Annual Mock Examination (2023-24)
Subject: Psychology (037)
Class: XI
Time: 3 Hours MM: 70
Date: _______ Invigilator's Sign:....
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General Instructions:
All questions are compulsory except where internal choice has been given.
Question Nos. 1 -15 in Section A carry 1 mark each. You are expected to answer them as directed.
Question Nos. 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.
Question Nos. 22-24 in Section C are short answer type-II questions carrying 3 marks each.
Answer to each question should not exceed 60 words.
Question Nos. 25 - 28 in Section D are long answer type questions carrying 4 marks each. Answer
to each question should not exceed 120 words.
Question Nos. 29-30 in Section E are long answer type questions carrying 6 marks each. Answer to
each question should not exceed 200 words.
Question Nos. 31 – 34 in Section F are based on two cases given.
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Section –A (1×15=15)
Q1. _______ are responses or reactions we make or activities we engage in
a) Value
b) Experience
c) Behavior
d) Introspection
Q2. Which of the following is a common human instinct?
a) Curiosity
b) Reproduction
c) Parental care
d) All of the above
Q.3 The situation where one interviewer interview’s another person is called
as_____________.
a) Individual to group
b) Group to individual
c) Individual to Individual
d) Group to group
Q.4 Assertion(A): Dependent variable is the factor that is measured in an experiment.
Reason(R) : It changes because of the manipulation of the Independent variable.
a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of
Assertion (A)
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of
Assertion (A)
c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false
d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true
Q.5 ________ are environmental agents that cause deviations in normal development that can
lead to serious abnormalities or death.
a. Developmental task
b. Teratogens
c. Substance abuse
d. Eating disorder
Q.6 ______ refers to a consistent way of dealing with our environment
a) Cognitive style
b) Perception
c) Experience
d) None of the above
Q.7 Which of the following statement is 'true'-
a) ADHD is a common behavioural disorder found among adults.
b) Children with ADHD are highly distractable and they do not follow instructions.
c) The disorder occurs only due to the genetic factors
d) ADHD is not curable
Q.8 The memories of events that are very arousing or surprising are known as:
a) Implicit memory
b) Autobiographical memory
c) Flashbulb memory
d) Episodic memory
Q.9 Assertion (A) : Instrumental conditioning is also known as respondent conditioning
Reason (R) : Conditioning is the process of training a person or animal to do something
or to
behave in a certain way in a particular situation
a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of
Assertion (A)
b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of
Assertion (A)
c) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false
d) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true
Q.10 In ______ we draw conclusions, form opinions, evaluate events and objects based on
knowledge and available evidences
a) Observation
b) Interpretation
c) Judgement
d) None of the above
Q.11 Who gave the concept of convergent and divergent thinking?
a) William Wundt
b) Vygotsky
c) Sigmund Freud
d) J. P. Guilford
Q.12 How many sequential mental operations are involved in solving a problem?
a) 5
b) 4
c) 6
d) 7
Q.13 The term motivation is derived from the ______ word 'movere'.
a) Greek
b) Latin
c) Spanish
d) French
Q.14 Individuals who are capable of having awareness of emotions for self or others and
regulate accordingly are called ________
a) Healthy individual
b) Emotionally intelligent
c) Intellectual
d) Confident
Q.15 According to Plutchik there are ______ primary emotions.
a) 8
b) 7
c) 9
d) 4
Section –B (2×6=12)
Q16. What do you understand by constructivism?
OR
Define 'Psychology'.
Q17. Explain the concept of case study.
Q18. Define effort allocation with instances.
Q19. 'Memory is conceptualised as process consisting of 3 independent though interrelated
stages.' Explain.
Q.20. What does the concept of functional fixedness state?
Q.21 'Most of us need company or friend or want to maintain some form of relationship with
others'. Name and explain the psychosocial motive in the statement.
Section –C (3×3=9)
Q22 How can you differentiate between a Clinical Psychologist and a Counsellor?
OR
Explain the discipline of psychology that deals with answering of questions like
witnessing an accident on road or a street fight, or factors that influence the culprit's
actions.
Q23. Explain the concept of 'Correlation coefficient'.
Q24. Describe some major reflexes in newborn babies along with their developmental course.
Section –D (4×4=16)
Q25. Give a brief account on evolution of Psychology
Q26. Elucidate how forming an identity is among the important aspects in adolescence.
Q27. Throw light on the important monocular cues that help us in judging the distance and
depth in two dimensional surfaces.
OR
Give a detailed description on some of the Monocular cues with suitable examples.
Q28. 'Craik and Lockhart proposed that it is possible to analyse the incoming information at
more than one level'. Elaborate.
OR
Throw light on the comprehensive approach to memory improvement apart from
mnemonics.
Section –E (6×2=12)
Q29. 'The main concern of Survey research initially was to find out the existing reality or
baseline'. Elaborate some of the techniques that are used for collecting this information.
OR
Elaborate the limitations that are faced in Psychological measurement.
Q30. 'Verbal learning is different from conditioning and it is limited to human beings only.
Psychologist have developed a number of methods to study this kind of learning in a
laboratory setting'. Elaborate the concept in detail
OR
Describe the learning that focuses on the 'change' of the learner between what he knows
and what he or she does.
Section –F
Read the case and answer the questions that follow:
Arnav is the younger brother of Smita who is an adolescent. He is in bad company of some
delinquents and Smita wants to save him from them. To make him realise his situation,
Smita told him about delinquency and its bad effects. She explains that delinquency is the
socially and unacceptable behaviour , legal offence, criminal acts and so on. Any young
person whose conduct is characterized by anti social behaviour that is beyond parental
control and subject to legal action is known as Juvenile delinquent. The delinquency may
even have future consequences on the adolescent's college and career choices.
However most delinquent children do not remain delinquent forever. If Arnav wants to
overcome from his problems, he needs to change his peer group and become more aware
of social responsibilities and develop feelings of self worth.
Q.31 What does the existing studies of Juvenile delinquency describe?
(1)
Q.32 Describe other challenges that are seen in adolescence apart from delinquency
(2)
Read the case and answer the questions that follow:
A good role model is very important for a growing up child. This role model can be
anyone, be it a father or mother or some great people from the society like Mother Teresa,
B. R. Ambedkar etc. It is important because a child will try to observe others and try to
imitate their behaviour. This type of learning is known as observational learning.
Q.33 Who has the major contribution in this learning?
(1)
Q.34 Elaborate experiment that was done to show the impact of observational learning.
(2)
