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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The condition of indirect taxes in the country's revenue is approximately _____________ |
| A. | 80 percent |
| B. | 75 percent |
| C. | 70 percent |
| D. | 86 percent |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
The finding that the first and the last items in a series are more likely to be recalled than are intervening items is called_____________________ |
| A. | Free recall |
| B. | Rote memorization |
| C. | Serial position effect |
| D. | Serial recall |
| Answer» D. Serial recall | |
| 3. |
Disorder involving the inability to fall asleep or to maintain sleep at once it is attained is called __________________ |
| A. | Insomnia |
| B. | Narcolepsy |
| C. | Amnesia |
| D. | Apathy |
| Answer» B. Narcolepsy | |
| 4. |
Subsidies mean _____________ |
| A. | payment made by companies to shareholders |
| B. | payment made by business enterprises to factors of production |
| C. | payment by government for purchase of goods and services |
| D. | payment made by the government to business enterprises, without buying any goods and services |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Depreciation means _____________ |
| A. | loss of equipment over time due to wear and tear |
| B. | closure of a plant due to labour trouble |
| C. | closure of a plant due to lock out |
| D. | destruction of a plant in a fire accident |
| Answer» B. closure of a plant due to labour trouble | |
| 6. |
The ability to retrieve and reproduce from memory previously encountered material is __________________ |
| A. | Recognition |
| B. | Recall |
| C. | Explicit memory |
| D. | Relearning |
| Answer» C. Explicit memory | |
| 7. |
Memories of personally experienced events and the contexts in which they occurred is ____________________ |
| A. | Semantic memories |
| B. | Procedural memories |
| C. | Declarative memories |
| D. | Episodic memories |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
_________________ is the second psychosexual stage of development, during which the infant derives pleasure through elimination and acquiring control of elimination. |
| A. | Phallic stage |
| B. | Anal stage |
| C. | Genital stage |
| D. | Oral stage |
| Answer» C. Genital stage | |
| 9. |
_______________ defined intelligence as the global capacity to think rationally, act purposefully, and deal effectively with the environment. |
| A. | David Wechsler |
| B. | Robert Woodworth |
| C. | Stanford Binet |
| D. | Lewis Terman |
| Answer» B. Robert Woodworth | |
| 10. |
Who developedStandard Progressive Matrices? |
| A. | Raven |
| B. | Weschler |
| C. | Binet |
| D. | Simon |
| Answer» B. Weschler | |
| 11. |
_____________ are the beliefs that people have about their ability to meet the demands of a specific situation, feelings of self-confidence or self-doubt. |
| A. | Self-concept |
| B. | Self-esteem |
| C. | Self-regulation |
| D. | Self-efficacy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
What is the cause of stress? |
| A. | Temperament |
| B. | Activity |
| C. | Family |
| D. | Frustration |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
The use of mental images and concepts, problem solving and decision making,and language capabilities are cognitive abilities that are aspects of what is commonly called _______________. |
| A. | Intelligence |
| B. | Creativity |
| C. | Personality |
| D. | Mental strength |
| Answer» B. Creativity | |
| 14. |
_______________ is the tendency to perceive a stationary point of light in a dark room as moving. |
| A. | Phi-phenomenon |
| B. | Illusion |
| C. | Stroboscopic motion |
| D. | Autokinetic effect |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
Who introducedNeed hierarchy theory? |
| A. | Maslow |
| B. | Jones and Davis |
| C. | Alder |
| D. | Mc Clelland |
| Answer» B. Jones and Davis | |
| 16. |
The ability to reproduce unusually sharp and detailed imagery of something that has been previously seen is called _________________ |
| A. | Mnemonics |
| B. | Repression |
| C. | Flashbulb memory |
| D. | Eidetic memory |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
______________ is defined as an individual's unique and relatively consistent patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. |
| A. | Creativity |
