A school counsellor in Lucknow assessed the students of Class 5. On the first day she gave an intelligence test to all forty children together in the school hall. They read the questions from a booklet and marked their answers on a sheet. Kabir, aged 9, finished early and scored far above his classmates. His teacher reported that he solves puzzles quickly and keeps asking searching questions. A week later, the counsellor called Kabir to her room and tested him once more, this time with no other child present, so that she could study his abilities in more detail.
Which of the following does the second session require of the counsellor, unlike the first session?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Establish rapport with him and stay sensitive to his feelings, moods and expressions
Option (1) Seek his answers in written form, usually in a multiple-choice format — Incorrect. Written answers in a multiple-choice format are what group tests generally seek, as in the first session. An individual test lets a person answer orally, in writing or by handling objects, so written answers are not required.
Option (2) Give him items made of pictures and patterns, as in Raven's Progressive Matrices — Incorrect. Items made of pictures and patterns mark a non-verbal test, such as Raven's Progressive Matrices. This depends on the nature of the items.
Option (3) Establish rapport with him and stay sensitive to his feelings, moods and expressions — Correct. Testing Kabir with no other child present makes it an individual test, given to one person at a time. Such a test requires the tester to build rapport with the child and watch his feelings, moods and expressions. A group test, like the first session, gives no such chance.
Option (4) Work out his IQ by comparing his mental age with his chronological age — Incorrect. Comparing mental age with chronological age gives the IQ, and this applies to the score of any intelligence test. It held for the whole-class test too, so it does not set the second session apart.
NCERT (2026-27): “Individual or Group Tests |