PRE-BOARD EXAM (2024) PSYCHOLOGY CLASS-XI Time

allowed: 3 hrs MM: 70

General Instructions:
All questions are compulsory except where internal choice has been given.
1. Question No. 1-15 in Section A carry 1 mark each. You are expected to answer them as directed.
2. Question No. 16-21 in Section B are very short answer type-I questions carrying 2 marks each.
Answer to each question should not exceed 30 words.
3. Question No. 22-24 in Section C are very short answer type-II questions carrying 3 marks each.
Answer to each question should not exceed 60 words.
4. Question No. 25-28 in Section D are long answer type questions carrying 4 marks each. Answer to
each question should not exceed 120 words.
5. Question No. 29-30 in Section E are long answer type questions carrying 6 marks each. Answer to
each question should not exceed 200 words.
6. Question No. 31-34 in Section F are based on two cases given. Answer to each one mark question
should not exceed 20 words. Answer to each two mark question should not exceed 30 words.

SECTION A

1. Hereditary is determined by
a. Cells b. Nature c. Genes d. Neurons

2. A tentative statement of the relationship between variables as answer to the research

questions is known as ________.
a. Theory b. Theology c. Hypothesis d. Research

3. The perception of movement in a stationary spot is not called.

a. Hallucination b. Phi phenomenon
c. Apparent movement d. Stroboscopic movement

4. Making some orienting reflexes i.e. getting accustomed to the event is involved in
following phenomenon
a. Habituation b. Reinforcement c. Extinction d. Transfer effect

5. One of the first steps in conducting scientific research is ________.

a. Drawing a hypothesis b. Conceptualising a problem
c. Collection of data d. Observation
6. Rituraj is hoping, running and jumping in lobby of his house. These skills are
included under

a. Fine motor skills b. Gross motor skills

c. Major motor skills d. Development motor skills

7. The phenomenon of responding similarly to similar stimuli is known as

a. Discrimination b. Generic process
c. Generalisation d. Spontaneous recovery

8. What indicates variety in thinking in the divergent thinking abilities?

a. Fluency b. Originality c. Elaboration d. Flexibility

9. While collecting data, which type of information generally includes personal

information like name, age, gender, residence locality etc?
a. Demographic b. Physical c. Psychological d. Physiological

10. Which of the following factor is not sustained attention?

a. Sensory Modality. b. Clarity of stimuli
c. Temporal Uncertainty d. Special Uncertainty

11. Feeling of excitement, even satisfaction kind of things are found in which stage of
creative thinking?
a. Incubation b. Verification c. Preparation d. Illumination

12. Which of the following data collection methods involves watching a participant and
recording relevant behavior for later analysis?
a. Survey b. Observation c. Correlational d. Experimental True or

False:

13. Sonu develops hypothetical thinking in the age group of 11-15. It is referred as
Formal operational in the Piaget’s Stages of Development. (T/F)
14. The process of viewing the world in three dimensions is called distance or depth
perception. (T/F)
15. Extinction means disappearance of a learned response due to removal of
reimbursement from the situation in which the response used to occur. (T/F)
SECTION B
16. What is extinction?

Or

What is habituation?

17. Explain the concept of convergent thinking?

18. Define the term free recall.

19. Define sensation.

20. What are the three types of variables in experimental studies?

21. Differentiate between genotype and phenotype.

SECTION C

22. What are the factors facilitating learning ?

Or

Define learning disability and it’s symptoms.

23. Explain correlational research.

24. Explain any two monocular cues.

SECTION D

25. What are the obstacles in problem solving?

26. Describe the techniques to control relevant variables.

27. What are the mental operations involved in solving problem.

28. Describe the concept of cognitive learning.

Or

Describe the concept of observational learning.

SECTION E
29. Explain the concept of functional limitations of sense organs.

Or

State the determinants of selective attention. How does selective attention duffer from
sustained attention.

30. Explain the ecological model by Durganand Sinha.

Or

Describe changes associated with childhood stage of development.

SECTION F

Read the case given below and answer the questions that follow:

Parker is a Child psychologist who works on the theory of Jean Piaget. When he observes
children of infancy stage he founds different activities done by these infants. During his
research work he observed that the child during infancy experiences the world through
senses and interactions with objects i.e. through looking, hearing, touching, mouthing and
grasping. The newborn lives in the present. If something is out of sight, it is out of mind of
children at this stage. For example, once Parker hid a toy in front of a child with which the
child was playing.

The young infant did react as if nothing has happened, i.e. she did not search for the toy. The
child assumed the toy did not exist. Gradually by 8 months of age, the child starts pursuing
the object partially covered in her/his presence.

31. What do you understand by object permanence? 1M

32. In which stage of development object permanence occurs and what will be the next
stage of development according to Piaget’s stages of cognitive development. 2M

Read the case given below and answer the questions that follow:

Your teacher asks you to imagine a cat sitting on a tree with its tail slightly raised and
curved. You would most likely try to form a visual image of the whole situation, something
similar to what the girl in the picture is doing. In another scenario, when you read a map, you
remember the different places and subsequently locate them in a physical map in your
examination.
While walking on the road you come across an unfamiliar quadruped of a very small size,
with a face like a dog, wagging its tail and barking at strangers. As a result, you identified it
as a Dog.

33. Which process is used to manipulate and analyse the acquired or existing

information? 1M

34. Explain building blocks of thought? 2M