dial_100 Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 I see we all challenge each other with level of IQ. I always found that very rude way of communicating with others. I had never taken the test before. But I wanted to find out more. So I found couple of places where one can take a test for free. On one such site, I took the test. Has anyone taken the real IQ test which is conducted professionally? how does the free test fare against the professional ones? Intelligence Interval Cognitive Designation 40 - 54 Severely challenged (Less than 1% of test takers) 55 - 69 Challenged (2.3% of test takers) 70 - 84 Below average 85 - 114 Average (68% of test takers) 115 - 129 Above average 130 - 144 Gifted (2.3% of test takers) 145 - 159 Genius (Less than 1% of test takers) 160 - 175 Extraordinary genius http://www.free-iqtest.net/ Whats your opinion on the overall hype over IQ? can it really judge how intelligent the person is?
vvvslaxman Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQM1YKyuIUk]Seinfeld: George takes an IQ test (swe sub) - YouTube[/ame] I will cheat :cantstop:
Number Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 142. I think a bit too many questions related to series etc. which I am good at. I am about 120 from my own assessments.
sscomp32 Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 Never taken the profeesional test but i got 143 in this. :--D Although i am not a genius at all. Its mostly basic math and reasoning and which i know well. Overall i will be around 120
dial_100 Posted May 13, 2015 Author Posted May 13, 2015 I felt the same way. But I doubt the actual test would way far from these tests. Question is why do posters humiliate each other with such a measure which is so not complete in itself. Folks chime in. I don't care about your IQ test score.
vvvslaxman Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 There is no way you can determine the IQ of a given person using tests.
dial_100 Posted May 13, 2015 Author Posted May 13, 2015 IQ is a very narrow measure of a persons intelligence.
MK55 Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 The test is very basic. Anyways these tests are useless if you intend to measure the intelligence of a person. You can practice some reasoning/quant questions and boost your score. The same is true for any competitive/aptitude exam. You prepare and reach a particular level and then its easy to crack the exam. Some may figure out and reach that level in the first attempt while some may take some time to identify and reach that level.
Guldozer Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 144. I think if you're good at maths you would do well on this anyway.
HippoSucks Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 IIRC I was administered an actual IQ test (under proper conditions) some years back and the result was a good 20 points lower than this.
flamy Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 IQ tests seem to be maths heavy. It has its value, but intelligence is a spectrum. Look up Howard Gardner.
vvvslaxman Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 IQ tests seem to be maths heavy. It has its value, but intelligence is a spectrum. Look up Howard Gardner. Also asking meaning of words is not really measure of IQ. It is knowledge not IQ.
velu Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 IIRC I was administered an actual IQ test (under proper conditions) some years back and the result was a good 20 points lower than this. i bet you tried to give you more than 160 :giggle:
flamy Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 Also asking meaning of words is not really measure of IQ. It is knowledge not IQ. Totally. Common sense >>>>IQ Yes. This is the whole debate about street smarts vs book smarts etc. IMO, true 'geniuses' are virtuosos who are equally competent in both left-brained and right-brained domains. Einstein is one I can think of. Not many know he was a master violinist, and a pretty sage philosopher. IQ cannot measure creativity and that is just a crater of a gap in a test that is supposed to measure intelligence.
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