CUET Psychology Sample Paper Set A

Question. Diya is a diligent girl, who shows commitment, persistence and patience. All her behaviour is goal directed.Such characteristics focus on facet of integral intelligence.
(a) Social Competence
(b) Cognitive Capacity
(c) Entrepreneurial competence
(d) Emotional competence

Answer : C

Question. _______ refers to an individual's underlying potential for acquiring skills.
(a) Intelligence
(b) Aptitude
(c) Interest
(d) Personality

Answer : B

Question. Name the psychologist who proposed the concept of Intelligence Quotient.
(a)Alfred Binet
(b) Theodore Simon
(c) William Stern
(d) Jack Naglieri

Answer : B

Question. _______ is an exceptional general ability shown in superior performance in a wide variety of areas.
(a) Talent
(b) Giftedness
(c) Intelligence
(d) Creativity

Answer : B

Question. ________ refers to the abilities involved in forming, using, and transforming mental images.
(a) Spatial
(b) Musical
(c) Naturalistic
(d) Intrapersonal

Answer : A

Question. According to the Indian approach,personality is a combination of _______ Gunas.
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. Which of the following is a projective technique for assessing personality?
(a) Sinha’s Comprehensive Anxiety Test
(b) Thematic Apperception Test
(c) High School Personality Questionnaire
(d) Adjustment Inventory for school students

Answer : B

Question. The ideas we hold about our competencies and attributes is also called ______ .
(a) self concept
(b) social self
(c) self-esteem
(d) self-efficacy

Answer : A

Question. The _______ focuses on the specific psychological attributes along which individuals tend to differ in consistent and stable ways.
(a) interactional approach
(b) trait approach
(c) behavioural approach
(d) humanistic approach

Answer : B

Question. The ________ are stable, and are considered as the building blocks of personality.
(a) source traits
(b) surface traits
(c) cardinal traits
(d) central traits

Answer : A

Question. Sixteen Personality Factor (16 PF) Questionnaire was developed by _______ .
(a) Hathaway
(b) McKinley
(c) Cattel
(d) Eysenck

Answer : C

Question. The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) was developed by __________.
(a) Morgan and Murray
(b) Hathaway and McKinley
(c) Hermann Rorschach and Cattel
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. “I can control the weather according to my moods.” This is a statement made by a person suffering from delusion of _________
(a)Persecution
(b)Reference
(c)Grandeur
(d)Control

Answer : C

Question. When the person has to use more and more of a substance to get the same effect, is called _________ .
(a) Substance dependence
(b) Substance abuse
(c) Tolerance
(d) Withdrawal

Answer : A

Question. When people believe that their feelings, thoughts and actions are controlled by others is called Delusion of _________.
(a) Persecution
(b) Reference
(c) Grandeur
(d) Control

Answer : D

Question. Perceptions that occur in the absence of external stimuli are called _______ .
(a) Delusions
(b) Hallucinations
(c) Inappropriate Affect
(d) Formal thought disorders

Answer : B

Question. __________ is the case in which the client idolises, or falls in love with the therapist, and seeks the therapist’s approval.
(a) Transference neurosis
(b) Positive transference
(c) Negative transference
(d) None of the above

Answer : B

Question. The central thesis of this therapy is that irrational beliefs mediate between the antecedent events and their consequences.Name the therapy.
(a) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
(b) Rational Emotive Therapy (RET)
(c) Humanistic-existential Therapy(HET)
(d) None of the above 

Answer : B

Question. The goal of __________ is to increase an individual’s self-awareness and self acceptance.
(a) Gestalt therapy
(b) Client-centred therapy
(c) Logotherapy
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. The rapid breathing techniques to induce hyperventilation is part of __________ yoga.
(a) sudarshana kriya
(b) pranayama
(c) kundalini
(d) ashtanga

Answer : A

Question. Client-centred therapy was given by _________ .
(a) Freiderick
(b) Victor Frankl
(c) Carl Rogers
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. Schemas that function in the form of categories are called __________ .
(a) stereotypes
(b) prototypes
(c) perceivers
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. The information presented first has a stronger effect than the information presented at the end is called ______ .
(a) Primacy effect
(b) Recency effect
(c) Halo effect
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. _______ refers to all those psychological processes that deal with the gathering and processing of information related to social objects.
(a) Social interaction
(b) Social cognition
(c) Social facilitation
(d) None of the above

Answer : B

Question. The _______ of an attitude tells us whether an attitude is positive or negative towards the attitude object.
(a) centrality
(b) valence
(c) extremeness
(d) simplicity

