Kerala PSC LP/UP Assistant 2025 Psychology – Repeated Questions, PYQs, Mock Test

Kerala PSC LP/UP Assistant exam is one of the most competitive tests for aspiring teachers in the state. To select passionate educators, the exam includes psychology and teaching aptitude sections that assess candidates’ skills and mindset. Here we share repeated and important psychology previous questions with answers to help you prepare effectively for the Kerala PSC LP/UP Assistant exam 2025.

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Name of Organization	Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC)
Name of the Post	LP/UP Assistant
Category Number	To be Notified
No of Vacancies	To be Notified
Job Category	Govt Jobs
Salary	To be Notified
Application Mode	Online
Job Location	Kerala
Official Website	thulasi.psc.kerala.gov.in

Kerala PSC LP/UP Assistant 2025 Psychology Previous Question Paper

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Kerala PSC LP/UP Assistant 2025 Psychology Previous Questions – Sample

In both the LP Assistant and UP Assistant exams conducted by the Kerala PSC, candidates can expect around 20 questions from the Pedagogy and Psychology section. These questions are usually drawn from areas such as Academic Aptitude, Psychological Foundations of Education, and Aptitude for Teaching. Let’s take a quick look at some of the most important and repeated questions from these topics.

1. The basic subject-matter of Psychology is:

(a) Soul

(b) Mind

(c) Human

(d) Behaviour

2. “The intelligence is based upon Hereditary”, who proposed this principle?

(a) Yerks

(b) Skinner

(c) Binet

(d) Spearman

3. Which one of the following factor does not influence the child’s development?

(a) Species

(b) Culture

(c) Achievement

(d) Growth

4. Which of the following factors crucially influences the child’s development?

(a) Heredity

(b) School

(c) Peer-group

(d) Birthplace

5. Generally, the child’s brain attains its maturity at the age of ……….

(a) Three years

(b) Six Years

(c) Nine Years

(d) 12 years

6. The duration of infancy in the process of child development is :

(a) From womb to birth

(b) From birth to 5 years

(c) From 5 years to 12 years

(d) From 12 years to 21 years

7. Which of the following scientists is famous for making contributions in the field of individual psychology?

(a) Galton

(b) Anastasi

(c)  Freeman

(d) Thorndike

8. Learning disabilities may occur due to all of the following except

(a) Mental Retardation

(b) Meningitis during infancy

(c) Teachers way of teaching

(d) Prenatal use of alcohol

9. The expanded form of ECCE is:

(a) Extensive Centre for Child Education

(b) Effective Child Care and Education

(c) Education and Care for Children Everywhere

(d) Early Childhood Care and Education

10. An individual concluding how the mind works, through self-examination of how he has been thinking and feeling, is known as:

(a) interpretation

(b) perception

(c) introspection

(d) free association

11. Sibling, Parents, and teachers are important sources of ……………. for the children

(a) motivation

(b) information

(c) opinion

(d) attitudes

12. Which school of psychology holds the view that education is nothing but guidance meant for the development of self-concept.                                               (a)  Humanistic

(b) Psycho-analytic

(c) Behaviouralistic

(d) Structuralist

13. The chief-exponent of the school of thought on Non-executive counselling is:

(a) Williamson

(b) Truman Kelley

(c) Carl-Rogers

(d) C.C Dunsmoor

14. The “clean slate theory” is a phrase that indicates: 

(a) Utter backwardness of child

(b) Complete innocence of the child

(c) Absence of crime among the students

(d) The student’s ability to give a neat description

15. Who is the father of educational guidance?

(a) Truman Kelley

(b) Frank Parson

(c) Dunsmoor

(d) A.J Jones

16. Who made the following remarks, ” Anything can be taught to anybody in an intellectually honest way”

(a) Bruner

(b) Vygotsky

(c) Syrenik

(d) Jean Piaget

17. Which of the philosophical school is the oldest?       

(a) Naturalism

(b) Idealism

(c) Realism

(d) Pragmatism

18. Who among the following was the strong advocate of pragmatism?

(a) William James

(b) Pierce

(c) John Dewey

(d) Huxley

19. Which one of the following is correctly matched?

(a) Social Development – Environment

(b) Emotional Development – Maturation

(c) Physical Development – Environment

(d) Cognitive Development – Maturation

20. Who among the following introduced, “Unitary/ Monarchy/ Single-factor Theory”? 

(a) Dr Johnson

(b) John Dewey

(c) A. L Ross

(d) John Locke

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Kerala PSC LP/UP Assistant 2025 Psychology Mock Test – Sample MCQs

The exponent of Phenomenaalism, which was an offshoot of idealistic philosophy was: 

(a) Bishop Berkely

(b) Aristotle

(c) Immanuel Kant

(d) Plato

Bloom’s taxonomy is a hierarchical organisation of…………. 

(a) reading skills

(b) cognitive objectives

(c) achievement goals

(d) Curricular declarations

“Learning by doing”, and “Problem Solving” is the watchword of

(a) Pragmatism

(b) Idealism

(c) Naturalism

(d) Realism

Montessori Method, Forbel’s kindergarten, Tagore’s Shanti Niketan, and Neill’s Summerhill are the result of which philosophic movement?   

(a) Positivism

(b) Existentialism

(c) Idealism

(d) Naturalism

“Academy” was the school established by the philosopher:

(a) Aristotle

(b) Socrates

(c) Plato

(d) Rousseau

” No one can teach anyone else, no one learns alone, people learn together, acting in and on their world” Whos said this?

(a) Maria Montessori

(b) Paulo Friere

(c) John Locke

(d) Plato

If a teacher has to prove his credibility in the evaluation of answer booklets, then he/ she should be:

(a) dutiful

(b) regular

(c) impartial

(d) impatient

In order to ensure moral freedom in the younger generation, the school culture must: 

(a) be binding on students so that they should be within its limits

(b) not be a binding chart, but on ladder on which they may climb

(c) ensure that children avoid abuse of authority and stick to it

(d) not allow deviations from the legitimate restrictions of the authority

The most effective method to improve retention is to make the subject matter

(a) interesting

(b) lengthy

(c) flowery

(d) meaningful

Over learning is the term used to describe a practice that continues after a perfect:

(a) recall

(b) retention

(c) recognition

(d) none

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a creative person?

(a) He/ She is mild and less self-assertive

(b) He/ She prefers complexity and some degree of an apparent imbalance in phenomena

(c) He/ She is more independent in his/ her judgements

(d) He/ She is more complex psychodynamically and has greater personal scope.

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1. Immanuel Kant
2. reading skills
3. Pragmatism
4. Naturalism
5. Plato
6. Paulo Freire
7. impartial
8. not be a binding chart, but on ladder on which they may climb
9. meaningful
10. recall
11. He/ She is mild and less self-assertive

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