1.

First psychiatric nursing text book was written by

A. Dorothea Dix
B. Harriet Baily
C. Hildegard Peplau
D. Linda Richards
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2. Psychodrama was introduced by
A. Jacob Moreno
B. Joseph Pratt
C. Joseph Wolpe
D. Maxwell Jones
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3. Indian Mental Health Act was passed in the year
A. 1983
B. 1987
C. 1985
D. 1989
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4. Who authored the book "Interpersonal Relations in Nursing"?
A. John Hopkins
B. Hildegard Peplau
C. Linda Richards
D. Maxwell Jones
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5. Which law in India has deemed the attempt to commit suicide is a punishable offence?
A. Section 309 of the IPC
B. Section 114 (b) of the IPC
C. Mental Health Act
D. Sections 328-339 of the IPC
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6. The Indian Lunacy Act was passed in the year
A. 1987
B. 1989
C. 1912
D. 1981
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7. The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPSA) was passed in the year
A. 1982
B. 1985
C. 1995
D. 2000
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8. Imbalance of four essential humorsphlegm, yellow bile, black bile, and blood as the causes of mental illness was explained
by:
A. Plato (427347 BC)
B. Aristotle (384322 BC)
C. Hippocrates (460370 BC)
D. Galen (AD 130200)
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9. Mourning and Melancholia, (1917) was written by:
A. Sigmond Freud
B. Emil Kraepelin
C. William Cullen (17101790)
D. Phillippe Pinel (17451826)
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10. Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in 1935 in Akron, Ohio, by :
A. Bill Wilson
B. Immanuel Kant
C. John B. Watson
D. Alois Alzheimer
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11. Psychosurgery was first introduced by:
A. Ladislas Meduna
B. Jacob Moreno
C. Delay and denikar
D. Egaz Moniz
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12. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, was developed by
A. David Wechsler
B. S.R. Hathaway and J.C. McKinley
C. Herman Rorchach
D. Binet

13. In 1935 Leo Kanner first explained about a condition in child psychiatry, which is known as:
A. Childhood autism
B. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
C. Dyslexiaa
D. Asperger's syndrome
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14. In 1933 Jacob Kasanin coined the term:
A. Schizoaffective
B. Catatonia
C. Autism
D. Hebiphrenia
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15. The theory of operant conditioning was proposed by:
A. Ian Pavlov
B. Watson
C. Burrhus Frederick Skinner
D. Harry Stock Sullivan
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1.B 2. A 3. B 4. B 5.A
6. C 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. A
11. D 12. B 13. A 14. B 15. C


). Thinking characterized by the ability to grasp the essentials of a whole, to break a whole into its parts and to discern common
properties is termed as:
A. autistic thinking
B. abstract thinking
C. primary process thinking
D. concrete thinking
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2). Morbid fear of open places or leaving the familiar setting of the home is called:
A. claustrophobia
B. xenophobia
C. zoophobia
D. agoraphobia
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3). Subjective feeling of motor restlessness manifested by a compelling need to be in constant movement is termed as:
A. akathisia
B. akinesia
C. agraphia
D. agnosia
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4). Inability or difficulty in describing or being aware of one's emotions or moods is termed as:
A. apraxia
B. alexithymia
C. agnosia
D. anomia
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5). Anhedonia refers to:
A. loss of interest in and withdrawal from all regular and pleasurable activities.
B. inability to recall the names of objects.
C. loss or decrease in appetite.
D. inability to recognize a physical deficit in oneself .
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6). Inability to perform a voluntary purposeful motor activity is termed as:
A. apraxia
B. alogia
C. aphasia
D. anhedonia
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7). Loss of memory for events subsequent to the onset of the amnesia common after trauma is termed as:
A. anterograde amnesia
B. retrograde amnesia
C. neurological amnesia
D. astasia abasia
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8). Thinking in which the thoughts are largely narcissistic and egocentric, with emphasis on subjectivity rather than objectivity,
and without regard for reality is termed as:
A. abstract thinking
B. logical thinking
C. concrete thinking
D. autistic thinking
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9). Waxy flexibility is typical of:
A. paranoid schizophrenia
B. catatonic schizophrenia
C. hebephrenic schizophrenia
D. residual schizophrenia
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10). Compulsion to drink alcoholic beverages is termed as:
A. denial
B. dipsomania
C. derailment
D. dysgeusia
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11). Unconscious defense mechanism by which the emotional component of an unacceptable idea or object is transferred to a
more acceptable one is called:
A. dissociation
B. denial
C. displacement
D. devaluation
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12). Which is NOT a negative sign seen in schizophrenia
A. flat affect
B. alogia
C. hallucination
D. apathy
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13). A kind of aphasia characterized by difficulty in giving the correct name of an object is :
A. nominal aphasia
B. amnestic aphasia
C. sensory aphasia
D. receptive aphasia
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14). Which is NOT a positive sign seen in schizophrenia:
A. hallucinations
B. delusions
C. thought disorder
D. flat affect
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15). Morbid, insatiable sexual need or desire in a male is termed as:
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C. pseudocyesis
D. gynecomastia
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1. A 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. A
6. A 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. B
11. C 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. A

