Pawan could not get admission in the college of his choice as he could not qualify the entrance exam. He is facing:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Frustration
Option (1) Conflicts — Incorrect. A conflict occurs between two or more incompatible needs or motives, such as whether to study dance or psychology. Pawan is not torn between two choices; his one goal has been blocked.
Option (2) Frustration — Correct. Frustration results from the blocking of needs and motives by something that hinders us from achieving a desired goal. Failing the entrance examination stopped Pawan from getting into the college of his choice.
Option (3) Daily hassles — Incorrect. Hassles are the personal stresses of the happenings in our daily life, such as noisy surroundings, commuting, quarrelsome neighbours, electricity and water shortage and traffic snarls. They are small annoyances that come again and again. Pawan’s case is one important goal that has been blocked, not an everyday annoyance.
Option (4) Social Pressure — Incorrect. Social pressures come from people who make excessive demands on us. No one is making demands on Pawan in the question.
Note: The original NTA paper printed Option (3) as ‘Internal pressure’. The NTA answer key accepted Option (3) as well as Option (2), and Option (3) can also be defended: after failing the entrance exam, Pawan may also feel the pressure of his own expectations of himself, and internal pressures stem from such expectations from inside us. Therefore, to leave a single correct answer, Option (3) has been changed to ‘Daily hassles’, for the benefit of students.
NCERT (2025-26): “Types of Stress … Some of the important sources of psychological stress are frustration, conflicts, internal and social pressures, etc. Frustration results from the blocking of needs and motives by something or someone that hinders us from achieving a desired goal. There could be a number of causes of frustration such as social discrimination, interpersonal hurt, low grades in school, etc. Conflicts may occur between two or more incompatible needs or motives, e.g. whether to study dance or psychology. You may want to continue studies or take up a job. There may be a conflict of values when you are pressurised to take any action that may be against the values held by you. Internal pressures stem from beliefs based upon expectations from inside us to ourselves such as, ‘I must do everything perfectly’. Such expectations can only lead to disappointment. Many of us drive ourselves ruthlessly towards achieving unrealistically high standards in achieving our goals. Social pressures may be brought about from people who make excessive demands on us. This can cause even greater pressure when we have to work with them. Also, there are people with whom we face interpersonal difficulties, ‘a personality clash’ of sorts.” “Hassles 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. Attending to various emergencies are daily hassles experienced by a housewife. There are some jobs in which daily hassles are very frequent.…” |