Class 12 Psychology Question Paper Solved (2021) - Notes | Study Psychology Class 12 - Humanities/Arts

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Roll Number      
     
     
 
PSYCHOLOGY 
 
CLASS: XII Time Allotted: 3 Hrs 
 Max. Marks: 70 
 
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:  
 
1. All the questions are compulsory. 
2. The Part – A is short answer questions carries 1 mark. 
3. The Part – B questions are short answer type questions and each question carries 2 marks. 
4. The Part – C questions are Short essay type questions and each question carries 3 marks. 
5. The Part – D questions are essay type questions and each question carries 4 marks. 
6. Part – e question is a long essay question and carries 6 marks. 
 
 
 PART - A  
1 ___________ defined the intelligence as the ability to judge well, understand well and 
reason well. 
1 
2 _______ Theory assumes that intelligence as one similar set of abilities. 1 
3 Sternberg’s notion of contextual intelligence is a product of ___________ 1 
4 What is the structural unit of personality for the behaviorist is? 1 
5 ___________ Scale has been helpful in assessment of anxiety, hostility, hallucinations, 
phobias and suicidal impulses. 
1 
6 The _______ are fat soft and round. 1 
7 The measure of stressful life events inventory was developed by _____________ 1 
 
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 
SET 1 
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Roll Number      
     
     
 
PSYCHOLOGY 
 
CLASS: XII Time Allotted: 3 Hrs 
 Max. Marks: 70 
 
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:  
 
1. All the questions are compulsory. 
2. The Part – A is short answer questions carries 1 mark. 
3. The Part – B questions are short answer type questions and each question carries 2 marks. 
4. The Part – C questions are Short essay type questions and each question carries 3 marks. 
5. The Part – D questions are essay type questions and each question carries 4 marks. 
6. Part – e question is a long essay question and carries 6 marks. 
 
 
 PART - A  
1 ___________ defined the intelligence as the ability to judge well, understand well and 
reason well. 
1 
2 _______ Theory assumes that intelligence as one similar set of abilities. 1 
3 Sternberg’s notion of contextual intelligence is a product of ___________ 1 
4 What is the structural unit of personality for the behaviorist is? 1 
5 ___________ Scale has been helpful in assessment of anxiety, hostility, hallucinations, 
phobias and suicidal impulses. 
1 
6 The _______ are fat soft and round. 1 
7 The measure of stressful life events inventory was developed by _____________ 1 
 
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 
SET 1 
 
 
8 Disease causing agents are known as ______________ 1 
9 What is exorcism?  
10 Schizophrenia is due to excess activity of ________ 1 
 PART - B  
11 What is integral intelligence and how it is different from the western concept of 
technological intelligence? 
2 
12 Explain the views of Karen Horney on personality and how this views are different from the 
concept of psychoanalysis?  
2 
13 What is fixation in psychosexual stages of development? 2 
14 “Karan is ready to seek the challenges in daily life and he is facing a good amount of stress 
and he is not feeling any kind of sickness”? What factors are contributing in behavior of 
Karan? 
2 
15 What is resilience? 2 
16 Explain diathesis-stress model to explain abnormal behavior? 2 
 PART -C  
17 What are the characteristics of Giftedness? 3 
18 Define coping and explain various coping strategies of Endler and Parker? 3 
19 What are the various sources of stress explain in detail? 3 
20 What is phobia and what are its types explain in detail? 3 
 PART - D  
21 What are the various non directive techniques of personality assessment and explain any four 
techniques in detail? 
4 
22 Which of the two, IQ or EQ, do you think would be more related to success in life and why? 4 
23 How does the triarchic theory help us to understand intelligence? 4 
24 Explain the structure of personality according to Sigmund Freud? 4 
25 What are the views of Seyle on stress explain it in relation with GAS theory with graphical 
representation? 
4 
26 Explain various approaches to explain abnormal behavior? 4 
   
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Roll Number      
     
     
 
PSYCHOLOGY 
 
CLASS: XII Time Allotted: 3 Hrs 
 Max. Marks: 70 
 
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:  
 
1. All the questions are compulsory. 
2. The Part – A is short answer questions carries 1 mark. 
3. The Part – B questions are short answer type questions and each question carries 2 marks. 
4. The Part – C questions are Short essay type questions and each question carries 3 marks. 
5. The Part – D questions are essay type questions and each question carries 4 marks. 
6. Part – e question is a long essay question and carries 6 marks. 
 
