Personality tests are assessments designed to measure various aspects of an individual’s personality, including traits, behavior patterns, and characteristic tendencies. These tests aim to provide insights into an individual’s unique psychological makeup, helping to understand and predict their thoughts, feelings, and actions.
The primary objective of personality tests is to provide a standardized and objective measure of an individual’s personality traits and characteristics. These assessments are often administered by psychologists, counselors, or other professionals in settings such as clinical psychology, research studies, career counseling, or personal development.
Personality tests typically involve self-report questionnaires or inventories that ask individuals to rate their agreement or disagreement with statements or behaviors related to different personality dimensions. These dimensions may include extraversion/introversion, openness to experience, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and emotional stability/neuroticism. The results of personality tests generate a profile that reflects an individual’s relative position on these dimensions.
Personality tests are valuable tools in several contexts:
- Psychological Assessment: Personality tests contribute to psychological assessment by providing insights into an individual’s personality traits, patterns, and functioning. They assist in diagnosing and understanding various psychological disorders, such as personality disorders or mood disorders, and inform treatment planning and interventions.
- Career Counseling: Personality tests are often used in career counseling and vocational guidance. By assessing an individual’s personality traits, interests, and values, these tests help individuals explore suitable career paths that align with their personality and provide job satisfaction. They inform career decisions, identify strengths and weaknesses, and guide individuals toward occupations that match their unique characteristics.
- Personal Development: Personality tests can be valuable tools for personal growth and self-awareness. By understanding their personality traits, individuals can gain insights into their strengths, preferences, and areas for personal development. These assessments facilitate self-reflection, enhance interpersonal skills, and contribute to overall well-being.
It is important to note that personality tests have limitations and should be used in conjunction with other assessments and qualitative observations. Personality is a complex and multifaceted construct, and no single test can fully capture the richness and intricacies of an individual’s personality. Factors such as cultural differences, situational influences, and self-report biases should also be considered when interpreting test results.
Furthermore, it is crucial that personality tests are administered and interpreted by professionals trained in their use to ensure accuracy and appropriate application. Ethical considerations, confidentiality, and informed consent are essential when conducting personality assessments.
List of Personality Tests (Indian)
| S.No | Title of the Test | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Aggression Questionnaire | G.C. Pati |
| 02 | D-P Scale (Dependence Proneness) (Hindi) | J.B.P. Sinha |
