the following way:


A. It emphasizes on the cognitive component.

B. Holding two opposing ideas/cognitions makes an individual feel that something is out of tune.

C. The cognitive components of an attitude must be in consonance with each other.

D. One of the ideas will have to be changed so that consonance can be attained.

  • (1) A, B, D, C
  • (2) A, D, B, C
  • (3) A, C, D, B
  • (4) A, C, B, D

Question 35:

Research papers are mostly submitted on the last date declared by the department despite an advance announcement of more than fifteen days. What technique of compliance is this?


1. Foot in the door technique

2. The deadline technique

3. The door in the face technique

4. Obedience to authority


Question 36:

The minimal group paradigm experiment was developed:


1. Milgram

2. Triplett

3. Tajfel and his colleagues

4. Sherif


Question 37:

The term ______ refers to those processes whereby our attitudes and behaviours are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people.



1. Social Cognition


2. Social Influence


3. Social Facilitation


4. Social Inhibition


Question 38:


How is Prisoner's Dilemma used to study cooperation and competition?


A. They are separately offered a chance to confess.

B. If both confess the punishment to both will be mild.

C. Two suspects are quizzed by detectors separately.

D. The one who confesses will get no punishment and the other will be punished.

E. In the end if neither confesses, each will receive a life sentence.

  • (1) C, A, B, E, D
  • (2) C, B, A, D, E
  • (3) C, A, D, B, E
  • (4) C, A, B, D, E

Question 39:


The ability to put up with a situation in which individuals would have to compete with many others for even basic resources, including physical space is known as \hspace{2cm}

  • (1) Crowding tolerance
  • (2) Substance tolerance
  • (3) Competition tolerance
  • (4) Density

Question 40:


Which of the following is not a feature of crowding?


A. Crowding may cause feeling of discomfort.

B. Crowding may lead to loss of privacy.

C. An individual may feel control over social interaction.

D. Crowding may result in positive view of space around the person.

  • (1) A, B only
  • (2) B, C only
  • (3) C, D only
  • (4) A, C only

Question 41:


The tips to improve your listening skills include:


A. Be open to all ideas.

B. Respond in a hurry.

C. Control distractions.

D. Sit in a casual posture.

  • (1) A, B only
  • (2) C, D only
  • (3) A, C only
  • (4) C, B only

Question 42:


Read the passage and answer the following question:


Raunak always used to dislike and be afraid of reptiles. Once he was trying to wear his shoes when a lizard jumped out of it. Since then he started getting scared of lizards all the more. He could not control his fear when he saw a snake in his garden. His heart started pounding, he was sweating badly, he even fainted once when someone told him that there is a lizard under his chair. The very thought of any of these reptiles generates in him an extreme level of fear. His mother took him to a doctor, who suggested that Raunak should meet a psychotherapist.


On the basis of the above case study, identify the disorder Raunak might be suffering from:

  • (1) Generalised anxiety disorder
  • (2) Separation anxiety disorder
  • (3) Phobia
  • (4) Obsessive compulsive disorder

Question 43:


Read the passage and answer the following question:


Raunak always used to dislike and be afraid of reptiles. Once he was trying to wear his shoes when a lizard jumped out of it. Since then he started getting scared of lizards all the more. He could not control his fear when he saw a snake in his garden. His heart started pounding, he was sweating badly, he even fainted once when someone told him that there is a lizard under his chair. The very thought of any of these reptiles generates in him an extreme level of fear. His mother took him to a doctor, who suggested that Raunak should meet a psychotherapist.


Match List I with List II:


List I   Disorder              List II   Description

A   Specific Phobia         I   Extreme anxiety about separation from attachment figure

B  Agoraphobia             II  Raunak's extreme fear of reptiles

C   Social Anxiety Disorder    III   Fear of entering unfamiliar situations

D   Separation Anxiety Disorder   IV   Intense and incapacitating fear and embarrassment when dealing with others


Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  • (1) A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
  • (2) A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
  • (3) A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV
  • (4) A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
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Question 44:

Read the passage and answer the following question:


Raunak always used to dislike and be afraid of reptiles. Once he was trying to wear his shoes when a lizard jumped out of it. Since then he started getting scared of lizards all the more. He could not control his fear when he saw a snake in his garden. His heart started pounding, he was sweating badly, he even fainted once when someone told him that there is a lizard under his chair. The very thought of any of these reptiles, generates in him an extreme level of fear. His mother took him to a doctor, who suggested that Raunak should meet a psychotherapist.


