APPSC Paper I · Probation Officer Paper II: Psychology · Topic 15

15 APPSC Paper I Application of Psychology questions with answers

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15.2Groups, industry, environment and information technology

  1. Q1 DPO 2023 Psychology, Q64

    Match the following.

    Group AGroup B
    1) Personal distancea) Teacher
    2) Intimate distanceb) work setting
    3) Public distancec) Close friend
    4) Social distanced) Formal interaction
    1. A1-b; 2-c; 3-a; 4-d
    2. B1-c; 2-d; 3-a; 4-b
    3. C1-b; 2-d; 3-a; 4-c
    4. D1-c; 2-a; 3-b; 4-d
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    Answer A. 1-b; 2-c; 3-a; 4-d

    In Edward Hall's proxemics, intimate distance is for close friends and family and public distance for a teacher or speaker addressing a group; the key pairs personal distance with work settings and social distance with formal interaction.

    Source: APPSC DPO 2023 Psychology (Notification 11/2022), Q67, final key

  2. Q2 DPO 2023 Psychology, Q139

    Members of a group bound to the group with mutual liking and friendship, with which of the following names is this phenomenon named?

    1. ACommunity integration
    2. BIntra personal integration
    3. CInter-personal integration
    4. DSystematic integration
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    Answer C. Inter-personal integration

    When members are held together by mutual liking and friendship, the group shows interpersonal integration (cohesion based on relationships between members).

    Source: APPSC DPO 2023 Psychology (Notification 11/2022), Q146, final key

  3. Q3 DPO 2023 Psychology, Q140

    Which of the following departments are responsible for annual and periodic assessment of employees in an industry?

    1. AAdministration
    2. BHuman Resource
    3. COrganizational office
    4. DRegional office
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    Answer B. Human Resource

    Performance appraisal of employees, annual and periodic, is run by the human resource department.

    Source: APPSC DPO 2023 Psychology (Notification 11/2022), Q147, final key

  4. Q4 DPO 2023 Psychology, Q141

    Which of the following job specifications falls under emotional specifications?

    1. AExtroversion
    2. BMemory
    3. CAggressiveness
    4. DJudgment
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    Answer C. Aggressiveness

    Job specifications are grouped as physical, mental, emotional and social. Memory and judgment are mental specifications; aggressiveness is listed under emotional specifications, while extroversion is usually social.

    Source: APPSC DPO 2023 Psychology (Notification 11/2022), Q148, final key

  5. Q5 DPO 2023 Psychology, Q142

    Which among the following is not the personal space?

    1. APhysical distance
    2. BIntimate distance
    3. CSocial distance
    4. DPublic space
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    Answer A. Physical distance

    Hall's proxemics names four zones: intimate, personal, social and public distance. 'Physical distance' is not one of these zones.

    Source: APPSC DPO 2023 Psychology (Notification 11/2022), Q149, final key

  6. Q6 DPO Psychology Mock 1, Q143

    Match Edward T. Hall's zones of interpersonal distance with the approximate distances (North American norms).

    Group AGroup B
    i) Intimate distancea) About 1.2 m to 3.6 m (4 to 12 feet)
    ii) Personal distanceb) More than about 3.6 m (12 feet)
    iii) Social distancec) Up to about 0.45 m (18 inches)
    iv) Public distanced) About 0.45 m to 1.2 m (18 inches to 4 feet)
    1. Ai-d; ii-c; iii-a; iv-b
    2. Bi-c; ii-a; iii-d; iv-b
    3. Ci-c; ii-d; iii-a; iv-b
    4. Di-c; ii-d; iii-b; iv-a
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    Answer C. i-c; ii-d; iii-a; iv-b

    Hall's zones: intimate up to 18 inches, personal 18 inches to 4 feet, social 4 to 12 feet, public beyond 12 feet.

    Source: Medha AI, based on the APPSC District Probation Officer Paper II (Psychology) syllabus (12/2026)

  7. Q7 DPO Psychology Mock 1, Q146

    Assertion (A): A worker who has mastered a simple, routine task usually performs it better when co-workers or an audience are present.