| 03 | Ego-Strength Scale (Hindi) | Q. Hasan |
| 04 | Prolonged Deprivation Scale (PDS) (Hindi) | Girishwar Misra & L.B. Tripathi |
| 05 | Security-Insecurity (S-I) Inventory | Govind Tiwari & H.M. Singh |
| 06 | Level of Aspiration Test | V.P. Bhargava |
| 07 | Level of Aspiration | H.M. Singh & G. Tiwari |
| 08 | The Inferiority & Insecurity Questionnaires (Inferiority Questionnaire) | G.C. Pati |
| 09 | The Inferiority & Insecurity Questionnaires (Insecurity Questionnaires) | G.C. Pati |
| 10 | Battery of Pre-Adolescent Personality Tests | Udai Pareek, T.V. Rao, P.Ramalingaswamy, B.R. Sharma |
| 11 | Pre-Adolescent ] Scale – Form A & B | Udai Pareek, T.V. Rao, P.Ramalingaswamy, B.R. Sharma |
| 12 | Pre-Adolescent Class Trust Scale | Udai Pareek, T.V.Rao, P.Ramalingaswamy, B.R. Sharma |
| 13 | Pre-Adolescent Initiative Questionnaire | Udai Pareek, T.V.Rao, P.Ramalingaswamy, B.R. Sharma |
| 14 | Pre-Adolescent Activity Level Scale (PAALS) | Udai Pareek, T.V.Rao, P.Ramalingaswamy, B.R. Sharma |
| 15 | Pre-Adolescent Level of Aspiration Test (PALAT-RP) PALAT-R PALAT-P PALAT-N | U. Pareek, T.V. Rao, B.R. Sharma & P.Ramalingaswamy |
| 16 | Manual for the Battery of Pre- Adolescent Persoanlity Test | U. Pareek |
| 17 | Sinha Anxiety Scale (Hindi) | Durganand Sinha |
| 18 | Dutt Personality Inventory (In Hindi & English) | N.K. Dutt |
| 19 | Fear in Children Inventory (Hindi) | C.B. Dwivedi |
| 20 | Children’s Personality Questionnaire (CPQ) Hindi Version Form A1 & A2 | S.D. Kapoor & Sharadamba Rao |
| 21 | 16 P.F. Test (Hindi) Form A & B | S.D. Kapoor |
| 22 | Jr. Sr. High School Personality Questionnaire (HSPQ) (Hindi) | S.D. Kapoor & K.K. Mehrotra |
| 23 | Contact Personality Factor Test (Hindi) Form A & B | S.S. Srivastava & S.D. Kapoor |
| 24 | Stewart Maturity Scale | T.V. Rao & A.J. Stewart |
| 25 | Children’s Apperception Test (C.A.T.) (Indian Adaptation) | Uma Choudhury |
| 26 | Thematic Apperception Test (T.A.T.) | Uma Chowdhury |
| 27 | Kundu Introversion Extraversion Inventory | Ramnath Kundu |
| 28 | Personality Differential (A Measure of Self Concept) (English & Hindi) | K.G. Agrawal |
| 29 | Personality differential(PD) (Full Scale) (Hindi) | K.G. Agarwal |
| 30 | The Indian Adaptation of Lowenfeld Mosaic Test | B.B. Chatterjee |
| 31 | Eysenck’s Maudsley Personality Inventory (Hindi version) | S.S. Jalota & S.D. Kapoor |
| 32 | Personality Inventory (Extroversion- Introversion Scale) (Hindi) | Y. Singh |
| 33 | Introversion-Extroversion Inventory (Hindi) | P.F. Aziz & R. Agnihotry |
| 34 | What Kind of Person Are You? Test | B. Nisha & K. Gupta |
| 35 | Indian F-Scale (A measure of Authoritarianism) | L.I. Bhushan |
| 36 | Self-Disclosure Inventory for Adolescents (Hindi) | V. Sinha |
| 37 | Sinha’s Comprehensive Anxiety Test (Hindi) | A.K.P. Sinha |
| 38 | Test –Anxiety Scale (Hindi) | V.P. Sharma |
| 39 | Kundu’s Neurotic Personality Inventory(K.N.P.I.) | Ramnath Kundu |
| 40 | Youth Problem Inventory (Hindi) | M. Verma |
| 41 | Emotional Maturity Scale (Hindi) | Y. Singh & M. Bhargava |
| 42 | Superstition Scale (Hindi) | L.N. Dubey |
| 43 | Comprehensive Value Scale (Hindi) | K.G. Aggarwal |
| 44 | Measurement of Value Orientation Affected by Movies (Hindi) | M. Ojha |
| 45 | Level of Aspiration Test | M.A. Shah |
| 46 | Moral Judgement Test (Hindi) | D.N. Sinha |
