About Personality in FSC Psychology
Personality is one of the 8 main chapters in our Federal Board FSC Psychology question bank (11th class), and about 8% of its real questions come from it. Tayyari Karo has 22 real questions on this chapter from 2023 to 2026; 14 are multiple choice and marked instantly, and the rest are short and long questions with a model answer. By difficulty: 15 medium, 7 easy.
Work through the questions below, then open the explanation for each one. Redo the ones you missed a few days later.
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2026 Annual · 11th · Personality
An individual's characteristic ways of thinking, feeling and acting is known as:
- Personality
- Humanity
- Potential
- Sensitivity
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Answer: A. Personality
Personality is defined as an individual's stable, characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and acting.
2025 1st Annual · 11th · Personality
What was NOT introduced by Jung?
- Introvert
- Extrovert
- Ambivert
- Endomorphy
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Answer: D. Endomorphy
Carl Jung introduced introvert/extrovert/ambivert personality types; endomorphy is part of Sheldon's body-type theory, not Jung's.
2025 1st Annual · 11th · Personality
At which stage 'Oedipus complex' and 'Electra complex' occur?
- The genital stage/period
- The latency period/stage
- The anal stage
- The phallic stage/period
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Answer: D. The phallic stage/period
The Oedipus and Electra complexes arise during Freud's phallic stage (ages ~3-6).
2025 2nd Annual · 11th · Personality
Psychoanalytic theory of personality was presented by:
- Maslow S. Baron
- Adler
- David G. Myers
- Sigmund Freud
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Answer: D. Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud developed the psychoanalytic theory of personality (id, ego, superego).
2024 Annual · 11th · Personality
MMPI is a ________ personality test:
- Verbal based
- Performance based
- Projective
- Objective
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Answer: D. Objective
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is a standardized, objective (self-report questionnaire) personality test.
2023 Annual · 11th · Personality
In which defence mechanism individual unconsciously reverts to his early life?
- Identification
- Projection
- Repression
- Regression
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Answer: D. Regression
Regression is reverting to behaviour patterns typical of an earlier stage of development to cope with stress.
2026 Annual · 11th · Personality
According to Freudian theory what is the structure of personality? Explain its components.
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According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, personality is composed of three interacting structures:
• Id — the unconscious, primitive component present from birth, operating on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate satisfaction of instinctual biological urges.
• Ego — develops out of the id to deal realistically with the external world, operating on the reality principle, mediating between the id's impulses, the superego's moral demands, and practical reality, often delaying gratification.
• Superego — the internalized moral conscience and ideal self, shaped by parental and societal values, which judges actions as right or wrong and produces feelings of guilt or pride accordingly. …
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2025 2nd Annual · 11th · Personality
What is 'id-ego' and 'super-ego'?
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According to Freud's structural model of personality:
• Id — the primitive, unconscious component present from birth, operating on the pleasure principle, demanding immediate satisfaction of instinctual urges without regard for reality or consequences.
• Ego — develops to mediate between the id's demands and reality, operating on the reality principle, finding realistic and socially acceptable ways to satisfy needs while delaying gratification when necessary.
• Super-ego — the internalized moral conscience, formed through upbringing and societal values, that strives for moral perfection, judges actions as right or wrong, and produces guilt when its standards are violated.