CUET MCQ'S

Chapter 1: Variations in Psychological Attributes

1. Who proposed the theory of Multiple Intelligences?
a) Robert Sternberg
b) Alfred Binet
c) Howard Gardner
d) Charles Spearman

Answer: c) Howard Gardner

2. What does IQ stand for?
a) Intelligence Quotient
b) Intelligent Questions
c) Intellectual Quality
d) Innate Quotient

 Answer: a) Intelligence Quotient

3. Which of the following is NOT a component of emotional intelligence?
a) Self-awareness
b) Motivation
c) Logical reasoning
d) Social skills

Answer: c) Logical reasoning

Chapter 2: Self and Personality

4. Who proposed the concept of the id, ego, and superego?
a) Carl Rogers
b) Sigmund Freud
c) Abraham Maslow
d) B.F. Skinner

Answer: b) Sigmund Freud

5. The ‘Big Five’ personality traits include all except:
a) Openness
b) Neuroticism
c) Extroversion
d) Intelligence

Answer: d) Intelligence

6. Which approach to personality emphasizes free will and personal growth?
a) Trait approach
b) Psychodynamic approach
c) Humanistic approach
d) Behavioral approach

Answer: c) Humanistic approach

Chapter 3: Meeting Life Challenges

7. Eustress is:
a) Positive stress
b) Negative stress
c) Chronic stress
d) No stress

Answer: a) Positive stress

8. The General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) model was given by:
a) Selye
b) Bandura
c) Freud
d) Pavlov

Answer: a) Selye

9. The ‘fight or flight’ response is triggered by which system?
a) Parasympathetic Nervous System
b) Central Nervous System
c) Sympathetic Nervous System
d) Endocrine System

Answer: c) Sympathetic Nervous System

Chapter 4: Psychological Disorders

10. Which of the following is an anxiety disorder?
a) Schizophrenia
b) Phobia
c) Bipolar disorder
d) Depression

Answer: b) Phobia

11. Delusions and hallucinations are symptoms of:
a) OCD
b) Schizophrenia
c) PTSD
d) Generalized Anxiety Disorder

 Answer: b) Schizophrenia

12. Which disorder is characterized by extreme mood swings?
a) OCD
b) Bipolar Disorder
c) Autism
d) ADHD

Answer: b) Bipolar Disorder

Chapter 5: Therapeutic Approaches

13. Cognitive therapy mainly focuses on:
a) Unconscious conflicts
b) Changing irrational thoughts
c) Social reinforcement
d) Medication

Answer: b) Changing irrational thoughts

14. Systematic desensitization is used to treat:
a) Depression
b) Schizophrenia
c) Phobias
d) ADHD

Answer: c) Phobias

15. Which therapy focuses on unconscious conflicts and childhood experiences?
a) Psychoanalysis
b) Cognitive Therapy
c) Behavior Therapy
d) Humanistic Therapy

Answer: a) Psychoanalysis

Chapter 6: Attitude and Social Cognition

16. The component of attitude that involves emotions is called:
a) Cognitive component
b) Affective component
c) Behavioral component
d) Reflexive component

Answer: b) Affective component

17. Cognitive dissonance occurs when:
a) Attitudes and behaviors are in harmony
b) There is a conflict between attitudes and behavior
c) A person is highly intelligent
d) Emotions are intense

 Answer: b) There is a conflict between attitudes and behavior

Chapter 7: Social Influence and Group Processes

18. The tendency to conform to a group’s expectations is called:
a) Compliance
b) Obedience
c) Conformity
d) Social facilitation

Answer: c) Conformity

19. Who conducted the famous experiment on obedience using electric shocks?
a) Philip Zimbardo
b) Albert Bandura
c) Solomon Asch
d) Stanley Milgram

Answer: d) Stanley Milgram

20. The Bystander Effect occurs when:
a) People take immediate action to help someone
b) People hesitate to help in the presence of others
c) A leader makes all decisions for a group
d) A group influences an individual's decisions

 Answer: b) People hesitate to help in the presence of others

Chapter 8: Psychology and Life

21. Pro-environmental behavior includes:
a) Throwing waste anywhere
b) Conserving water and electricity
c) Avoiding social interactions
d) Buying more plastic products

 Answer: b) Conserving water and electricity

22. The primary cause of air pollution is:
a) Meditation
b) Industrial emissions and vehicle smoke
c) Watching TV
d) Eating junk food

Answer: b) Industrial emissions and vehicle smoke

Chapter 9: Developing Psychological Skills

23. A psychologist needs to have which of the following skills?
a) Empathy
b) Strong muscles
c) Quick reflexes
d) Mechanical skills

Answer: a) Empathy

24. Which field of psychology focuses on workplace behavior and productivity?
a) Clinical Psychology
b) Industrial-Organizational Psychology
c) Developmental Psychology
d) Social Psychology

Answer: b) Industrial-Organizational Psychology

25. Observational learning was studied by:
a) Sigmund Freud
b) B.F. Skinner
c) Albert Bandura
d) Ivan Pavlov

Answer: c) Albert Bandura

SOME MORE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS/ANSWERS

1.In terms of helping solve an important social problem such as discrimination , the branch of psychology which is most suitable is______________.
(a) Educational
(b) Clinical
(c) Social
(d) Industrial

Ans: (c) Social

2.During the British rule in India many individuals and groups adopted several aspects of British lifestyle. This change refers to___________.
(a) Enculturation
(b) Acculturation
(c) Socialisation
(d) None of the above

Ans:(b) Acculturation.

