Enhancing Soft Skills and Personality

MCQ’s

1. In a social gathering, if a person arrives late, then it shows:

 Lack of respect for others’ time

 Poor time management

 Irresponsibility

 All of these

2. An egotistic person is one who:

 Always talks about oneself

 Cares for the universe

 Empathises with others

 Bothers to listen to others

3. Identify the most spiritually attractive trait:

 Knowing that if you help others, you can take their help when needed

 Making deeper connections with others

 Wearing attractive costumes while doing yoga

 Going to a place of worship regularly

4. According to Smt. Indira Gandhi, there are two kinds of people:

 Those who do the work, and those who don’t

 Those who do the work, and those who make others work

 Those who do the work, and those who take the credit

 Those who love work, and those who avoid work

5. People feel secure and safe when they are with:

 Frank people

 Open- minded people

 Closed-minded people

 Frank people and open-minded people

6. Which one of the following reminds us of Mahatma Gandhi’s unique personality?

 Round spectacles

 Lawyer’s black coat

 Walking shoes

 All of these

7. Identify the moral of the story about “the hunchback”:

 “The good you do, remains with you! The evil you do, comes back to you!”

 “The evil you do, comes back to you! The good you do, will be forgotten!”

 “The evil you do, remains with you! The good you do, comes back to you!”

 “The good you do, keeps you happy! The evil you do, makes you happier!”

8. Identify the personality whose signature style was jacket and rose:

 Mahatma Gandhi

 Charlie Chaplin

 Jawaharlal Nehru

 Sardar Patel
9. Which of the following contribute to unpleasant social etiquette?

 Leaving plenty of food on the plate

 Picking nose before others

 Eating noisily

 All of these

10. A likeable person makes others feel:

 Good and positive

 Lonely and dependent

 Gloomy and worried

 Alienated

11. Which of the following is NOT an attractive emotional trait?

 Touching others’ heart

 Remembering people’s names

 Valuing oneself

 Being unapproachable when one is upset

12. Identify the pair of dislikeable qualities:

 Honesty and truthfulness

 Gossiping and nagging

  Humility and helpfulness

 Innocence and empathy

13. Holier-Than-Thou Attitude implies:

 Belonging to a priestly community

 Believing that God helps good people

 Considering oneself always better than others

 Going to a place of worship more frequently than others

14. According to the quote by Carl Jung:

 Introspecting your own bad behaviour helps you understand others’ bad behaviour.

 Introspecting your own bad behaviour makes you behave in a good way.

 Knowing others’ mistakes justifies your own.

 Knowing others’ weaknesses gives you an upper hand.

15. Socrates’ Three Filter Test involves:

 Truth, Goodness, Flattery

 Truth, Goodness, Utility

 Trust, Faithfulness, Docility

 Authenticity, Factuality, Novelty

16. Identify the likeable trait while speaking:

 Shouting and belittling

 Cursing and threatening

 Abusing by using foul words

 Sweetness in tone and word choice

17. Identify the likeable qualities:

 Being balanced and open-minded

 Being close-minded and prejudiced

 Being judgmental and criticising

 Being manipulative and misguiding

18. Identify the source of the following quotation:

“Let noble thoughts come to us from all sides”

 The Rig Veda

 The Bhagavat Gita

 The Bible

 The Quran

19. “Feel-good factors” imply:

 Making others feel good by your thoughtful actions

 Making others feel good by flattering them

 Making yourself happy by buying good items

 Making others do good things for you by bribing them

20. Emerson’s words, “Imitation is suicide,” imply:

 It is better to commit suicide than to imitate others

 It is better to rely on oneself than imitating others

 It is better to follow one’s hero’s views rather than believing in one’s own judgement

 It is better to listen to a trusted friend than to one’s intuition

True or False

21. Remembering people by their names makes you likeable. True

22. According to Eckhart Tolle, desperate attempts to control the past leads to anxiety. True

23. Being a mystery to oneself and others is an attractive mental trait. True

24. Spiritually attractive people encourage others to acquire qualities that money cannot buy such as

respect, friendship, and happiness. True

25. We can force someone to love us. False