GATE Psychometrics: Foundations of Psychological Measurement: Scales and items, item construction and analysis, intelligence, performance, ability and aptitude tests, personality questionnaires – Previous Year Questions

6 GATE previous year questions on Foundations of Psychological Measurement: Scales and items, item construction and analysis, intelligence, performance, ability and aptitude tests, personality questionnaires (Psychometrics, Psychology (XH5)) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

1. GATE 2026 XH5 (Psychology) Q33 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Which of the following is not true regarding Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)?
2. GATE 2026 XH5 (Psychology) Q49 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – In Wechsler intelligence scales, people may express IQ in standard deviation units where, X = individual’s score, M = mean, and SD = standard…
3. GATE 2025 XH5 (Psychology) Q60 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Characteristic feature(s) of an aptitude test is/are:
4. GATE 2024 XH5 (Psychology) Q58 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Which of the following statements is/are correct about “item-response theory”?
5. GATE 2024 XH5 (Psychology) Q61 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Which of the following is/are not culture-fair test(s)?
6. GATE 2022 XH5 (Psychology) Q30 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Test developers use reverse coding of certain items in a scale to offset the effects of .