| 47 | The Self Reporting Inventory for Extroversion and Introversion (Hindi) | S.P. Kulshrestha |
| 48 | Anxiety Scale (Hindi) | D.N. Srivastava & G. Tiwari |
| 49 | Anxiety Scale (English) | D.N. Srivastava & G. Tiwari |
| 50 | Frustration Test (Hindi) | N.S. Chauhan & G.P. Tiwari |
| 51 | Frustration Test (English) | N.S. Chauhan & G.P. Tiwari |
| 52 | Verbal Frustration Test (VFT) | B.C. Muthayya |
| 53 | Ascendence –Submission Scale | K. Dwivedi |
| 54 | Ascendence –Submission Scale | K. Dwivedi |
| 55 | Liar & Criminal Detection Test | H.G. Singh |
| 56 | The Neyman-Kohilstedt Diagnostic Test for Introversion-Extroversion (Hindi) | Jai Prakash |
| 57 | Behavioural Deviance Scale (for boys) (Hindi) | N.S. Chauhan |
| 58 | Behavioural Deviance Scale (for boys) (English) | N.S. Chauhan |
| 59 | Behavioural Deviance Scale (for girls) (English) | N.S. Chauhan |
| 60 | MultiVariable Personality Inventory | B.C. Muthayya |
| 61 | Personality Need Inventory (English) | C.P. Sharma |
| 62 | Personality Need Inventory (Hindi) | C.P. Sharma |
| 63 | Construction & Standardization of P.G.I Health Questionnaire, N-2 | S.K. Verma & N.N. Wig |
| 64 | The Indian Adaptation of Rosenzweig Picture-Frustration Study for Children | Udai Pareek |
| 65 | Approval Motive Scale | N.K.M. Tripathi & L.B. Tripathi |
| 66 | Sociometric Test (Hindi) | Vishva Bandhu Chatterji |
| 67 | Sportsman-Spirit Test | L.N. Dubey |
| 68 | Prestige Suggestion Test (Hindi) | APRC’s Research ProductSeries |
| 69 | Flexibility- Rigidity Scale | V.P. Bhargava & F.B. Ansari |
| 70 | Sentence Completion Test (Hindi) | G. Tiwari |
| 71 | A Test of Measure of Humour (for College Students & Adults) | B.C. Muthayya |
| 72 | Multivariable Personality Inventory | B.C. Muthayya |
| 73 | Pupils Problem Checklist (Gujarati) | J.N. Shah |
| 74 | Self Analysis Questionnaire (Gujarati) | H. Badami & C. Badami |
| 75 | Self Perception Inventory (Gujarati) | Kusum K. Bhatt |
| 76 | Problem Check List | N. Bhagia |
| 77 | Political Efficacy Alienation Scale (Hindi) | A. Tambar |
| 78 | Political Efficacy Alienation Scale (English) | A. Tambar |
| 79 | Langer Paliwal Scale of Psycho- Physical Strain | T.R.P. Paliwal |
| 80 | Leadership Preference Scale | L.I. Bhushan |
| 81 | Change Proneness Inventory | M.M.Mukhopadhyay |
| 82 | Personal Inventory | M.N. Palsane |
| 83 | Persistence Questionnaire | Nisha Dhawan & D. Sinha |
| 84 | Aapka Vyaktitva: Ek Naidanik janch (Your Personality: A Clinical Investigation) | V.D. Misra |
| 85 | Vyaktitva, Ek Panchpakshiya Moolyankan | V.D. Misra |
| 86 | Emotional Maturity Scale (English & Hindi) | R. Pal |
| 87 | Hostility Scale (English & Hindi) | R. Pal |
| 88 | Aggression Scale (English & Hindi) | R. Pal |
| 89 | Persistence Questionnaire (Hindi) | Nisha Dhawan |
| 90 | Manifest Anxiety Scale for Children (English & Hindi) | T. Naquvi |
| 91 | Multi-Dimensional Personality Inventory (Hindi) | M.R. Aggarwal |
| 92 | Motivation Analysis Test (English & Hindi) | S.D. Kapoor |
| 93 | A Verbal Measure of Risk Taking (Hindi) | T. Naquvi |
| 94 | Choice-Dilemmas Questionnaire (Measure of Risk Taking Behaviour) | S.M. Yousuf |
| 95 | Behaviour Prediction Scale (Hindi) | S.M. Yousuf |
| 96 | Social Distance Scale (Hindi & English) | Kamal Dwivedi |
| 97 | Locus of Control (for Primary Children) (English & Hindi) | Roma Pal |
