Self-Awareness & Interpersonal Skills MCQs With Answer

Introduction: Self-Awareness & Interpersonal Skills MCQs With Answer is designed for M.Pharm students preparing for the MIP 204T – Entrepreneurship Management course. This set focuses on developing deeper self-understanding and practical interpersonal abilities vital for pharmaceutical entrepreneurs, team leaders and managers. Questions cover emotional intelligence, reflective practice, feedback techniques, conflict resolution, communication styles, cultural sensitivity, and leadership behaviours tailored to the pharmaceutical industry. Each MCQ tests conceptual clarity, application to real-world scenarios and decision-making skills necessary for launching and managing pharma ventures. Use these MCQs for revision, classroom quizzes, or self-assessment to strengthen both personal insight and collaborative effectiveness in professional settings.

Q1. Which model best illustrates the relationship between self-disclosure and feedback in building self-awareness through mutual understanding?

• Stages of Group Development
• Johari Window
• Transactional Analysis
• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Correct Answer: Johari Window

Q2. Emotional intelligence in a pharmaceutical team leader primarily helps to:

• Increase technical knowledge of drug formulation
• Manage personal emotions and influence team performance
• Reduce the need for regulatory compliance
• Replace formal performance appraisals

Correct Answer: Manage personal emotions and influence team performance

Q3. Active listening during negotiations with a supplier is characterised by:

• Interrupting to correct the supplier’s facts
• Repeating everything the supplier says verbatim
• Asking clarifying questions and reflecting content
• Focusing solely on preparing your counteroffer

Correct Answer: Asking clarifying questions and reflecting content

Q4. Which feedback model is most structured for giving behavior-focused feedback in clinical or lab settings?

• SBI (Situation-Behavior-Impact)
• GROW (Goal-Reality-Options-Will)
• SMART (Specific-Measurable-Achievable-Relevant-Timebound)
• SWOT (Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats)

Correct Answer: SBI (Situation-Behavior-Impact)

Q5. A reflective practice habit that best enhances professional growth for a research scientist is:

• Keeping a daily learning journal and reviewing decisions
• Relying exclusively on supervisor feedback
• Memorising standard operating procedures without analysis
• Avoiding documentation to save time

Correct Answer: Keeping a daily learning journal and reviewing decisions

Q6. In conflict resolution, the collaborative approach is most appropriate when:

• The issue is trivial and time is limited
• Relationships and outcomes are both important
• You want to avoid change at all costs
• One party must win at any cost

Correct Answer: Relationships and outcomes are both important

Q7. Which interpersonal skill is most crucial when presenting a new pharmaceutical startup idea to investors?

• Technical writing of laboratory records
• Storytelling combined with clear data communication
• Passive acceptance of investor demands
• Detailed history of all team members’ personal lives

Correct Answer: Storytelling combined with clear data communication

Q8. A growth mindset in entrepreneurship primarily leads to:

• Avoidance of all risk
• Viewing challenges as opportunities to learn
• Belief that talent alone determines success
• Fear of feedback and change

Correct Answer: Viewing challenges as opportunities to learn

Q9. Which personality assessment framework focuses on five broad traits useful for team role allocation?

• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
• Big Five (OCEAN) personality traits
• DISC behavioural model
• Holland Code (RIASEC)

Correct Answer: Big Five (OCEAN) personality traits

Q10. When leading a cross-cultural pharma project, the most effective interpersonal practice is to:

• Assume your cultural norms are standard
• Engage in active cultural curiosity and adapt communication
• Enforce a single communication style for everyone
• Avoid discussing cultural differences to prevent discomfort

Correct Answer: Engage in active cultural curiosity and adapt communication

Q11. Which technique helps an individual identify core values and align entrepreneurial decisions accordingly?

• Random brainstorming without prioritisation
• Values clarification exercises and priority ranking
• Copying competitors’ mission statements
• Making decisions based solely on short-term profit

Correct Answer: Values clarification exercises and priority ranking

Q12. Assertive communication in a lab setting means:

• Expressing needs respectfully while considering others’ rights
• Being aggressive to ensure compliance
• Always deferring to senior staff regardless of safety issues
• Withholding concerns to avoid conflict

Correct Answer: Expressing needs respectfully while considering others’ rights

Q13. Which component of emotional intelligence helps a manager recognise when a team member is burnt out?

• Self-management
• Social awareness (empathy)
• Technical competence
• Market analysis skills

Correct Answer: Social awareness (empathy)

Q14. In giving constructive feedback to a junior researcher, the most effective element is to:

• Focus only on personality traits
• Be specific about observable behaviour and suggest improvement steps
• Publicly compare them unfavourably to peers
• Offer vague praise without actionable points

Correct Answer: Be specific about observable behaviour and suggest improvement steps

Q15. Which strategy best reduces miscommunication during multidisciplinary project meetings?

• Using technical jargon without explanation
• Establishing a common glossary and summarising key points
• Allowing only one discipline to present all perspectives
• Avoiding written minutes to speed up meetings

Correct Answer: Establishing a common glossary and summarising key points

Q16. A situational leadership approach suggests that a leader should:

• Use one fixed leadership style for all scenarios
• Adapt style according to team competence and commitment
• Always delegate tasks regardless of readiness
• Only provide orders without explanation

Correct Answer: Adapt style according to team competence and commitment

Q17. Which practice most effectively builds trust among team members in early-stage pharma startups?

• Opaque decision-making
• Transparent communication and reliable follow-through
• Rewarding only founders regardless of contribution
• Discouraging questions to maintain hierarchy

Correct Answer: Transparent communication and reliable follow-through

Q18. When receiving critical feedback, the most constructive immediate response is to:

• Become defensive and explain your position
• Listen actively, ask clarifying questions, and reflect before responding
• Ignore the feedback and continue as before
• Quit the job impulsively

Correct Answer: Listen actively, ask clarifying questions, and reflect before responding

Q19. Which negotiation tactic is ethically appropriate and effective when securing a contract for drug manufacturing?

• Misrepresenting production capacity to gain leverage
• Focusing on mutual gains and clear expectations
• Withholding safety information to expedite agreement
• Using threats to force compliance

Correct Answer: Focusing on mutual gains and clear expectations

Q20. A personal SWOT analysis for entrepreneurial self-awareness should include:

• Only organisational financials
• Assessment of individual strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
• Ignoring external market forces
• Listing competitors’ names without reflection

Correct Answer: Assessment of individual strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

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