Personality Development MCQs with Answers

Multiple Choice Questions 64 Pages

Savitribai Phule Pune University

Bachelor of Business Administration

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Shashank Sahni

DNYANSAGAR ARTS AND COMMERCE COLLEGE, BALEWADI,PUNE – 45
MCQ SUb:Personality Develpment.(301) class: bbasy iii sem

Prof.Maya Jadhav www.dacc.edu.in

Unit-1

1. The idea that you can assess someone’s personality by studying their face is
called:
a. phrenology
b. physiology
c. somatology
d. physiognomy
Answer b
2. The …..can become hurdle in personality.
a. ego
b. Oedipus, Electra
c. oral, phallic
d. phallic, oral
Answer a
3. Traits means….
a. Characteristics
b. treatment
c. transmission
d. None of these

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4. Humanistic psychologists explained
a. human traits
b. Humanity
c. sociology
d. can’t say
Answer a

5. Extraverts have ________ participation
a. mental
b. social
c. physical
d.none of these
Answer b
6. traits could be organized into three levels:
a. primary, secondary, tertiary
b. cognitive, emotional, physiological
c. id, ego, superego
d. cardinal, central, secondary
Answer a

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DNYANSAGAR ARTS AND COMMERCE COLLEGE, BALEWADI,PUNE – 45
MCQ SUb:Personality Develpment.(301) class: bbasy iii sem

Prof.Maya Jadhav www.dacc.edu.in

7. Best ……is sign of balanced personality
a. social
b. communication
c. ego
Answer b
8. Which of the following is NOT one of the Big Five traits?
a. sense of humour
b. openness to experience
c. conscientiousness
d. extraversion
Answer b

9. The ________ approach to understanding human behaviour.
a. palliative
b. psychodynamic
c. patronymic
d. psychedelic
Answer b

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DNYANSAGAR ARTS AND COMMERCE COLLEGE, BALEWADI,PUNE – 45
MCQ SUb:Personality Develpment.(301) class: bbasy iii sem

Prof.Maya Jadhav www.dacc.edu.in

10. The influence of parents on the personality of their children is:
a. non-existent
b. weakest in early childhood
c. strongest in early childhood
d. consistent across the lifespan
Answer c
11. A good command over a ……..is need of speech
a. practice
b. language
c. gestures
d. activity
Answer b
12. The aim of behavioral genetics is to learn about:
a. people’s behavior
b. behavioral problems
c. human behavior
d. All the above
Answerd

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DNYANSAGAR ARTS AND COMMERCE COLLEGE, BALEWADI,PUNE – 45
MCQ SUb:Personality Develpment.(301) class: bbasy iii sem

Prof.Maya Jadhav www.dacc.edu.in

13. Few…. traits can not changed.
a new
b. inborn
c. adopted
d. natural
Answer b

14. Which of the following characteristics describe someone who, according to
Maslow, is self-actualized?
a. creativity
b. confidence
c. spontaneity
d. all of the above
Answer b
15. One can express through…….
a. oral
b. writtien
c gesture
d. All the above
Answerd

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DNYANSAGAR ARTS AND COMMERCE COLLEGE, BALEWADI,PUNE – 45
MCQ SUb:Personality Develpment.(301) class: bbasy iii sem

Prof.Maya Jadhav www.dacc.edu.in

16. Psychometric tests claim give information about:
a. career interest
b. intellectual attainment
c. unconscious passion
d. All the above
Answer a
17. Traits are defined as:
a. physical characteristics that distinguish us from other people
b. relatively enduring characteristics that influence our behaviour across
many situations
c. unconscious tendencies to act in different ways according to the situation
d. permanent personality tendencies that determine our behaviour in any
situation
Answer b
18. People with different body types have different personalities has been:
a. supported by research
b. discredited
c. shown to be accurate for thin people but not overweight people
d. shown to be accurate for women but not for men
Answer a

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DNYANSAGAR ARTS AND COMMERCE COLLEGE, BALEWADI,PUNE – 45
MCQ SUb:Personality Develpment.(301) class: bbasy iii sem

Prof.Maya Jadhav www.dacc.edu.in

19. Which of the following is not a defence mechanism?
a. projection
b. regression
c. ingratiation
d. sublimation
Answer d

20. Rohan is self-disciplined, focused on achievement and keen to do his duty.
He would be
expected to score highly on:
a. neuroticism
b. agreeableness
c. extraversion
d. conscientiousness
Answer d

21. The personality vary as per …….
b. individuals
c. time
d. work
Answer b
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DNYANSAGAR ARTS AND COMMERCE COLLEGE, BALEWADI,PUNE – 45
MCQ SUb:Personality Develpment.(301) class: bbasy iii sem

Prof.Maya Jadhav www.dacc.edu.in

22. ________ are the basic biological units that transmit characteristics from one
generation to the next:
a. genes
b. neurons
c. glia
d. instincts
Answer b
23. Which of the following would NOT be useful to a behavioural geneticist?
a. family studies
b. case studies
c. adoption studies
d. twin studies
Answer-d
24. Thinking oneself very different is…..
a. superego
b. self motivation
c. pleasure
d. reality,
Answer-a

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DNYANSAGAR ARTS AND COMMERCE COLLEGE, BALEWADI,PUNE – 45
MCQ SUb:Personality Develpment.(301) class: bbasy iii sem

Prof.Maya Jadhav www.dacc.edu.in

25. Lana is friendly, always willing to help others and compassionate. We
would expect Lana to score highly on:
a. extraversion
b. agreeableness
c. neuroticism
d. openness to experience
Answer-a
32.A syllogism is a form of
A. Inductive reasoning
B. Illogical reasoning
C. Independent reasoning
D. Deductive reasoning
ANSWER: D
33.Most people categorize most rapidly at the _____ level of hierarchy
A. Hyperordinate
B. Superordinate
C. Subordinate
D. Basic
ANSWER: B

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DNYANSAGAR ARTS AND COMMERCE COLLEGE, BALEWADI,PUNE – 45
MCQ SUb:Personality Develpment.(301) class: bbasy iii sem

Prof.Maya Jadhav www.dacc.edu.in

34. Humans think using
A. Emotions and feelings
B. Emotions and images
C. Mental images and concept
D. Feelings and concept
ANSWER: C

35. Which of the following is the smallest unit within a language system?
A. Sentence
B. Grapheme
C. Morpheme
D. Phoneme
ANSWER: D

36.What is the nature of the relationship between language and thought according to
the strong version of linguistic relativity hypothesis?
A. There is two directional interaction between language and thought
B. Language interacts with thought
C. Thought is required for language
D. Language determines thought
ANSWER: D

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