Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow:
Ritika belongs to a family where all the family members have different types of personality. Ritika is an athlete who has a strong build and is muscular. She is courageous and energetic. These characteristics make her an asset to her team. She is very popular among the team-members. On the other hand, her sister Heena is thin and fragile and is an introvert. She is brainy and enjoys painting. Their mother is an extravert, soft and round and is famous among family and friends for her humour and outgoing nature. In contrast, their father is a workaholic, highly motivated and is always short of time. Truly, one seldom sees such a variety under one roof.
According to Friedman and Rosenman's theory, which personality type does Heena's father fit in?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Type A
Option (1) Type A — Correct. Friedman and Rosenman described Type-A people as having high motivation, lacking patience, feeling short of time, being in a great hurry and feeling always burdened with work. Heena’s father is a workaholic, highly motivated and always short of time, which matches each part of this description.
Option (2) Type B — Incorrect. Type-B personality is the absence of Type-A traits: a relaxed, unhurried person. The father is the opposite of this.
Option (3) Type C — Incorrect. Type C, suggested by Morris, is a personality prone to cancer. Such people are cooperative, unassertive and patient, suppress negative emotions like anger and comply with authority. The passage does not describe the father in this way.
Option (4) Type D — Incorrect. Type D is characterised by proneness to depression. Nothing in the passage points to low mood in the father.
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NCERT (2025-26): “Type Approaches … In recent years, Friedman and Rosenman have classified individuals into Type-A and Type-B personalities. The two researchers were trying to identify psychosocial risk factors when they discovered these types. People characterised by Type-A personality seem to possess high motivation, lack patience, feel short of time, be in a great hurry, and feel like being always burdened with work. Such people find it difficult to slow down and relax. People with Type-A personality are more susceptible to problems like hypertension and coronary heart disease (CHD). The risk of developing CHD with Type-A personality is sometimes even greater than the risks caused by high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, or smoking. Opposite to this is the Type-B personality, which can be understood as the absence of Type-A traits. This typology has been further extended. Morris has suggested a Type-C personality, which is prone to cancer. Individuals characterised by this personality are cooperative, unassertive and patient. They suppress their negative emotions (e.g., anger), and show compliance to authority. More recently, a Type-D personality has been suggested, which is characterised by proneness to depression.…” |