Match List - I with List - II.
| List - I Types of Personality | List - II Characteristics | ||
| (A) | Hostile aggression | (I) | Dominating and bullying others without provocation |
| (B) | Verbal aggression | (II) | Hitting and or fighting |
| (C) | Physical aggression | (III) | Name-calling, swearing |
| (D) | Proactive aggression | (IV) | Directed at inflicting injury to others |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
(A) Hostile aggression — this matches (IV) Directed at inflicting injury to others. Hostile aggression is meant to hurt the victim.
(B) Verbal aggression — this matches (III) Name-calling, swearing. The aggression is in words.
(C) Physical aggression — this matches (II) Hitting and or fighting. The aggression is in bodily acts.
(D) Proactive aggression — this matches (I) Dominating and bullying others without provocation. The aggressor starts it without being provoked.
Note 1: It seems that there is a mistake in the original NTA paper, which prints the headings of the lists as ‘Types of Personality’ and ‘Characteristics’ when List-I should read ‘Types of Aggression’. All four items in List-I are kinds of aggressive behaviour, such as those shown by children with conduct disorder, and none of them is a type of personality. The headings seem to have been carried over from the match of personality types (Type A, B, C and D) in the same paper; they do not change any of the four matches.
Note 2: A similar question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2023 on 08-06-2023 (Slot 1).
NCERT (2025-26): “Disruptive, Impulse-Control and Conduct Disorders … The terms conduct disorder and antisocial behaviour refer to age-inappropriate actions and attitudes that violate family expectations, societal norms, and the personal or property rights of others. The behaviours typical of conduct disorder include aggressive actions that cause or threaten harm to people or animals, non-aggressive conduct that causes property damage, major deceitfulness or theft, and serious rule violations. Children show many different types of aggressive behaviour, such as verbal aggression (i.e. name-calling, swearing), physical aggression (i.e. hitting, fighting), hostile aggression (i.e. directed at inflicting injury to others), and proactive aggression (i.e. dominating and bullying others without provocation).…” |