INTRODUCTION

An Aptitude is a component of a competency to do a certain kind of work. At a certain

level, this can also be considered as “Talent”. Aptitudes may be physical or mental. Aptitude is

not developed knowledge, understanding, learned or acquired abilities [skills] or attitude. The

innate nature of Aptitude is in contrast to achievement, which represents ability or knowledge

that is gained through Learning.

Aptitude [which formerly carried implications of innateness] has now been specialized in

technical writing to refer to the fact that the individual can be broad by a specified amount of

training to a specified level of ability, either general or special, but usually the latter. Aptitude is

expressed in interest and is reflected in current performance which is expected to improve

overtime with training. Aptitude and ability tests are designed to assess your Logical Reasoning

or Thinking capabilities. They consist of a number of multiple choice questions and are strictly

timed.

DBDA [David’s Battery of Differential Abilities] is a standardized procedure for

objectively measuring what a person is able to do at the time he is being assessed and under the

conditions of assessment included in this concept is the realization that individual behavior

including mental processes, is neither consistent nor stable. Although scores for groups may be

relatively stable, it does not follow that the Individual score within a group will be similarly

stable. At the fact that DBDA may have high predictive validity does not mean that any

Individual taking this test may be accorded the same predict ability as the group itself. Because

the ability is a product of nature as well as the nurture. An Individual’s mental functioning will

be influenced by many extrinsic factors such as cultural exposures, including quality of

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education, as well as intrinsic factors such as personality characteristics. The most we may for

the DBDA scores is that describes how the individual performs here and now and that all things

being equal, he will probably continue to the function in a like manner.

ABILITIES MEASURED IN DBDA

Verbal Ability (VA)

Verbal ability refers to the comprehension of words and ideas, or a person’s ability to

understand writing language. It is one of the most important human ability. In the DBDA, verbal

ability is assessed by the two different kinds of subtests: vocabulary (VA PART 1) and the

understanding proverbs (VA PART 2).This ability can be expected to figure prominently in

success in academic and school related performances. It is predictor of occupations involving

much reading and writing of reports, and so on. This factor is assessed by taking the sum of a

person’s scores on verbal ability-1 and verbal ability-2. In this and other test of DBDA, no

correlation for guessing is applied.

Verbal ability part 1 involves word meaning exercised to access the subject’s knowledge

of English words and his ability to abstract and generalize relationship among words. Verbal

ability part 2 involves the ability to recognize the proverbs and understand their latent meaning,

and ability assumed to be essentially the same as that of comprehension of language and usage of

words in day to day life.

Numerical Ability (NA)

Numerical ability refers to facility in manipulating numbers quickly and accurately, in

tasks involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, squaring, dealing with fractions

etc... numerical ability is distinct from both reasoning mathematical knowledge and is with the

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more basic trait of facility and fluency in fundamental number operations. This ability is

generally formed high in individuals who are successful in mathematical, scientific and technical

subjects. It is a predictor of occupations involving engineering, technological, data processing

jobs etc...

The problems to be solved in numerical ability test are not difficult. But they have to

done in very limited time. This increasing the difficulty level for rapid calculation. In

combination with the verbal ability score, both the tests are a good measure of general learning

ability.

Spatial Ability (SA)

Spatial ability is concerned with perceiving spatial patterns accurately, and following the

orientation of figures when their position in a plane or space is altered. In DBDA, spatial ability

is assessed by items in which the subjects must be able to determine quickly whether two-

dimensional figures have been merely turned around (rotated) or, they are turned over and

rotated (reversed).

This ability is found to be high in individual who are successful in geometrical drawings,

drafting, and vocational training and in art and design. It is a predictor of occupation involving

figural materials, such as those dealing with shop work, construction.

Closure Ability (CA)

Closure ability is primarily a perceptual ability measured by the DBDA. It refers to the

ability to see quickly a whole stimulus when parts of it are missing, or to “complete the gestalt “.

The principle of closure has been adopted from Gestalt psychology, which says that brain tends

to fill in gaps in order to perceive complete meaningful forms.

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Closure ability can be expected to be relevant to success in courses and occupation

involving speedy visual perceptions, such as those concerned with office and shop work etc…

Clerical Ability (CL)

Clerical ability is perceptual activity primary concerned with making rapid evaluations of

features of visual stimuli. In clerical ability, the perceptual speed and accuracy is measured by

items in which the examinee must rapidly assess the sameness or difference of paired groups of

letters and numbers.

Little or no “higher level” of intellectual difficulty is involved in this test. But since

intelligence or mental ability components are adequately measured by other tests of this battery,

it was decided to include this ability also due to high vocational value of this ability Clerical

ability is important to success in many task involving record – keeping, filing, taking inventories

etc,.

