Developing Creativity in Children — Quiz

Q1. Priya, a Class 3 student in Bihar, makes a rangoli, while her classmate Ravi recites a self-made joke. Which conclusion is BEST supported?

• A. Both are creative — creativity is found in all children but in different forms and degree
• B. Only Priya is creative because creativity needs colour
• C. Only Ravi is creative because creativity needs words
• D. Neither is creative because they are too young

Q2. A primary teacher in Rampur asks students to make Ganesha figures from vegetables for an art day. This activity is BEST placed under

• A. Verbal creativity
• B. Convergent thinking
• C. Imitation
• D. Non-verbal creativity

Q3. A truck loaded with goods gets stuck under a low overbridge in a village. A young boy suggests deflating the tyres a little so the truck can pass. This BEST illustrates creativity as

• A. A problem-solving ability characterised by originality
• B. Verbal creativity through speech
• C. Convergent thinking with one fixed answer
• D. Pure imitation of an existing solution

Q4. The student-coined words 'Pomato' (Potato + Tomato) and 'Santur' (Sandalwood + Turmeric) show that creativity often works through

• A. Memorising the dictionary
• B. Translating English words into Hindi
• C. Strictly following teacher-dictated single answers
• D. Combining two or more unrelated words or ideas to give a new answer

Q5. A teacher tells her class that when Archimedes left his problem and went to take a bath, his mind unconsciously continued working on it. This step of creative thinking is called

• A. Withdrawal from the problem (Incubation)
• B. Concentrated attention
• C. Preparation
• D. Verification

Q6. Consider that Edison was dismissed from school, Einstein lagged in Science and Maths, and Keats and Shelley made spelling mistakes. These examples MAINLY show that

• A. Creative people fight against rigid social control mechanisms and still flourish
• B. School marks always predict creative potential
• C. Creativity is impossible without high school grades
• D. Only Western children can become creative

Q7. The correlation between intelligence and creativity in normal children is around +0.36, but becomes zero when IQ is above 120. The MOST defensible implication is

• A. All highly intelligent children are highly creative
• B. Children with IQ above 120 are never creative
• C. Creativity and intelligence are exactly the same ability
• D. Some intelligence is needed for creativity, but high intelligence does not guarantee high creativity

Q8. A primary-teacher's child shifts schools every three years because the parent is transferred. This experience is BEST said to develop the child's

• A. Creativity
• B. Reflective thinking
• C. Intelligence
• D. Logical thinking

Q9. Which example BEST expresses convergent thinking?

• A. School
• B. Essay
• C. Homework
• D. Theorem

Q10. American psychologists adapted Osborn's brainstorming using a 'green light stage' and a 'red light stage'. These correspond to

• A. Green = Ideation, Red = Evaluation
• B. Green = Evaluation, Red = Ideation
• C. Green = Preparation, Red = Verification
• D. Green = Writing, Red = Reading

Q11. During a brainstorming session, Ravi laughs at his classmate's idea calling it 'silly'. Which of Osborn's four ideation-stage principles, has Ravi violated?

• A. Free wheeling — express any idea
• B. Hitchhiking — combine your ideas with others'
• C. Quality breeds quality — more ideas, better chances
• D. Criticism is avoided — no self-criticism or criticism of others

Q12. A teacher constructs a riddle in which the moon is described as a silver coin. This style of activity falls under which creativity-fostering technique?

• A. Synectics — making the strange familiar and the familiar strange
• B. Attribute listing and changing
• C. Brainstorming
• D. Lateral thinking

Q13. A teacher asks her Class 5 students: 'Suppose all petrol on the earth vanishes suddenly — what would happen?' This BEST fits which type of creativity-fostering question?

• A. Redefining question
• B. Provocative question
• C. Hypothetical question
• D. Consequences question

Q14. A Class 4 teacher in rural Bihar shows the children a picture of an underground town and asks, 'What might have been the reasons for this town going underground?' This is BEST called a

• A. Redefining question
• B. Challenging-assumption question
• C. Divergent question
• D. Hypothetical question

Q15. Asked to list uses of an old newspaper, Priya gives twenty uses, all about wrapping food. Ravi gives ten uses spanning wrapping, cleaning, art, packing and reading. Among the six abilities, Ravi shows MORE of which ability than Priya?

• A. Fluency
• B. Elaboration
• C. Persistency
• D. Flexibility