). Thinking characterized by the ability to grasp the essentials of a whole, to break a whole into its parts and to discern common
properties is termed as:
A. autistic thinking
B. abstract thinking
C. primary process thinking
D. concrete thinking
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2). Morbid fear of open places or leaving the familiar setting of the home is called:
A. claustrophobia
B. xenophobia
C. zoophobia
D. agoraphobia
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3). Subjective feeling of motor restlessness manifested by a compelling need to be in constant movement is termed as:
A. akathisia
B. akinesia
C. agraphia
D. agnosia
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4). Inability or difficulty in describing or being aware of one's emotions or moods is termed as:
A. apraxia
B. alexithymia
C. agnosia
D. anomia
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5). Anhedonia refers to:
A. loss of interest in and withdrawal from all regular and pleasurable activities.
B. inability to recall the names of objects.
C. loss or decrease in appetite.
D. inability to recognize a physical deficit in oneself .
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6). Inability to perform a voluntary purposeful motor activity is termed as:
A. apraxia
B. alogia
C. aphasia
D. anhedonia
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7). Loss of memory for events subsequent to the onset of the amnesia common after trauma is termed as:
A. anterograde amnesia
B. retrograde amnesia
C. neurological amnesia
D. astasia abasia
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8). Thinking in which the thoughts are largely narcissistic and egocentric, with emphasis on subjectivity rather than objectivity,
and without regard for reality is termed as:
A. abstract thinking
B. logical thinking
C. concrete thinking
D. autistic thinking
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9). Waxy flexibility is typical of:
A. paranoid schizophrenia
B. catatonic schizophrenia
C. hebephrenic schizophrenia
D. residual schizophrenia
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10). Compulsion to drink alcoholic beverages is termed as:
A. denial
B. dipsomania
C. derailment
D. dysgeusia
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11). Unconscious defense mechanism by which the emotional component of an unacceptable idea or object is transferred to a
more acceptable one is called:
A. dissociation
B. denial
C. displacement
D. devaluation
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12). Which is NOT a negative sign seen in schizophrenia
A. flat affect
B. alogia
C. hallucination
D. apathy
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13). A kind of aphasia characterized by difficulty in giving the correct name of an object is :
A. nominal aphasia
B. amnestic aphasia
C. sensory aphasia
D. receptive aphasia
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14). Which is NOT a positive sign seen in schizophrenia:
A. hallucinations
B. delusions
C. thought disorder
D. flat affect
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15). Morbid, insatiable sexual need or desire in a male is termed as:
A. satyriasis
B. nymphomania
C. pseudocyesis
D. gynecomastia
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1. A 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. A
6. A 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. B
11. C 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. A