 
 PART - A  
1 ___________ defined the intelligence as the ability to judge well, understand well and 
reason well. 
1 
2 _______ Theory assumes that intelligence as one similar set of abilities. 1 
3 Sternberg’s notion of contextual intelligence is a product of ___________ 1 
4 What is the structural unit of personality for the behaviorist is? 1 
5 ___________ Scale has been helpful in assessment of anxiety, hostility, hallucinations, 
phobias and suicidal impulses. 
1 
6 The _______ are fat soft and round. 1 
7 The measure of stressful life events inventory was developed by _____________ 1 
 
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 
SET 1 
 
 
8 Disease causing agents are known as ______________ 1 
9 What is exorcism?  
10 Schizophrenia is due to excess activity of ________ 1 
 PART - B  
11 What is integral intelligence and how it is different from the western concept of 
technological intelligence? 
2 
12 Explain the views of Karen Horney on personality and how this views are different from the 
concept of psychoanalysis?  
2 
13 What is fixation in psychosexual stages of development? 2 
14 “Karan is ready to seek the challenges in daily life and he is facing a good amount of stress 
and he is not feeling any kind of sickness”? What factors are contributing in behavior of 
Karan? 
2 
15 What is resilience? 2 
16 Explain diathesis-stress model to explain abnormal behavior? 2 
 PART -C  
17 What are the characteristics of Giftedness? 3 
18 Define coping and explain various coping strategies of Endler and Parker? 3 
19 What are the various sources of stress explain in detail? 3 
20 What is phobia and what are its types explain in detail? 3 
 PART - D  
21 What are the various non directive techniques of personality assessment and explain any four 
techniques in detail? 
4 
22 Which of the two, IQ or EQ, do you think would be more related to success in life and why? 4 
23 How does the triarchic theory help us to understand intelligence? 4 
24 Explain the structure of personality according to Sigmund Freud? 4 
25 What are the views of Seyle on stress explain it in relation with GAS theory with graphical 
representation? 
4 
26 Explain various approaches to explain abnormal behavior? 4 
   
 
 
 PART - E  
27 What is defense mechanism and what are the different types of defense mechanisms 
proposed by Sigmund Freud? 
(OR) 
What are the views of Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers on Personality development 
explain in detail? 
6 
28 What are the various stress management techniques and how will you use these techniques in 
daily life to overcome the stress? 
(OR) 
What are Life skills and How these skills will be helpful in overcoming the stress related 
challenges? 
6 
 
End of the Question Paper 
 
 
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Roll Number      
     
     
 
PSYCHOLOGY 
 
CLASS: XII Time Allotted: 3 Hrs 
 Max. Marks: 70 
 
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:  
 
1. All the questions are compulsory. 
2. The Part – A is short answer questions carries 1 mark. 
3. The Part – B questions are short answer type questions and each question carries 2 marks. 
4. The Part – C questions are Short essay type questions and each question carries 3 marks. 
5. The Part – D questions are essay type questions and each question carries 4 marks. 
6. Part – e question is a long essay question and carries 6 marks. 
 
