1. Non communicable diseases (NCDs) have been on the rise with an increase in the life span. With a suitable example explain the psychological management ofNCDs.

2. The last few years have been marked by renewed interest in Positive Psychology and the beneficial effects ofpositive behaviours on psychological and physical well-being -Justify

3. Describe the psychosocial impact of cancer and the possible interventions


SECTIONB 25 Marks Answer any ONE ofthe following.


1. Optimists differ from pessimists in the kinds of coping strategies they use when confronting health threats. Design a study.

2. Shanti has met with an accident, which has resulted in lower back injury and chronic pain. She has been prescribed medicines to control pain. However, she found through various sources of information that psychological management of pain also gives relief. Design a study to verify the individualand combinedimpact of medicines and psychological management of pain.

3. 'Relaxation therapy helps in better management of disease. However the effect of it is more pronounced in females than in males and in patients with Diabetes than Hypertension'. Apply an appropriate design to test the above hypothesis.


Circle the correct answer from the four alternatives for every question .....

1. Identify the correct spelling of the underlined words in the following sentence.
The zeitgest of the reforrmation era brought a profound change in people's outlook.

A. Zeitgist; reformation

B. Zetgeist; reformation

C. Zeitgeist; reformation

D. Zeitgest; reformation

2. What is the synonym of the word 'witter'

A. Meaningful

B. Unimportant

C. Essential

D. Witty

3. What does the word highlighted in the following sentence mean? Population screening is any procedure that is undertaken In healthy and asymptomatic individuals to check for disease.

A. Do not show any symptoms of the disease

B. The curve does not touch the base line

C. Symptoms easily diagnosable

D. Symptoms create severe disturbances in the body

4. Four alternatives are given for the idiom in italics in the following sentence. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the idiom.
1990 he made a dramatic political volte -face.'

A. Sudden change from one set of beliefs to the opposite

B. Periodic change from one set of beliefs to the opposite

C. Random change from one set of beliefs to the opposite

D. Irregular change from one set of beliefs to the opposite

5. What is the antonym of the word 'sedulous'

A. Diligent

B. Negligent

C. Assiduous

D. Persistent

6. Choose the sequence of correct alternatives for the series ofblanks given below My .brother and I used to fight a great deal as children. We did ill of things together, not always in complete In fact, on one occasion he actually my ami. I suppose he really did me a asI missed the school exams that year.

i. a. many naughty b. some silly c. a lot d. deal
ii. a.harmony b. a friendship c. an unIson d. little liking
iii. a. damage b. broke c. rips d. tearing
iv. a. courteous b. benefiting c. favour d. privilege
v. a. forever b. in and around c. at d.during

A. iii-c, v-a

B. v-b

C. iii-a,

D. iii-b, v-d

7. Choose the word with the one that is the nearest to replace the word highlighted in the sentences given below
I don't see why he should so obsequious to his brother because the latter is rich.

A. Unusually kind

B. Unfriendly

C. Excessively respectful

D. Offensive

8. Choose the word with the one that is the nearest to replace the word highlighted in the sentences given below In order to tarnish the image of his opponent, he has got a mendacious story planted in the local newspaper.

A. False

B. Fabricated

C. Imaginary

D. Horrible

9. Choose the word with the one that is the nearest to replace the word highlighted in the sentences given below
He is being treated for his somnolence.

A. Weakness

B. Severe pain in the joints

C. Intoxication

D. Sleepiness

10. Choose the antonym for the word highlighted from the alternatives provided. It is in the face of adversity that the real psychological strength helps an individual

A. Diversity

B. Affliction

C. Prosperity

D. Catastrophe

11. sorry to tell you but she is simply this will be the result but she has no actual proof.

A. Daydreaming

B. Hallucinating

C. Hypothesizing

D. Dithering

12. Let's look at it this way, it's not so much a problem challenge to our efforts

A. As

B. Since

C. For

D. It

13. He always follows that old early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

A. Phrase

B. Ballad

C. Adage

D. Analogy

14. People often ask her how she manages to stay slim and she always tells them she is very careful in the amount she eats to the point of being

A. Abbreviated

B. Abstemious

C. Actuated

D. Abrupt

15. The new company decided not to copy their predecessors but their structure after the latest trends in business.

A. Model

B. Frame

C. Differ

D. Make

16. He finds himself in a very difficult situation. You could say he's a rock and a hard place.

A. Against

B. Between

C. Across

D. Over

17. It's just not within his character. I would never say that he to that kind of behaviour.

A. Presented

B. Prepared

C. pre-empted

D. predisposed

18. The bunch of seven keys

A. Were

B. Was

C. Had

D. Has

19. A Psychologist working with children in slums notices that the children were untidy and disheveled. Which of the following words could be used to reflect the observations of the Psychologist the best?

A. Ungroomed

B. Unhygienic

C. Unbearable

D. Unkempt

20. Choose the antonym of the following word: Preposterous

A. Ludicrous

B. Irrational

C. Sagacious

D. None of the above

21. The Health Psychologist decided to apply Relaxation Therapy to the patient as the patient was

A. Nerve-wracked with pain

B. Nerve-rapped with pain

C. Nerve-racked with pain

D. Nerve-wrapped with pain

22. The client told the Health Psychologist that he has so many jobs to anticipate on any given day and time that he feels as if he is on

A. Tenderhooks

B. Tenterhooks

C. Tender-hooks

D. Tenter-hooks

23. Fill In the blanks in the following sentence: He is definitely known to be person but not a

A. Voracious, veracious

B. Veracious, Voracious

C. Veraceous, Varacious

D. Veraecious, Varocious

24. After having subjected the patient to an aggressive course of treatment that in itself could be the doctor was thankful that the disease had gone into . He was able to tell the patient that symptoms might for many years.

Blank Blank Blank
P. refulgent S. remission V. not recur
Q. life-enhancing T. quarantine W. persist
R. life-threatening U. sequestration x. malinger

A.

B.

C.

D.

25. What is the antonym of BUOYANT

A. Ebullient

B. Morose

C. Prescient

D. Feral