1. What is the term used to explain the phenomenon seen in the following context?
Examiner: "What is the color of grass?"
Patient: "White"
Examiner: "What is the color of snow?"
Patient: "Green"
A. Transitory thinking
B. Ganser syndrome
C. Drivelling thinking
D. Neologisms
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2. Expressive aphasia is also called;
A. Nominal aphasia
B. Global aphasia
C. Broca's aphasia
D. Cortical sensory aphasia
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3. Filling up of memory spaces with a detailed false description of an event is termed as:
A. Confabulation
B. Neologism
C. Cercumstantiality
D. Tangentiality
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4. Confabulation is commonly observed in patients with:
A. Obsessive-compulsive disorders
B. Delusional disorders
C. Personality disorders
D. Amnestic syndrome
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5. A condition in which some patients assert that some or all the people whom they met are doubles of real people is termed
as:
A. Capgras syndrome
B. Conard syndrome
C. Ganser syndrome
D. Tourette syndrome
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6. The term used to explain a liability to outbursts or as a state of poor control over aggressive impulses directed towards
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D. Homicide
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A. Huntington's disease
B. Parkinson's disease
C. Epilepsy
D. SSPE
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8. A term used to explain "seeking sexual pleasure from wearing the clothes of the opposite sex" is:
A. Bestiality
B. Transvestism
C. Fetishism
D. Sadism
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9. A condition in which the person seeks sexual excitement by giving pain to the partner is termed as:
A. Masochism
B. Fetishism
C. Sadism
D. Transvestism
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10. Freud's explanation of delusion of grandeur in the context of latent homosexuality is:
A. I love him - I do not love him - I do not love her
B. I love him - I do not love him - I hate him - He hates me
C. I love him - I do not love him - She loves him
D. I love him - I do not love him - I love no one - I only love myself
11. A delusion in which the patient denies the existence of his body, mind, his loved ones, and the world around him is:
A. Persecutory delusion.
B. Nihilistic delusion.
C. Extracampine delusion.
D. Delusion of reference.
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12. Thought alienation phenomenon includes all, EXCEPT:
A. Thought insertion.
B. Thought blocking
C. Thought broadcasting
D. Primary process thinking.
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13. Olfactory hallucinations are typical of :
A. Schizophrenia.
B. Auras of epilepsy.
C. Mood disorders.
D. Personality disorders
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14. A hallucinatory experience in which the stimulus in one sensory modality produces hallucination in another is:
A. Reflex hallucinations.
B. running commentary hallucinations.
C. Functional hallucination
D. Command hallucination.
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15. The form of thinking explained in psychoanalysis, that is logical, organized, reality oriented, and influenced by the
demands of the environment is:
A. Autistic thinking
B. Primary process thinking
C. Secondary process thinking
D. Magical thinking

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1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. A
6. B 7. C 8. B 9. C 10. D
11. B 12. D 13. B 14. C 15. C


1. The systematic study of abnormal experiences, cognition and behaviour is
A. Epidemiology
B. Ethnology
C. Psychopathology
D. Pathophysiology
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3. Sleep walking is also termed as
A. Sleep terror
B. Somnabulism
C. Pickwickian syndrome
D. Bruxism
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4. Which of the following is a technique used in hypnosis?
A. Flooding
B. Socratic questioning
C. Suggestion
D. Desensitization
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5. Which of the following terms is NOT related to memory as per information processing model?
A. Registration
B. Retention
C. Retrieval
D. Recall
E. Replication
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D. Korsakov's syndrome
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7. The response that was appropriate to a first stimulus being given inappropriately to a second different stimulus is termed as:
A. Conditioning
B. Confabulation
C. Circumstantiality
D. Perseveration
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8. Perceptual disturbances of visceral, olfactory, gustatory and visual modality are common in
A. Temporal lobe disorder
B. Schizophrenia
C. Parkinson's disease
D. Mental retardation
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9. Which of the following is NOT a feature of Gnaser's syndrome? (Enoch& Trethovan)
A. Approximate answers
B. Clouding of consciousness
C. Somatic conversion features
D. Persecutory delusions
E. Pseudo-hallucinations
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10. Lilliputian hallucinations are typical of
A. Delusional disorders
B. Delirium tremens
C. Tourette syndrome
D. Lithium toxicity
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E. Gustation
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12. Illusion is a
A. False perception
B. Misinterpretation of stimuli
C. Increased intensity of stimuli
D. Confusional state
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13. "Phantom limb" is an example of
A. Delusion
B. Illusion
C. Phi phenomenon
D. Hallucination
E. Phantasy
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14. 'Mirage' is an example of
A. Illusion
B. Delusion
C.Hallucination
D. Phantasy
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15. Rattling of leaves interpreted as reproaching voice is an example of
A. Hallucination
B. Delusion
C. Illusion
D. Ideas of reference
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1. C 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. E
6. D 7. D 8. A 9. E 10. B
11. B 12. B 13. D 14. A 15. C


