Read the questions carefully and mark your answer in the space provided.

1. P and Q are two positive integers such that PQ = 64. Which of the following cannot be the
value of P + Q ?
A) 20 B) 65
C) 16 D) 35
Ans……..............
2. Using only 2, 5, 10,25 and 50 paise coins, what will be the minimum number of coins
required to pay exactly 78 paise, 69 paise and Rs: 1.01 to three different people?
A) 20 B) 19
C) 16 D) 17
Ans……..............

3. In a family of seven people A, B, C, D, E, F and G there is exactly one pair of twins. B is

younger than F but older than E, G and D. C is younger that E but older than A and D. G is
younger than F and E. Which of the following can be the pair of twins ?
A) B, C B) A,E
C) C, G D) F, G
Ans……..............
4. Two positions of a dice are shown below: when 2 is at the bottom, what number will be at
the top?
A) 3 B) 4
C) 1 D) 6
Ans……..............

5. In the Diogenese Club, all members participate in either the Tango or the Rinny. 350
participate in the Tango, 320 participate in the Rinny and 220 participate in both. How many
members does the club have?
A) 410 B) 550
C) 440 D) 450
Ans……..............

6. If 36 men can dig a trench 200 m long, 3 m wide and 2 m deep in 6 days working 10 hours
a day. In how many days, working 8 hours a day, will 10 men dig a trench 100m long, 4m wide
and 3m deep?
A) 20 B) 27
C) 21 D) 45
Ans……..............
7. The cost of
A) Aggressiveness B) Ethnocentrism
C) Gregariousness D) Filial behviour
Ans……..............
8. The individual’s liability to meet accident is called
A) Accident free personality B) Accident prone personality
C) Accident caused by circumstances D) Accident without any cause
Ans……..............
9. X) The salivary glands are ductless glands
Y) Pituitary secretes antdiuretic hormone
A) Both X & Y are true B) Both X & Y are false
C) X is true & Y is false D) X is false & Y is true
Ans……..............
10. A school teacher walks around the room more and speaks more clearly when being observed
by his principal. This is an example of.
A) The placebo effect B) The Hawthorne effect
C) Cohert effects D) The availability heuristic
Ans……..............
11. The statement, ‘she stole from the store because she is a thief, is an example of
which of the following.
A) The fundamental attribution error B) The just world bias
C) Equity theory D) Cognitive Dissonance
Ans……..............
12. The field theory was developed by
A) Leon Festinger B) Fritz Heider
C) Carl Hovland D) Curt Lewin
Ans……..............
13. The “Big 5” theory describes:
A) Intelligence B) Peronslity
C) Attitude D) Aptitude
Ans……..............
14. ‘Injury to the…………………. produces a loss of emotionality
A) Thalamus B) Hypothalamus
C) Cerebrum D) cortex
Ans……..............
15. If 90% of employees in a given job perform that job at or above the company’s expectations,
then 90% represents the:
A) Selection ratio for the job B) Base rate for the job
C) Banding cut-off D) Predictor cut -off
Ans……..............
16. Alcohol is considered to be
A) A depressant, because if frequently leaves drinkers feeling depressed
B) A stimulant, because it makes the drinker less inhibited
C) A depressant, because it depresses inhibitory mechanisms in the brain
D) Both a stimulant and a depressant
Ans……..............
17. Which of the following may occur during REM sleep
A) Movement of the yes B) Increased blood flow to the brain
C) Irregular breathing D) All of the above
Ans……..............
18. If a person’s cerebellum was damaged in an accident, you would expect the person
to have a problem with
A) Breathing and Heart rate B) Seeing and Hearing
C) Talking and Understanding D) Balance and Muscles coordination
Ans……..............
19. What impels a person or animal to action?
A) Need B) Goal
C) Motive D) Drive
Ans……..............
20. Which of the following sampling method yields more efficient results when the population
is heterogeneous?
A) Random Sampling B) Cluster Sampling
C) Stratified Sampling D) Purposive Sampling
Ans……..............
21. For a stress situation to be dealt with by a defense mechanism which must be
A) Conscious
B) Unconscious
C) Unconscious but may be brought by constant fear or anxiety
D) Conscious or unconscious
Ans……..............
22. Memories outside of conscious awareness are called
A) Proactive memories B) Reactive memories
C) Explicit memories D) Implicit memories
Ans……..............
23. The importance of vicarious learning was most clearly demonstrated by
A) Carl Jung B) E. O. Wilson
C) Raymond Cattell D) Albert Bandura
Ans……..............