| B. | Personality |
| C. | Intelligence |
| D. | Aptitude |
| Answer» C. Intelligence | |
| 18. |
______________ motivation is the drive to excel, succeed or out-perform others at some task. |
| A. | Self-efficacy |
| B. | Competence |
| C. | Self-confidence |
| D. | Achievement |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
The psychological energy that each person possesses evolves to form the three basic _____________ of personality. |
| A. | Structures |
| B. | Forms |
| C. | Contents |
| D. | Methods |
| Answer» B. Forms | |
| 20. |
________________ theories propose that behaviour is motivated by the desire to reduce internal tension caused by unmet biological needs, such as hunger or thirst. |
| A. | Instinct |
| B. | Drive |
| C. | Trait |
| D. | Incentive |
| Answer» C. Trait | |
| 21. |
_______________ is a fundamental emotion that Horney described as the feelinga child has of being isolated and helpless in a potentially hostile world |
| A. | Anima |
| B. | Inferiority complex |
| C. | Womb envy |
| D. | Basic anxiety |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
Any disorder in which the comprehension or the expression of language is impaired is ___________________ |
| A. | Aphagia |
| B. | Astropine |
| C. | Apraxia |
| D. | Aphasia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
_____________ is an important archetype that, according to Jung, represents the feminine side in every man. |
| A. | Anima |
| B. | Inferiority complex |
| C. | Womb envy |
| D. | Animus |
| Answer» B. Inferiority complex | |
| 24. |
The principle of ________________ states that the body monitors and maintains relatively constant levels of internal states, such as temperature, fluid levels and energy supplies. |
| A. | Homeostatic |
| B. | Hedonism |
| C. | Equilibrium |
| D. | Self-actualization |
| Answer» B. Hedonism | |
| 25. |
Tim buys a lottery ticket every Friday with the expectation that he is going to win some money. His behaviour illustrates _________________ |
| A. | Incentive motivation |
| B. | Self-actualization |
| C. | Instinct |
| D. | Drive |
| Answer» B. Self-actualization | |
| 26. |
Based on the work of Charles Darwin and his scientifically based theory of evolution, psychologists devised lengthy lists of ___________________ to account for every conceivable human behaviour. |
| A. | Incentive |
| B. | Instincts |
| C. | Traits |
| D. | Drive |
| Answer» C. Traits | |
| 27. |
Consideration of what is practical and possible in gratifying instinctive needs characteristic of the ego is called __________________ |
| A. | Pleasure principle |
| B. | Psychic structure |
| C. | Defense mechanism |
| D. | Reality principle |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
During World War 1 _________ test was developed which was administered orally to those who could not read, later adapted for civilian use. |
| A. | Army alpha |
| B. | Intelligence |
| C. | Aptitude |
| D. | Army beta |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
_____________ is weighing 20 percent or more above one's optimal body weight. |
| A. | Satiation |
| B. | Bulimia nervosa |
| C. | Anorexia nervosa |
| D. | Obese |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
_________________________ is condition in which there is no inclination to eat, even under conditions of severe food deprivation. |
| A. | Aphasia |
| B. | Astropine |
| C. | Apraxia |
| D. | Aphagia |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
Freud's belief that the primary motivation behind behaviour is _________________ urges. |
| A. | Pleasure |
| B. | Sexual |
| C. | Unconscious |
| D. | Preconscious |
| Answer» C. Unconscious | |
| 32. |
Forgetting that occurs when previously stored material interferes with the ability to remember similar, more recently learned material is _____________ |
| A. | Replacement |
| B. | Proactive interference |
| C. | Retroactive interference |
| D. | Amnesia |
| Answer» C. Retroactive interference | |
| 33. |
The most critical conflict that the child must successfully resolve for healthy personality and sexual development occurs during the _______________ stage. |
| A. | Phallic |
| B. | Anal |
| C. | Oral |
| D. | Latency |
| Answer» B. Anal | |
| 34. |
