1.

Statistical procedures used in (b) Geometry (c) Score

describing the properties of samples or
of populations where complete
population data are available, are
referred to as:
(a) Inferential Statistics
(b) Descriptive Statistics
(c) Geography
(d) Inferential Statistics
6. The term which refers to a property
whereby the members of a group or
set differ one from another is called:
(d) Scale
11. The branch which deals with
collection, analysis and interpretation
of data obtained by conducting a
survey or an experimental study is
known as:

(c) Parameter (a) Data (a) Psychology

(d) Population (b) Variable (b) Statistics

2. Statistical procedures used in the (c) Score (c) Sociology

drawing of inferences about the
properties of populations from sample
data are frequently referred to as:
(a) Inferential Statistics
(b) Population
(c) Descriptive Statistics
(d) Sample
3. A parameter is a property
descriptive of:
(a) Sample
(b) Group
(c) Crowd
(d) Population
4. A property of a sample drawn at
random from a population is known
as:
(a) Estimate
(b) Data
(c) Statistics
(d) Scores
5. A psychologist wants to make a
statement about the mean IQ in the
complete population of students in a
particular university from a
knowledge of the mean completed on
the sample of 100 and to estimate the
error involved in this statement. For
this purpose, he will use procedures
from:
(a) Mathematics
(d) Measurement (d) Mathematics
7. The term which refers to a property 12. Statistical inference is concerned
whereby the members of a group do with derivation of Scientific inference
not differ from one another is called: about generalization of results from:
(a) Constant (a) The study of a few particular cases
(b) Variable (b) The study of population as a whole
(c) Data (c) The study of a random group
(d) Score (d) The study of the entire population
of the world.
8. Sex is a:
13. The branch of mathematical
(a) Variable statistics which deals with
measurement of the extent of certainty
(b) Score of events whose occurence depends on
chance is popularly known as:
(c) Socio Economic Status
(a) Variable
(d) Symbol
(b) Probability
9. The particular values of a variable
are referred to as: (c) Correlation
(a) Score (d) Measures of Central Tendency
(b) Variates or Variate Values 14. A fraction of a population drawn
by using a suitable method so that it
(c) Data can be regarded representative of the
entire population is known as:
(d) Measurement
(a) Variable
(e) None of the above
(b) Estimate
10. When we consider the height of
adult males, height is the variable. But (c) Group
the height of any particular individual
is a: (d) Sample
(a) Variate 15. When the number of individual
members is finite, it is known as:
(b) Data
(a) Sample
(b) Finite population
(c) Infinite population
(d) Group
16. We study the properties of a
population in terms of some:
(b) Quantitative Variable 25. The variable which shows
variation in objects not in terms of
(c) Scans magnitude, but in quality or kind is
popularly known as:
(d) Data
(a) Quantitative variable
(b) Qualitative variable
21. Discrete variable is otherwise
known as: (c) Score

(a) Variable (a) Discontinous variable (d) Continuous variable

(b) Data (b) Continuous variable

(c) Scores (c) Qualitative variable 26. Which variable is unmeasurable

with a scale and as such is
(d) Scales (d) Scores unexpressible in magnitude?

17. The numerical quantities which (a) Qualitative variable

characterise a population arc called:
22. Generally, measurements of a (b) Quantitative variable
(a) Parameters discrete variable are obtained by:
(c) Continuous variable
(b) Statistics (a) Measurement
(d) Discrete variable
(c) Data (b) Scales
27. Sex, nationality, occupation,
(d) Scores (c) Counting religion, marital status are examples
of:
18. All the important characteristics of (d) Estimate
a population can be specified in terms (a) Quantitative variable
of a few:
(b) Qualitative variable
(a) Parameters 23. When the values of variables differ
from one another by definite amounts, (c) Discontinuous variable
(b) Scores it is called:
(d) Continuous variable
(c) Data (a) Discete variables
28. The Scale, where absolute zero
(d) Statistics (b) Continuous variable point is known, is popularly known
as:
19. The Characteristics on which (c) Dependent variables
individuals differ among themselves is (a) Ordinal Scale
called a: (d) Control variables
(b) Ratio Scale
(a) Variable 24. A variable which can theoretically
assume all values within a certain (c) Interval Scale
(b) Score interval and as such are divisible into
smaller and smaller fractional units is (d) Nominal Scale
(c) Data known as:
29. Weight, length, time and speed are
(d) Measurement (a) Discrete Variable some variables which can be measured
on:
(b) Continuous Variable
(a) Ratio Scale
20. Whenever the measurement of a (c) Qualitative variable
variable is possible on a scale in some (b) Interval Scales
appropriate units, it is called a: (d) Score
(c) Nominal Scales
(a) Qualitative Variable
(d) Ordinal Scales 35. When the data are depicted (c) Nominal Scale
pictorially or graphically, we call it:
30. The scales where the absolute zero (d) Ratio Scale
point is unknown are termed as: (a) Graphical Presentation of the Data

(a) Interval scales (b) Mathematical Presentation of Data

40. When the people are classified like
(b) Ratio Scales (c) A picture Blue- elyed, Black-eyed, Brown-eyed
etc., they are in:
(c) Nominal Scales (d) A geometric figure
(a) Ordinal Scale
(d) Ordinal Scales
(b) Interval Scale
31. When the classification is done 36. A set of rectangles whose arcs
with respect to one attribute which is (c) Nominal Scale
dichotomous in nature is known as: were in Proportion to class frequencies
is known as: (d) Ratio Scale
(a) Simple Classification
(a) polygon 41. Ranking order or Merit position
(b) Complex Classification are involved in:
(b) Histogram
(c) Monotonous Classification (a) Interval Scale
(c) Ogive
(d) Real Classification (b) Ordinal Scale
(d) Cumulative Frequency Curve
32. The related facts or observations (c) Interval Scale
which are grouped into classes or
categories are known as: (d) Ratio Scale
37. If a curve has a long tail on right
(a) Variable side, it is called: 42. Rank order co-efficient of
correlation can be easily calculated
(b) Classification (a) A positively skewed curve when the data are in:

