Psychology Sample Paper for IAS Pre. Exams

Psychology Sample Paper for IAS Pre. Exams
UPSC Civil Services practice paper Psychology

1. Scientists claim___ percent of our bodily disease is said to be stress-related

(a) 65

(b) 75

(c) 55

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

2. The hassles of everyday life centring around work, family, social activities, health and finances are important

(a) Conflicts

(b) Adjustments

(c) Stressors

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

3. The alarm reaction, the stage of resistance and the stage of___ are the three stages of the general adaptation syndrome.

(a) Productivity

(b) Overloading

(c) Exhaustion

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

4. During the stage of____, certain hormonal responses of the body are an important line of defence in resisting the effects of

     stressors.

(a) Alarm reaction

(b) Resistance

(c) Exhaustion

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

5. CRF is mode by certain cells in the brain structure known as the

(a) Pineal gland

(b) Hypothalamus

(c) Pituitary gland

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

6. ACTH stimulates cells in the outer layers of the:

(a) Pineal glands

(b) Pituitary glands

(c) Adrenal glands

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

7 …………… are partial and altered representations of what is in the world around us.

(a) Subjective organization

(b) Images

(c) Symbols

(d) None of these

Ans. (b)

8. The corticotrophin-releasing factor flows from the hypothalamus to the___ gland through a specialized system of blood vessels.

(a) Pituitary

(b) Pineal

(c) Thymus

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

9. The ToT phenomenon indicates

(a) Tip of the tongue phenomenon

(b) Tip of the toe phenomenon

(c) Tip of the tail phenomenon

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

10 ……. used savings or relearning method as a measure of retention.

(a) Hermann Ebbinghaus

(b) B.F. Skinner

(c) Jean Piaget

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

11. Adrenocorticotropic hormone is secreted in the blood stream by certain cells in the:

(a) Pineal gland

(b) Pituitary gland

(c) Parathyroid gland

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

12. The memories of specific things that have .happened to a person is called:

(a) Episodic memory

(b) Semantic memory

(c) Long-term memory

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

13. The observation that in memory experiments using a list of items to be remembered, items at the beginning and end of the

     list are remembered best, is called

(a) Primary effect

(b) Recency effect

(c) Serial-position effect

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

14  Which of the following is a mechanical device for persenting items to be remembered at a constant rate of speed?

(a) Memory scheme

(b) Memory scale

(c) Memory drum

(d) Memory trumpet

Ans. (c)

15. Difficulty in writing language is a memory disorder known as:

(a) Agnosia

(b) Apraxia

(c) Agraphia

(d) Aphasia

Ans. (c)

16. …….. forgetting is caused by the actual decay of the memory trace.

(a) Trace-dependent

(b) Cue-dependent

(c) Loss of information

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

17. The theory of ……… holds that the memories are not recalled because their retrieval would in some way be

       unacceptable to the person,   possibly because of the anxiety they would produce or the guilt they might activate.

(a) Recall

(b) Repression

(c) Recognition

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

18. The recovery of childhood memories under hypnosis is an example pointing to the:

(a) Permanent nature of memory

(b) Retrieval of memory

(c) Recall of memory

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

19. ……..method involves remembering information learnt earlier and reproducing it.

(a) Recall

(b) Relearning

(c) Recognition

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

20. The processes of memory are an encoding process, a storage process and a:

(a) Cognitive process

(b) Imaginative process

(c) Retrieval process

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

21. When material that we have previously learned interferes with the recall of something newly learned, then the interference is

(a) Retroactive inhibition

(b) Proactive inhibition

(c) Semantic memory

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

22. ……… rely on the the linking, or association, of to-be-remembered material with a systematic and organized set of images

      or words that are already firmly established in long-term memory.

(a) Most mnemonic techniques

(b) Short-term memory

(c) Super memories

(d) None of these

Ans. (a)

23. Senile dementia is usually the result, of reduction in blood flow to : —

(a) The heart

(b) The muscles

(c) The brain

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

24. The term used for a faint copy of the visual input which persists in the visual sensory register for a few seconds before

     it gradually decays is

(a) Photographic image

(b) Normative image

(c) Iconic image

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

25. Who has shown that proactive inhibition plays an important role when experienced subjects are used in an experiment?

(a) William James

(b) Underwood

(c) Sigmund Freud

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)