Reasoning Ability (RA)

Reasoning ability refers to the ability to apply the process of induction or to reason from

some specific information to a general principle.

Reasoning ability is important to success in many areas particularly those that stress

logic, such as courses and occupation in mathematics or related pursuits, computer

programming, engineering, sciences and scientific technology.

Mechanical Ability (MA)

Mechanical ability refers to an understanding of basic mechanical principle, simple

machines, tools, electrical and automotive facts. This factor can also we referred to as

“mechanical information” or “mechanical experiences”, as mechanical ability score is dependent

to a great extent on acquired knowledge and skill in such areas.

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The mechanical ability test is useful in those curricula and occupations where an

appreciation of the principle of common physical force is required .mechanical ability score is

relevant for courses and occupations concerned with machinery and shop, factory, carpentry,

engineering technologies. It is important to realize that mechanical ability scores are of less

educational and vocational significances for girls than for boys

Psychomotor Ability (PA)

Psychomotor ability refers to precise movements requiring eye- hand coordination under

highly speeded conditions. Psychomotor ability can be considered one of fine- muscle dexterity,

primarily manual. The test requires the subject to draw finely controlled pencil lines, as quickly

as he can, in specially constructed figures.

The psychomotor ability test can also be associated with mechanical ability test, as its

importance to success in mechanical- technological endeavors is well established

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METHODOLOGY

AIM

To find out whether the students of various departments have chosen appropriate courses

as per their aptitude.

TOOL

DBDA (David’s Battery of Differential Abilities).

SAMPLE

The sample includes a total of 269 students of various departments from St. Mary’s

College, Thrissur.

LIMITATIONS

(a) A pilot study was not taken into consideration

(b) The test was not administered individually.

(c) Since the study was a group task, it was difficult to know whether the students responded

genuinely.

RESULT

Table 1-9 shows the scores obtained by the students from various departments-Botany,

History, Bio-technology, Economics, Chemistry, BCA, Microbiology, English and Mathematics

in different areas of the Aptitude test.

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Sl No Name CA

CL MA NA PM

RA SA VA Highly scored area

1 Reshma Aravind 3 2 2 5 5 4 7 5 Spatial ability,2 Athira Soman 5 5 1 3 5 6 4 6 Verbal ability,Reasoning3 Sneha.A.K 1 4 1 4 3 5 5 1 Spatial ability,reasoning4 Aparna.P.S 4 3 1 4 5 7 5 3 Reasoning ability5 Jyothi.C. J 1 1 1 2 6 2 1 1 Psychomotor ability6 AthiraHaridas 1 4 2 6 5 5 4 3 Numerical ability7 Stephy.P.S 1 1 1 2 6 2 1 4 Psychomotor ability8 Sinni Francis 3 6 6 3 10 8 3 5 Psychomotor ability9 Sreeya Francis 2 2 2 2 5 5 4 3 Psychomotor

ability,Reasoning10 Aiswarya.A.G 2 3 1 4 5 3 1 4 Psychomotor ability,11 Rosemariya Pauly 2 4 1 4 9 1 1 2 Psychomotor ability12 Reeba Rose.B.P 1 4 1 4 5 6 1 5 Reasoning ability13 Neema Babu 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 2 Psychomotor ability14 Alisha Valsan.C 2 4 1 7 6 6 3 2 Numerical ability15 Krishnapriya.P 1 2 1 1 5 4 1 3 Psychomotor ability16 Neethu.P.B 4 3 0 3 8 6 1 4 Psychomotor ability17 Joseena.E.F 1 1 1 2 5 1 1 2 Psychomotor ability18 Reshma.K 2 4 1 6 5 2 2 5 Numerical ability19 Deina Davis 3 4 2 2 5 5 1 2 Psychomotor

ability,Resoning20 Akhila.K.R 4 3 1 2 4 1 1 3 Psychomotor

ability,closure21 Merin James 7 4 1 7 4 4 1 3 Closure ability,numerical22 Neelima.T.G 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 2 Psychomotor ability23 Athira.C.B 1 2 1 4 3 1 2 3 Numerical ability24 Neethu Antony 1 2 1 1 6 3 1 2 Psychomotor ability25 Anju.C.A 2 2 1 4 5 5 3 4 Psychomotor

ability.reasoning26 Dhanya jose 3 2 2 4 4 3 4 6 Verbal ability27 Jwala.P.Prem 1 3 4 5 8 1 3 3 Psychomotor ability

Table 1: Scores obtained by the students of the Botany Department in different areas of the

aptitude test.

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Table 2: Scores obtained by the students of the History Department in different areas of the

aptitude test.

