Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
Meenakshi is ten years old. The psychologist assessed her intellect and her mental age was found to be twelve years. Based on the normal curve, she is considered to be on the extreme side of the curve.
IQ scores are distributed in the population in such a way that the scores of most people tend to fall in the middle range of the distribution. The frequency distribution for the IQ scores tends to approximate a bell shaped curve.
Meenakshi is also extraverted and enjoys being with people. She has the ability to understand the motives, feelings and behaviours of other people. She also believes strongly in non violence and her entire life is guided by this value. Her friends call her Gandhian due to these traits. Further, they believe that she has developed these traits because of the culture in which she grew up.
According to Gardner, Meenakshi appears to exceed in which intellectual domain ?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Interpersonal
Option (1) Bodily-Kinesthetic — Incorrect. This is the ability to use the whole body or parts of it flexibly and creatively, as athletes and dancers do. The passage says nothing about Meenakshi’s body skills.
Option (2) Interpersonal — Correct. Interpersonal intelligence is the ability to understand the motives, feelings and behaviours of other people so as to bond into a comfortable relationship with others. The passage describes Meenakshi in these very words, and adds that she enjoys being with people.
Option (3) Linguistic — Incorrect. This is skill in the production and use of language, the strength of poets and writers. Nothing is said about how Meenakshi speaks or writes.
Option (4) Musical — Incorrect. This is the capacity to produce, create and manipulate musical patterns, with sensitivity to rhythm and pitch. Music does not come into the passage.
NCERT (2025-26): “Theory of Multiple Intelligences … Gardner studied extremely talented persons, who had shown exceptional abilities in their respective areas, and described eight types of intelligence. These are as follows:…” “…Linguistic (an ability to produce and use language) : It is the capacity to use language fluently and flexibly to express one’s thinking and understand others.…” “…Musical (an ability to produce and manipulate musical rhythms and patterns) : It is the capacity to produce, create and manipulate musical patterns.…” “…Bodily-Kinaesthetic (an ability to use whole or portions of the body flexibly and creatively) : This consists of the use of the whole body or portions of it for display or construction of products and problem solving.…” “…Interpersonal (an ability to understand to subtle aspects of others’ behaviours) : This is the ability to understand the motives, feelings and behaviours of other people so as to bond into a comfortable relationship with others. Psychologists, counsellors, politicians, social workers, and religious leaders are likely to possess high interpersonal intelligence.…” |