Identify the characteristics of an emotionally intelligent person:
A. Sensitive to others’ feelings and emotions
B. Understands one’s own emotions but not of others
C. Control and regulate one’s own emotions and expressions while dealing with self and others to achieve harmony and peace
D. Understands the powerful influence of nature and intensity of one’s emotions
E. Unable to perceive body language, voice, tone, and facial expressions of others
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, C and D only
A. Sensitive to others’ feelings and emotions Correct. An emotionally intelligent person perceives and is sensitive to the emotions of others, noting their body language, voice and tone, and facial expressions.
B. Understands one’s own emotions but not of others Incorrect. Emotional intelligence covers both one’s own feelings and those of others; stopping at one’s own emotions leaves out half of it.
C. Control and regulate one’s own emotions and expressions while dealing with self and others to achieve harmony and peace Correct. Keeping one’s emotions in check to achieve harmony is the regulation of emotions, a mark of emotional intelligence.
D. Understands the powerful influence of nature and intensity of one’s emotions Correct. Knowing how strongly one’s emotions can sway one’s thinking and actions is another characteristic.
E. Unable to perceive body language, voice, tone, and facial expressions of others Incorrect. It is the opposite of statement A: reading these signals is how an emotionally intelligent person perceives others’ emotions.
NCERT: Psychology — Chapter 1: Variations in Psychological Attributes, Box 1.2 (2025-26)
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