(c) Fact (b) A negatively skewed curve (a) Interval Scale

(d) Data (c) An Ogive (b) Ratio Scale

33. The process of summarizing (d) A smoothed curve (c) Nominal Scale
classified data in the form of a table is
known as: (d) Ordinal Scale

(a) Tabulation 38. A curve having a long tail on the 43. Centigrade thermometers and
left is called: scores on intelligence lest come under:
(b) Classification
(a) An ogive (a) Ordinal Scale
(c) Variation
(b) A negatively skewed curve (b) Interval Scale
(d) Assimilation
(c) A frequency polygon (c) Ratio Scale
34. A table which contains data on
two characteristics is called a: (d) A histogram (d) Nominal Scale

(a) Bivariate table 39. When the classification is made 44. In Psychology and Education, we
according to similarity or difference come across measurement data
(b) Simple Table observed with respect to some heavily dependent upon:
characteristics or properties, it is in:
(c) Univariate Table (a) Nominal Scale
(a) Interval Scale
(d) Complex Table (b) Ordinal Scale
(b) Ordinal Scale
(c) Interval Scale
(d) Ratio Scale 51. The Arithmatic Mean of the (c) Median
following Frequency Distribution is:
45. Which scale has a true zero point (d) None of the above
and constitutes the highest type of
scale in terms of measurement? 53. The Median (Mdn) of the
Scores following ungrouped data is: Scores:
(a) Nominal Scale 7, 8, 5, 0, 3, 4, 6

(b) Ordinal Scale (a) 5.00

95-99
(c) Interval Scale (b) 4.00

(d) Ratio Scale 90-94 (c) 6.00

46. The numerical facts such as (d) 7.00

measurement of height, weight and
scores on intelligence are known as: 85-89 54. The Score which occurs most
frequently is called:
(a) Fact
(a) Mode
(b) Data 80-84
(b) Median
(c) Scale
(c) Mean
75-79
(d) Score
(d) None of these
47. Grouped data or Frequency
Distribution may be represented 70-74 55. The Median of the following
graphically through frequency distribution will be:

(a) Histogram
65-69
(b) Polygon  

(c) Cumulative Frequency graph

60-64
Scores
(d) All of the above

48. Which one is the simplest but most

useful measure of central tendency? 55-59
95-99

(a) Median
Total
(b) Arithmetic Mean 90-94

(c) Mode
(a) 87.00
(d) None of these 85-89
(b) 91.00
50. What is the Mean of the following
ungrouped data? Scores: 3, 2; 1, 4, 5: (c) 77.00
80-84
(a) 4 (d) 67.00

(b) 3 52. The point on the score scale which 75-79

50 per cent of the scores fall is called:
(c) 5
(a) Mean
(d) 2 70-74
(b) Mode
 (c) 5.00 (d) Standard Deviation

(d) 2.00 64. Find out the Mode of the

following frequency distribution
59. The mean of a frequency without any mathematical calculation:
distribution is 24.00 and Mdn is 28.00.
65-69
What will be the mode?
Scores
(a) 84.00
60-64
(b) 72.00
105-109
(c) 48.00
55-59
(d) 36.00
100-104
60. The formula for finding out Mode
Total from a frequency distribution is:
95-99
(a) 3Mdn — 2Mn
(a) 77.00
(b) 2Mdn —3Mn
(b) 67.00 90-94
(c) 2Mn—3Mdn
(c) 57.00
(d) 3Mn—2Mdn
85-89
(d) 97.00
61. Below are given mental age of 9
students in a class: 7, 10, 6, 8, 13, 9,
56. The Median (Mdn) of the 10, 11 and 6 locate the median mental
following ungrouped data will be: age 80-84
Scores: 2, 4, 6, 9, 18, 37, 49
(a) 4.00
(a) 9.00
(b) 6.00 75-79
(b) 6.00
(c) 9.00
(c) 37.00
70-74
(d) 10.00
(d) 18.00
62. The mental ages of 8 students are
57. The Median (Mdn) of the given below: 7, 10, 6, 8, 13, 9, 10 and
following ungrouped data will be: 65-69
11 Find out the median mental age
Scores: 0, 5, 9, 13, 14, 16
(a) 6.50
(a) 11.00
Total
(b) 7.50
(b) 10.00
(c) 8.50 (a) 87.00
(c) 13.00
(d) 9.50 (b) 67.00
(d) 16.00
63. The value in a series of (c) 37.00
58. The mode of the following observations which occurs with
ungrouped data is: highest frequency is called: (d) 102.00
2, 6, 9, 2, 5, 10, 3, 2, 1 (a) Mode 65. Which measure of central
tendency has the greatest stability?
(a) 1.00 (b) Median
(a) Mode
(b) 9.00 (c) Mean
(b) Median 71. Which measure of central
tendency is specifically useful for the
(c) Mean 85-89 data the items of which cannot be
measured quantitatively?
(d) All of these
(a) Mode
80-84
66. Which measure of central
tendency can be given an algebraic (b) Mean
treatment and is better suited to further
arithmetical computation? 75-79 (c) Median

(a) Mean (d) All of these

(b) Median 70-74 72. Which Measure of Central

Tendency can be computed by just
(c) Mode having a look at the data?