Answer : B

Question. Learning attitudes through modelling is mostly seen when
(a) we see the attitudes through the norms of our group or culture.
(b) we observe others being rewarded or punished for expressing thought.
(c) an individual is praised for showing a particular attitude.
(d) All of the above

Answer : B

Question. The ‘P-O-X’ triangle, which represents the relationships between person, another person and attitude object was proposed by
(a) Fritz Heider
(b) SM Mohsin
(c) Festinger
(d) Bernard Wiener

Answer : A

Question. An _________ is a collection of people who have assembled for a special purpose, may be to watch a cricket match or a movie.
(a) audience
(b) team
(c) mob
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. ________ is a stage of intragroup conflict.
(a) Storming
(b) Norming
(c) Performing
(d) Adjourning

Answer : A

Question. __________ refers to togetherness, binding or mutual attraction among group members.
(a) Cohesiveness
(b) Proximity
(c) Groupthink
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. ___________ means that people feel obliged to return what they get.
(a) Reciprocity
(b) Competition
(c) Reward structure
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. When groups work together to achieve shared goals, we refer to it as ________ .
(a) unity
(b) cooperation
(c) team work
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. ________ means behaving according to the group norm.
(a) Compliance
(b) Deviants
(c) Conformity
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. Identify the Determinants of Conformity.
(a) Nature of the task
(b) The company of like-minded people
(c) Social influence
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. ________ is defined as proficiency, facility or dexterity that is acquired or developed through training and experience.
(a) Skill
(b) Talent
(c) Intelligence
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. _______ Observation is one of the primary ways of learning about the way people behave in a given setting.
(a) Participant
(b) Naturalistic
(c) Ethical
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. _________ communication refers to the communication that takes place between two or more persons who establish a communicative relationship.
(a) Verbal
(b) Intrapersonal
(c) Interpersonal
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. _______ is composed of all those messages that people exchange besides words.
(a) Body language
(b) Sign language
(c) Loud language
(d) Verbal language

Answer : A

Question. The _________ perspective suggests that the physical environment exists for use by human beings for their comfort and well-being.
(a) instrumental
(b) minimalist
(c) spiritual
(d) None of these

Answer : A

Question. Forceful destructive behaviour towards another person or object is termed as _________ .
(a) aggression
(b) violence
(c) frustration
(d) None of the above

Answer : B

Question. An emotional state that arises when a person is prevented from reaching a goal or attaining an object that s/he wants
(a) aggression
(b) frustration
(c) depression
(d) None of these

Answer : B

Question. You were interviewed by your school selection team for the post of head boy/head girl. Identify the interpersonal distance in this situation.
(a) Intimate distance
(b) Public distance
(c) Personal distance
(d) Social distance

Answer : B

Question. You are talking to your very good friend. Identify the interpersonal distance in this situation.
(a) Intimate distance
(b) Public distance
(c) Personal distance
(d) Social distance 

Answer : C

Question. Identify the first step as a treatment towards psychological disorders.
(a) providing material relief
(b) counselling
(c) psychiatric help
(d) rehabilitation.

Answer : A

Question. __________ helps to alleviate stress due to diseases through modification in behaviour.
(a) Counselling
(b) Behaviour Medicine
(c) Psychiatric help
(d) Rehabilitation

Answer : B

Question. The state of physical, emotional and psychological exhaustion is known as
(a) resistance
(b) stress
(c) burnout
(d) coping

Answer : C

Question. While walking in the forest, I suddenly hear a hissing sound. My heartbeat increases, breathing becomes short and rapid, pupils dilate etc.This is due to the activation of
(a) Sympathetic nervous system
(b) Parasympathetic nervous system
(c) Hypothalamus
(d) All of the above

Answer : C

Question. ___________ results from the blocking of needs and motives by something or someone that hinders us from achieving a desired goal.
(a) Conflicts
(b) Frustration
(c) Internal pressures
(d) None of the above

Answer : B

Question. ___________ is a behaviour or skill that helps to communicate, clearly and confidently, our feelings, needs, wants, and thoughts.
(a) Physiological
(b) Cognitive
(c) Assertiveness
(d) None of these

Answer : C

Question. Who defined stress as “the nonspecific response of the body to any demand”?
(a) Hans Selye
(b) Lazarus
(c) Holmes and Rahe
(d) None of the above

Answer : A

Question. The stresses which people experience vary in terms of intensity, duration, complexity and
(a) personality
(b) predictability
(c) temperament
(d) None of these

Answer : B