 
 PART - A  
1 ___________ defined the intelligence as the ability to judge well, understand well and 
reason well. 
1 
2 _______ Theory assumes that intelligence as one similar set of abilities. 1 
3 Sternberg’s notion of contextual intelligence is a product of ___________ 1 
4 What is the structural unit of personality for the behaviorist is? 1 
5 ___________ Scale has been helpful in assessment of anxiety, hostility, hallucinations, 
phobias and suicidal impulses. 
1 
6 The _______ are fat soft and round. 1 
7 The measure of stressful life events inventory was developed by _____________ 1 
 
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 
SET 1 
 
 
8 Disease causing agents are known as ______________ 1 
9 What is exorcism?  
10 Schizophrenia is due to excess activity of ________ 1 
 PART - B  
11 What is integral intelligence and how it is different from the western concept of 
technological intelligence? 
2 
12 Explain the views of Karen Horney on personality and how this views are different from the 
concept of psychoanalysis?  
2 
13 What is fixation in psychosexual stages of development? 2 
14 “Karan is ready to seek the challenges in daily life and he is facing a good amount of stress 
and he is not feeling any kind of sickness”? What factors are contributing in behavior of 
Karan? 
2 
15 What is resilience? 2 
16 Explain diathesis-stress model to explain abnormal behavior? 2 
 PART -C  
17 What are the characteristics of Giftedness? 3 
18 Define coping and explain various coping strategies of Endler and Parker? 3 
19 What are the various sources of stress explain in detail? 3 
20 What is phobia and what are its types explain in detail? 3 
 PART - D  
21 What are the various non directive techniques of personality assessment and explain any four 
techniques in detail? 
4 
22 Which of the two, IQ or EQ, do you think would be more related to success in life and why? 4 
23 How does the triarchic theory help us to understand intelligence? 4 
24 Explain the structure of personality according to Sigmund Freud? 4 
25 What are the views of Seyle on stress explain it in relation with GAS theory with graphical 
representation? 
4 
26 Explain various approaches to explain abnormal behavior? 4 
   
 
 
 PART - E  
27 What is defense mechanism and what are the different types of defense mechanisms 
proposed by Sigmund Freud? 
(OR) 
What are the views of Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers on Personality development 
explain in detail? 
6 
28 What are the various stress management techniques and how will you use these techniques in 
daily life to overcome the stress? 
(OR) 
What are Life skills and How these skills will be helpful in overcoming the stress related 
challenges? 
6 
 
End of the Question Paper 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   MID TERM EXAMINATION 
PSYCHOLOGY 
ANSWER KEY SET – A 
 
SI 
NO 
PART - A Marks 
1 Alfred Binet 1 
2 Uni Factor theory of Intelligence 1 
3 Culture 1 
4 Response 1 
5 MMPI -II 1 
6 Endomorphs 1 
7 Holmes & Rahe 1 
8 Pathogens 1 
9 Removing the evil through counter magic and prayer 1 
10 Dopamine 1 
 PART - B  
11 Integral Intelligence is an Indian concept of intelligence and it gives 
importance on both the verbal and non verbal concepts of intelligence and it 
is holistic perspective.  Technological intelligence is only focusing on the 
various cognitive abilities. 
2 
12 Horney rejected the views of Freud as females are inferior. 
She said that the Gender is not having any significance in personality 
development; it is not the base to judge people as superior and inferior. 
She argued that the psychological disorders are due to disturbed interpersonal 
relationship during childhood. 
2 
13 Failure of a child to pass successfully through a stage leads to fixation to that 
stage.  In this situation, the child’s development gets arrested at an earlier 
stage.  for example a child who does not pass successfully through the phallic 
stage fails to resolve the oedipal complex and have hostility towards the 
parent of the same sex. 
2 
14 According to Kobasa people with more stress and less sickness posses three 
characteristics. Control, Commitment and Challenge and these 3 C’s together 
known as hardiness. 
2 
15 Resilience is a dynamic process referring to the maintenance of positive 
adjustment under challenging life conditions.  it has been described as the 
capacity bounce back in face of stress and adversity. 
2 
16 Diathesis stress model of abnormal behavior is explaining psychological 
disorders on base of three factors. 
Psychological disorders are inherited from the ancestors. 
The presence of pathogenic stressors in the environment is leading to the 
development of the psychological disorders. 
The vulnerability or the readiness to develop the psychological disorders is 
one of the factors. 
 