(d) All of these 65-69 (a) Crude Mode

67. Which measure of central (b) Median

tendency is not appropriate when the
series have extreme items? 60-64 (c) Mean

(a) Median (d) None of these

55-59
(b) Mode 73. Where a quick and approximate
measure of central Tendency is
(c) Crude Mode desired, we, generally, compute:
50-54
(d) Mean (a) Mean

68. When the exact mid-point of the (b) Median

distribution is desired, the best Total
measure of central tendency is: (c) Mode

(a) Mean (d) All of these

(a) 72.00
(b) Median 74. When data are grouped into a
(b) 67.00 frequency distribution, the mid-point
(c) Mode of that interval which contains the
(c) 57.00 largest frequency is called:
(d) None of these
(d) 62.00 (a) Median
69. What is the Mean, Median and
Mode of the following distribution? [N.B: Here Mean = Median Model (b) Mode
Calculate without using paper and
pencil. 70. Which measure of central (c) Mean
tendency can be calculated graphically
if we have suitable graphs like (d) None of these
frequency curve, polygon and Ogive
  etc.: 75. Which one of the following is
approximately equal to the True
(a) Mode Mode?
Scores (b) Mean (a) Crude Mode
(c) Median (b) Median
90-94 (d) All of these (c) Mean

(d) None of these

76. Which one of the following is an (a) Homogeneous (b) 2.00
unstable measure of Central
Tendency? (b) Heterogeneous (c) 6.00

(a) Median (c) Complex (d) 12.00

(b) Mean (d) None of the above 87. Q2 is otherwise known as:

(c) Crude Mode 82. The interval between the highest (a) Mean
and the lowest score is popularly
(d) None of these known as: (b) Mode

77. When the scores are distributed
symmetrically around a central point
and the distribution is not badly
skewed, we generally compute:
(a) Mean
(b) Median
(c) Mode
(a) Range
(b) S.D.
(c) Quartile Deviation (Q)
(d) Mean Deviation (A.D.)
83. If the highest score is 89 and the
lowest score is 19, the range (R) is:
(c) Median
(d) Co-efficient of correlation
88. The distance between Q1 and Q3 in
a distribution is otherwise known as:
(a) Median
(b) Mean

(d) None of these (a) 62 (c) Range

78. Curmulative percentage Frequency (b) 64 (d) Interquartile Range

curve is otherwise known as:
(c) 65 89. The average deviation is otherwise
(a) Histogram known as:
(d) 70
(b) Polygon (a) Mean
84. The one-half of scale distance
(c) Line graph between the 75th and 25th percentiles (b) Median
in a frequency distribution is known
(d) Ogive as: (c) Mean Deviation (M.D)

79. The exact limit of the class (a) Range (d) Standard Deviation (SD)
interval (10-14) is:
(b) Standard Deviation 90. The most stable index of
(a) (9.50-14.50) variability is:
(c) Quartile Deviation
(b) (9-15) (a) Average Deviation
(d) Average Deviation
(c) (10.50-14.50) (b) Standard Deviation
85. Q (Quartile Deviation) is
(d) (10.50-15.50) calculated by the formula: (c) Range

80. The Square root of 2.00 is: (a) Q3-Q2/2 (d) Median

(a) 1.513 (b) Q3-Q1/2 91. The measure of variability which

is customarily employed in
(b) 1.414 (c) Q,-Q2/2 experimental work and in research
studies is:
(c) 2.103 (d) Q3-Q,/2
(a) Standard Deviation
(d) 1.313 86. Q3 of a distribution is 24.00 and
Q1 is 18.00 what will be Q (Quartile (b) Average Deviation
81. When the group is made up of Deviation)?
individuals of nearly the same ability (c) Median
it is called: (a) 3.00
(d) Range
93. The AD for the following series is: 98. The measurement of variability together in a consistent manner, we
Scores 2, 5, 9, 10, 15 and 19 which we use as a unit of the scale of get a/an:
measurement in a normal distribution
(a) 5.85 is: (a) Scientific theory

(b) 4.67 (a) A.D (b) Non-scientific theory

(c) 3.87 (b) Standard Deviation (c) Social theory

(d) 4.87 (c) Range (d) Authentic theory

94. The SD for the following series is: (d) Quartile Deviation
Scores 2, 5, 9, 10, 15 and 19
99. Experiments vary along a
(a) 5.70 continuum from true experiments at
one end to:
(b) 6.90
(a) Correlational or Observational
(c) 4.70 studies at the other end
(e) None of the above
103. Experimental method starts with
some problems which have:
(a) No solution for a brief time span
(b) No adequate solution

(d) 3.90 (b) Situational studies at the other end (c) An immediate solution

95. The S.D of the original scores 2, 3, (c) Clinical studies at the other end (d) No hypothesis
4, 5 and 6 is 2.414. What will be the
S.D, when a constant number i.e. 5 is (d) Artificial studies at the other end (e) None of the above
added to each score?
(e) None of the above 104. When we assign numbers to
(a) 2.441 objects, events or mental phenomena,
100. A variable that is correlated with we obtain a:
(b) 2.414 the independent variable and thus can
be responsible for the effect in (a) Scale
(c) 3.414 question is known as:
(b) Rule
(d) 7.414 (a) Independent Variable
(c) Test
96. When the data are too scattered to (b) Dependent Variable
justify the computation of a more (d) Measure
precise measure of variability, we (c) Controlled Variable
generally use: (e) None of the above
(d) Confounded Variable
(a) S.D 105. Interval Scales have:
(e) None of the above
(b) Range (a) Equal appearing units
101. Which one of the following is
(c) A.D regarded as the very breath of an (b) No equal appearing units
experiment?
(d) Quartile Deviation (c) No statistical value
(a) Independent Variable
97. When it is desired to weight all (d) No mathematical Design
deviations from the mean according to (b) Dependent Variable
their size, we use: (e) None of the above
(c) Controlled Variable
(a) A.D 106. We find a true zero in a/an:
(d) Experimental Control
(b) S.D (a) Interval Scale
(e) None of the above
(c) Quartile Deviation (b) Ordinal Scale