24. A person who is impatient, compulsive and competitive is likely to be diagnosed as having a
obsessive.
A) Compulsive Personality B) Type A personality
C) Type B personality D) External Locus of Control
Ans……..............
25. Associating a list of items you need to remember with a sequence of specific places is
called.
A) Encoding specificity B) Method of loci
C) Chunking D) Cognitive mapping
Ans……..............
26. A person sees an accident, runs away and feels afraid. This sequence is explicitly predicted
by which of the following theories?
A) James-Lange theory B) Cannon-Bard theory
C) Schacter- Singer theory D) Sheldon’s theory
Ans……..............
27. Programmed learning requires…………………..
A) Active participation in the learning process
B) Passive participation in the learning process
C) No participation in the learning process
D) None of the above.
Ans……..............
28. A person contemplating suicide struggle with
A) Approach-approach conflict B) Approach-avoidance conflict
C) Avoidance – avoidance conflict D) No conflict
Ans……..............
29. The phenomenon of dark adaptation is primarily a function of the regeneration of..
A) Rhodoprin B) Chromatic pigments
C) Retinal disparity D) Cornea
Ans……..............

30. In social Psychology, the auto kinetic effect was used by Sherif in his study of
A) Conformity B) Leadership
C) Person Perception D) Altruism
Ans……..............
31. As we fixate an object of varying distance from the eye, the lens alters in shape.
This is known as.
A) Convergence B) Retinal disparity
C) Shadowing D) Accommodation
Ans……..............
32. Sandhya got the highest scores in her class on her final exam. She attributes her success to
lucky guesses and a lot of easy questions. She is demonstrating
A) An external locus of control B) A need of acceptance
C) A need for achievement D) Field in dependence
Ans……..............
33. Two pins are place so close to each other on a subject’s finger that they are perceived as a
single point. This is because the pins have not reached the
A) Absolute threshold B) Action potential
C) Two pint threshold D) Gate theory of pain
Ans……..............
34. The defense mechanism that occupies a central position in Freudian personality theory is
A) Reaction formation B) Repression
C) Rationalization D) Compensation
Ans……..............
35. Which sensory modality is not integrated with the limbic system?
A) Visual B) Auditory
C) Tactile D) Olfactory
Ans……..............
36. A researcher had given pictures to the subjects to memorize. A week later she shown those
pictures interspersed with several new pictures. The subjects tasks is to indicate pictures they have
seen before. The researcher is most likely studying
A) Recall memory B) Recognition memory
C) Semantic Memory D) Echoic memory
Ans……..............
37. The defense mechanism, of “Emotional Insulation” is characterized by…………..
A) Withdrawal into passivity
B) Gratification of desire through imaging achievements
C) Preventing painful thoughts from entering consciousness
D) Compulsive behaviour
Ans……..............
38. Emotion release is called……………..
A) Catharsis B) Transference
C) An adjunct to psychotherapy D) Somethesis
Ans……..............
39. Social norms can be changed most effectively by employing…………………
A) Propaganda methods B) Lectures
C) Discussions among group members D) Television or Radio
Ans……..............
40. The present stage in the history of I/O psychology is referred to as:
Government Intervention B) Toward Specialization
The information age D) Technological change
Ans……..............
41. In Gordon Allport’s taxonomy of traits, some individuals develop a trait that is
experienced as a “Ruling Passion” and dominates most aspects of an individual’s
behaviour. According to Allport, such a trait is known as
A) Cardinal B) Common
C) Constitutional D) Secondary
Ans……..............
42. Adreno-Cortico-Tropic Hormone (SCTH) is secreted by
A) Thalamus B) Pituitary
C) Hypothalamus D) Pancreas
Ans……..............
43. A child’s parents only allow her to play video games after she has completed
all her home work for that night. The reward system is consistent with
A) Diffusion B) Attrition
C) Sequence effect D) Placebo
Ans……..............
44. 50. Jung’s archetypes include all the following except
A) Persona B) Super ego
C) Animus D) Shadow
Ans……..............
45. Dichotic listening tasks are used to study
A) Selective attention B) Spontaneous Stimulus
C) Conditioned Response D) The availability heuristic

Ans……..............
46. A person with social phobia is likely to have irrational fear of.
A) Closed spaces B) Being alone in public places
C) High places D) Being embarrassed by others
Ans……..............
47. Follicle-Stimulating Hormone is secreted by
A) Ovaries B) Testes
C) Pituitary Gland D) Hypothalamus
Ans……..............
48. Coefficient of correlation ranges from
A) +1 to -1 B) +1 to 0
C) 0 to -1 D) 1 to 2
Ans……..............