| 98 | Locus of Control Scale (for Adolescents and Adults) | Roma Pal |
| 99 | Ways of life Questionnaire (Hindi) | Govind Tiwari |
| 100 | Dimensions of Temperament Scale | N.K. Chadha |
| 101 | Defence Mechanism Inventory (Hindi) | N.R. Mrinal |
| 102 | CMI Health Questionnaire (Male & Female) (Hindi) | N.N. Wig |
| 103 | Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale | Gurmeet Singh, Dalbir Kaur & Harsharan Kaur |
| 104 | Anxiety Scale for Children (Hindi) | A. Kumar |
| 105 | Children’s Approval Seeking Test (English/Hindi) | N.K.M. Tripathi |
| 106 | Malhotra Temperament Schedule | S. Malhotra & A. Malhotra |
| 107 | Youth Problem Inventory | Mithilesh Verma |
| 108 | Fear Check List | Ravinder Kaur |
| 109 | Bisht Battery of Stress Scale | Abha Rani Bisht |
| 110 | Violence and Non-Violence Reaction Study | V.K. Mittal |
| 111 | The L.A. Coding Test | A. Ansari |
| 112 | Kundu’s Neurotic Personality Inventory | R.N. Kundu |
| 113 | L.D. Proneness Scale | M.L. Lidhoo |
| 114 | Kishore Vyaktitva Talika (Hindi) | V.K. Singh |
| 115 | Personality Trait Inventory | N.N. Sen |
| 116 | Sociogenic Need Satisfaction Scale | N.S. Chauhan |
| 117 | Approval Motive Scale | N.K.M. Tripathi |
| 118 | Children’s Approval Seeking Test | N.K.M. Tripathi |
| 119 | Comprehensive Scale of Tension | R. Bharadwaj |
| 120 | Medico Psychological Questionnaire | J. Bharath Raj |
| 121 | Impulsiveness Scale | S.N. Rai |
| 122 | Conformity Behaviour | S.N. Rai |
| 123 | A Scale of Machiavellianism (IV Scale) | S.N. Rai |
| 124 | Sexuality Scale | Pramod Kumar |
| 125 | Tiwari Change Proneness Scale (Hindi) | P.S. Tiwari |
| 126 | S.R.A. Youth Inventory | P.T. Raval |
| 127 | Clinical Analysis Questionnaire | S.D. Kapoor |
| 128 | Motivation Analysis Test (Hindi) | S.D. Kapoor |
| 129 | Neuroticism Scale Questionnaire (Hindi) | S.D. Kapoor |
| 130 | Eight State Questionnaire | Psycho-Centre, New Delhi |
| 131 | Eight State Questionnaire (Hindi) | Psycho-Centre, New Delhi |
| 132 | Rao’s Social Maturity Scale (Hindi) | Nalini Rao |
| 133 | Rao’s Social Maturity Scale | Naline Rao |
| 134 | Dimensions of Temperament Scale | N.K. Chadha |
| 135 | P.G.I. Health Questionnaire | S.K. Verma |
| 136 | C.M.I. Health Questionnaire (Hindi) | N.N. Wig |
| 137 | Dysfunction Analysis Questionnaire | Dwarka Pershad |
| 138 | Psycho-Physiological State Inventory | Sanjay Vohra |
| 139 | Dimensions of Friendship Scale | S. Chandra |
| 140 | Dimensions of Rigidity Scale | N.K. Chadha |
| 141 | Teacher’s Role Conflict Inventory | Pramila Prasad |
| 142 | Rotter’s Locus of Control Scale | Anand Kumar |
| 143 | Tools for Secondary Class Students: 1. Mental Health Scale 2. Personality Development Inventory | S.P. Anand |
| 144 | Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Personality Series (Adult) | Psy-Com Services |
| 145 | -do- (MAP Format) | -do- |
| 146 | -do- (Children) | -do- |
| 147 | -do- (Primary Level) | -do- |
| 148 | State Trait Anxiety Test | Psy-Com Services |
| 149 | Levenson’s Locus of Control Scale | Sanjay Vohra |
| 150 | Vineland Social Maturity Scale | A.J. Malin |
| 151 | Children’s Personality Questionnaire (Hindi) | S.D. Kapoor |
| 152 | Manifest Anxiety Scale | D.N. Srivastava |
| 153 | Children Personality Questionnaire | Medha Kumthekar & Aparna Joshi |
| 154 | The AIIMS Comprehensive Neuropsychological Battery | Surya Gupta |
