Which of the following tasks is not related to Baqer Mehdi's test of Creativity?
2022
Which of the following tasks is not related to Baqer Mehdi's test of Creativity?
- A.
Unusual uses related task
- B.
New relation between pairs related task
- C.
Product improvement related task
- D.
Ask and guess related task
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Correct answer: D
Baqer Mehdi's Test of Creativity is a verbal test of creative thinking developed for the Indian context, built on the divergent-thinking model of creativity (fluency, flexibility, originality). It consists of four verbal tasks: Consequences, Unusual Uses, New Relationship, and Product Improvement.
Checking each offered task against this four-task battery: generating unconventional uses for an object, framing new relationships between given pairs, and suggesting product improvements are all explicitly among the four tasks of this specific test. An "ask-and-guess" task, however, belongs to a different creativity battery -- the original Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking -- and is not one of Baqer Mehdi's four component tasks.
Unusual uses related task -- one of the four component tasks of this test.
New relation between pairs related task -- corresponds to the "New Relationship" component task of this test.
Product improvement related task -- one of the four component tasks of this test.
Ask and guess related task -- not part of this test's four-task battery; it belongs to a different (Torrance) creative-thinking assessment.
This matches the HTET 2022 (Computer Science paper) official answer key published by BSEH, confirming the "ask-and-guess" task as the one not related to Baqer Mehdi's Test of Creativity.