(d) Range (c) Rating Scale

102. When large groups of
interconnected facts are considered (d) Ratio Scale
(e) None of the above
107. Method of rating or Method of
successive catagories is otherwise
called as:
(a) Interval Scale
(b) Method of Introspection
(c) Method of Observation
(d) Method of graded dichotomies
(e) None of the above
108. The first rating scale was
developed by:
(a) Starch (1910)
(b) Diggory (1953)
(c) Ebbinghaus (1885)
(d) Galton (1883)
(e) J. B. Watson (1913)
109. The method of ranking was
formerly known as the method of:
(a) Order of Merit
(b) Order of Steps
(c) Sequential Order
(d) Constant Intervals
(e) None of the above
110. The method of ‘paired
comparison’ was introduced by:
(a) Watson
(b) Galton
(c) Cohn
(d) Weber
(e) Fechner
111. While studying colour
preferences, the method of ‘paired’
comparison’ was introduced by Cohn
in:
(a) 1148 AD
(b) 1481 AD (c) Both Independent and Dependent
Variables
(c) 1984 AD
(d) Controlled Variables
(d) 1894 AD
(e) None of the above
(e) 1418 AD
116. A laboratory experiment is a
112. From the following, who is the research study in which the variance
first scientist to undertake systematic of all the possible influential
and statistical investigations of independent variables not pertinent to
individual differences? the immediate problem of the
investigations is kept at a:
(a) 1. P. Pavlov
(a) Maximum
(b) C. E. Spearman
(b) Constant level
(c) J. B. Watson
(c) Highest Point
(d) Francies Galton
(d) Minimum
(e) William Mc Dougall
(e) None of the above
113. The term “mental tests” was first
employed by: 117. A research study in a realistic
situation in which one or more
(a) Spearman independent variables are manipulated
by the experimenter under as carefully
(b) Binet controlled conditions as the situation
permit is known as:
(c) James
(a) A field experiment
(d) Cattell
(b) A situational experiment
(e) Mc Daugall
(c) A case study
114. According to P. T. Young, a
comprehensive study of a social unit (d) Observational study
be that a person, a group, a social
institution, a district or a community is (e) None of the above
called a:
118. The variables in a field
(a) Case study experiment operate more strongly than
those used in:
(b) Cultural study
(a) Case study
(c) Class study
(b) Introspective method
(d) Group Study
(c) Laboratory Experiment
(e) None of the above
(d) Observational Method
115. Ex-Post Facto Research is a
systematic empirical enquiry in which (e) None of the above
the scientist does not have direct
control of: 119. The field experiments have the
advantage of investigating more
(a) Independent Variables fruitfully the dynamics of
interrelationships of:
(b) Dependent Variables
(a) Small groups of Variables
(b) Large groups of Variables
(c) Both small and large groups of
Variables
(d) Independent Variables
(e) Dependent Variables
120. Which type of research is
approached through the methods of
personal interviews, mailed
questionnaires and personal discus-
sions besides indirect oral
investigation?
(a) Case Study
(b) Field Study
(c) Survey Research
(d) Observation
(e) Experimentation
121. Which type of research is a
product of developmental
programming that has been adopted on
a very large scale in the recent years
more practically particularly after
Second World War when most of the
Third World Countries emerged on the
development scene?
(a) Case Study
(b) Survey Research
(c) Experimentation
(d) Evaluation Research
(e) None of the above
122. A research through launching of
a direct action with the objective of
obtaining workable solutions to the
given problems is known as:
(a) Action Research
(b) Survey Research
(c) Evaluation Research
(d) Experimentation
(e) None of the above
123. A proposition which can be put (b) Experimental Control
to determine its validity is called:
(c) Experimental Variables
(a) Variable
(d) Hypothesis Testing
(b) Error
(e) None of the above
(c) Hypothesis
128. Field Study method is the method
(d) Problem of:
(e) None of the above (a) Laboratory Observation
124. The least noticeable value of a (b) Situational Observation
stimulus is called:
(c) Naturalistic Observation
(a) Stimulus Threshold
(d) Occasional Observation
(b) Response Threshold
(e) None of the above
(c) Hypothesis
129. In studying the public opinion:
(d) Problem
(a) Field Study method is applied
(e) None of the above
(b) Action Research is applied
125. Which method is regarded as the
most preferred method of psychology? (c) Survey Research is applied
(a) Observation (d) Scaling method is applied
(b) Introspection (e) None of the above
(c) Case Study 130. Which scale represents the lowest
level of measurement and imparts the
(d) Experimental Method least information?
(e) Action Research (a) Nominal Scale
126. “I bet this will happen if I do (b) Ordinal Scale
this” design of experimentation
otherwise known as: (c) Interval Scale
(a) Exploratory Experimentation (d) Ratio Scale
(b) Case Study (e) None of the above
(c) Hypothesis Testing 131. Which Scale has an absolute zero
at the point of origin?
(d) Survey Research
(a) Ordinal Scale
(e) None of the above
(b) Interval Scale
127. To ensure that the influence of all
relevant variables is the same for all (c) Nominal Scale
the subjects and does not change
during the experimental period is the (d) Ratio Scale
main objective of:
(e) None of the above
(a) Experimental Error
132. The method of selecting a portion
of the universe with a view to drawing
conclusion about the universe ‘in toto’
is known as:
(a) Scaling
(b) Leveling
(c) Randomizing
(d) Sampling
(e) None of the above
133. How many samples out of 100
samples drawn from a given
population, the researcher wants,
should represent the true population
estimates is known as:
(a) The confidence level
(b) The sampling level
(c) The situational level
(d) The experimental level
(e) None of the above
134. The most common method of
sampling in marketing researches and
election polls is:
(a) Random Sampling
