Vol. 1, Issue 1, Part E (2014)

Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to compare the personality characteristics of Inter collegiate Table Tennis and Basketball players with regard to neuroticism and extraversion. Twenty (20) Table Tennis and Basketball players served as subjects who voluntarily participated in inter college tournament. Eysenck Personality Inventory (E.P.I.) was administered to find out the personality characteristics of the Table Tennis and Basketball Players, with regard to neuroticism and extraversion. ‘t’ test was used to compare the significance difference between Table Tennis and Basketball players. t-ratio for extraversion and neuroticism were (3.75, p greater than 0.05) and (1.83, p less than 0.05) respectively indicating significant difference with respect to extraversion and no significant difference with respect to neuroticism between Table Tennis and Basketball players.