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ENTRANCE TEST-2021
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION & BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES

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PSYCHOLOGY
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1. The statement “ Psychology is the positive science 7. In context of linkage of motivation with brain
of behaviour” is attributed to structures, choose the correct sequence
(A) Skinner (A) Cortico-basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical loop
(B) Watson (B) Cortico-thalamo-basal ganglia-cortical loop
(C) Wundt (C) Cortico-thalamo loop
(D) None of these
(D) Cortico-thalamo-cortical loop
2. Mathematical Psychology borrows its methods
8. Which method is used to identify the areas of brain
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related to intelligence ?
(A) Mathematics
(A) Electrical Stimulation
(B) Operations Research
(B) Voxel -based morphometry
(C) Information Technology
(D) All of these (C) Cryogenic Blockade
3. Stressing the use of a product in relation to the (D) None of these
cognitive capacity & ability of users , is a domain 9. Which of the following is not a personality trait ?
of (A) Extraversion
(A) Cognitive Psychology (B) Agreeableness
(B) Cognitive Ergonomics
(C) Neuroticism
(C) Cognitive Biometrics
(D) Optimism
(D) Quantum Cognition
10. Which of the following holds true about
4. Which of the following experiments was carried
superego ?
out by Jane Elliot (1968) in order to demonstrate
the effects of racism & prejudice? (A) It regulates ideals
(A) A Class Divided (B) It regulates morals
(B) False Consensus Experiment (C) Its demands oppose the id
(C) A Class Compared (D) All of these
(D) Invisible Gorilla Experiment 11. Social behaviour encompasses
5. MLP stands for (A) Pro-social behaviour
(A) Multilayer Perceptron (B) Anti-social behaviour
(B) Microlayer Perceptron (C) Emotional behaviour
(C) Multilayer Perception
(D) Movement Related Perception
12. The person perception is associated with
6. Which of the following is a formula for the
(A) Categorization of the Behaviour of People
learning curve ?
(A) Y = a+bx (B) Inference formation about qualities of
(B) Y = aXb people
(C) Y = a+bx+c (C) Both (A) & (B)
(D) Y = aX + t (D) Cognitive processes only

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19. The informal communication network in an
(A) Heider organization is called
(B) Jones (A) Grapevine
(C) Davis (B) Rumour
(D) Watson (C) Centralized communication
14. The statement “interview board” may give less (D) Wheel communication

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15. Interpersonal Processes 21. Activity anorexia is to ____ as Anorexia nervosa
(A) Involve social reinforcement is to ____
(B) Don’t involve social reinforcement (A) Rats, Humans
(C) Are not a domain of social psychology (B) Cats, Humans
(D) Are devoid of theoretical explanations (C) Ants, Humans
(D) Dogs, Humans
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(A) SHANK3 gene (A) Based on research
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(D) All of these (D) All of these
17. Which of the following is not the stage of group 23. Which of the following holds true about
formation ? psychological disorders ?
(A) Forming (A) Biological approach explains these aptly
(B) Norming (B) Familial approach explains these aptly

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(B) Approach-avoidance conflict (B) Wilhelm Wundt
(C) Avoidance-avoidance conflict (C) Anna O
(D) None of these (D) All of these

