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Section 2 – Psychological

Tests

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

How the test is conducted

In this test, 12 pictures are shown one by one and candidates are asked to

write a short story based on these pictures. The first picture will appear for 30
seconds and thereafter
4 minutes are allowed to write the story in about 100 words, after which the

second picture will appear on the screen. The last picture is always a blank
slide. Hence, the candidate can write any story and therefore should prepare a
nice story for the last picture. The rest of the stories must be purely based on

the pictures shown.

Points to Remember

The pictures can be perceived in a hundred different ways. But remember that
the main character in the story is actually ‘you’. Whatever you write about
the main character is actually how you will behave in life. A series of pictures

and sample stories are given below as illustration. After each story, a note has
been provided to highlight how the desired traits have been projected through
the stories.