49. All of the following are functions fo the autonomic nervous system except
A) Breathing B) Voluntary Movements
C) Sweating D) Sexual Arousal
Ans……..............
50. If a psychologist studied altruistic or helping behaviour in a subway he
would be using the……………….
A) Experimental method(field) B) Experimental method (laboratory)
C) Field and survey method D) None of the above
Ans……..............
51. Gestalt is a ………………..word
A) German B) Spanish
C) English D) Arabic
Ans……..............

52. A tendency to attribute one’s own feeling and tought to an external object is known as
A) Personification B) Displacement
C) Sublimation D) Projection
Ans……..............
53. Inability to sleep
A) Somnambulism B) REM sleep
C) Insomnia D) Sleep apnea
Ans……..............

54. When we say that behaviour develops along the cephalocaudal axis, we mean that
A) Movements of the head region of the body occur first
B) Movements of the trunk of the body occur first
C) Gross or total movements occur first
D) Movements of the limbs occurs first
Ans……..............
55. The present stage in the history of I/O psychology is referred to as:
A) Government Intervention B) Toward Specialization
B) The information age D) Technological change
Ans……..............
56. In Gordon Allport’s taxonomy of traits, some individuals develop a trait that is
experienced as a “Ruling Passion” and dominates most aspects of an individual’s
behaviour. According to Allport, such a trait is known as
A) Cardinal B) Common
C) Constitutional D) Secondary
Ans……..............
57. Adreno-Cortico-Tropic Hormone (SCTH) is secreted by
A) Thalamus B) Pituitary
C) Hypothalamus D) Pancreas
Ans……..............
58. A child’s parents only allow her to play video games after she has completed
all her home work for that night. The reward system is consistent with
A) Diffusion B) Attrition
C) Sequence effect D) Placebo
Ans……..............
59. 5. Jung’s archetypes include all the following except
A) Persona B) Super ego
C) Animus D) Shadow
Ans……..............
60. Dichotic listening tasks are used to study
A) Selective attention B) Spontaneous Stimulus
C) Conditioned Response D) The availability heuristic

Ans……..............
61. A person with social phobia is likely to have irrational fear of.
A) Closed spaces B) Being alone in public places
C) High places D) Being embarrassed by others
Ans……..............
62. Follicle-Stimulating Hormone is secreted by
A) Ovaries B) Testes
C) Pituitary Gland D) Hypothalamus
Ans……..............
63. Coefficient of correlation ranges from
A) +1 to -1 B) +1 to 0
C) 0 to -1 D) 1 to 2
Ans……..............

