Intelligence is the capacity to understand the world, think rationally, and use resources effectively when faced with challenges. It must be understood as the mental capacity or mental energy available with an individual at a particular time in a particular situation.

Intelligence may be regarded as a sort of mental energy (in the form of mental or cognitive abilities) available with an individual to enable him to handle his environment in terms of adaption and facing novel situations as effectively as possible.

Intelligence may be understood as a sort of mental energy available to an individual enables him/her to handle his/her environment in term of adoption and facing novels situation as effectively as possible. Intelligence Means intellect put to use. It is the use of intellectual abilities for handling a situation.

According to Wagnon (1937)” Intelligence is the capacity to learn and adjusts to relatively new and changing condition”.

Intelligence may be defined as the power of good responses from the point of view of truth or fact.

Nature and Characteristic of Intelligence

  1. Intelligence is the ability to deal with specific situation.
  2. Intelligence is the ability or power of making appropriate responses in given situation.
  3. Intelligence most is understood as mental capacity.
  4. Intelligence is the ability to make adjustment or to adapt to new situation.
  5. Dismantle capacity help him/her in the task of theoretical as well as practical manipulation of the things.

Use of Intelligence Test

  1. To identify the individual test.
  2. To study of individual and groups according to age, sex ,race, gender etc.
  3. To conduct educational program based on Intelligence test (mental capacity).