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Sl No Name Ca Cl Ma Na P

m Ra Sa Va Highly Scored Area

1 Jithy T Thomas 4 6 2 4 7 4 8 4 Spatial Ability

2 Reshma M R 2 3 1 5 5 1 4 3 Psychomotor & Numerical Ability

3 Wilson Jovise K S 3 4 1 5 7 5 1 5 Psychomotor Ability

4 Mikina Kuttan 3 3 1 4 5 3 2 1 Psychomotor Ability

5 Liviya E Williams 5 2 1 2 5 1 1 1 Psychomotor & Closure Ability

6 Reshma Girish 1 3 1 3 4 5 4 3 Reasoning Ability

7 Reshma K K 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 2 Numerical Ability

8 Shanty K A 1 3 2 4 3 1 3 1 Numerical Ability

9 Aiswarya E K 2 3 1 2 6 1 3 2 Psychomotor Ability

10 Mridhula T M 2 4 1 2 3 1 1 1 Clerical Ability

11 Kripa V S 2 3 1 2 6 4 2 2 Psychomotor Ability

12 Rose Mary Anto 2 3 1 4 5 6 4 2 Reasoning Ability

13 Aneesa Sabanam K S 4 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 Closure Ability

14 Neethu E R 1 4 1 3 4 1 3 4 Clerical, Psychomotor & Verbal Ability

15 Raichel George 1 4 4 2 2 1 6 1 Spatial Ability

16 Delna Thomas 2 4 4 3 1 4 2 2 Clerical, Mechanical & Reasoning Ability

17 Neethu Joy 2 4 2 2 3 3 2 4 Clerical & Verbal Ability

18 Femi Francis 1 6 3 5 5 2 6 1 Clerical & Spatial Ability

19 Jipcy Johnson 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 4 Verbal Ability

20 Christeena A R 1 8 4 4 5 1 3 3 Clerical Ability

21 Divya M J 2 5 4 1 4 1 4 3 Clerical Ability

Sl.No.

Name CA

CL

MA

NA

PM

RA

SA

VA

Higher Score area

1 Ganga.T.M 6 3 2 5 7 5 1 5 Psychomotor ability2 Shmna.P.A 4 3 1 4 5 3 1 2 Psychomotor ability3 Arsha.P.M 6 4 1 5 6 7 4 4 Spatial ability4 Pooja.K.J 3 3 2 2 4 2 5 5 Spatial ability,verbal ability5 Rinsha.V.R 2 1 1 4 3 3 1 5 Psychomotor ability 6 Christy Joseph 5 3 2 4 5 3 5 3 Spatial

ability,closure,&psychomotor

7 Anjana Sajeev 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 5 Verbal ability8 Akmal Nahan

Khanam2 1 2 3 6 6 5 5 Psychomotor

ability,resoning9 Shahla.P.A 2 1 1 1 7 5 3 2 Psychomotor ability10 Sreya Suresh 2 2 1 4 5 4 6 4 Spatial ability11 Priyanka.J 2 1 1 4 4 3 1 1 Psychomotor

ability,numerical12 Fibithamol.V.A 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 Psychomotor ability13 Risna.A.Rahma

n1 2 2 3 3 2 2 5 Verbal ability

14 Thasneem.C.A 1 1 1 3 5 1 1 3 Psychomotor ability15 Ammu.S 4 3 4 7 7 4 2 3 Psychomotor

ability,numerical ability16 Rekha.C 2 1 1 4 2 0 1 3 Numerical ability17 Riswana

Maliyakkal3 1 3 5 8 6 3 3 Psychomotor ability

18 Neethu Johnson

2 1 1 4 2 3 1 5 Verbal ability

19 Gayatri.M 4 3 1 8 8 6 5 6 Psychomotor ability,numerical

Table 3: Scores obtained by the students of the Biotechnology Department in different areas of

the aptitude test.

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Sl.No Name CA CL MA NA PM RA SA VA HIGHEST SCORED AREA

