The whole-person profile

1. I get enough sleep on most nights to feel rested the next day.

2. I am active enough that climbing a few floors or walking briskly does not tire me out.

3. I try to eat reasonably well rather than living only on junk or skipped meals.

4. I can keep up a demanding day of classes, work or travel without collapsing by evening.

5. I ignore my body’s signals — tiredness, pain, hunger — until they force me to stop.

6. Looking after my health feels like a waste of time I could spend on other things.

7. I read, watch or ask about things well beyond what my course or job requires.

8. When I get something wrong, I stop to work out why, so I do not repeat the mistake.

9. I enjoy ideas and viewpoints that are very different from my own.

10. I break big tasks into smaller steps and work through them in order.

11. I find it hard to concentrate on one thing for very long.

12. Once I have learned to do something one way, I see little reason to look for a better way.

13. I stay calm and think clearly in a tense or stressful moment.

14. I can resist an immediate temptation when I have a more important goal.

15. I usually come through hard times with little lasting difficulty.

16. I generally expect things to work out well in the end.

17. I can usually name what I am feeling and why.

18. Recently, my daily life has been filled with things that interest me.

19. When I am stressed, I tend to snap at people around me.

20. It takes me a long time to recover after something upsets me.

21. I have people in my life I can rely on, and who can rely on me.

22. I can explain my ideas clearly so that others understand them.

23. I would rather the whole team succeed than get personal credit.

24. I go out of my way to help someone in difficulty, even a stranger.

25. I can sense when someone is upset even if they do not say so.

26. People often come to me for advice or to settle a disagreement.

27. I find it hard to see a situation from another person’s point of view.

28. I lose patience with people who are slower or less able than me.

29. My daily actions are connected to a larger purpose I believe in.

30. I have a set of values I try not to break, even when it costs me.

31. Even in difficult times, I can find a sense of inner steadiness.

32. I feel a sense of belonging to my community and country, and a duty towards them.

33. I regularly reflect on the kind of person I am becoming.

34. I rarely think about questions of meaning, purpose or right and wrong.

35. I start things rather than waiting to be told what to do.

36. When something under my charge goes wrong, I own it rather than blaming others.

37. I can bring people with different views around to a common plan.

38. I am confident I can handle most challenges if I put in the effort.

39. People can meaningfully change how capable they are through effort and practice.

40. I finish whatever I begin, even when it stops being exciting.

41. I have stayed committed to the same important goal for a long time.

42. My successes are mainly the result of my own effort and choices.

43. I avoid taking charge because I do not want to be blamed if things fail.

44. No matter how hard I try, my basic abilities will not really change.

45. I often spot chances to improve or fix things that others walk past.

46. I can keep working effectively even when the situation is unclear and changing.

47. I am willing to take a well-considered risk for a worthwhile goal.

48. I set myself demanding targets and push to reach them.

49. I like to invent new ways of doing things rather than copying what exists.

50. I act on problems before they grow, rather than waiting for someone else to.

51. I can achieve a lot with very little — I make good use of whatever is at hand.

52. A failed attempt teaches me something I use in the next attempt.

53. New and uncertain situations make me so anxious that I avoid them.

54. If my first plan fails, I usually abandon the goal rather than try another way.

55. Your college team of five has a submission due in three days. Two members have done almost nothing despite reminders. You have done the most work.

56. At a busy shop, the cashier hands you ₹200 too much in change and does not notice. You are short of money this month.

57. At your internship, your manager tells you to change some numbers in a report to make the results look better before a client sees them.

58. Your ARISE club wants to run a science day for a nearby government school, but you have almost no budget.

59. Your close friend proudly tells you they got an internship by faking experience on their CV, and encourages you to do the same.

60. In a volunteer team, one member from a rural background rarely speaks in meetings, though you sense they have good ideas.

61. On the morning of a community event you organised, the venue is suddenly unavailable and 60 people are arriving in two hours.

62. Your club’s project wins praise from a visiting dignitary, who assumes you did it all and congratulates only you in front of everyone.

63. Which is closer to you?

64. Which is closer to you?

65. Which is closer to you?

66. Which is closer to you?

67. Which is closer to you?

68. Which is closer to you?

69. Doctor is to Patient as Teacher is to ______.

70. Which word does not belong: Honest, Truthful, Sincere, Clever?

71. 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, ?

72. A tank fills in 20 minutes with one pipe. With two identical pipes open together, how long to fill it?

73. If 4 workers build a wall in 6 days, how many days for 8 workers (same rate)?

74. A shape rotates 90° clockwise at each step: an arrow points up, then right, then down. Which way does it point next?

75. In a 3×3 grid the number of dots increases by two along each row: row one has 1, 3, 5; row two has 2, 4, 6; row three has 3, 5, ?

76. All members of the club do weekly service. Priya does not do weekly service. What can we conclude?

77. Describe a time you helped someone or your community when you had little or nothing to gain from it. What did you do, and why?

78. Tell us about a time you failed at something that mattered to you, or made a choice you later regretted. What did you learn, and what would you do differently?

79. If ARISE gave you the people and support to change one thing about your college, workplace or neighbourhood over the next year, what would you take on — and what is the first step you would take?

80. I have never once been irritated by another person.

81. I have never taken anything, however small, that did not belong to me.

82. Everyone has a few values they would quietly drop for a big enough reward.

83. I sometimes leave tasks unfinished once they stop interesting me.