______________ is a term used to describe a level of awareness that contains information that is not currently in conscious awareness but is easily accessible. |
| A. | Preconscious |
| B. | Conscious |
| C. | Unconscious |
| D. | Catharsis |
| Answer» B. Conscious | |
| 35. |
_____________ is the first psychosexual stage of development, during which the infant derives pleasure through the activities of sucking, chewing and biting. |
| A. | Phallic stage |
| B. | Anal stage |
| C. | Genital stage |
| D. | Oral stage |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
________________ hormone seems to play a role in signalling satiation, or fullness. |
| A. | Cholecystokinin |
| B. | Testosterone |
| C. | Estrogen |
| D. | Progesterone |
| Answer» B. Testosterone | |
| 37. |
____________ is a form of intelligence that involves the ability to deal with novel situations by drawing on existing skills and knowledge. |
| A. | Contextual |
| B. | Componential |
| C. | Experiential |
| D. | Practical |
| Answer» D. Practical | |
| 38. |
What is the ability to identify previously encountered material ? |
| A. | Recall |
| B. | Relearning |
| C. | Explicit memory |
| D. | Recognition |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
______________ in Adler's theory is the desire to improve oneself, master challenges, and move toward self-perfection and self-realisation, considered to be the most fundamental human motive. |
| A. | Basic anxiety |
| B. | Archetypes |
| C. | Inferiority complex |
| D. | Striving for superiority |
| Answer» E. | |
| 40. |
Memories of general knowledge, including facts, rules, concepts, and propositions are referred as _______________________ |
| A. | Semantic memories |
| B. | Declarative memories |
| C. | Procedural memories |
| D. | Episodic memories |
| Answer» B. Declarative memories | |
| 41. |
The feeling that we can almost, but not quite, remember some information we wish to retrieve from memory is _________________ |
| A. | Short-term memory |
| B. | Tip-of-the-tongue phenomena |
| C. | Long-term memory |
| D. | Partial amnesia |
| Answer» C. Long-term memory | |
| 42. |
A theory of omissions suggesting that emotion provoking events simultaneously produce subjective reactions and physiological arousal is________________ |
| A. | Cannon-Bard theory |
| B. | Cognitive arousal theory |
| C. | James Lange theory |
| D. | Activation theory |
| Answer» B. Cognitive arousal theory | |
| 43. |
What is the variable which the experimenter manipulates called? |
| A. | Dependent variable |
| B. | Intervening variable |
| C. | Independent variable |
| D. | Continuous variable |
| Answer» D. Continuous variable | |
| 44. |
_______________ refers to the awareness of environmental demands and the capacity to accommodate them by postponing gratification until the appropriate time or circumstances exist. |
| A. | Displacement |
| B. | Pleasure principle |
| C. | Reality principle |
| D. | Free association |
| Answer» D. Free association | |
| 45. |
____________ theories proposed that behaviour is motivated by the 'pull' of external goals such as rewards. |
| A. | Instinct |
| B. | Drive |
| C. | Trait |
| D. | Incentive |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Who is the father of intelligence testing? |
| A. | Spearman |
| B. | Sternberg |
| C. | Alfred Binet |
| D. | Cattell |
| Answer» D. Cattell | |
| 47. |
Lewis Terman's approach to measuring and defining intelligence as a single, overall IQ score was in the tradition of British psychologist ________________. |
| A. | David Wechsler |
| B. | Robert Woodworth |
| C. | Charles Spearman |
| D. | Lazarus |
| Answer» D. Lazarus | |
| 48. |
_______________ is a distinct psychological state that involves subjective experience, physical arousal, and a behavioural expression or response. |
| A. | Motivation |
| B. | Competence |
| C. | Emotion |
| D. | Internalization |
| Answer» D. Internalization | |
| 49. |
Who gave the concept of Archetypes ? |
| A. | Adler |
| B. | Jung |
| C. | Freud |
| D. | Horney |
| Answer» C. Freud | |
| 50. |
Freud's views on female sexuality, particularly the concept of _______________are among his most severely criticized ideas. |
| A. | Penis envy |
| B. | Oedipus complex |
| C. | Electra complex |
| D. | Fixation |
| Answer» B. Oedipus complex | |