GATE XH-C5 year:2021 PYQs & Answers — Page 6

Questions 51–60 of 65. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.

Which of these is true about individuals high on

-achievement motivation?

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High

-achievement individuals like to work on situations where they have control and can get feedback.

High

-achievement individuals persistently work on tasks they perceive as either reflecting their personal characteristics like intelligence or are career-related.

High

-achievement individuals prefer working on extremely challenging tasks for bigger gains.

High

-achievement individuals avoid changing their aspiration levels.

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Which of the following is/are Allport’s basic assumption(s) concerning human nature?

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Human growth as an active process of “becoming”.

Personality cannot be fully understood by examining each trait separately, though some system of conceptual schema are essential for personality study and a trait must be related to the total pattern of personality.

Personality is organized in a topographical model.

All human events are determined by powerful instinctual forces.

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Which of the following aspects are characteristics of the group structure in an organizational context?

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Task-oriented role (the activities of an individual that involve helping the group reach the goal).

Socio-emotional role (the activities of an individual that involve being supportive and nurturing of other group members).

Prescriptive norms (expectations within groups regarding what has to be done).

Monitoring (observing work performance).

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Which of the following needs/motives are proposed by Abraham Maslow?

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Deficit needs.

Metaneeds.

Self-actualization need.

Need-achievement.

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A researcher is conducting a study involving two independent variables. Which of the following Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) is/are available to him/her?

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ANOVA.

One-way ANOVA.

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Which of the following statements is true about personal space?

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It is silent and invisible.

It is a geographic component of interpersonal relations.

Invasions of personal space are a matter of degree.

There are no across culture variations.

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If a person got a score of 75 on a test, which of the following distributions allow(s) for the most favourable interpretation of that score? (assuming higher values are more favourable)

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Mean = 55, Standard Deviation = 4

Mean = 60, Standard Deviation = 3

Mean = 65, Standard Deviation = 5

Mean = 50, Standard Deviation = 10

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A man’s wife is dying. She is in dire need of a drug. The only place to get the drug is at the store of a pharmacist who is known to overcharge people for drugs. The man can only pay ₹2000 but the pharmacist wants ₹5000, and refuses to sell it to him for less, or to let him pay later. What will the man do if he is at the conventional stage of morality as per Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning?

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He would not steal the drug, as everyone will see him as a thief, and his wife would not approve of his stealing or accept the stolen drug.

No matter what, he would obey the law because stealing is a crime.

The man would not steal the drug, as he may get caught and go to jail.

The man would steal the drug to cure his wife and then tell the authorities what he has done. He may have to pay a penalty, but at least he would have saved a human life.

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According to Erik Erikson, identity versus role confusion is the fifth stage of life span development. Which of the following outcomes may emerge as a result of identity crisis?

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Identity diffusion

Identity moratorium

Identity foreclosure

Identity perception

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Life span experts argue that biological aging begins at birth. Which of the following is/are explanation/s of aging?

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Cells can divide to a maximum of about 75 to 80 times and that as people age, cells become less capable of dividing.

People age because when cells metabolize energy, the by-products include unstable oxygen molecules known as free radicals.

Aging is due to the decay of mitochondria.

Cell division increases as people age.

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