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Question
CBSEENBS12003954

Explain briefly any four types of employment tests.

Solution

Main psychological tests are as under:

(i) Interest Test: The objective of this test is to examine the interest of the candidate in a special work. On the basis of such a test, it becomes easy to appoint the candidate on the job of his interest.

(ii) Intelligence Test: In order to test the intelligence of the candidates, their reception power, memory power and reasoning power, etc. are examined. For this test, a long list of questions is prepared and the candidates are asked to answer the same in a given time period. On this basis, their level of intelligence is known.

(iii) Aptitude Test: Through this test, efforts are made to know the hidden qualities of the candidate, so that it is ensured if he can be taught by training or not.

(iv) Personality Test: By this test, it is seen how much ability a person has to interact with others, how much he can influence and motivate them. It is also seen whether or not he has the power to remove the obstacles that may arise in the job on which he is appointed.