A school counsellor notes the main stresses that four students faced in the past one year. Identify the odd one out.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Neha put up with noisy surroundings and water shortage in her hostel daily.
Option (1) Riya lost her grandfather, with whom she had lived since childhood. — Incorrect. Losing a close family member is a <strong>major life event</strong>. Death of a close family member is a sample item of the life events measure.
Option (2) Aman appeared for his Class 12 board examinations. — Incorrect. Appearing for examinations is a major life event, listed among the sample items of the measure.
Option (3) Neha put up with noisy surroundings and water shortage in her hostel daily. — Correct. Noise and water shortage are <strong>daily hassles</strong>, the personal stresses that come from the happenings of daily life. They are <strong>not major life events</strong> like the other three, so this is the odd one out.
Option (4) Kabir went through a break-up with a close friend. — Incorrect. A break-up with a friend is a major life event, and it is also a sample item of the measure.
NCERT (2026-27): “Sources of Stress … “These are the personal stresses we endure as individuals, due to the happenings in our daily life, such as noisy surroundings, commuting, quarrelsome neighbours, electricity and water shortage, traffic snarls, and so on. …” |