2 
 PART - B  
17 A child who shows consistently remarkable performance in any field or 
activity is known as a gifted child. 
Advanced logical thinking, questioning and problem solving behavior. 
High speed in processing information. 
3 
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Roll Number      
     
     
 
PSYCHOLOGY 
 
CLASS: XII Time Allotted: 3 Hrs 
 Max. Marks: 70 
 
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:  
 
1. All the questions are compulsory. 
2. The Part – A is short answer questions carries 1 mark. 
3. The Part – B questions are short answer type questions and each question carries 2 marks. 
4. The Part – C questions are Short essay type questions and each question carries 3 marks. 
5. The Part – D questions are essay type questions and each question carries 4 marks. 
6. Part – e question is a long essay question and carries 6 marks. 
 
 
 PART - A  
1 ___________ defined the intelligence as the ability to judge well, understand well and 
reason well. 
1 
2 _______ Theory assumes that intelligence as one similar set of abilities. 1 
3 Sternberg’s notion of contextual intelligence is a product of ___________ 1 
4 What is the structural unit of personality for the behaviorist is? 1 
5 ___________ Scale has been helpful in assessment of anxiety, hostility, hallucinations, 
phobias and suicidal impulses. 
1 
6 The _______ are fat soft and round. 1 
7 The measure of stressful life events inventory was developed by _____________ 1 
 
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 
SET 1 
 
 
8 Disease causing agents are known as ______________ 1 
9 What is exorcism?  
10 Schizophrenia is due to excess activity of ________ 1 
 PART - B  
11 What is integral intelligence and how it is different from the western concept of 
technological intelligence? 
2 
12 Explain the views of Karen Horney on personality and how this views are different from the 
concept of psychoanalysis?  
2 
13 What is fixation in psychosexual stages of development? 2 
14 “Karan is ready to seek the challenges in daily life and he is facing a good amount of stress 
and he is not feeling any kind of sickness”? What factors are contributing in behavior of 
Karan? 
2 
15 What is resilience? 2 
16 Explain diathesis-stress model to explain abnormal behavior? 2 
 PART -C  
17 What are the characteristics of Giftedness? 3 
18 Define coping and explain various coping strategies of Endler and Parker? 3 
19 What are the various sources of stress explain in detail? 3 
20 What is phobia and what are its types explain in detail? 3 
 PART - D  
21 What are the various non directive techniques of personality assessment and explain any four 
techniques in detail? 
4 
22 Which of the two, IQ or EQ, do you think would be more related to success in life and why? 4 
23 How does the triarchic theory help us to understand intelligence? 4 
24 Explain the structure of personality according to Sigmund Freud? 4 
25 What are the views of Seyle on stress explain it in relation with GAS theory with graphical 
representation? 
4 
26 Explain various approaches to explain abnormal behavior? 4 
   
 
 
 PART - E  
27 What is defense mechanism and what are the different types of defense mechanisms 
proposed by Sigmund Freud? 
(OR) 
What are the views of Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers on Personality development 
explain in detail? 
6 
28 What are the various stress management techniques and how will you use these techniques in 
daily life to overcome the stress? 
(OR) 
What are Life skills and How these skills will be helpful in overcoming the stress related 
challenges? 
6 
 
End of the Question Paper 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   MID TERM EXAMINATION 
PSYCHOLOGY 
ANSWER KEY SET – A 
 