(b) Stratified Random Sampling
(c) Quota Sampling
(d) Proportionate Stratified Sampling
(e) Cluster Sampling
135. Itemized rating scales are
otherwise known as:
(a) Numerical Scales
(b) Rank Order Scales
(c) Graphic rating Scales
(d) Comparative Scales
(e) None of the above
136. The men of medicine of the
ancient as well as the modern tribal
groups are masters in the techniques studying his state of mind
of: simultaneously, he will not be able to
show his anger. The moment he starts
(a) Suggestion and Hypnosis observing his own anger, it may
subside. This problem can be partially
(b) Experimentation solved by observing the experience
after it is over. This is popularly
(c) Introspection known as:
(d) Field Study (a) Retrospection
(e) None of the above (b) Introjection
137. In India, the first psychological (c) Projection
laboratory was started in the year 1916
in Calcutta University and the second (d) Identification
in 1923 in Mysore University. Both
these laboratories are the result of the (e) None of the above
endeavour of:
141. There are some people in the
(a) Prof. K. Kautilya world who can move objects which
are away from them without using any
(b) Prof. B. Sinha form of physical force. In psychology,
this phenomenon is called:
(c) Prof. B. N. Seal
(a) Psychoanalysis
(d) Prof. R. N. Rath
(b) Telepathy
(e) None of the above
(c) Precognition
138. In Observation Method, there is a
tendency to read one’s own thought (d) Psychokinesis
and feeling into other’s mind. This
may be otherwise called: (e) Leviation
(a) Projection 142. The story of the Bible affirms
that St. Peter walked on the surface of
(b) Sublimation water. Among the Indian mystics,
Padmapada, a disciple of Adi Sankar
(c) Identification is reported to have walked across
water, his steps being supported by
(d) Rationalization lotus flowers. In psychology, this form
of mysterious behaviour is popularly
(e) None of the above known as:
139. In the field of sensation, (a) Leviation
psychologists can easily gather
valuable information’s by the help of: (b) Telepathy
(a) Survey Method (c) Psychokinesis
(b) Introspection Method (d) Precognition
(c) Experimentation (e) None of the above.
(d) Clinical Method 143. Some people are able to know
and predict events long before others
(e) None of the above can. This process is popularly known
as:
140. When a person is becoming
angry, if he starts observing and (a) Telepathy
(b) Precognition
(c) Leviation
(d) Psychokinesis
(e) None of the above
144. Some people in this world who
are able to understand the thought
processes of other individuals who are
far away and perhaps even influence
them without any form of contact. In
psychology, this phenomenon is
popularly known as:
(a) Telepathy
(b) Precognition
(c) Leviation
(d) Psychokinesis
(e) None of the above
145. A recent development of
“Applied Social Psychology” which is
concerned with the application of
psychology in solving the problems of
particular communities of people like
village community, the urban
community and the socially backward
community etc. is popularly known as:
(a) Community Psychology
(b) Group Psychology
(c) Educational Psychology
(d) Criminal Psychology
(e) None of the above
146. Non-naturalistic observations on
children may be contrived in a:
(a) Society
(b) Group
(c) Laboratory
(d) School
(e) None of the above
147. Projective test is a:
(a) Non-naturalistic Observation
(b) Naturalistic Observation
(c) Self Observation
(d) Internal Observation
(e) None of the above
148. The qualitative changes occurring
in behavioural characteristics of the
child leading towards maturity is
otherwise known as:
(a) Development
(b) Growth
(c) Maturation
(d) Learning
(e) Intelligence
149. The earlier concepts of “Child
Development” started with the:
(a) Birth of the Child
(b) Death of the Child
(c) Conception
(d) Phallic Stage
(e) Second year of the Child
150. The concept which refers to the
consistency of scores obtained by the
same persons when re-examined with
the same test on different occasions is
known as:
(a) Validity
(b) Reliability
(c) Standard Error
(d) Error Variance
(e) None of the above
151. Experimental Analysis enables us
to discern lawful relationships
between antecedents and consequents
involved in:
(a) Behaviour
(b) Experience
(c) Habit
(d) Attitude
(e) None of the above
152. When large groups of
interconnected facts are considered
together in a consistent manner, we
get a:
(a) Scientific Theory
(b) Critical Problem
(c) Combined Result
(d) Confirmed Fact
(e) None of the above
153. Suppose you have a glass of milk
and with a measuring glass you
continue to add half a c.c. of plain tea
at every step, till your friend reports a
change in judgement in the colour of
the milk. The quantity of tea added,
has just crossed what is just termed as:
(a) Illusion
(b) Absolute Threshold
(c) Colour Blindness
(d) Just Noticeable Difference
(e) None of the above
154. Suppose one Experimenter (E) in
psychology firmly believes that
Brahmin children are inherently
superior to the Harijan children.
Naturally he would never think of
home environment as an explanation.
This is a very obvious example of:
(a) Experimenter’s Bias
(b) Subject’s Bias
(c) Stimulus Error
(d) Response Error
(e) None of the above
155. Which one of the following
approaches tries to analyze human
behaviour in terms of stimulus-
response units acquired through the
process of learning, mainly through
instrumental conditioning?
(a) Cognitive Approach
(b) Dynamic and Psychoanalytic
Approach
(c) Stimulus-Response-Behaviouristic
Approach
(d) Existential Approach
(e) Organismic, Wholistic and Self
Approach
156. The approach which has its roots
in Gestalt Psychology is popularly
known as:
(a) Wholistic Approach
(b) Stimulus-Response-Behaviouristic
Approach
(c) Dynamic and Psychoanalytic
Approach
(d) Cognitive Approach
(e) None of the above
157. Which approach emphasises the
role of instinctual processes and their
modification in the course of
