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#	Question	Subject and topic	Difficulty
1	The distinctiveness and variation among people in their characteristics and behaviour patterns is called	Psychology Individual differences	Easy
2	Which psychological attribute refers to a person's potential to acquire a skill after training?	Psychology Individual differences	Easy
3	A psychologist spends several months studying one child in depth, collecting data from the child's parents, t…	Psychology Individual differences	Medium
4	A researcher claims that a person who is honest at home may cheat in an examination hall because behaviour de…	Psychology Individual differences	Medium
5	Which statement about psychological attributes is most accurate?	Psychology Individual differences	Hard
6	Which theorist proposed that intelligence consists of a general factor and specific factors?	Psychology Intelligence and its theories	Easy
7	A child aged 8 years has a mental age of 10 years. What is the child's IQ?	Psychology Intelligence and its theories	Easy
8	A tribal youth easily finds his way through dense forest and can identify dozens of plant species and their u…	Psychology Intelligence and its theories	Medium
9	In Sternberg's triarchic theory, a person who adapts well to everyday situations and deals effectively with r…	Psychology Intelligence and its theories	Medium
10	In the PASS model, which process lets a person integrate separate pieces of information into a meaningful who…	Psychology Intelligence and its theories	Hard
11	In a large population, IQ scores are distributed in which way?	Psychology Individual and cultural differences in intelligence	Easy
12	A student scores an IQ of 125 on a standardised test. In the usual classification, this falls in the category	Psychology Individual and cultural differences in intelligence	Easy
13	A test designer replaces word-based items with abstract figure patterns so that children from different langu…	Psychology Individual and cultural differences in intelligence	Medium
14	A village elder is considered wise because she resolves family disputes, understands people's feelings and ma…	Psychology Individual and cultural differences in intelligence	Medium
15	A 12-year-old has an IQ of 65 but manages self-care, travels alone, handles money and interacts well with pee…	Psychology Individual and cultural differences in intelligence	Hard
16	Which psychologists first introduced the concept of emotional intelligence?	Psychology Emotional intelligence	Easy
17	Emotional intelligence is best described as the ability to	Psychology Emotional intelligence	Easy
18	During a heated team meeting, Ravi notices he is becoming angry, takes a pause and then calmly explains his v…	Psychology Emotional intelligence	Medium
19	A teacher notices that a usually cheerful student is quiet and avoids eye contact, and gently asks if somethi…	Psychology Emotional intelligence	Medium
20	Two employees have similar IQs, but one handles criticism well and builds strong working relationships while …	Psychology Emotional intelligence	Hard
21	Aptitude refers to	Psychology Aptitude and creativity	Easy
22	A test asks students to list as many uses of a newspaper as they can in five minutes. This item mainly measur…	Psychology Aptitude and creativity	Easy
23	In a creativity test, Meena gives 20 uses of a brick, but all are about building something. Which feature of …	Psychology Aptitude and creativity	Medium
24	Two students score equally high on a mechanical aptitude test, but only one becomes a skilled mechanic. The b…	Psychology Aptitude and creativity	Medium
25	Which statement best describes the relationship between intelligence and creativity?	Psychology Aptitude and creativity	Hard
26	Which term refers to the value judgement a person makes about his or her own worth?	Psychology Self	Easy
27	The concept of self-efficacy was developed by	Psychology Self	Easy
28	Priya says, "I am a Maharashtrian and a member of the school hockey team." These statements describe her	Psychology Self	Medium
29	A student wants to stop wasting time on his phone, so he rewards himself with a favourite snack only after tw…	Psychology Self	Medium
30	A boy is confident he can solve algebra problems but believes he is a worthless person overall. This shows th…	Psychology Self	Hard
31	According to Freud, which part of personality works on the pleasure principle?	Psychology Approaches to personality	Easy
32	The "O" in the Big Five personality factors stands for	Psychology Approaches to personality	Easy
33	A manager who is always in a hurry, highly competitive, impatient in queues and easily irritated would be cla…	Psychology Approaches to personality	Medium
34	A student who secretly dislikes a classmate behaves in an exaggeratedly friendly and sweet way towards her. W…	Psychology Approaches to personality	Medium
35	According to Carl Rogers, maladjustment is most likely when	Psychology Approaches to personality	Hard
36	Which of the following is a projective technique?	Psychology Assessment of personality	Easy
37	In the Thematic Apperception Test, the person is asked to	Psychology Assessment of personality	Easy
38	While filling a personality inventory for a job, a candidate marks "I never get angry" because it looks good,…	Psychology Assessment of personality	Medium
39	A supervisor rates an employee high on honesty, punctuality and teamwork only because the employee is very we…	Psychology Assessment of personality	Medium
40	A psychologist wants to study how a child typically reacts when blamed or blocked by others, using cartoon pi…	Psychology Assessment of personality	Hard
41	Stress that is moderate and motivates a person to perform well is called	Psychology Stress	Easy
42	The day-to-day irritations such as traffic jams, misplaced keys and a noisy neighbour are classified as	Psychology Stress	Easy
43	Before a public speech, Anil thinks, "I have practised well and my teacher will help if I forget a line." Acc…	Psychology Stress	Medium
44	A student wants to go to a friend's party but also wants to prepare for the next day's test, and cannot do bo…	Psychology Stress	Medium
45	A topper keeps telling herself she must score full marks in every test and feels very tense whenever she lose…	Psychology Stress	Hard
46	The correct order of stages in Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome is	Psychology Effects of stress	Easy
47	Which type of immune cell produces antibodies?	Psychology Effects of stress	Easy
48	A nurse who has worked double shifts for months feels drained, detached from patients and unable to care any …	Psychology Effects of stress	Medium
49	The field that studies how psychological factors such as stress affect the immune system is called	Psychology Effects of stress	Medium
50	After a long period of continuous stress, a person's bodily resources are depleted and he becomes prone to il…	Psychology Effects of stress	Hard