Raven’s Progressive Matrices (RPM) Test is an example of__________ test.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Non-verbal
Option (1) Personality — Incorrect. RPM is a test of intelligence, not of personality. Personality is assessed by self-report measures such as the MMPI, or by projective techniques such as the Rorschach inkblots.
Option (2) Performance — Incorrect. Performance tests require the subject to manipulate objects and other materials to perform a task, as in Kohs’ Block Design Test. In RPM the subject only looks at a pattern and chooses a figure; nothing is handled.
Option (3) Verbal — Incorrect. Verbal tests need verbal responses, oral or written, so they can be given only to literate people. RPM needs no words at all.
Option (4) Non-verbal — Correct. Non-verbal tests use pictures or illustrations as test items. In RPM the subject examines an incomplete pattern and chooses, from the alternatives, the figure that completes it.
Note: A similar question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2022 on 16-07-2022 (Slot 1), and in CUET (UG) 2023 on 18-06-2023 (Slot 2).
NCERT (2025-26): “Types of Intelligence Tests … Verbal tests require subjects to give verbal responses either orally or in a written form. Therefore, verbal tests can be administered only to literate people. The non-verbal tests use pictures or illustrations as test items. Raven’s Progressive Matrices (RPM) Test is an example of a non-verbal test. In this test, the subject examines an incomplete pattern and chooses a figure from the alternatives that will complete the pattern.…” “Performance tests require subjects to manipulate objects and other materials to perform a task. Written language is not necessary for answering the items.…” |