1 Revathy.M.R 1 3 1 3 4 4 2 5 Verbal

2 Athira.M.R 2 3 0 4 3 3 4 2 Spatial, Numerical

3 Jenny.T.M 1 2 1 3 4 1 1 1 Psychomotor

4 Jini. J .C 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 Psychomotor

5 Surya P.C 2 2 2 3 2 3 1 3 Verbal,Numerical, reasoning

6 Neethu. M 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 Psychomotor, Numerical, Spatial

7 Reshma C.T 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 3 Spatial,Verbal, ,Psychomotor

8 Printy. P 1 4 1 3 4 6 4 3 Reasoning

9 Sindhya.T.P 1 2 4 2 3 3 4 4 Spatial, Mechanical, Verbal

10 Maria. J 2 3 1 4 6 4 5 2 Psychomotor

11 Anu.N.S 5 2 1 4 5 2 2 3 Psychomotor,Closure

12 Anju. S 1 3 1 4 2 1 4 1 Numerical, Spatial

13 VARADHA.K 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 Verbal

14 Shilka. V.P 2 2 1 3 2 2 5 4 Spatial

15 Neethu. F 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 4 Verbal

16 Anna Lindsay 1 1 1 3 3 2 5 1 Spatial

17 Meenu.P.B 1 2 1 1 4 1 3 2 Psychomotor

18 Fify. J 1 2 2 5 1 1 2 3 Numerical

19 Krishnendhu.P.L 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 2 Numerical

20 RESHMA.K.K 2 1 4 5 2 4 5 2 Spatial, Numerical

21 Mebeena.V.V 1 2 1 5 5 1 1 1 Psychomotor, Numerical

22 Vrindha.V.R 2 2 1 4 2 1 5 2 Spatial

23 Jisna. J 1 2 1 4 4 1 1 2 Psychomotor,

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Numerical24 Sruthi.K.S 2 2 2 4 3 1 4 4 Spatial,Verbal,Nume

rical25 Sruthi. S 2 2 1 4 3 4 4 4 Spatial,Vrebal,Reaso

ning,Numerical

26 Jainy .R 1 1 1 5 5 1 5 1 Spatial,Numerical,Psychomotor

27 Freby. F 1 1 2 5 2 1 1 2 Numerical

28 Vimal. D 1 1 3 3 0 1 4 3 Spatial

29 Manju. J 1 2 1 4 5 2 1 1 Psychomotor

30 RUBEENA.C.I 2 1 1 4 5 7 2 3 Reasoning

31 Deena.M.N 3 3 1 2 6 2 7 4 Spatial

32 Sarmila.K.S 2 3 2 2 3 1 4 1 Spatial

33 Reshmamol P.G 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 Psychomotor

34 Vineetha .P.V 2 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 Spatial, Psychomotor

33 Christy.T.G 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 Clercal,Closur,Numerical,Psychomotor

34 Jeena .J 1 2 2 4 5 3 1 3 Psychomotor

35 Jiji. J 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 Psychomotor, Verbal

36 jesmin.K.J 1 4 2 2 1 1 5 3 Spatial

37 Prathibha.K.R 3 2 2 1 6 4 3 6 Psychnmotor,Verbal

38 Anjali P.X 1 2 2 2 7 2 1 1 Psychomotor

39 Lavanya.V.J 4 3 1 1 5 2 4 2 Psychomotor

40 Reshma.P.T 2 3 2 4 4 2 5 4 Spatial

41 Anushka.D 2 3 1 4 4 2 3 2 Psychomotor, Numerical

Table 4: Scores obtained by the students of the Economics Department in different areas of the

aptitude test.

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Sl.NO NAME CA CL MA NA

PM RA SA VA HIGHEST SCORED AREA

1 Neena.V.A 1 4 1 4 5 1 1 2 Psychomotor2 Dasana.D 2 6 1 4 4 1 3 1 Clerical3 Stefy.J 2 3 1 4 4 3 1 1 Numerical,

Psychomotor4 Neethu.A.M 2 2 1 4 5 1 1 2 Psychomotor5 Aswathy.P.V 2 1 1 4 4 3 1 4 Numerical ,Psychomot

or, Verbal6 Nimisha.J 1 3 1 1 6 2 1 1 Psychomotor7 Divya.D 2 3 5 4 6 3 1 4 Psycomotor8 Greeshma.A.S 1 2 1 3 5 4 1 3 Psychomotor9 Ansa.M 3 1 2 3 4 5 1 3 Reasoning10 Aathira.V.A 2 2 2 4 4 6 2 3 Reasoning11 Aswathy.B 2 1 1 5 5 4 1 1 Psychomotor12 Krishnapriya.K.S 1 2 1 4 6 6 1 2 Psycomotor,Reasoning13 Anju.A 6 4 2 5 4 7 5 2 Reasoning14 Sreelakshmi.V.A 3 2 1 6 9 2 1 2 Psychomotor15 Sreedurga.B.M 1 1 1 5 3 4 1 6 Verbal16 Nivya.M 1 2 1 4 5 4 1 1 Psychomotor17 Ramya.T.V 4 1 3 4 2 5 1 5 Numerical, Verbal18 Surya.P.S 1 1 1 2 5 5 1 2 Reasoning,

Psychomotor19 Tinu.D 1 3 1 4 5 6 1 4 Reasoning20 Athira.K.U 4 4 4 4 7 7 2 4 Reasoning,

Psychomotor21 Manju.J 2 4 5 5 6 3 3 3 Psychomotor22 Greeshma.K.U 1 2 1 5 3 2 1 1 Numerical23 Sukanya.P.A 2 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 Psychomotor24 Saumya.D 2 3 1 4 4 3 1 2 Numerical,