    Reason (R): According to Zajonc, the presence of others raises arousal, which strengthens the dominant (well-learned) response.

    Select the correct answer:

    1. ABoth A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
    2. BBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
    3. CA is true, but R is false
    4. DA is false, but R is true
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    Answer A. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

    Zajonc's drive theory of social facilitation: arousal from others' presence helps well-learned or simple tasks and hurts new or complex ones.

    Source: Medha AI, based on the APPSC District Probation Officer Paper II (Psychology) syllabus (12/2026)

  8. Q8 DPO Psychology Mock 1, Q149

    A written statement of the minimum qualities a person must have to do a job, such as education, skills, and physical and emotional characteristics, is called the:

    1. AJob description
    2. BJob evaluation
    3. CJob enlargement
    4. DJob specification
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    Answer D. Job specification

    Job analysis yields two documents: the job description (what the job involves) and the job specification (what the person doing it must have).

    Source: Medha AI, based on the APPSC District Probation Officer Paper II (Psychology) syllabus (12/2026)

15.1Health and well-being: yoga, meditation and relaxationNotes

  1. Q9 DPO 2023 Psychology, Q135

    Which category of Yogic Asana are found be beneficial in increasing positive mood?

    1. ABack Bending
    2. BStretching while standing
    3. CStretching while in pronline position
    4. DStretching while supine position
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    Answer A. Back Bending

    Studies on yoga and mood report that back-bending asanas raise positive mood and energy more than other groups of postures.

    Source: APPSC DPO 2023 Psychology (Notification 11/2022), Q142, final key

  2. Q10 DPO 2023 Psychology, Q136

    Which of the following term connotes the meaning of meditation?

    1. APraaṇayaama
    2. BDhyaana
    3. CPratyaahaara
    4. DDhaarana
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    Answer B. Dhyaana

    In Patanjali's eight limbs, dhyana is meditation. Pranayama is breath control, pratyahara is withdrawal of the senses and dharana is concentration.

    Source: APPSC DPO 2023 Psychology (Notification 11/2022), Q143, final key

  3. Q11 DPO Psychology Mock 1, Q141

    Which of the following is an unhelpful habit to be overcome rather than a life skill for meeting life challenges?

    1. AAssertiveness
    2. BPerfectionism
    3. CTime management
    4. DRational thinking
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    Answer B. Perfectionism

    Life skills include assertiveness, time management, rational thinking, improving relationships, self-care and overcoming unhelpful habits such as perfectionism, avoidance and procrastination.

    Source: Medha AI, based on the APPSC District Probation Officer Paper II (Psychology) syllabus (12/2026)

  4. Q12 DPO Psychology Mock 1, Q144

    Which of the following is NOT one of the six dimensions of psychological well-being proposed by Carol Ryff?

    1. AAutonomy
    2. BEnvironmental mastery
    3. CLife satisfaction
    4. DPurpose in life
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    Answer C. Life satisfaction

    Ryff's dimensions: self-acceptance, positive relations with others, autonomy, environmental mastery, purpose in life and personal growth.

    Source: Medha AI, based on the APPSC District Probation Officer Paper II (Psychology) syllabus (12/2026)

  5. Q13 DPO Psychology Mock 1, Q147

    A technique in which a person receives continuous information about a body function, such as heart rate or muscle tension, and learns to control it, is

    1. ABiofeedback
    2. BCreative visualisation
    3. CAutogenic training
    4. DSystematic desensitisation
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    Answer A. Biofeedback

    Biofeedback moves from awareness of the response, to controlling it in quiet conditions, to using that control in daily life.

    Source: Medha AI, based on the APPSC District Probation Officer Paper II (Psychology) syllabus (12/2026)

  6. Q14 DPO Psychology Mock 1, Q150

    Which limb of Ashtanga yoga immediately precedes dhyana (meditation)?

    1. APratyahara
    2. BPranayama
    3. CSamadhi
    4. DDharana
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    Answer D. Dharana

    The last four limbs run pratyahara → dharana → dhyana → samadhi.

