Ambedkar University Delhi

MA Psychology (Psychosocial Clinical Studies) Entrance Test

Instructions and Sample Test Items

Date: July 2 , 2016 Duration: 10.30 A.M. to 1.30 P.M. {three hours paper}

Written test total marks: 75 marks (35+30+10)

Instructions
All three sections A, B, and C are compulsory. There is no negative marking.

1. Section A carries 35 marks. We have 35 questions one mark each. We have four
options and one correct response to be filled in the OMR sheets.

Fill up the details required in part 1 of OMR Sheet. Use a ball point pen to write your
name and roll number in the boxes on the top left of answer sheet and your signature in
Part 2 of the OMR sheet.

Use only HB pencil to fill up all other details in part 1 and to mark your answers on the
OMR sheet.

2. Section B carries 30 marks. Section B has 10 questions. Each question carries 3 marks.

3. Section C has a passage and the answer has to be attempted based on the reading
of the passage it carries 10 Marks. The reading would be uploaded two weeks
before the exam on our website.

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Those students who qualify the written test based on merit would be called for the interview
which is for 25 marks. The interviews would be held for psychology between 11th July 2016 and
13th July 2016. Hence there are two stages for qualification written entrance test and
interview.
 SAMPLE TEST ITEMS

Section A

1. Learned Helplessness is a concept developed by:

a) Beck b) Ellis c) Seligman d) Rogers

2. In his book ‘Development as Freedom’ which of the following thinkers was responsible for

adding the ethical dimension to the largely technical understanding of economic development:

a) Amartya Sen b) Rabindranath Tagore c) Mahatma Gandhi d) John Maynard Keynes

3.The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) was developed by:

a) Bellak b) Murray c) Freud d) Fromm

4.‘On Becoming A Person’ is written by:

a) Roger Waters b) Carl Rogers c) Abraham Maslow d) John Dewey

5.The Indian Psychoanalytic Society was founded by G.S. Bose in the year

a) 1945 b) 1922 c) 1973 d) 1918

6. Genealogy refers to the study of

a) genetics b) lineage and history c) gender d) magical creatures

Section B

Each question carries 3 marks. Please mark what you think is the correct answer on the sheet in
the space provided. Indicate your answer by circling the correct response clearly with a ball point
pen. The rationale for the choice you have indicated has to be written in the blank space
provided after each question.

1. A symptom is formed because of

a) inner conflicts
b) social pressures
c) bodily imbalances
d) upari hawa (spirit possession)
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2. Sometimes the cut is so deep no “woe-is-my-tale” is enough.

a) Silence is the best way to deal with it.

b) Because the cut is deep, it remains fresh and unspeakable.
c) In the absence of a tale, my pain is unknown to me.
d) But I read.

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3. Relationships
a) Are romantic
b) Are violent
c) require self transformation
d) become stronger when they endure crises

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Section C

One reading will be uploaded on the website two weeks before the written test. Based on the
reading, few questions will be asked.