3. ____________ refers to cultural and psychological changes resulting from contact with other cultures.

Ans:(b) Acculturation.

4.When we go to a matinee show, on entering the theatre we find it difficult to see things around. However, after spending about 15-20 minutes there, we are able to see almost everything. What is this phenomenon called?

Ans:visual adaptation.

5.Who conceptualised the Hierarchy of Needs?

Ans:Abraham H. Maslow

6.Lata Mangeshkar is an accomplished singer in the Indian cinema. Name the need which best represents this case in the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

Ans: self-actualisation

7.The introspective report in an experiment is given by____________ .
(a) Experimenter 

(b) Subject
(c) Both the experimenter and subject
(d) None of the above

Ans: (b) Subject

8.Piaget's stage of cognitive development in which an infant explores the world by coordination of sensory experiences with physical actions is called as ____________.
(a) Sensorimotor stage
(b) Preoperational stage
(c) Concrete operational stage
(d) Formal operational stage

Ans: (a) Sensorimotor stage

9.Anil searches specifically for a hammer to fix a nail though there are other tools available around him. He is influenced by__________ .
(a) Motivation
(b) Lack of interest
(c) Functional fixedness
(d) None of the above

Ans: (c) Functional fixedness

10.A small girl catches an inflated balloon which bursts in her hands making a loud noise. She gets very scared. The next time she is made to hold a balloon, the fear response returns. Name the kind of learning involved in this situation.

Ans: S–S learning.

11.In the experiment on forgetting when the subject is asked to recall words from list 1, s/he can recall words from the list 2. Identify the kind of interference.

Ans: proactive (forward moving)

12.The variables on which the effect of independent variable is observed is called___________.

Ans:dependent variable

13.Artist mostly use ___________________to create an impression of depth on a flat surface.

Ans: Monocular cues

14.__________________stands for a relatively permanent change in a behavioural tendency which occurs as a result of reinforced practice.

Ans: Learning

15._________________________help flattens the lens to focus the distant objects.

Ans: ciliary muscles

16. _________________is the base of all cognitive activities.

Ans: Thinking

17. Simultaneous existence of multiple wishes and needs characterise _______________.

Ans: conflict

18.Name the six universal emotions proposed by Darwin.

Ans:joy, fear, anger, disgust, sadness, and surprise.

19.__________ is a condition that an individual develops in case of failure to adopt an appropriate ego defense.

Ans: Anxiety.

20.Psychoneuroimmunology focuses on the links between the mind, the brain and the _________.

Ans: Immune System

21.___________ are responses or reactions we make or activities we engage in.

Ans: Behaviours

22.What is Cognition ?

Ans: Cognition is the process of knowing. It involves thinking,problem solving and a host of other mental processes by which our knowledge of the world develops, making us able to deal with the environment in specific ways.

23.____________ is a field of research where psychologists and neuroscientists work together.

Ans: Neuropsychology

24.__________ Psychology explores how people are affected by their social environments, how people think about and influence others.

Ans: Social

25.________________ psychologists work with persons who suffer from motivational and emotional problems.

Ans:Counselling

26.Category that is used to refer to the number of objects and events is known as _________.

Ans: concept

27.__________ is the tentative answer to a problem.

Ans: hypothesis

28.The Cannon-Bard Theory of emotion arousal deals with the __________.
a) Corpus callosum
b) Thalamus and Hypothalamus
c) Adrenal Cortex
d) All the above

Ans: b) Thalamus and Hypothalamus

29. ___________ used the term lateral thinking.

Ans:Edward de Bono

30.The simplest kind of learning is called ____________.

Ans: conditioning

31.________________ refers to all learning that takes place without direct, deliberate teaching.
a) Acculturation
b) Socialization
c) Enculturation
d) Culture

Ans: c) Enculturation

32. The __________ lobe is primarily concerned with the processing of auditory information.
a) Temporal
b) Frontal
c) Parietal
d) Occipital

Ans: a) Temporal

33. The ____________ lobe is mainly concerned with cutaneous sensations and their coordination with visual and auditory sensations.
a) Temporal
b) Frontal
c) Parietal
d) Occipital

Ans: a) Parietal

34. The ___________ lobe is mainly concerned with visual information.
a) Temporal
b) Frontal
c) Parietal
d) Occipital

Ans: a) Occipital

35.The __________ lobe is mainly concerned with cognitive functions, such as attention, thinking, memory, learning, and reasoning.
a) Temporal
b) Frontal
c) Parietal
d) Occipital

Ans: a) Frontal