interaction with the society?
(a) Dynamic and Psychoanalytic App-
roach
(b) Cognitive Approach
(c) Wholistic Approach
(d) Stimulus-Response-Behaviouristic
Approach
(e) None of the above
158. Which approach placed emphasis
on human existence—the need to
establish a sense of personal identity
and to build meaningful links with the
world?
(a) Cognitive Approach
(b) Dynamic and Psychoanalytic
Approach
(c) Wholistic Approach
(d) Existential Approach
(e) None of the above
159. Existentialism tries to reach
modern man, offer him help in terms
of clarifying his values, work out a
meaningful and purposive existence.
Psychologists who shaped this
approach were:
(a) Rollo May, R. D. Laing and Erick
Fromm
(b) G. W. Allport, R. B. Catell and H.
J. Eysenk
(c) Erickson and Sullivan
(c) Piaget, Bruner and Witkin
(e) None of the above
160. The system which still survives
very nearly in its rigid forms is:
(a) Cognitive Approach
(b) Dynamic and Psychoanalytic
Approach
(c) Wholistic Approach
(d) Existential Approach
(e) None of the above
161. Which approach tells us that
under normal conditions the Organism
is not a passive recipient of stimuli but
an active, seeking and striving entity
trying to master the environment and
also master itself?
(a) Organismic, Wholistic and Self
Approaches
(b) Dynamic and Psychoanalytic
Approach
(c) Cognitive Approach
(d) Existential Approach
(e) None of the Above
162. Psychologists are sometimes
interested to study consciousness even
though they have no method of
observing it directly except by using:
(a) ‘Inference’ as the only tool
(b) ‘Experimentation’ as the only tool
(c) ‘Observation’ technique
(d) ‘Introspection’ technique
(e) None of the above
163. The term “unconscious
motivation” describes the key idea of:
(a) Structuralism
(b) Functionalism
(c) Psychoanalysis
(d) Behaviourism
(e) None of the above
164. The psychologists who are
especially concerned with increasing
the efficiency of learning in school by
applying their psychological
knowledge about learning and
motivation to the curriculum are
popularly known as :
(a) Experimental Psychologists
(b) Clinical Psychologists
(c) Physiological Psychologists
(d) Educational Psychologists
(e) Social Psychologists
165. In some developed countries like
U.S A. and U.K. many psychologists
are engaged for diagnosing learning
difficulties and trying to remedy them.
These psychologists are popularly
called:
(a) School Psychologists
(b) Social Psychologists
(c) Experimental Psychologists
(d) Industrial Psychologists
(e) Organisational Psychologists
166. Today, private and public
organizations also apply psychology
to problems of management and
employee training, to supervision of
personnel, to improving
communication within the
organization, to counselling em-
ployees and to alleviating industrial
strife. The applied psychologists who
do this work are sometimes called:
(a) Personnel Psychologists
(b) Organizational Psychologists
(c) Experimental Psychologists
(d) Social Psychologists
(e) None of the above
167. A person who uses the particular
psychotherapeutic techniques which
originated with Sigmund Freud and
his followers is called:
(a) A psychoanalyst
(b) A psychiatrist
(c) A child psychologist
(d) A clinical psychologist
(e) None of the above
168. Finding the causes of behaviour
from a number of observations is
called:
(a) Inductive reasoning
(b) Observational technique
(c) Deductive reasoning
(d) Introspection
(e) None of the above
169. The clinical method is ordinarily
used only when people come to
psychologists with:
(a) Social problems
(b) Personal Problems
(c) Organizational problems
(d) Internal problems
(e) None of the above
170. The technique of regulating
various variables in an experiment is
called:
(a) Independent Variable
(b) Dependent variable
(c) Experimental control
(d) Controlled variable
(e) None of the above
171. Psychologists with the Biological
perspective try to relate behaviour to
functions of:
(a) Body
(b) Mind
(c) Soul
(d) Unconscious
(e) Subconscious
172. A little girl Leny pushed Bapula,
her brother, off his tricycle. She
learned to behave this way because the
behaviour paid off in the past, in other
words, she learned to act aggressively
in certain situations because she was
rewarded for such behaviour in the
past. With which perspective, a
psychologist can study this type of
problem?
(a) Biological Perspective
(b) Behavioural Perspective
(c) Cognitive Perspective
(d) Social Perspective
(e) Developmental Perspective
173. The perspective which is
concerned with characteristic changes
that occur in people as they mature is
known as:
(a) Developmental Perspective
(b) Biological Perspective
(c) Humanistic Perspective
(d) Psychoanalytic Perspective
(e) Cognitive Perspective
174. A person’s sense of self is
emphasized by:
(a) Psychoanalytic Perspective
(b) Biological Perspective
(c) Developmental Perspective
(d) Cognitive Perspective
(e) Humanistic Perspective
175. A key psychodynamic idea is that
when unconscious impulses are
unacceptable or when they make us
anxious; to reduce anxiety, we use:
(a) Defense Mechanisms
(b) Super ego
(c) Instincts
(d) Dreams
(e) Frustration
176. The distinction between a clinical
psychologist and a psychiatrist is that:
(a) A clinical psychologist normally
holds a Ph.D. or M.A. degree or Psy.
D. (Doctor in Psychology) and a
psychiatrist holds an MD degree
(b) A clinical psychologist holds a
Ph.D. degree in Psychology and a
psychiatrist holds both Psy. D. degree
and Ph.D. degree
(c) A clinical psychologist holds a
special degree in Psychology and a
psychitrist holds a Ph.D. degree in
Psychology
(d) A clinical psychologist has a
special training in psychotherapy and
a psychitrist holds M.A. degree in
Psychology
(e) A clinical psychologist holds an
M.A. degree in Psychology and a
psychiatrist holds Ph.D. degree in
Psychology
177. The Subject “Psychology” was
formally recognised in Germany in the
year:
(a) 1789 (e) None of the alxrve (c) Functionalists