Psychomotor25 Jini.A 1 2 4 4 3 3 1 1 Mechanical,

Psychomotor26 Amrutha.A 2 3 3 4 5 3 1 3 Psychomotor27 Delna.D 3 4 4 4 7 4 4 3 Psychomotor28 Midhumol.P.M 2 3 1 5 4 9 1 1 Reasoning29 Silpa.P.C 2 4 4 3 6 1 5 3 Psychomotor30 Tereena .T 3 3 1 4 6 1 1 5 Psychomotor31 Sreelakshmi.V.A 6 1 1 4 5 3 1 1 Closure32 Priyanka.G 2 4 3 3 7 4 7 4 Psychomotor ,Spatial33 Rinta .A 1 2 1 4 3 6 3 3 Reasoning34 Naina.R 4 3 4 3 4 5 2 4 Reasoning

Table 5: Scores obtained by the students of the Chemistry Department in different areas of the

aptitude test.

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SL.NO NAME CA CL MA NA PM RA SA VA High Scored Area1 Sheethal.J 4 3 1 5 3 4 3 3 Numerical2 Anupama 4 4 2 8 8 6 6 5 Numerical&Psychomotor3 Sfeedha 1 4 1 4 5 3 1 5 Psychomotor&Verbal4 Shahana 2 3 2 4 7 3 6 3 Psychomotor5 Gincy . J 1 2 2 5 4 1 1 1 Numerical6 Jismy 2 3 5 4 5 5 7 3 Spatial7 Saranya 4 6 2 4 5 1 2 2 Clerical8 Leedhiya 2 10 3 4 6 6 9 5 Clerical9 Riya .W 1 3 1 5 3 2 1 2 Numerical10 Niveditha 2 3 4 2 8 6 9 4 Spatial11 Anjaly.p 6 8 4 5 8 6 10 5 Spatial12 Anupriya 4 3 5 6 6 8 3 3 Reasoning13 Shincy 2 1 6 4 4 6 6 2 Mechanic,Reasoning&Spatial14 Albiya 1 3 1 5 5 5 5 1 Numerical,psycho motor,

reasoning&spatial15 Priyanka 2 3 2 4 5 4 5 1 Psychomotor&spatial16 Aswathy.c 1 7 2 8 4 5 8 2 Numerical&spatial17 Jeeva.m 1 2 4 4 3 4 3 4 Numerical,mechanical,reasoning

&verbal18 Anna

Reeba2 7 4 2 5 1 5 4 Clerical

19 Roshni 3 1 2 7 3 3 1 1 Numerical20 Sweety

Vincent2 4 2 2 6 4 2 5 Psychomotor

21 Manjusha Narayanan

4 2 3 4 3 6 4 3 Reasoning

22 Vineetha,v 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 2 Psychomotor23 Rosy 2 4 2 3 4 5 2 1 Reasoning24 Isabella 2 5 4 3 3 2 7 4 Spatial25 Gloria 1 2 1 4 3 2 1 2 Numerical26 Swathisre

e5 3 1 2 4 4 3 5 Closure&verbal

27 Joselin 1 3 1 4 4 3 4 2 Numerical,psychomotor,&spatial28 Nimmy 3 4 2 5 5 5 1 3 Numerical,psychomotor&reasoning29 Mincy 4 2 3 2 5 5 4 3 Psychomotor&reasoning30 Megna 1 2 2 5 6 5 4 4 Psychomotor31 Praseetha 1 3 2 5 7 3 4 4 Psychomotor32 Vinna

Davis1 2 2 2 3 6 4 3 Reasoning

Table 6: Scores obtained by the students of the BCA Department in different areas of the

aptitude test.

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Sl.No NAME CA CL MA NA PM RA SA VA HIGH SCORED AREA

1 Athira.M.R 4 4 1 5 9 4 3 4 Psycho motor

2 Anju.P.B 4 3 1 4 6 6 1 4 Psychomotor, Reasoning

3 R.Y.Thamanna 1 4 1 6 5 9 2 5 Reasoning

4 Sreedevi 3 3 2 4 6 4 1 3 Psychomotor

5 Reshma.K.R 2 2 1 3 5 2 3 5 Psychomotor, Verbal

6 Shafna. Z 4 2 2 4 4 5 3 3 Reasoning

7 Anjali.A.V 3 1 2 5 5 4 1 1 Psychomotor, Numerical

8 Afeedu .B 3 3 2 3 7 5 3 2 Psychomotor

9 Merra.K 1 3 4 5 4 5 5 5 Spatial, Numerical, Verbal

10 Lija G 1 3 1 4 3 6 1 2 Reasoning

11 Tashreefa.E.V 2 4 4 7 6 8 8 4 Spatial ,Reasoning

12 Rashmi .P 2 3 1 4 7 1 1 2 Psychomotor

13 Parvathy.S.M 4 4 1 6 3 4 7 3 Spatial

14 Ishitha.M.M 4 2 1 5 5 3 4 4 Psychomotor, Numerical

15 Aishwarya.M.U 4 1 4 6 8 3 2 6 Psychomotor

16 Uma.V.M.P 2 2 4 4 5 1 2 3 Psychomotor

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17 Jishna M 5 5 2 5 10 4 5 4 Psychomotor

