Explore topic-wise MCQs in Chemical Engineering.

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251.

The principle of ________________ states that the body monitors and maintains relatively constant levels of internal states, such as temperature, fluid levels andenergy supplies.

A. equilibrium
B. hedonism
C. homeostatic
D. self-actualization
Answer» D. self-actualization
252.

_____________ is a form of intelligence that involves the ability to adapt to theenvironment and is sometimes described as street smarts.

A. situational
B. componential
C. contextual
D. experiential
Answer» D. experiential
253.

____________ is a form of intelligence that involves the ability to deal with novelsituations by drawing on existing skills and knowledge.

A. experiential
B. componential
C. contextual
D. practical
Answer» B. componential
254.

____________ is a group of cognitive processes used to generate useful, original,and novel ideas or solutions.

A. aptitude
B. creativity
C. attitude
D. decision making
Answer» C. attitude
255.

______________ is a Contemporary American psychologist whose triarchictheory of intelligence includes three forms of intelligence- componential, contextual, and experiential.

A. charles spearman
B. david wechsler
C. howard gardner
D. robert sternberg
Answer» E.
256.

Lewis Terman’s approach to measuring and defining intelligence as a single,overall IQ score was in the tradition of British psychologist ________________.

A. charles spearman
B. david wechsler
C. lazarus
D. robert woodworth
Answer» B. david wechsler
257.

If a test measures what it is supposed to measure, it is said to be ____________.

A. valid
B. reliable
C. true
D. standardized
Answer» B. reliable
258.

_______________ defined intelligence as the global capacity to think rationally,act purposefully, and deal effectively with the environment.

A. stanford binet
B. david wechsler
C. lewis terman
D. robert woodworth
Answer» C. lewis terman
259.

During World War 1 _________ test was developed which was administeredorally to those who could not read, later adapted for civilian use.

A. aptitude
B. army alpha
C. army beta
D. intelligence
Answer» D. intelligence
260.

_______________ tests attempt to measure general mental abilities, rather thanaccumulated knowledge or aptitude for a specific subject or area.

A. attitude
B. personality
C. intelligence
D. creativity
Answer» D. creativity
261.

Classifying people on the basis of body build is an example of __________approach to personality.

A. trait
B. dynamic
C. type
D. behavioral
Answer» D. behavioral
262.

A mental category for classifying specific people, object, or experiences is a(n) _____________

A. image
B. concept
C. phoneme
D. algorithm
Answer» C. phoneme
263.

The ability to reproduce unusually sharp and detailed imagery of somethingthat has been previously seen is called_________________

A. flashbulb memory
B. mnemonics
C. eidetic memory
D. repression
Answer» D. repression
264.

The process requiring time during which memory trace becomes more resistantto extinction is _________________

A. consolidation
B. organization
C. retention
D. reminiscence
Answer» B. organization
265.

Consideration of what is practical and possible in gratifying instinctive needscharacteristic of the ego is called__________________

A. defense mechanism
B. pleasure principle
C. reality principle
D. psychic structure
Answer» D. psychic structure
266.

In Maslow’s hierarchy of motives, the most highly evolved motive is ____________

A. ambition
B. fear
C. self-actualization
D. the need to explore
Answer» D. the need to explore
267.

A theory of omissions suggesting that emotion provoking eventssimultaneously produce subjective reactions and physiological arousal is ________________

A. james lange theory
B. cannon-bard theory
C. activation theory
D. cognitive arousal theory
Answer» C. activation theory
268.

The tendency to think of wing objects only as they have been used in the pastis __________

A. mental set
B. algorithms
C. functional fixedness
D. analogy
Answer» D. analogy
269.

The finding that the first and the last items in a series are more likely to berecalled than are intervening items is called_____________________

A. serial position effect
B. rote memorization
C. free recall
D. serial recall
Answer» B. rote memorization
270.

The feeling that we can almost, but not quite, remember some information wewish to retrieve from memory is _________________

A. long-term memory
B. short-term memory
C. partial amnesia
D. tip-of-the-tongue phenomena
Answer» E.
271.

Our ability to pay attention to only some aspects of the world around us whilelargely ignoring others is called___________

A. span of attention
B. division of attention
C. distraction of attention
D. selective attention
Answer» E.
272.

Cognitive events, often vivid but disconnected that occur during sleep are ____________

A. dreams
B. hypnosis
C. consciousness
D. none of the above
Answer» B. hypnosis
273.

Disorder involving the inability to fall asleep or to maintain sleep at once it isattained is called __________________

A. amnesia
B. insomnia
C. apathy
D. narcolepsy
Answer» C. apathy
274.

_____________ is the one of the determinants of individual differences.

A. intelligence
B. hereditary
C. creativity
D. reactivity
Answer» C. creativity
275.

A reluctant child forced to bring sugar from a shop, spills half on the way. Thisis an example of ______________________

A. hysteria
B. passive aggression
C. disobedience
D. active aggression
Answer» C. disobedience
276.

______________ theory advocates that emotions spring from physiologicalreactions.

A. cannon-bard
B. james-lange
C. mcdougall
D. schachter and singer
Answer» C. mcdougall
277.

_______________ is the father of intelligence testing.

A. alfred binet
B. spearman
C. cattell
D. sternberg
Answer» B. spearman
278.

_______________ is the tendency to perceive a stationary point of light in adark room as moving.

A. stroboscopic motion
B. phi-phenomenon
C. autokinetic effect
D. illusion
Answer» D. illusion
279.

The variable which the experimenter manipulates is called ___________

A. independent variable
B. dependent variable
C. continuous variable
D. intervening variable
Answer» B. dependent variable
280.