| 155 | Personality Inventory | Jnana Prabodhini Pune |
| 156 | Children’s personality (C.P.Q.) (Hindi) | Rao & Kapoor |
| 157 | The Test for Social Acceptability Among Peers | S.L. Chopra |
| 158 | Machiavellianism Scale | S.N. Rai & Manula upta |
| 159 | Global Adjustment Scale (Student Form) | Psy-Com Services |
| 160 | Global Adjustment Scale (Adult Form) | Psy-Com Serivces |
| 161 | Emotional Competence Scale | R. Bharadwaj |
| 162 | Social Distance Scale | K. Dewedi Shobha Bhatnagar Usha Asthana |
| 163 | Social Competence Scale | V.P. Sharma & Prabha Shukla |
| 164 | Machiavellianism Scale | S.N. Rai & Manjula Gupta |
| 165 | Intolerance of Ambiguity Scale | P. Sarin |
| 166 | Life Satisfaction Scale | Q.G. Alam & R. Srivastava |
| 167 | Life Satisfaction Scale | P. Singh & G. Joseph |
| 168 | Memory Test for Intolerance of Ambiguity | M. Misra |
| 169 | The Essay Paragraph Analysis Scale (Hindi) | S.P. Malhotra |
| 170 | The Essay Paragraph Analysis Scale (English) | S.P. Malhotra |
| 171 | Reactionism Radicalism Scale | Sucheta Kumari |
| 172 | Comprehensive Modernization Inventory | S.P. Ahluwalia and Ashok Kalia |
| 173 | Collters Rigidity Scale | J.S. Mathur |
| 174 | Childrens Curiosity Scale | R. Kumar |
| 175 | Behaviour Orientation Scale | P. Kumar Jha |
| 176 | Perceived Loneliness Scale | P. Kumar Jha |
| 177 | Social Maturity Scale | R.P. Srivastava |
| 178 | Emotional Stability Test for children | A.S. Gupta |
| 179 | Scale for Assessing Social Disadvantage | A.S. Gupta |
| 180 | Dimensional Personality Inventory | M. Bhargava |
| 181 | Excitability Rating Scale | K. Sinha |
| 182 | Risk Taking Questionnaire | V. Sinha |
| 183 | PGI General Well Being Measures | S.K. Verma |
| 184 | Emotional Stability Test for Children | A.S. Gupta |
| 185 | Self-Control Scale | A.K. Singh & A. Sen Gupta |
| 186 | Mental Health Battery | A.K. Singh & A. Sen Gupta |
| 187 | Moral Judgment Test (MJT) | D. Sinha & Meera Verma |
| 188 | Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Personality (MAP, Form-A) | Psy-Com Services |
| 189 | Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Personality (MAP Form-T) | Psy-Com Services |
| 190 | Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Personality (MAP Form-T) | Psy-Com Services |
| 191 | Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Personality (MAP Form-C) | Psy-Com Services |
| 192 | Workers Personality Scale | Psy-Com Services |
| 193 | Somatic Inkblot Series (SIS-II & Video) | W.A. Cassell and B.L. Dubey |
| 194 | Developmental Screening Test (DST | J. Bharat Raj |
| 195 | Coulter’s Rigidity Scale | I.S. Muhar & Prabha Bhatia |
| 196 | The Modernization Scale | Raghavendra S. Singh, A.N. Tripathi & Ramjeet Lal |
| 197 | Dimensions of Rigidity Scale | N.K. Chadha |
| 198 | Comprehensive Modernization Inventory | S.P. Ahluwalia |
| 199 | Tiwari Change Proneness Scale | P.S.Tiwari |
| 200 | Type A/B Behavioural Pattern Scale | Upinder Dhar |
| 201 | Differential Personality Inventory | A.K.Singh |
| 202 | Tripathi Personal Preference Scale | R.P.Tripathi |
| 203 | Social Preference and Social Behaviour Inventory | N.C.Joshi & Pandey |
| 204 | Punctuality Scale | Alam and Srivastava |
| 205 | Obedient and Disobedient Tendency Scale | C.S.Mehta & Hasnain |
| 206 | Risk Taking Questionnaire | P.N.Arora & Sinha |