18 Nima L 2 6 1 4 9 6 3 4 Psychomotor

19 Jesna. T 2 3 1 5 4 3 3 4 Numerical

20 Radhika.P 3 3 3 4 2 3 5 3 Spatial

21 Vinny.k.v 1 2 1 5 4 1 1 5 Verbal,Numerical

22 Archana.p 2 2 1 3 7 3 1 2 Psychomotor

23 Dhanya.J.T 4 2 1 2 5 3 2 2 Psychomotor

24 Nayana.A.R 1 2 1 4 5 4 3 4 Psychomotor

25 Aleena B 4 3 3 5 4 5 1 5 Verbal, Numerical,Reasoning

26 Krishnendhu.K.K 1 1 1 3 3 2 3 1 Spatial, Numerical,Psychomotor

27 Darsana.N.C 1 2 1 3 3 3 2 1 Psychomotor,Numerical,Reasoning

28 Amrutha S 1 3 1 4 4 3 4 3 Spactial,Numerical,Psychomotor

29 Roshni. P 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 Psychomotor

30 Shiga.K 1 3 1 1 6 4 1 1 Psychomotor

31 Saranya.S 4 3 4 4 7 1 5 1 Psychomotor

32 Dhaneesha .S 3 3 2 6 7 4 1 3 Psychomotor

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Table 7: Scores obtained by the students of the Microbiology Department in different areas of

the aptitude test.

SL NO NAME C

ACL

MA

NA

PM

RA

SA

VA HIGHLY SCORED AREA

1 RESHMA M S 3 3 7 2 5 2 3 5 MECHANICAL ABILITY

2 KEERTHANA N P 5 2 1 4 5 5 3 2PSYCHOMOTOR, CLOSURE & REASONING ABILITY

3 DONA THERATTIL 5 2 2 2 7 3 4 3 PSYCHOMOTOR ABILITY

4 AISWARYA P 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 3 REASONING ABILITY

5 DHILNA JOKIES 1 3 1 5 5 1 5 4 SPATIAL, NUMERICAL& PSYCHOMOTOR ABILITY

6 RESHMA K R 1 2 1 2 4 2 1 1 PSYCHOMOTOR ABILITY

7 JERLY K J 1 2 2 5 5 1 1 6 VERBAL ABILITY

8 RINNI JOHNSON 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 2 SPATIAL ABILITY

9 FINCY JOY V 1 3 2 4 5 2 2 1 PSYCHOMOTOR ABILITY

10 FARIAL HASSAN 2 2 1 4 1 2 1 7 VERBAL ABILITY

11 JISMY C 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2PSYCHOMOTOR , NUMERICAL & VERBAL ABILITY

12 RESHMA MEPPADATH 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 VERBAL & REASONING ABILITY

13 MARIS PAUL 1 4 2 3 9 3 1 2 PSYCHOMOTOR ABILITY

14 ARUNIMA RAMACHANDRAN 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 NUMERICAL ABILITY

15 SALY DAVIS P 1 2 3 3 5 3 2 1 PSYCHOMOTOR ABILITY

16 JENY JOHN 3 3 2 3 6 1 3 1 PSYCHOMOTOR ABILITY

17 ASHNA JOSY 2 2 2 5 1 5 5 6 VERBAL ABILITY

18 SREELAKSHMI P K 2 4 1 4 5 2 2 2 PSYCHOMOTOR ABILITY

Table 8: Scores obtained by the students of the English Department in different areas of the

aptitude test.

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SL NO

NAME CA CL MA NA PM RA SA VA HIGHLY SCORED AREA

1. Vincy .c.varghese 1 2 1 5 7 6 7 2 Spatial ability psychomotor ability

2. Lakshmi.s 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 2 Mechanical ability, numerical ability, psychomotor ability

