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Yes, they do:

Formerly, there were used only written examinations to test the capacity of both children and adults in order to assess their suitability or otherwise for a particular kind of work.

Though the intelligence tests do not test an individual’s character as such, but the side of life that they do test is of immense value for us from practical point of view.

Psychologist even advise abolishing the written examinations altogether at some stage and introducing intelligence tests instead.

Wherever they have been used, the results have been quite encouraging and have benefited both the parents and employers.

There is a multiplicity of alternatives in these intelligence tests which precludes the scopes for cramming up that we have in the case of written examinations.

Our different occupations require normal dexterity, memory, reasoning power, etc. in various degrees. To ascertain these in an employee, the employer in the past had to depend on crude guesswork which did not produce the desired results and harmed the interests of both the employees and the employer.

No, they don’t:

The worst disadvantage of the intelligence tests is their limited number and scope. This can enable the unscrupulous and over keen teachers to make them the subject of cramming. This will defeat the very purpose of their being preferred to the written tests.

Whether a candidate has knowledge or not can be tested only through written examination.

No intelligence test, however effective, can judge this aspect. That is why the case for the abolition of written examinations has never been made by those responsible for ascertaining the knowledge level of the candidates.

Often the encounters the questions set in intelligence tests to be so foolish that they have no practical utility what so ever. Moreover the examinee is required to answer a question in only yes or no, while a really intelligent answer would be long and qualified with several reservations.

What we require most in life is the qualities of initiative hardwork, determination, honesty, sincerity, etc. that make up our character, and not just cleverness.

The intelligence tests lack in that, they cannot test one’s character. Moreover, they also cannot test one’s power to grasp new ideas and show imagination – by far the most important quality to make one’s mark in life.