CBSE Class 12 Physical Education Psychology and Sports VBQs

MCQ Questions for NCERT Class 12 Physical Education Psychology and Sports  

Question: Growth and development are never ending process.
It starts from the period when a person is not born and continues upto death. These changes are constantly taking place related to physical and psychological abilities and capacities. Growth and development are often used to describe these changes. Based on the passage answer the following questions What is the meaning of development?
(a) Change in structure of body organ
(b) Change in size
(c) Change in maturity
(d) All of these Answer: 

Answer:  D 

Question: Pinky is a 13 year old girl. She has an elder sister of 19 years and a younger brother of 5 years. Pinky falls in the age group of
(a) Infants
(b) Childhood
(c) Adolescents
(d) Adulthood

Answer: C

Question: Ajay is the coach of a Basketball team. He often notices that the team members do not play as a team. They are more interested in playing individually. What kind of issues the members are having?
(a) Behaviourial issues
(b) Emotional problems
(c) Problems in motor skills
(d) All of these

Answer: A

Question: Which of the following is a problem faced by adolescents?
(a) Drug addiction
(b) Social standing
(c) Aggression
(d) All of these

Answer: D

Question: Match the following.

Codes
     A  B  C  D            A  B  C   D
(a) 1  4  2  3       (b) 3  1   2  4
(c) 2  3  4  1       (d) 3  4   1  2

Answer: B 

Question: Atul noticed that his 14 year old son has become very emotional and hyper. He overeacts in minor situations and becomes too protective of himself.
What problems is he going through?
(a) Physical problems
(b) Uncontrollable emotions
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) nor (b)

Answer: B

Assertion-Reasoning MCQs
 Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Each of these questions also has four alternative choices, any one of which is the correct answer. You have to select one of the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below.
Codes
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true 

Question: Assertion (A) Growth is qualitative in nature.
Reason (R) Adolescents face many problems including the problem of social standing.
Answer: D

Question: Assertion (A) Psychology is the science of human behaviour.
Reason (R) Psychology is not related to sports.
Answer: C 

Question: Assertion (A) Adolescent age period is quite dynamic in nature.
Reason (R) In this age group, both girls and boys go through the emotional and physical changes.
Answer: A

Question: Assertion (A) Sports psychology plays a major role in learning motor skills.
Reason (R) Growth refers to structural and physiological changes.
Answer: B 

Case Based MCQs

Question: Sports psychology is important for coaches also, to understand the behaviour patterns of sports persons in different situations and to modify their behaviours accordingly. The coaches then are able to understand various emotions faced by the sports persons like fear, anger, disgust, aggression,frustration etc.
(i) Sports psychology is helpful for which of the following?
(a) Sports coaches
(b) Sports persons
(c) Physical eduction teachess
(d) All of above these

Answer: D

Question: Sports psychology plays a significant role in _____.
(a) Understanding behaviours
(b) Solving emotional problems
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above

Answer: C

Question: With the help of sports psychology, coaches can better understand which of the following?
(a) Growth
(b) Development
(c) Aggression
(d) Physical Education

Answer: C

Question: Mohit is a 17-year-old football player. When he was the captain of the football team, then he played really well. But from the past 3 months, his performance is deteriorated. He is specially showing his aggression to David, who is now the captain of football team.
Based on this case answer the following question
(i) Why Mohit’s performance is going down?
(a) Due to physical problems
(b) Uncontrollable emotions
(c) Lack of balance
(d) Adjustment issues

Answer: B

Short Answer Type Questions 

Question: Why adolescence is identified as a period of storm and stress?
Answer: Adolescence is identified as a period of storm and stress as in this stage boys and girls face extreme variations in their emotions. They go through a state of instability.
In a state of instability, they are not sure of their capacities, interests they face intense emotions, confusion and rebellion nature between being independent and dependent in different situations.
The lack of balance and understanding in the changes happening in their lives results in lot of problems that the adolescents face in their day-to-day lives. Therefore, this period is also called as period of storm and stress. 

Question: What are the techniques used for the management of adolescent problems? Explain any two?
Answer: Techniques used for the management of adolescent problems are as follows
(i) Proper Counselling
(ii) Participation in Co-curricular Activities
(iii) Mutual Understanding
(iv) Recognition of Individuality
(v) Sex Education
(vi) Religious and Moral Education
(vii) Suitable Environment
(viii) Adequate Independence
Mutual Understanding Family members and all elders must try to understand the problems of adolescents. They should be symphathetic and affectionate towards them and must try to build a relationship with them.
Recognition of Individuality Adolescents are often disturbed by being treated as a small child. So, parents must recognise the opinions and views of such teenagers.