(b) 1668 182. The father of ‘Experimental (d) Ancient Greek Philosophers
Psychology’ is:
(c) 1879 (e) None of the above
(a) Wilhelm Wundt
(d) 1897 187. Scientific Psychology came into
(b) Sigmund Freud existence during:
(e) 1968
(c) C.G. Jung (a) 19th Century
178. To study Abnormal Psychology
means, to study mainly the nature of: (d) E. B. Titchener (b) 20th Century

(a) Conscious Mind (e) William James (c) 18th Century

(b) Unconscious Mind 183. For the first time, the word (d) 17th Century
‘Psychology’ was used by:
(c) Subconscious Mind (e) 15th Century
(a) Rudolf Goeckle
(d) Normal Mind 188. E. B. Titchener (1867-1927)
(b) Sigmund Freud defined ‘Psychology’ as the science
(e) Abnormal Mind of:
(c) William James
179. Sigmund Freud is regarded as the (a) Soul
father of: (d) E. B. Titchener
(b) Mind
(a) Psychoanalysis (e) C.G. Jung
(c) Experience
(b) Behaviourism 184. The literal meaning of
‘Psychology’ is: (d) Conscious Experience
(c) Functionalism
(a) Science of Behaviour (e) Behaviour
(d) Gestalt Psychology
(b) Science of Soul 189. J. B. Watson defined
(e) Stnicturalism ‘Psychology’ as the science:
(c) Science of Consciousness
180. The unit of Sociology is the (a) Soul
‘Group’, whereas the unit of (d) Science of Mind
Psychology is the: (b) Behaviour
(e) Science of Temperament
(a) Stimulus (c) Mind
185. Rudolf Goekle used the word
(b) Individual ‘Psychology’ for the first time in: (d) Consciousness

