Test Your Memory

Here are some questions to test your memory. Maximum time allotted is 10

minutes. Try this and test your memory status.

1. When did you go for hair dressing/cutting last time?
2. When did your immediate elder brother’s/sister’s marriage fall?
3. How many windows are there in your house?
4. When did you go for movie theatre last?
5. How much did you spend for petrol for your car last month?
6. How many visitors come to your home last week?
7. What was the amount for phone bill last month?
8. How many persons are dwelling in your street?
9. What was the menu you had the day before yesterday in your home?
10. How much did you spend for copying (Xerox) documents?
11. When did you have rain in your city previously?
12. What is the date of anniversary celebrated in your village school?
13. What was the last situation you lost your emotional control?
14. When did you have headache last?
15. How much did you pay for your new shoe last time?
16. What was the number of your car/bike you had previously?
17. How many lines does your National Anthem contain?
18. Can you list out the breakage of things caused by you in your house in the current year?
19. Can you repeat any multiplication table for 13 or 14?
20. What are the dates of birth of you kids if you are in parental stage?

Self evaluation/right answers: 16-20=> Excellent, 11-15=> Good,

6-10=> average, 1-5=> Poor .

Forgetting Is a Gift

In the words of N.L.Nunn, "Forgetting is the loss, permanent or temporary, of the ability to recall or recognize something learned earlier."

Whether fortunate or unfortunate one may think, forgetting follows with memory in many cases. It would be impossible and even foolish to attempt to retain in memory all the daily experiences. Forgetting is a part of our day to day experience. It is most rapid during the first four months of learning. In general, less than half of what is learned is retained at the end of two years. The factors of forgetting are as follows:

i) Lapse of time.

ii) Repression and not willing to recall.

iii) Psychological factors like stress, anxiety, lack of interest, aversion, & psychic problems.

iv) Biological factors like old age, diseases, mal-functioning of brain, and nervous system, accidents, consumption of liquor, using of intoxicating materials, etc.