What are the characteristics of emotionally intelligent persons?
A. Sensitive to their own feelings and emotions.
B. Can relate emotions to thoughts.
C. Understand the intensity of others emotions.
D. Unable to perceive various types of emotions on others.
E. Do not understand the powerful influence of the nature of emotions.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A, B and C only
A. Sensitive to their own feelings and emotions. Correct. Emotionally intelligent persons perceive and are sensitive to their own feelings and emotions.
B. Can relate emotions to thoughts. Correct. They relate their emotions to their thoughts, so that they take them into account while solving problems and taking decisions.
C. Understand the intensity of others emotions. Correct. They understand the powerful influence of the nature and intensity of emotions, and they perceive the emotions of others from body language, voice, tone and facial expressions.
D. Unable to perceive various types of emotions on others. Incorrect. It is the reverse: emotionally intelligent persons perceive and are sensitive to various types of emotions in others.
E. Do not understand the powerful influence of the nature of emotions. Incorrect. Again the reverse: they do understand the powerful influence of the nature and intensity of emotions.
NCERT: Psychology — Chapter 1: Variations in Psychological Attributes, Box 1.2 (2025-26)
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