64. All of the following are functions fo the autonomic nervous system except
A) Breathing B) Voluntary Movements
C) Sweating D) Sexual Arousal
Ans……..............
65. If a psychologist studied altruistic or helping behaviour in a subway he
would be using the……………….
A) Experimental method(field) B) Experimental method (laboratory)
C) Field and survey method D) None of the above
Ans……..............
66. Gestalt is a ………………..word
A) German B) Spanish
C) English D) Arabic
Ans……..............
67. A tendency to attribute one’s own feeling and tought to an external object is known as
A) Personification B) Displacement
C) Sublimation D) Projection
Ans……..............
68. Inability to sleep
A) Somnambulism B) REM sleep
C) Insomnia D) Sleep apnea
Ans……..............
69. When we say that behaviour develops along the cephalocaudal axis, we mean that
A) Movements of the head region of the body occur first
B) Movements of the trunk of the body occur first
C) Gross or total movements occur first
D) Movements of the limbs occurs first
Ans……..............
70. A school teacher walks around the room more and speaks more clearly when being observed
by his principal. This is an example of.
A) The placebo effect B) The Hawthorne effect
C) Cohert effects D) The availability heuristic
Ans……..............
71. The statement, ‘she stole from the store because she is a thief, is an example of
which of the following.
A) The fundamental attribution error B) The just world bias
C) Equity theory D) Cognitive Dissonance
Ans……..............
72. The field theory was developed by
A) Leon Festinger B) Fritz Heider
C) Carl Hovland D) Curt Lewin
Ans……..............
73. The “Big 5” theory describes:
A) Intelligence B) Peronslity
C) Attitude D) Aptitude
Ans……..............
74. ‘Injury to the…………………. produces a loss of emotionality
A) Thalamus B) Hypothalamus
C) Cerebrum D) cortex
Ans……..............
75. If 90% of employees in a given job perform that job at or above the company’s expectations,
then 90% represents the:
A) Selection ratio for the job B) Base rate for the job
C) Banding cut-off D) Predictor cut -off
Ans……..............
76. Alcohol is considered to be
A) A depressant, because if frequently leaves drinkers feeling depressed
B) A stimulant, because it makes the drinker less inhibited
C) A depressant, because it depresses inhibitory mechanisms in the brain
D) Both a stimulant and a depressant
Ans……..............
77. Which of the following may occur during REM sleep
A) Movement of the yes B) Increased blood flow to the brain
C) Irregular breathing D) All of the above
Ans……..............
78. If a person’s cerebellum was damaged in an accident, you would expect the person
to have a problem with
A) Breathing and Heart rate B) Seeing and Hearing
C) Talking and Understanding D) Balance and Muscles coordination
Ans……..............
79. What impels a person or animal to action?
A) Need B) Goal
C) Motive D) Drive
Ans……..............
80. Which of the following sampling method yields more efficient results when the population
is heterogeneous?
A) Random Sampling B) Cluster Sampling
C) Stratified Sampling D) Purposive Sampling
Ans……..............
81. For a stress situation to be dealt with by a defense mechanism which must be
A) Conscious
B) Unconscious
C) Unconscious but may be brought by constant fear or anxiety
D) Conscious or unconscious
Ans……..............
82. Memories outside of conscious awareness are called
A) Proactive memories B) Reactive memories
C) Explicit memories D) Implicit memories
Ans……..............
83. The importance of vicarious learning was most clearly demonstrated by
A) Carl Jung B) E. O. Wilson
C) Raymond Cattell D) Albert Bandura
Ans……..............
84. A person who is impatient, compulsive and competitive is likely to be diagnosed as having a
obsessive.
A) Compulsive Personality B) Type A personality
C) Type B personality D) External Locus of Control
Ans……..............
85. Associating a list of items you need to remember with a sequence of specific places is
called.
A) Encoding specificity B) Method of loci
C) Chunking D) Cognitive mapping
Ans……..............
86. A person sees an accident, runs away and feels afraid. This sequence is explicitly predicted
by which of the following theories?
A) James-Lange theory B) Cannon-Bard theory
C) Schacter- Singer theory D) Sheldon’s theory
Ans……..............
87. Programmed learning requires…………………..
A) Active participation in the learning process
B) Passive participation in the learning process
C) No participation in the learning process
D) None of the above.
Ans……..............
88. A person contemplating suicide struggle with
A) Approach-approach conflict B) Approach-avoidance conflict
C) Avoidance – avoidance conflict D) No conflict
Ans……..............
89. The phenomenon of dark adaptation is primarily a function of the regeneration of..
A) Rhodoprin B) Chromatic pigments
C) Retinal disparity D) Cornea
Ans……..............

90. In social Psychology, the auto kinetic effect was used by Sherif in his study of
A) Conformity B) Leadership
C) Person Perception D) Altruism
Ans……..............
91. As we fixate an object of varying distance from the eye, the lens alters in shape.
This is known as.
A) Convergence B) Retinal disparity
C) Shadowing D) Accommodation
Ans……..............

92. Sandhya got the highest scores in her class on her final exam. She attributes her success to
lucky guesses and a lot of easy questions. She is demonstrating
A) An external locus of control B) A need of acceptance
C) A need for achievement D) Field in dependence
Ans……..............
93. Two pins are place so close to each other on a subject’s finger that they are perceived as a
single point. This is because the pins have not reached the
A) Absolute threshold B) Action potential
C) Two pint threshold D) Gate theory of pain
Ans……..............

94. The defense mechanism that occupies a central position in Freudian personality theory is
A) Reaction formation B) Repression
C) Rationalization D) Compensation
Ans……..............
95. Which sensory modality is not integrated with the limbic system?
A) Visual B) Auditory
C) Tactile D) Olfactory
Ans……..............
96. A researcher had given pictures to the subjects to memorize. A week later she shown those
pictures interspersed with several new pictures. The subjects tasks is to indicate pictures they have
seen before. The researcher is most likely studying
A) Recall memory B) Recognition memory
C) Semantic Memory D) Echoic memory
Ans……..............
97. Which of the following is not a treatment developed from classical conditioning principles?
A) Aversion therapies B) Systematic desensitization
B) Flooding D) Token economies
Ans: ……....

98. Shaping is an extension of __________ principle of learning?

A) Operant conditioning B) Social learning
C) Insightful learning C) Classical conditioning
Answer: …….
99. The theory of bounded rationality was originally developed by:-
A)Steven Pinker B) Noam Chomsky
C) Herbert Simon D) Gerd Gigerenzer
Answer: ……
100. _______________ launches the Positive Psychology Movement.
A) Martin Seligman B) Erik Erikson
C) Elizabeth Loftus D) Abraham Maslow
Answer: …….