Graphology: Deciphering personality through Handwriting

Graphology: Deciphering personality through Handwriting Quiz Crafted By-

Kratika Mishra

Senior Scientific Officer

Sherlock Institute of Forensic Science India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi

Introduction to Graphology: Deciphering personality through Handwriting

The analysis of handwriting has been studied for almost four hundred years. Forensic graphology is the study of handwriting. It is a unique meaning and has many things for the study. Integrative graphology focuses on various strokes and their relation to the personality of an individual. Holistic graphology is based on form, movement during writing, and the use of space. Forensic investigators use handwriting patterns/technology to determine the personality traits of an individual. In different agencies use graphology for checking applications for jobs, recruitment procedures, compatibility for marriage, career guidance, motivating different employees, and child behavior and development. 

Let's look at the questions and their answer. 

Ques 1. If a person is introvert and believes in living in his/her past then that person handwriting is:

a) Right slanted

b) Vertical slanted

c) Left slanted

d) Both Right and Vertical Slanted

Answer-c)  Left slanted

Ques 2. An individual handwriting is an outcome of which state of mind

a) Conscious mind                                                      

b) Subconscious mind

c) Unconscious mind                                                

d) Both conscious and subconscious mind

Answer- b) Subconscious mind

Ques 3. ‘How to recognize from a letter the nature and quality of letter is the first known printed publication on study of handwriting was authored by

a) Gainsborough                                                     

b) Camilio Baldi

c) Jean Hyppolyte Michon

d) Henry Grunfeld                                                        

Answer- b) Camilio Baldi

Ques 4. What graphology cannot tell?

a) Honesty and Fears                                                     

b) Motivation level

c) Gender of a person                                                        

d) Depression and sadness

Answer- c) Gender of a person  

Ques 5. What personality is not the consideration of upper zone letter?

a) Imagination                                                      

b) Philosophy

c) Idealism                                                      

d) Logic and Reality

Answer- d) Logic and Reality

Ques 6. Single underscore in the signature reveals

a) Self-reliance                                                      

b) Lives in past

c) Short-tempered behavior                                                        

d) Fear of Imperfections

Answer- a) Self-reliance 

Ques 7. Which type of baseline reveals the depression and pessimist take of a person

a) Straight Baseline                                                      

b) Ascending Baseline

c) Descending Baseline                                                

d) Both Straight and Descending Baseline

Answer- c) Descending Baseline   

Ques 8. Forensic Graphology is considered as

a) Alchemy                                                      

b) Pseudoscience

c) Partial science                                                        

d) None of these

Answer- b) Pseudoscience

Ques 9. Graphology term is first started in-

a) 1500s                                                      

b) 1400s

c) 1600s                                                       

d) 1700s

Answer- c) 1600s                                                       

Ques 10. The word Graphos designated as

a) Diagram                                                      

b) Illustration

c) Drawing                                                     

d) Sketch

Answer- c) Drawing