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VARIATIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which Indian psychologist made an attempt in constructing an intelligence test in Hindi in the 1930’s?
A
M C Joshi
B
Pramila Pathak
C
Prayag Mehta
D
S M Mohsin
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -S.M. Mohsin made a pioneering attempt in constructing an intelligence test in Hindi in the 1930s. C.H. Rice attempted to standardise Binet’s test in Urdu and Punjabi.

Detailed explanation-2: -S.M. Mohsin developed first group test of intelligence in Hindi.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1927, Dr. J. Munry of Christian College developed verbal group tests of intelligence in Urdu, Hindi, and English. In 1934, Mahalanobis in the Indian Statistical Institute of Kolkata started group intelligence testing in Bengali (Mukherjee, 1993).

Detailed explanation-4: -The first IQ tests It wasn’t until the turn of the 20th century that Frenchman Alfred Binet (1857-1911) developed the first test resembling a modern intelligence test.

Detailed explanation-5: -Instrument: ( i ) Mohsin’s (1968) General Intelligence Test (GIT) was used to measure the level of verbal intelligence among the subjects. It consisted of six sub-tests, namely, Best answer, Classification, Analogy, Logical reasoning, Sentence completion and Reasoning.

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