    Source: Medha AI, based on the APPSC District Probation Officer Paper II (Psychology) syllabus (12/2026)

15.1Psychology in educationNotes

  1. Q15 DPO 2023 Psychology, Q137

    In which of following programming technique the student is immediately reinforced after reaching the goal?

    1. AIntrinsic Programming
    2. BLinear Programming
    3. CBranching Programming
    4. DLoop Programming
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    Answer B. Linear Programming

    In Skinner's linear programmed instruction the learner moves through small steps and is reinforced at once after each correct response. Branching (Crowder's intrinsic) programming sends the learner to remedial frames after mistakes.

    Source: APPSC DPO 2023 Psychology (Notification 11/2022), Q144, final key

  2. Q16 DPO 2023 Psychology, Q138

    Which of the following statement is incorrect in reference to learning style?

    1. ALearning style is influenced by Environmental factors
    2. BLearning style is influenced by Spiritual factors
    3. CLearning style is influenced by Physiological factors
    4. DLearning style is influenced by Emotional factors
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    Answer B. Learning style is influenced by Spiritual factors

    In the Dunn and Dunn model learning style is shaped by environmental, emotional, sociological, physiological and psychological factors. Spiritual factors are not part of it.

    Source: APPSC DPO 2023 Psychology (Notification 11/2022), Q145, final key

  3. Q17 DPO 2023 Psychology, Q143

    Which of the following statements is incorrect in context of ‘Hole in the wall’ project?

    1. AThis project was tested in Kolkata in 2001
    2. BThis project was designed for slum dwelling children
    3. CThis project involves use computer interface
    4. DThis project showed that skills can be learned through incidental learning
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    Answer A. This project was tested in Kolkata in 2001

    Sugata Mitra's Hole in the Wall experiment began in 1999 in a wall of the Kalkaji slum in New Delhi. It put computers in walls for slum children and showed they could learn by themselves, incidentally. So 'Kolkata in 2001' is wrong.

    Source: APPSC DPO 2023 Psychology (Notification 11/2022), Q150, final key

  4. Q18 DPO Psychology Mock 1, Q142

    Which of the following gives the correct order of the four stages in Kolb's experiential learning cycle?

    1. AReflective observation → Concrete experience → Active experimentation → Abstract conceptualisation
    2. BConcrete experience → Reflective observation → Abstract conceptualisation → Active experimentation
    3. CConcrete experience → Abstract conceptualisation → Reflective observation → Active experimentation
    4. DAbstract conceptualisation → Active experimentation → Concrete experience → Reflective observation
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    Answer B. Concrete experience → Reflective observation → Abstract conceptualisation → Active experimentation

    Kolb (1984): a concrete experience is reflected upon, generalised into a concept, and then tried out in new situations.

    Source: Medha AI, based on the APPSC District Probation Officer Paper II (Psychology) syllabus (12/2026)

  5. Q19 DPO Psychology Mock 1, Q145

    Which of the following statements is incorrect about the 'Hole-in-the-Wall' experiment?

    1. AThe first computer was set into a wall in Kalkaji, New Delhi, in 1999
    2. BChildren learned to browse and use the computer by exploring in groups
    3. CIt was later repeated in rural places such as Shivpuri and Madantusi
    4. DA trained teacher sat with the children at the kiosk to guide them
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    Answer D. A trained teacher sat with the children at the kiosk to guide them

    The experiment showed that groups of children, without adult instruction, could teach themselves to use a computer; it was repeated in rural sites.

    Source: Medha AI, based on the APPSC District Probation Officer Paper II (Psychology) syllabus (12/2026)

  6. Q20 DPO Psychology Mock 1, Q148

    In the VARK model of learning styles, the letter 'R' stands for

    1. ARead/write
    2. BReflective
    3. CReasoning
    4. DRhythmic
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    Answer A. Read/write

    VARK stands for Visual, Aural (auditory), Read/write and Kinesthetic preferences.

    Source: Medha AI, based on the APPSC District Probation Officer Paper II (Psychology) syllabus (12/2026)

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