(c) Animal (a) 1590 AD (e) Experience

(d) Institution (b) 1950 AD 190. Psychology was defined as the

“Science of Behaviour” by:
(e) None of the above (c) 1095 AD
(a) Functionalists
181. The branch of psychology which (d) 1509 AD
(teals with the study of animal (b) Structuralists
behaviour is known as: (e) 1905 AD
(c) Gestalt Psychologists
(a) Social Psychology 186. Psychology as the ‘Science of
Mind’ was defined by: (d) Behaviourists
(b) Abnormal Psychology
(a) Psychoanalysis (e) None of the above
(c) Differential Psychology
(b) Behaviourists 191. Who defined ‘Psychology’ as the
(d) Comparative Psychology scientific study of activities of the
organism in relation to its (d) Survey Method (a) J. B. Watson
environment?
(e) Clinical Method (b) Wilhelm Wundt
(a) J. B. Watson
196. Anything which evokes a (c) William James
(b) Sigmund Freud response in the Organism is called:
(d) C. G. Jung
(c) C. G. Jung (a) Stimulus
(e) 1. P. Pavlov
(d) William James (b) Thing
201. Who defined psychology as the
(e) Woodworth (c) Situation science of immediate experience with
consciousness being the main subject
192. Any systematically organised (d) Incidence matter?
body of verified knowledge about a
certain class of facts and events is (e) None of the above (a) E. B. Titchener
known as:
197. A systematic study of facts (b) Wilhelm Wundt
(a) Science according to a reliable and correct
method of study is called a: (c) Sigmund Freud
(b) Experiment
(a) Biological Study (d) William James
(c) Hypothesis
(b) Social Technique (e) Only (a) and (b)
(d) Fact
(c) Scientific Study 202. Rejecting the concept of “S-R”
(e) Theory connectionism, “S-O-R” concept was
(d) Methodology developed by:
193. Psychology is:
(e) None of the above (a) Sigmund Freud
(a) A social Science
198. That, which cannot be observed (b) C. G. Jung
(b) A Natural Science by another person, is called:
(c) E D. Titchener
(c) A Biological Science (a) Experience
(d) Woodworth
(d) Both Natural and Social Science (b) Activity
(e) J.B. Watson
(e) None of the above (c) Action
203. Woodworth’s approach to define
194. Behaviouristic School was (d) Exercise Psychology is:
established by:
(e) Event (a) Constant
(a) William James
199. The first psychological laboratory (b) Fluctuating
(b) W. Kohler was established in Leipzig by Wilhelm
Wundt in the year: (c) Dynamic
(c) J.B. Watson
(a) 1789 (d) Complex
(d) K. Koffka
(b) 1879 (e) Simple
(e) I. P. Pavlov
(c) 1899 204. The occurrence of ‘O’ in “S-O-
195. The most effective method of R” concept is responsible in regulating
studying psychology is: (d) 1798 the behaviour of the Organism and
making psychological activity:
(a) Experimental Method (e) 1897
(a) Complex
(b) Observation Method 200. “S-R” concept was first
established by: (b) Fixed
(c) Introspection Method
(c) Dynamic
(d) Puzzled
(e) Complex to certain extent
205. Who defined Psychology as the
Science of Consciousness to be
studied by introspection for the
purpose of answering three basic
questions, ‘What’, “How” and
“Why”?
(a) E. B. Titchener
(b) J. B. Watson
(c) William James
(d) Wilhelm Wundt
(e) C.G. Jung
206. After E. B. Titchener’s definition,
which relationship, to serve the very
purpose of Psychology, was lost?
(a) “S-R”
(b) “S-O-R”
(c) Cause-Effect
(d) “S-P-R”
(e) None of the above
207. The study of the interaction of
heredity and environment is made by:
(a) Physiological Psychologists
(b) Child Psychologists
(c) Comparative Psychologists
(d) Educational Psychologists
(e) Industrial Psychologists
208. In recent years, physiological
psychology is getting attached to the
developing science of:
(a) Psychology
(b) Sociology
(c) Anthropology
(d) Physiology
(e) Neurophysiology
209. Introspective Method is
otherwise known as:
(a) Self Observation Technique
(b) Subjective Observation
(c) Objective Observation
(d) Experimentation
(e) Only (a) and (b)
210. Field Observation is always:
(a) Subjective
(b) Objective
(c) Neutral
(d) Complex
(e) Very Simple
211. The simplest experimental
method is that in which the “E”
manipulates:
(a) One Variable
(b) Two Variables
(c) Three Variables
(d) Four Variables
(e) Five Variables
212. Regulating the “Relevant
Variable” is called:
(a) Hypothesis
(b) Constant Error
(c) Experimental Control
(d) Antihypothesis
(e) None of the above
213. When more than one independent
variable works in an experimental
situation, it is called:
(a) Situational Crisis
(b) Interaction
(c) Multisituational Effect
(d) Variable Crisis
(e) None of the above
214. It does not possible or even
desirable to rule out the differential
effects of all relevant variables by
means of experimental control. In
such instances psychologists employ
controlled conditions by mathematical
methods. This is called:
(a) Statistical Control
(b) Mathematical Control
(c) Psychological Control
(d) Physiological Control
(e) Experimental Control
215. Gestalt School was founded by:
(a) Max Wertheimer (1880-1943)
(b) Wolfgang Kohler (1887-1937)
(c) Kurt Koffka (1886-1941)
(d) Kurt Lewin (1890-1947)
(e) None of the above
216. The Behavioristic School was
established by J. B. Watson in the
year:
(a) 1914
(b) 1915
(c) 1913
(d) 1916
(e) 1910
217. The theory of evolution was
propounded by:
(a) William James (1842-1910)
(b) Kurt Lewin (1890-1947)
(c) Sir Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
(d) John Deway (1859-1952)
(e) None of the above (a) Psychoanalysis (c) Queens

218. The central theme of “Structural (b) Individual Psychology (d) Leipzig
Psychology” was borrowed from:
(c) Analytical Psychology (e) None of the above
(a) Physics and Biology
(d) Child Psychology 227. A German Psychologist, H.
(b) Biology and Chemistry Ebbinghaus, had done pioneering
(e) None of the above experiments on:
(c) Sociology and Neurology
223. The concepts like “Introspection” (a) Perception
(d) Physics and Chemistry and “Conscious Experience” are
associated with: (b) Memory
(e) None of the above
(a) Functionalism (c) Learning
219. The founder and principal
exponent of psychoanalysis is: (b) Behaviourism (d) Thinking

(a) Sigmund Freud (c) Structuralism (e) Emotion

(b) E. B. Titchener
(c) C.G. Jung
(d) Alfred Adler
(e) None of the above
220. Clinical Psychology deals with
the practical aspect of:
(a) Experimental Psychology
(b) Educational Psychology
(c) Child Psychology
(d) Abnormal Psychology
(e) Comparative Psychology
221. Who has constructed the first
intelligence test as a psychologist and
made important contributions to our
understanding of the thought process?
(a) William James
(b) Alfred Binet
(c) William Mc Dougall
(d) J.B. Watson
(e) None of the above
222. In 1913, C. G. Jung has
established his own school which was
popularly known as:
(d) Gestalt Psychology 228. An experiment has been aptly
described as a:
(e) Psychoanalysis
(a) Question put to self
224. Which Law deals with the least
noticeable differences in different (b) Question put to
stimuli?
(c) Question put to psychologists
(a) Gestalt Law
(d) Question put to nature stimuli
(b) Weber-Fechner Law
(e) None of the above
(c) Watson’s Law
229. An experiment is set up to
(d) James Law confirm or refute some:
(e) Binet Law (a) Hypotheses
225. A provisional theory to explain (b) Questions
observed facts is known as:
(c) Enquiry
(a) Construct
(d) Events
(b) Theory
(e) None of the above
(c) Hypothesis
230. Psychology has come into
(d) Event existence as a separate discipline a
little over:
(e) Fact
(a) A hundred years ago
226. Wilhelm Wundt setup the first
psychological laboratory in 1879 at (b) Two hundred years ago
the University of:
(c) Three hundred years ago
(a) L.N.M.U.
(d) Four hundred years ago
(b) Toronto
(e) None of the above
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