_________________ is a faint copy of the visual input which persists in thevisual sensory register for a few seconds, before it gradually decays.

A. iconic image
B. short-term memory
C. long-term memory
D. episodic
Answer» B. short-term memory
281.

_________________________ is condition in which there is no inclination toeat, even under conditions of severe food deprivation.

A. apraxia
B. astropine
C. aphasia
D. aphagia
Answer» E.
282.

Any disorder in which the comprehension or the expression of language isimpaired is___________________

A. apraxia
B. astropine
C. aphagia
D. aphasia
Answer» E.
283.

Memories of personally experienced events and the contexts in which theyoccurred is ____________________

A. declarative memories
B. semantic memories
C. episodic memories
D. procedural memories
Answer» D. procedural memories
284.

Forgetting that occurs when previously stored material interferes with theability to remember similar, more recently learned material is _____________

A. retroactive interference
B. proactive interference
C. replacement
D. amnesia
Answer» C. replacement
285.

Memories of general knowledge, including facts, rules, concepts, andpropositions are referred as _______________________

A. procedural memories
B. declarative memories
C. semantic memories
D. episodic memories
Answer» D. episodic memories
286.

The ability to retrieve and reproduce from memory previously encounteredmaterial is__________________

A. explicit memory
B. recall
C. recognition
D. relearning
Answer» C. recognition
287.

The ability to identify previously encountered material is ________________

A. explicit memory
B. recall
C. recognition
D. relearning
Answer» D. relearning
288.

Who is considered as the father of Structuralism in cultural anthropology?

A. edmund husserl
B. claude levistrauss
C. louis dumont
D. louis althusser
Answer» C. louis dumont
289.

The arrangements of the interrelations of the part is the ………………….?

A. social segregation
B. social unity
C. social structure
D. social system
Answer» D. social system
290.

When the culture of a society evolves some new inventions, a customs or a trait and it ispassed on to another culture, it is called …………………?

A. diffusion
B. assimilation
C. accommodation
D. acculturation
Answer» B. assimilation
291.

The term ‘Thick Description’ proposed by …………………….?

A. a l kroeber
B. clifford geertz
C. l h morgan
D. robert redfield
Answer» C. l h morgan
292.

The tribes of south India, such as Irulas, Kadars and Paniyas, belonging to which racialcomposition of tribes in India?

A. proto-austaloid
B. mangloid
C. dravidian
D. negrito
Answer» D. negrito
293.

Which of the following tribal group mainly involved in food gathering and hunting for theirlivelihood?

A. chenchus
B. bharwads
C. todas
D. gujjars
Answer» B. bharwads
294.

According to Majumdar and TN Madan, Anthropology may be conveniently divided into…………………?

A. sociocultural, physical, anthropological, linguistic
B. paleo anthropology, primatology, prehistoric archeology, ethno archeology
C. classical archeology, linguistic archeology, archeological anthropology, applied anthropology
D. physical anthropology, cultural anthropology, ethnology, applied anthropology
Answer» E.
295.

Malinowski’s functionalism is also known as ……………………?

A. socio-structural approach
B. bio-cultural approach
C. symbolic approach
D. socio- cultural approach
Answer» C. symbolic approach
296.

“The clans consider themselves as having descended from a plant or animal or any otheranimate or inanimate object”, the term refers to ……………………?

A. descend
B. animism
C. totemism
D. naturism
Answer» D. naturism
297.

It is a method, …..…………. Involves going put and staying out, learning a new languageand actively participating the activities as well as experiencing the lives of the people you are studying?

A. genealogy
B. focused interview
C. case study
D. participant observation
Answer» E.
298.

“Argonauts of the western pacific” written by?

A. auguste comte
B. talcott parson
C. malinowski
D. emile durkheim
Answer» D. emile durkheim
299.

Which if the sociologist proposed that “Society as a functionally interrelated system inwhich general laws or functions operate”?

A. emile durkeheim
B. radcliffe brown
C. karl marx
D. habermas
Answer» C. karl marx
300.

The word ‘Teleology’ means ………………….?

A. study of cosmology
B. everything is determined by purpose
C. rational analysis of phenomena
D. study of relationship
Answer» C. rational analysis of phenomena