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25. Which of the following holds true about social 31. Which of the following holds true about
phobia ? Rorschach Test ?
(A) Marked fear of one or more situations (A) It is a projective test
(B) Fear is not due to a medical condition (B) It is based on Exner scoring system
(C) Both (A) & (B)
(C) Social Situations always provoke anxiety
(D) The book “Psychodiagonostik” nullified its
importance
26. OCD patients perform better on : 32. Electroconvulsive therapy is:
(A) Sensory memory tasks (A) A psychiatric treatment
(B) Procedural memory tasks (B) Effective in case of schizophrenia
(C) STM tasks (C) Also known as electric shock therapy
(D) None of these (D) All of these
33. Which of the following is a positive symptom of
27. Bipolar I is to Bipolar II as
schizophrenia ?
(A) Mania is to Hypomania
(A) Alogia
(B) Neurotic symptoms are to Psychotic (B) Disorganized behaviour
Symptoms (C) Flat Effect
(C) Hypomania is to Mania (D) Loss of social interest
(D) All of these 34. In case of psychological science the most widely
28. Dopamine Hypothesis is most central to used scale is
(A) Depression (A) Nominal
(B) Ratio
(B) Schizophrenia
(C) Interval
(C) Anxiety
(D) Ordinal
(D) None of these 35. The NPC is based on
29. Psychological testing is what makes psychology (A) 100 cases
(A) Pseudoscience (B) 10000 cases
(B) Positive Science (C) 1000 cases
(C) Pure Science (D) Infinite number of cases
(D) Subjective 36. Choose the odd one
(A) Parametric tests demand fulfillment of
30. The psychological test LNNB comprises of
assumptions
(A) 14 scales
(B) Parametric Tests demand adoption of
(B) 28 scales random sampling
(C) 7 scales (C) Parametric tests are distribution free
(D) 3 scales (D) Parametric tests include t-test, ANOVA

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37. The limits for grouping respondents are calculated 42. Babinski disappears in:
on basis of (A) 3 to 6 months
(A) Mean + SD (B) 8-12 months
(B) Mean ± SD (C) 12-14 months
(C) Mean - SD (D) 15-18 months
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(D) Macrosystem
(B) Spearman’s correlation
44. Child saying “The road hurt me” exemplifies
(C) Both (A) & (B)
(A) Animism
(D) Point biserial correlation
(B) Ethnocentricism
39. Case study is best suited in (C) Centration
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(A) It is an approach to examine reliability
46. In context of health belief model, which of the
(B) It was given by Campbell & Fiske
following can determine COVID-19 preventive
(C) It is an approach to measure construct behaviour among people ?
validity
(A) Self Efficacy
(D) None of these (B) Perceived Benefits
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(C) Having sympathy towards beggars (C) Alertness, Reaction & Exhaustion
(D) All of these (D) Initation, Reaction & Frustration

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48. As per World Happiness Report, 2021, the rank 54. Successful people usually work on
of India is ______ out of 149 countries. (A) Very Challenging Tasks
(A) 39 (B) Less Challenging Tasks
(C) Moderately Challenging tasks
(B) 139
(C) 91 55. As per Maslow, Peak & Plateau experiences are
(D) 13 (A) Same
49. Hope, Efficacy, Resilience & Optimism together (B) Different
form (C) Hypothetical
(A) Psychological Capital (D) All of these
(B) Human Capital 56. As per Herzberg’s two factor theory, the hygiene
factors
(C) Social Capital (A) Increase employee job satisfaction
(D) All of these (B) Sometimes increase, sometimes decrease
50. A person who is anxious about selection of career, employee job satisfaction
more appropriately needs (C) Decrease employee job satisfaction
(D) None of these
(A) Advise
57. Which of the following is the most important
(B) Suggestions component of an organization ?
(C) Counseling (A) People
(D) Clinical Intervention (B) Technology
51. Which of the following principles, a counselor (C) Structure
needs to adhere to ? (D) Environment
58. “When Workers know people are concerned
(A) Beneficence about them, their productivity increases”,
(B) Justice & fidelity demonstrates
(C) Non-maleficence (A) Glass ceiling effect
(B) Hawthorne effect
(C) Framing Effect
52. Non directive counselling is also known as
(D) Anchoring effect
(A) Permissive Counselling 59. An organization can usually have a:
(B) Non-permissive counselling (A) Tall structure
(C) Pro- client Counselling (B) Flat Structure
(D) Self-Explanatory counselling (C) Both (A) & (B)
(D) Non-hierarchical structure
53. Which of the following does not fall under the
60. Which of the following types of leadership
skills of counsellor ? involves giving of both rewards & punishments
(A) Reflection (A) Transformational Leadership
(B) Active Listening (B) Charismatic Leadership
(C) Manipulation (C) Transactional Leadership
(D) Accepting the feelings of client (D) All of these

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