IAS Examination Psychology Model Test Paper

IAS Examination Psychology Model Test Paper

Practice Questions Psychology IAS Examination

1. Which one of the o1lowing pairs, according to Thurston’s list of mental ability is correctly matched?

(a) Verbal meaning           Understanding of ideas and word meanings        

(b) Number                       Speed and accuracy in dealing with numbers

(c) Space                          The ability to visualize object in three dimensions

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

2. Triarchic theory of intelligence has been proposed by

(a) Spearman

(b) Sternberg

(c) Thurstone

(d) Binett

Ans. (b)

3. A is any condition that can change and that might effect the outcome of the experiment.

(a) Extraneous variable

(b) Dependent variable

(c) Independent variable

(d) Variable

Ans. (d)

4. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists

List-I                                                    List-II

(Kinds of intelligence)                    (Explanation)

A. Componential                     1. The ability to solve problems of everyday life

     Intelligence

B. Practical                              2. The ability to think critically and analytically

    Intelligence

C. Experiential intelligence     3. Insight and the ability to formulate new ideas

Codes:

A         B         C

(a)        2          1          3

(b)        3          1          2

(c)        1          2          3

(d)       1          3          2

Ans. (a)

5. The control group provides for comparison with scores of the experimental group.

(a) Point of reference

(b) Points of preference

(c) Point of effect

(d) None of these

Ans. (a)

6. Heritability is a technical term referring to the

(a) Proportion of the variation of a trait within a population that is attributable to genetic differences between individuals in that  population

(b) Heredity

(c) Correlation between heredity and environment

(d) Potentiality of the hereditary qualities     

Ans. (a)

7. _____means that a subject has an equal chance of being a member of either the experimental group or the control group.

(a) Random assignment

(b) Random sampling

(c) Random score

(d) All of the above

Ans. (a)

8. An IQ ………. below is generally considered retarded

(a) 100

(b) 70

(c) 55

(d) 120

Ans. (b)

9. Older and more experienced individuals can sometimes outperform younger ones in cognitive tasks. This indicates that

(a) Crystallized intelligence stays level or even increases with age

(b) Fluid intelligence increases with age

(c) Crystallized intelligence decreases with age

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

10. A researcher performed an experiment to learn if room temperature affects the amount of aggression displayed by college students under crowded conditions in a simulated prison environment. In this experiment, the independent variable is ______—.

(a) Room temperature

(b) The amount of aggression

(c) Crowding

(d) The simulated prison environment

Ans. (a)

11. The first version of Binet and Simon’s test measuring intelligence was published in

(a) 1905

(b) 1926

(c) 1900

(d) 1901

Ans. (a)

12. The Binet test of intelligence was developed on the principle that the processes influencing intelligence test performance

(a) Remain same with the years

(b) Develop with the years

(c) The ratio of MA to CA increases

(d) MA/CA decreases

Ans. (b)

13. In the majority of cases of subnormal intelligence

(a) The child is essentially sound physically

(b) There is no history of disease or injury that might have produced brain damage

(c) The individual suffers from a general deficiency rather than an identifiable defect

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

14. Psychologists are interested in the development of achievement tests for

(a) There is much demand for such tests, especially in education and in government

(b) Achievement tests furnish a standard against which to judge the predictive effectiveness of aptitude tests

(c) Achievement tests furnish a standard, or criterion for the prediction of aptitudes

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

15. By using a______, large amounts of information can be neatly organized and summarized.

(a) Equal distribution

(b) Frequency distribution

(c) Central tendency

(d) Variability

Ans. (b)

16. Consider the following statements

1. Sir Francis Galton developed the first tests designed to measure intelligence

2. Galton invented the correlation coefficient

3: Galton was interested in individual differences

4. Galton developed the ideas behind fingerprinting and eugenics

Which of the above statements is correct?

(a) 1, 2 and 3

(b) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(c) 2, 3 and 4

(d) 1, 3 and 4

Ans. (b)

17. Binet, the French psychologist:

(a) Assumed that a dull child was like a normal child but retarded in mental growth

(b) Reasoned that the dull child would perform on tests like a normal child of younger age and decided to scale intelligence as the kind

      of change that ordinarily comes with growing older

(c) Devised a scale of units of mental age

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

18. To obtain the ______, we find the deviation of each score from the mean and then square it. These squared 1eviations are then added and averaged.

(a) Deviation

(b) Standard variance

(c) Standard score

(d) None of these

Ans. (b)

19. The intelligence tests is designed to be

(a) An aptitude test

(b) An achievement test

(c) A personality test

(d) A projective test

Ans. (a)

20. Performance on IQ tests has risen substantially around the world at all age levels in recent decades on account of the environmental variables. This phenomenon is known as the

(a) Flym effect

(b) Primary effect

(c) Rare effect

(d) Firm effect

Ans. (a)

21. The most commonly used correlation coefficient is called _____________

(a) Person Coefficient

(b) Rank Correlation coefficient

(c) Correlation

(d) None of these

Ans. (a)

22. The index of intelligence quotient, commonly known as IQ, was suggested by

(a) Terman

(b) William stern

(c) Binet

(d) Galton

Ans. (b)

23. Ability tests include

(a) Ability tests

(b) Achievement tests

(c) Projective tests

(d) Both (a) and (b)

Ans. (d)

24. Major components of Emotional Intelligence are

(a) Knowing our own emotions

(b) Managing our emotions

(c) Recognizing the emotions of others

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

25. Which one of the following is not properly matched?

 (a) WAIS Scale                                  Individual test of intelligence

       Scale

(b) Stanford-Binet                              Group test of intelligence

(c) Army Alpha                                   For persons who could read English

(d) Army Beta                                     For persons who could not read English

Ans. (b)