Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?

The correct answer is Option (1) → Emotional intelligence - the ability to process emotional information accurately and efficiently

Option (1) Emotional intelligence - the ability to process emotional information accurately and efficiently — Correct. This pair is right. <strong>Emotional intelligence</strong> is the feeling side of intelligence: the ability to <strong>process emotional information accurately and efficiently</strong>.

Option (2) Aptitude - a preference for a particular activity — Incorrect. The meaning is swapped. A preference for an activity is <strong>interest</strong>. Aptitude is the potentiality to perform that activity.

Option (3) Interest - the potentiality to perform a particular activity — Incorrect. This is also swapped. The potentiality to perform an activity is <strong>aptitude</strong>; interest is only a preference for it. A person may have one without the other.

Option (4) Integral intelligence - skills of generalisation, abstraction, speed and mental manipulation — Incorrect. These skills belong to <strong>technological intelligence</strong> of western societies. Integral intelligence is the Indian view, which stresses connectivity with the social and world environment.