3. Nima Roby 1 3 1 2 3 6 2 2 Reasoning ability

4. Anna Mariya.T.E 4 4 4 7 8 4 5 3 Psychomotor ability

5. Vismaya Varghese 2 8 1 6 5 6 5 1 Clerical ability6. Stephy.P.P 2 3 1 4 6 8 2 1 Reasoning

ability7. Jinu.v.shaju 2 4 4 7 6 5 6 2 Numerical

ability8. Reshma .R.Nadh 4 3 1 6 6 6 1 3 Numerical

ability, Psychomotor ability, reasoning ability

9. Reshma ravindran 4 4 2 7 5 6 2 3 Numerical ability

10. Sreeja santhosh kumar

4 4 6 3 5 9 5 5 Psychomotor ability

11. Dhanya .C.J 1 3 1 4 3 6 2 3 Reasoning ability

12. Swathikrishna.Nair 3 3 3 5 5 8 6 4 Reasoning ability

13. Soumya .B.K 5 4 4 6 7 6 1 3 Psychomotor ability

14. Liya.T.O 4 6 5 3 4 5 6 8 Verbal ability15. Anju.P.Raj 1 1 1 3 7 3 1 1 Psychomotor

ability16. Vijitha.P.M 1 4 1 1 5 4 1 1 Psychomotor

ability

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17. Athira sathyan 1 4 2 4 8 4 1 3 Psychomotor ability

18. Rashmy.M.R 4 1 1 3 7 6 6 5 Psychomotor ability

19. Remya.U.R 3 3 2 6 5 5 1 1 Numerical ability

20. Sruthilaya.T.R 2 1 1 3 6 6 1 5 Psychomotor ability, reasoning ability

21. Manisha.A.N 1 3 2 5 7 4 1 4 Psychomotor ability

22. Sreelakshmi.M.R 3 1 1 4 6 4 1 4 Psychomotor ability

23. Alphy .V.R 4 3 2 2 5 2 5 4 Spatial ability, reasoning ability

24. Rini raphel 1 2 2 5 4 6 2 4 Reasoning ability

25. Jipsy joy 5 5 1 4 5 7 5 3 Reasoning ability

26. Danimol Darwin 2 3 1 3 6 2 1 1 Psychomotor ability

27. Hanna issac 1 3 1 6 4 6 7 1 Spatial ability28. Stephy sajan 1 3 1 4 4 4 1 2 Numerical

ability, psychomotor ability, reasoning ability

29. Vidhy.p.r 2 4 1 6 5 7 8 1 Spatial ability30. Athira venugopal 4 2 2 5 5 1 4 1 Numerical

ability, psychomotor ability

31. Abeena Thomas 3 4 2 4 4 7 7 3 Reasoning ability, Spatial ability

32. Anita chris 5 3 2 7 5 6 4 7 Numerical ability, Verbal ability

33. Krishna.p.s 3 2 4 7 5 7 7 4 Numerical ability, reasoning ability, Spatial

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ability34. Anjali

ramachandran.k1 3 1 4 5 5 1 3 Psychomotor

ability, reasoning ability

35. Anjali Johnson 4 3 2 4 6 5 1 2 Psychomotor ability

36. Rosemol jophy 4 3 1 3 5 5 2 3 Psychomotor ability, reasoning ability

37. Jinu sunny.p 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 Spatial ability38. Haritha.t.s 1 3 1 3 4 1 1 4 Psychomotor

ability, verbal ability

39. Vidhya muraleedharan

4 4 2 5 5 4 1 2 Numerical ability, psychomotor ability

40. Anju antony 2 4 1 6 8 5 2 3 Psychomotor ability

41. Dishira ramanan.E 1 3 3 7 6 2 3 2 Numerical ability

42. Riya George 1 4 1 5 6 4 1 3 Psychomotor ability

43. Menu rapheal 4 4 2 6 9 5 3 5 Psychomotor ability

Table 9: Scores obtained by the students of the Mathematics Department in different areas of the

aptitude test.

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DISCUSSION

DBDA (David’s Battery of Differential Aptitude) test was conducted for the 267 3 rd DC

students of 9 departments of St. Mary’s College, Thrissur. The purpose of the test was to check

whether they have selected their course according to their aptitude. From this test, 54.68%

students show higher ability in psychomotor area. Psychomotor ability refers to precise

movements requiring eye hand coordination under highly speeded conditions. Now-a-days, we

can see rapid development in the field of technologies. So, people keep themselves busy in

engaging in activities like, designing, making accessories, makeover, use of laptops and mobile

phones etc. This makes their eye hand coordination more precise.

The test was conducted for 27 students from the Department of Botany. Among them

62.96% shows ability in Psychomotor area followed by 22.22% in Reasoning, 14.81% in

Numerical, 11.11% in Verbal, 7.4% in Closure and Spatial areas. 7 students show abilities in

more than one area. As Botany students, they have to do lots of dissections, record works which

include drawing finely controlled pencil lines in specially constructed figures and identification

of minute cells. So, they are considered to have fine muscle dexterity and eye hand coordination.

From this test, we can conclude that they have chosen the course where they can excel since they

have higher ability in Psychomotor area.