Question: In what way a counsellor can help an adolescent if he/she faces emotional problems?
Answer: It is important to manage the problems of adolescence.
Otherwise it will become a hindrance in the normal growth and development of a teenager. A counsellor can help an adolescent in facing emotional problems by the following ways
♦ A counsellor can hear their problems and provide them guidance.
♦ They can solve the emotional problems in a better way as they are trained.
♦ They can suggest ways to control aggression, frustration,anxiety, etc. It leads to their proper growth and development.
♦ Adoloscent children can also talk openly and freely to a counsellor and discuss about the ways of coping up.

Question: Explain the physical, mental and adjustment problems of adolescents.
Answer: The physical, mental and adjustment problems of adolescents are explained as follows 
(i) Physical problems In the stage of adolescence, both girls and boys go through immense bodily changes.
Girls start menstruating and nightfall starts in boys.
The lack of knowledge of such changes makes the adolescents feel restless and worried.
As a result, they often go through sleepless nights and are unable to rest, leading to various health problems.
(ii) Mental Problems At this stage, children suffer from immense stress, anxiety and tension. With a lot of things going on around them, their emotions are uncontrollable and their concentration power declines. This severely affects their studies and also results in many social problems.
(iii) Issues of Adjustment An adolescent becomes highly conscious of himself/herself and of the world around him/her. He/She tries to find for himself/herself a place within this world. Adolescents are confused about their identity so they face various adjustment problems.

• Long Answer  Type Questions

Question: Discuss five problems faced by adolescents.
Answer: The problems faced by adoloscents are as follows 
(i) Aggression and Uncontrollable Emotions Adolescents are very emotional and hyper. They go through sudden change of mood and outbursts almost every day. One aspect of this suddenness of change include the thoughts of suicide, self-hate, anxiety and depression that they may face.
Adolescents also display aggressive behaviour. They overreact to minor situations and rebellious towards criticism. This may get them into bad anti-social habits and also may land them into problems that may affect their future.

(ii) Social Standing Adolescents are very conscious of their social status and their personal identity. They want to make their own respectable place in the society while fitting into it. To fit perfectly, they come under peer pressure which sometimes leads them into wrong means of obtaining luxurious things.
They feel themselves to be improtant and demand the same respect from others. They sometimes become overconfident and try to hide their mistakes.
They put their blame on others and protect themselves.
(iii) Problems Related to Sex In contrast to the previous stages, adolescents now are more attracted to the opposite sex. Their urges related to this attraction is so strong that they become restless and may take wrong means to attain them.

(iv) Drug Addiction The imbalance and instability that the adolescents face lead them towards developing bad habits. In addition, the curiosity, lack of knowledge and peer pressure leads them towards the drugs and alcohol. This experimentation can turn into addiction which can spoil the entire future of the teenager.
(v) Criminal Activities The desire to be accepted by the peers and the restlessness as a result of changes occurring in their lives, makes them more inclined to participate in criminal activities. Adolescents indulge in criminal offences like thefts, stealing, violence,molestation, etc. 

Case Study Questions  Psychology and Sports Class 11 Economics  

 The knowledge of growth and development is essential for physical education teachers as well as parents. Without sufficient knowledge of the process of growth and development in humans, it is impossible to understand the physical, mental,social and emotional development of their students/Children.
Based on the passage, answer the following questions.

Question: (i) Why development is called a life long process?
Answer: Development is considered as a life long process as it is continuous and do not stops at a particular age of physical or mental maturity.

Question:(ii) What is the major difference between growth and development, in the context of psychology?
Answer: Growth is defined as the physical change that a particular individual undergoes during certain stages in his lifetime,whereas development is the overall change of the individual in terms of his physique, behaviour, emotions and cognition throughout his lifespan.

 Ruchi is a student of class 9 and is new to the school hostel. Her warden is worried as she is not taking her meals and wants to leave the hostel and go home. She is not taking interest in any kind of school activities either. She do not interacts with other students also.
Based on this, answer the following questions 
Question: Why Ruchi wants to go home?
Answer: Ruchi wants to go home because she is not able to adjust herself to the hostel life. She is finding difficulty in coordinating and is constantly under pressure.

Question: In which age group is Ruchi? Why is she facing problems?
Answer: Ruchi is in the age group of adolescence. In this stage,adolescents become highly conscious of themselves, their behaviour become erratic and their emotions are unstable.