Which of the following is true about creativity test? (A) Creativity…

Which of the following is true about creativity test?

(A) Creativity tests involve convergent thinking

(B) Most of the creativity tests are subjective and open-ended

(D) Creativity tests are often closed ended and objective

(E) Creativity tests involve spontaneity, originality and imagination

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → (B), (C) and (E) only

(A) Creativity tests involve convergent thinking Incorrect. Creativity tests involve divergent thinking. It is the tests of intelligence that mostly involve convergent thinking, where the person has to think of the one right solution to a problem.

(B) Most of the creativity tests are subjective and open-ended Correct. A general feature of most creativity tests is that they are open-ended: there are no specified answers, and the person may give different answers from her/his own experiences.

(C) Creativity tests involve divergent thinking Correct. They involve divergent thinking and assess the ability to produce a variety of ideas, to see new relationships between seemingly unrelated things and to put things in a new context.

(D) Creativity tests are often closed ended and objective Incorrect. Closed answers with one right solution belong to intelligence tests. Creativity tests are open-ended and allow many answers.

(E) Creativity tests involve spontaneity, originality and imagination Correct. With no specified answers, there is freedom to use one’s imagination and express it in original ways; intelligence tests, by contrast, leave little scope for spontaneity, originality and imagination.

NCERT (2025-26): “Creativity … A general feature of most of the creativity tests is that they are open-ended. They permit the person to think of different answers to the questions or problems in terms of her/his experiences, whatever these may have been. These help the individual to go in different directions. There are no specified answers to questions or problems in creativity tests. Therefore, there is freedom to use one’s imagination and express it in original ways. Creativity tests involve divergent thinking and assess such abilities as ability to produce a variety of ideas, i.e. ideas which are off-the-beaten track, ability to see new relationships between seemingly unrelated things, ability to guess causes and consequences, ability to put things in a new context, etc. This is contrary to the tests of intelligence which mostly involve convergent thinking. In tests of intelligence, the person has to think of the right solution to the problem and the focus is on assessing abilities such as memory, logical reasoning, accuracy, perceptual ability, and clear thinking. There is little scope for the expression of spontaneity, originality, and imagination.…”