SI 
NO 
PART - A Marks 
1 Alfred Binet 1 
2 Uni Factor theory of Intelligence 1 
3 Culture 1 
4 Response 1 
5 MMPI -II 1 
6 Endomorphs 1 
7 Holmes & Rahe 1 
8 Pathogens 1 
9 Removing the evil through counter magic and prayer 1 
10 Dopamine 1 
 PART - B  
11 Integral Intelligence is an Indian concept of intelligence and it gives 
importance on both the verbal and non verbal concepts of intelligence and it 
is holistic perspective.  Technological intelligence is only focusing on the 
various cognitive abilities. 
2 
12 Horney rejected the views of Freud as females are inferior. 
She said that the Gender is not having any significance in personality 
development; it is not the base to judge people as superior and inferior. 
She argued that the psychological disorders are due to disturbed interpersonal 
relationship during childhood. 
2 
13 Failure of a child to pass successfully through a stage leads to fixation to that 
stage.  In this situation, the child’s development gets arrested at an earlier 
stage.  for example a child who does not pass successfully through the phallic 
stage fails to resolve the oedipal complex and have hostility towards the 
parent of the same sex. 
2 
14 According to Kobasa people with more stress and less sickness posses three 
characteristics. Control, Commitment and Challenge and these 3 C’s together 
known as hardiness. 
2 
15 Resilience is a dynamic process referring to the maintenance of positive 
adjustment under challenging life conditions.  it has been described as the 
capacity bounce back in face of stress and adversity. 
2 
16 Diathesis stress model of abnormal behavior is explaining psychological 
disorders on base of three factors. 
Psychological disorders are inherited from the ancestors. 
The presence of pathogenic stressors in the environment is leading to the 
development of the psychological disorders. 
The vulnerability or the readiness to develop the psychological disorders is 
one of the factors. 
 
2 
 PART - B  
17 A child who shows consistently remarkable performance in any field or 
activity is known as a gifted child. 
Advanced logical thinking, questioning and problem solving behavior. 
High speed in processing information. 
3 
 
 
 
Superior generalization and discrimination ability. 
Advanced level of original and creative thinking. 
High level of intrinsic motivation and self esteem. 
Independent and non conformist thinking. 
18 Coping is a dynamic mechanism and specific reaction to stress, The various 
coping strategies of Endler and Parker are as follows. 
Task oriented coping strategy 
Emotion oriented coping strategy 
Avoidance oriented coping strategy    (To be explained in detail) 
3 
19 The various sources of stress are 
Life events. 
Daily Hassles 
Traumatic events.                                   (To be explained in detail) 
3 
20 Phobias are the irrational fears related to specific objects, people or situations. 
phobias often gradually develop or begin with a generalized anxiety disorder. 
Specific phobias 
Social phobias 
Agora phobias. 
3 
 PART - D  
21 Non directive techniques of personality assessment are the projective 
techniques.  These techniques will assess the personality with support of 
unstructured stimuli or stimulus.  The very widely used projective techniques 
of personality assessment are as follows. 
Roscharch ink blot test 
Thematic Apperception test 
Rosen weig’s picture frustration study 
Sentence completion test. 
Draw a person test.        (Should be explained) 
4 
22 IQ is a predictor of potential and EQ is predictor of success. 
Researchers proved that –EQ helps in dealing with students who are stressed 
and face challenges of the outside world. 
EQ improves the academic performance. 
It is very helpful in preparing the students to face the challenges of life 
outside the class room. 
The students with good EQ are less anti social and more co-operative. 
4 
23 Robert Sternberg (1985) defined that intelligence “is the ability to adapt, to 
shape and select environment to accomplish one’s goals those of one’s 
society and culture”. 
Componential intelligence 
Contextual intelligence 
Experiential intelligence.     (Should be explained in detail) 
4 
24 The structure of personality according to Freud is as follows. 
Life  instincts 
Death instincts 
Libido 
Id 
Ego 
Super Ego  (should be explained in detail) 
4 
25 Hans Seyle is well known for his research work on stress and he is considered 
as father of modern stress research.  Seyle observed the sick and injured 
animals and human beings in hospitals one side and other side healthy 
animals and human beings in laboratory setting while giving epinephrine and 
projecting X rays on them and in all the situations he came to know that the 
stress response mechanism is similar which he called as GAS theory. 
Alarm reaction 
4