Kavita is a counsellor in a village school in Jharkhand. A visiting team gave the Class 6 pupils an intelligence test developed in a large American city. Many children from poor farming families scored low. The headteacher planned to move the low scorers into a separate 'slow' section and to tell their parents that the children were weak. Kavita objected to the plan. She then began reading about how intelligence tests have been built and adapted in India, so that the children could be judged more fairly.
While reading, Kavita comes across the Mental Measurement Handbook prepared by Long and Mehta. How many tests of intelligence in India, available in various languages, did it list?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → 103
Long and Mehta's <strong>Mental Measurement Handbook</strong> listed <strong>103 tests of intelligence</strong> available in India in various languages.
NCERT (2026-27): “Intelligence Testing in India “in the 1930s. C.H. Rice attempted to standardise Binet’s test in Urdu and Punjabi. At about the same time, Mahalanobis attempted to standardise Binet’s test in Bengali. Attempts were also made by Indian researchers to develop Indian norms for some western tests including RPM, WAIS, Alexander’s Passalong, Cube Construction, and Kohs’ Block Design. Long and Mehta prepared a Mental Measurement Handbook listing out 103 tests of intelligence in India that were available in various languages. …” |