The test was conducted for 21 students from the Department of History. Among them

38.95% shows ability in Psychomotor area followed by 33.33% in Clerical area, 14.29 in

Numerical, Verbal and Reasoning areas, 9.52% in Closure and Spatial areas, 4.76% in

Mechanical area. 6 students show abilities in more than one area. As History students, they have

a perceptual ability to make rapid evaluations of features of visual stimuli they make sure that

their work is neat and precise in addition with high speed and also it is important to success in

many tasks involving record keeping, filing, recalling years, coding and other similar jobs. From

this test, we can conclude that they have chosen the course where they can excel since they have

higher ability in Clerical area.

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The test was conducted for 19 students from the Department of Bio-technology. Among

them 63.16% shows ability in Psychomotor area followed by 21.05% in Numerical, Verbal and

Spatial areas, 5.26% in Closure and Reasoning areas. 7 students show abilities in more than one

area. As Bio-technology students, their tasks involve dealing with fractions and fundamental

numerical operations. They have to do rapid calculations in limited time. From this test, we can

conclude that they have chosen the course where they can excel since they have higher ability in

Numerical area.

The test was conducted for 41 students from the Department of Economics. Among them

48.78% shows ability in Psychomotor area followed by 43.7% in Spatial area, 34.l5% in

Numerical area, 24.39% in Verbal area and 9.76% in Reasoning area, 4.88% in Closure area, and

2.43% in Mechanical and Clerical areas. 16 students show abilities in different areas. As

Economics students, they have the ability to organize things in a creative manner they are able to

deal with concrete materials through visualization. From this test, we can conclude that they have

chosen the course where they can excel since they have higher ability in Spatial area.

The test was conducted for 34 students from the Department of Chemistry. Among them

61.76% shows ability in Psychomotor area followed by 32.35% in Reasoning area, 17.65% in

Numerical area, 5.88% in Verbal and Spatial areas, 2.94% in Closure and Clerical areas. 9

students show abilities in more than one area. Being Chemistry students, they have an intrinsic

capacity to apply certain process of induction and to reason from some specific information to a

general principle thus by using this ability they can solve many problems, balance the equations

and would be able to identify organic structures etc. From this test, we can conclude that they

have chosen the course where they can excel since they have higher ability in Reasoning area.

The test was conducted for 32 students from the Department of BCA. Among them

37.7% shows ability in Psychomotor area, followed by 34.38% in Numerical area, 28.13% in

Spatial and Reasoning area, 9.38% in Verbal and Clerical areas, 6.25% in Mechanical area,

3.13% in Closure area. 11 students show abilities in more than one area. As BCA students, their

tasks involve dealing with data analysis, programming and fundamental computer operations.

They have to do rapid calculations in limited time. From this test, we can conclude that they

have chosen the course where they can excel since they have higher ability in Numerical area.

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The test was conducted for 32 students from the Department of Microbiology. Among

them 68.75% students shows ability in Psychomotor area followed by 28.13% in Numerical area,

25% in Reasoning area, 18.75% in Spatial area, 15.63% in Verbal area. 10 students show

abilities in other areas too. As Microbiology students, they have to do minute activities in the

laboratory, they are considered to perform fine muscle dexterity. From this test, we can conclude

that they have chosen the course where they can excel since they have higher ability in

Psychomotor area.

The test was conducted for 18 students from the Department of English. Among them

55.56% show ability in Psychomotor area followed by 27.78% in Verbal area, 16.67% in

Numerical and Reasoning areas, 11.11% in Spatial area, and 5.56% in Closure area. 4 students

show abilities in more than one area. As English students, they have the ability to abstract and

generalize relationship between words and understand their latent meanings, they are expected to

comprehend the words, ideas and written language etc. There should be inclusion of verbally

phrased ideas which could be applicable because there is a positive relationship in many

occupations between the level of responsibility of a job and its complexity. From this test, we

can conclude that they have chosen the course where they can excel since they have higher

ability in Verbal area.

The test was conducted for 43 students of Department of Mathematics. Among them

55.81% show ability in Psychomotor area followed by 34.88% in Reasoning area, 25.58% in

Numerical area, 16.28% in Spatial area, 4.65% in Verbal area, 2.32% in Clerical and Mechanical

areas. 14 students show higher ability in more than one area. As Mathematics students, they have

the ability to apply the process of induction or to reason from some specific information to a

general principle. They have to success in many areas particularly in logic, derivations, complex

mathematical problems like integration, differentiation etc. From this test, we can conclude that

they have chosen the course where they can excel since they have higher ability in Reasoning

area.

CONCLUSION

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It can be concluded that students who appeared for the aptitude test from the following

departments- Botany, History, Bio technology , Economics ,Chemistry , BCA , Microbiology ,

English and Mathematics have chosen correct courses according to their aptitude.

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