Practice: Adolescence as a Period of Transition
4.1 Characteristics and Needs of Adolescence
Q1: Adolescence age in India as per RKSK is
A) 10–19 years
B) 13–18 years
C) 12–20 years
D) 11–17 years
Q2: Who first said adolescence is “Storm and Stress” period?
A) Piaget
B) G. Stanley Hall
C) Erikson
D) Freud
Q3: In adolescence, thinking changes from concrete to
A) Sensorimotor
B) Pre-operational
C) Abstract
D) No change
Q4: Erikson’s crisis in adolescence is
A) Trust vs Mistrust
B) Identity vs Role Confusion
C) Industry vs Inferiority
D) Intimacy vs Isolation
Q5: Weekly Iron Folic Acid tablets in school are given under which scheme?
A) Mid-Day Meal
B) WIFS
C) ICDS
D) NRHM
Q6: Main emotional need of adolescents is
A) More pocket money
B) Emotional support and understanding
C) Strict rules
D) Complete freedom
Q7: Adolescent Friendly Health Clinics (AFHC) work under which programme?
A) ICDS
B) RKSK
C) NRHM
D) SSA
Q8: Puberty changes are mainly due to
A) Diet
B) Hormones
C) Study pressure
D) Friends
Q9: Peer group influence is strongest during
A) Childhood
B) Adolescence
C) Old age
D) Infancy
Q10: Life skills education is important for adolescents because
A) It helps only in studies
B) It helps in handling real-life problems
C) It is not needed
D) Only teachers need it
4.2 The Origins of Problems During Adolescence
Q1: Imaginary audience idea was given by
A) Piaget
B) David Elkind
C) Kohlberg
D) Erikson
Q2: Personal fable means adolescent thinks
A) No one understands him
B) Nothing bad can happen to him
C) He is very weak
D) He knows everything
Q3: Main reason for mood swings in adolescence is
A) Poor marks
B) Hormonal changes
C) Too much mobile use
D) Bad friends
Q4: According to NCRB, second biggest cause of death in 15–29 age in India is
A) Accident
B) Suicide
C) Illness
D) Murder
Q5: Early maturation in girls mostly leads to
A) More confidence
B) Body image issues
C) Better studies
D) No problem
Q6: Risk-taking behaviour in teens is high because of
A) Personal fable
B) Imaginary audience
C) Identity crisis
D) All of these
Q7: Generation gap in language is common because adolescents use
A) Pure mother tongue
B) Slang and new words
C) Only English
D) No language
Q8: Moral confusion in teens happens because they
A) Question old values
B) Follow parents blindly
C) Have no values
D) Only care for money
Q9: Late maturation in boys can cause
A) More popularity
B) Feeling of inferiority
C) Better sports performance
D) No effect
Q10: Main cause of school dropout in adolescent girls in India is
A) No interest in studies
B) Menstrual problems and lack of toilets
C) Too much mobile
D) Only marriage
4.3 Adolescent Groups – Gangs
Q1: Adolescents join gangs mainly for
A) Studies
B) Feeling of belonging
C) Money only
D) Food
Q2: Cloward and Ohlin gave which theory about gangs?
A) Strain theory
B) Differential Opportunity theory
C) Labelling theory
D) Control theory
Q3: Drug-using gangs are called
A) Conflict gangs
B) Criminal gangs
C) Retreatist gangs
D) Social gangs
Q4: In India, children below 18 years who break law come under
A) IPC
B) Juvenile Justice Act 2015
C) POCSO Act
D) CrPC
Q5: Most common reason for joining gang is
A) Family is rich
B) Lack of positive role models
C) Too much study
D) Good school
Q6: Territorial fight gangs are called
A) Criminal gangs
B) Conflict gangs
C) Retreatist gangs
D) Normal gangs
Q7: Identity foreclosure means
A) Finding true identity
B) Accepting identity without thinking
C) No identity
D) Changing identity daily
Q8: Baumeister and Leary said humans need
A) Money
B) Belongingness
C) Power
D) Food only
Q9: Gangs are common in areas where
A) Good schools are there
B) Positive activities are missing
C) Rich people live
D) Police is very strict
Q10: Best way to stop gang joining is
A) More police
B) Give positive activities and role models
C) Expel from school
D) Put in jail
4.4 Adjustment Mechanisms – Defense Mechanisms & Holistic Development
Q1: Who gave most ideas about defense mechanisms in children and teens?
A) Sigmund Freud
B) Anna Freud
C) Erik Erikson
D) Piaget
Q2: Turning anger into sports is example of
A) Repression
B) Projection
C) Sublimation
D) Regression
Q3: Saying “teacher hates me” when actually I hate teacher is
A) Rationalization
B) Projection
C) Displacement
D) Denial
Q4: Giving excuse “question paper was tough” after failing is
A) Rationalization
B) Repression
C) Reaction formation
D) Regression
Q5: Behaving opposite to real feeling (hate but act sweet) is
A) Reaction formation
B) Displacement
C) Sublimation
D) Projection
Q6: Scolding younger brother after teacher scolds you is
A) Displacement
B) Projection
C) Rationalization
D) Repression
Q7: Daydreaming is a type of
A) Fantasy
B) Regression
C) Repression
D) Denial
Q8: Starting bed-wetting again during exam stress is
A) Regression
B) Progression
C) Sublimation
D) Projection
Q9: NEP 2020 and NCF 2005 focus on
A) Only studies
B) Holistic development
C) Only sports
D) Only exams
Q10: WHO listed how many core life skills?
A) 5
B) 10
C) 15
D) 20
4.5 Leadership – Types, Development & Educational Implications
Q1: Who gave three styles of leadership in 1939?
A) Kurt Lewin
B) Anna Freud
C) Piaget
D) Kohlberg
Q2: Which leadership style is best for school students?
A) Autocratic
B) Democratic
C) Laissez-faire
D) No leadership
Q3: In laissez-faire style, leader
A) Controls everything
B) Gives full freedom, no guidance
C) Takes group opinion
D) Punishes members
Q4: Student council in school helps develop
A) Fear
B) Leadership
C) Laziness
D) Copying
Q5: NCC and NSS in school help in
A) Wasting time
B) Building leadership and discipline
C) Only parade
D) No use
Q6: NEP 2020 suggests
A) School cabinet and student leaders
B) Only teacher rule
C) No student role
D) Principal decides everything
Q7: Class monitor system is example of
A) Punishment
B) Giving leadership chance
C) Extra burden
D) No use
Q8: Teacher should act as
A) Dictator
B) Role model
C) Enemy
D) Absent
Q9: Group projects in class help develop
A) Copying
B) Leadership and team work
C) Fighting
D) Sleeping
Q10: Bal Panchayats are held in
A) Colleges
B) Government schools
C) Offices
D) Markets