Extreme fear that Raunak is experiencing, falls under the category of ........... disorder:

  • (1) Anxiety disorder
  • (2) Somatic symptoms disorder
  • (3) Obsessive compulsive disorder
  • (4) Dissociative disorder

Question 45:

Read the passage and answer the following question:


Raunak always used to dislike and be afraid of reptiles. Once he was trying to wear his shoes when a lizard jumped out of it. Since then he started getting scared of lizards all the more. He could not control his fear when he saw a snake in his garden. His heart started pounding, he was sweating badly, he even fainted once when someone told him that there is a lizard under his chair. The very thought of any of these reptiles, generates in him an extreme level of fear. His mother took him to a doctor, who suggested that Raunak should meet a psychotherapist.


Another symptom of the disorder Raunak is suffering from is:

  • (1) Irrational fear
  • (2) Embarrassment
  • (3) Rational fear
  • (4) Tantrums

Question 46:

Read the passage and answer the following question:


Raunak always used to dislike and be afraid of reptiles. Once he was trying to wear his shoes when a lizard jumped out of it. Since then he started getting scared of lizards all the more. He could not control his fear when he saw a snake in his garden. His heart started pounding, he was sweating badly, he even fainted once when someone told him that there is a lizard under his chair. The very thought of any of these reptiles generates in him an extreme level of fear. His mother took him to a doctor, who suggested that Raunak should meet a psychotherapist.


........... is also a type of anxiety disorder.

  • (1) Somatic symptom disorder
  • (2) Panic disorder
  • (3) Obsessive-Compulsive disorder
  • (4) Depressive disorder

Question 47:

Please read the passage and answer the question that follow:


A popular Bollywood movie Lagaan portrays India before Independence. Indians were ruled by the British for many years. They were denied basic rights. The common and the lower strata of the society were not provided the privilege of education as the Britishers felt that Indians are not good enough. They deliberately gave Indians less qualified jobs and kept highly qualified jobs for themselves. Based on the passage answer the following question:


Britishers' attitude towards Indians was usually negative. Such negative attitude is termed as ...........

  • (1) Prejudice
  • (2) Stereotype
  • (3) Discrimination
  • (4) Hatred

Question 48:

Please read the passage and answer the question that follow:


A popular Bollywood movie Lagaan portrays India before Independence. Indians were ruled by the British for many years. They were denied basic rights. The common and the lower strata of the society were not provided the privilege of education as the Britishers felt that Indians are not good enough. They deliberately gave Indians less qualified jobs and kept highly qualified jobs for themselves. Based on the passage answer the following question:


Britishers deliberately gave Indians unqualified jobs. This shows ............., a behavioural component.

  • (1) Hatred
  • (2) Discrimination
  • (3) Dislike
  • (4) Negative

Question 49:

Please read the passage and answer the question that follow:


A popular Bollywood movie Lagaan portrays India before Independence. Indians were ruled by the British for many years. They were denied basic rights. The common and the lower strata of the society were not provided the privilege of education as the Britishers felt that Indians are not good enough. They deliberately gave Indians less qualified jobs and kept highly qualified jobs for themselves. Based on the passage answer the following question:


The British strongly felt that Indians are not good enough. This cognitive component of attitude is referred to as:

  • (1) Prototype
  • (2) Schema
  • (3) Discrimination
  • (4) Stereotype

Question 50:

Please read the passage and answer the question that follow:


A popular Bollywood movie Lagaan portrays India before Independence. Indians were ruled by the British for many years. They were denied basic rights. The common and the lower strata of the society were not provided the privilege of education as the Britishers felt that Indians are not good enough. They deliberately gave Indians less qualified jobs and kept highly qualified jobs for themselves. Based on the passage answer the following question:


Like the Britishers in the movie, Indians also believed that they were useless and continued to take up jobs that were below their potential. This on part of Indians is an example of:

  • (1) Scapegoating
  • (2) Social Identity
  • (3) Kernel of Truth
  • (4) Self-fulfilling prophecy


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