Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Therapeutic Approaches

Question:

Match List - I with List - II

List - I

List - II

(A)

Sudarshan Kriya Yoga

(I)

Practicing on focusing attention on breath or on an object or thought 

(B)

Meditation

(II)

Mindfulness based meditation

(C)

Kundalini Yoga

(III)

Rapid breathing techniques

(D)

Vipasana

(IV)

Combines Pranayam with chanting of Mantras

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I

A-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II

A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II

Correct Answer:

A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

Explanation:

The rapid breathing techniques to induce hyperventilation as in Sudarshana Kriya Yoga (SKY) is found to be a beneficial, low-risk, low-cost adjunct to the treatment of stress, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, stressrelated medical illnesses, substance abuse, and rehabilitation of criminal offenders. SKY has been used as a public health intervention technique to alleviate PTSD in survivors of mass disasters.

Kundalini Yoga taught in the USA has been found to be effective in treatment of mental disorders. The Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego, USA has found that Kundalini Yoga is effective in the treatment of obsessivecompulsive disorder. Kundalini Yoga combines pranayama or breathing techniques with chanting of mantras. 

Meditation refers to the practice of focusing attention on breath or on an object or thought or a mantra. Here attention is focused. In Vipasana meditation, also known as mindfulness-based meditation, there is no fixed object or thought to hold the attention. The person passively observes the various bodily sensations and thoughts that are passing through in her or his awarenes