| 207 | Indian Adaptation of Thematic Test Apperception Test | L.P.Mehrotra |
| 208 | Free Association Test (Words List Method) | Mahesh Sharma Bharat Varchney |
| 209 | Need Pattern Scale | Seema Singh |
| 210 | Social Motive Scale | R.N.Singh & M.Bhargava |
| 211 | Approval Motive Scale | K.M.Tripathi & L.V.Tripathi |
| 212 | Children’s Approval Seeking Test | K.M.Tripathi & Ravi Ambont |
| 213 | Impulse Control Scale | Anjali Srivastava |
| 214 | Test of Reaction to Frustration | S.N.Dubey |
| 215 | A study of Teacher’s Reactions to Frustrations in School situations | N.K.Goyal |
| 216 | Reactions to Frustration Scale | B.N.Dixit |
| 217 | Measurement to Frustration Tolerance | S.N.Rai |
| 218 | Bisht Battery of Stress Scale | Abha Rani |
| 219 | State-Trait Anxiety Test | MAP Series |
| 220 | Sinha’s Comprehensive Anxiety Test | A.K.P. Sinha |
| 221 | Comprehensive Anxiety Test | H. Sharma |
| 222 | Indian Adaptation of Saran Son’s General Anxiety Scale for School Children | A. Kumar |
| 223 | Academic Anxiety Scale for Children | A.K. Singh |
| 224 | Test Anxiety Scale | V.P. Sharma |
| 225 | Test Anxiety for Children | A. Kumar |
| 226 | Death Anxiety Scale | U. Dhar, S. Mehta & S. Dhar |
| 227 | Fear of Personal Death Scale | M. Rajamanik |
| 228 | Security–Insecurity Scale | Beena Shah |
| 229 | P.G.I. Memory Scale | D. Pershad |
| 230 | Mental Health Inventory | Jagdish Srivastava |
| 231 | Mental Health Checklist | Pramod Kumar |
| 232 | Emotional Stability Questionnaire | Psy.Com Services |
| 233 | Mental Fatigue (Hindi) | D.D. Joshi |
| 234 | Social Competence Scale (SCS) | V.P.Sharma, Prabha Shukla & Kiran Shukla |
| 235 | Measuring Decision making Capacity of Educational Administrators | Ashok Kr. Pandey |
| 236 | Mohsin Security Insecurity Test | S.M.Mohsin |
| 237 | Sense of Responsibility Scale (Hindi) | Sarla Pandey |
| 238 | Coping Strategies Scale (English & Hindi) | A.K.Srivastava |
| 239 | Test Anxiety Inventory (Hindi) | Anup Sud & Prerna Sud |
| 240 | Deprivation Scale (Hindi) | S.K. Pal, K.S.Misra & Kalplata Pandey |
| 241 | Autism Spectrum Disorder Questionnaire (ASDQ) | Uday Kumar Sinha |
| 242 | Anxiety, Depression and Stress Scale (ADSS-BSPSA) English | Pallavi Bhatnagar |
| 243 | Big Five Personality Inventory (BFPI) Hindi | Arun Kumar Singh and Ashok Kumar |
| 244 | P.G.I. General Well-being Measure (PGIGW-VV) Hindi/English | S.K.Verma and Anita Verma |
| 245 | Personal Efficacy Scale | A.P. Singh and Dr. Pratiraj Kumari |
| 246 | Stress Coping Techniques Questionnaire | V. Laxmi and S. Narain |
| 247 | Interpesonal Skills Inventory | L. Jakbowska, P. Sharma and S. Nigam |
| 248 | Adolescent Resilience Scale (ARS) | R. Raj J.J. and A.H.M. Vijayalaxmi |
| 249 | RINAPS Family Relations Test: A Project Test | Dr. Amool Ranjan, Dr. Masoor Jahan, and Dr. Jay Kumar Ranjan |
| 250 | Assertiveness Assessment Inventory | Dr. Masroor Jahan, Amool & Dolly |
| 251 | Bist Battery of Stress Scales (BBSS) (13 to 17 years ) | Abha Rani |
| 252 | Defense Mechanism Inventory (DMI) (For graduate & adults) – Female | N.R. Mrinal and Uma Singhal |
| 253 | Defense Mechanism Inventory (DMI) Male ( For graduate & adults)- Male | N.R. Mrinal and Uma Singhal |
| 254 | Life Event Scale | C.N. Daftuar |
| 255 | Multiple Anxiety Inventory (14-18yrs) | Vishal Sood, Arti Anand &Tarun Mehta |