1. "The delusions of a mentally ill person are transferred to someone who was not previously mentally" is termed as:
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B. Folie communique
C. Folie induite
D. Folie simultanie
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C. Schizophrenia
D. Anxiety disorders
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3. A condition in which the basic abnormality is one of face recognition due to malfunction in the cognitive process is:
A. Grandiose delusions
B. Religious delusions
C. Delusion of quilt
D. Delusional misidentification
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4. Most frequent content of delusion is
A. Persecution
B. Jealousy
C. Love
D. Misidentification
E. Grandiosity
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5. A condition in which the patient believes that he is infested with small microscopic organisms is:
A. Williams syndrome
B. Ekbom's syndrome
C. Gilles de la tourette syndrome
D. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
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6.The popularly used first rank symptoms of schizophrenia (FRSS) was explained by:
A. Eugen Bleuler
B. Emil Kraepelin
C. Sigmond Freud
D. Schneider
E. Wing
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7. Which of the following type of hallucination is NOT considered as a first rank symptoms of schizophrenia?
A. Audible thoughts
B. Voices hearing arguing
C. Voices hearing running commentary
D. Vissle blowing
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C. Verbal and performance abilities
D. Personality and aptitude
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9. Delusions which appear to arise suddenly suddenly 'out of blue' are termed as:
A. Delusional perception
B. Delusional atmosphere
C. Delusional memory
D. Autochthonous delusions
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10. Fate of delusions include all, EXCEPT:
A. Encapsulation
B. Fragmentation
C. Double book-keeping
D. Dissemination
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11. The term used to designate a peculiar change in the awareness of self, in which the individual feels 'as if' he is unreal is:
A. Derealization
B. Depersonalization
C. Jamais Vu
D. Dissociation
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12. In DSM-IV (APA, 1994), depersonalization is classified as a:
A. Dissociation disorder
B. Delusional disorder
C. Conversion disorder
D. Organic disorder
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13. A phenomenological term which refers to the subjective experience of dissatisfaction with body shape or form is:
A. Unilateral neglect
B. Dissociation
C. Dysmorphophobia
D. Obtundation
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14. The association of hypochondriacal delusion and nihilistic delusions with depressive psychosis in the elderly is called:
A. Cotard's syndrome
B. Ganser syndrome
C. LandauKlener syndrome
D. Korsakoff s syndrome
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15." When a parent produces factitious illness in the child- a complaint of haematuria in the child caused by mother placing blood
in his urine, " is typical feature of
A. Hypochondriacal disorder
B. Manchausen's syndrome by proxy
C. Somatization disorder
D. Masquerade syndrome
E. Briquet's syndrome
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1. A 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. B
6. D 7. D 8. C 9. D 10. D
11. B 12. 13. C 14. A 15. B





1. "Intentional production or feigning of physical or psychological signs or symptoms with a obviously recognizable goal as in
symptoms deliberately produced for avoiding military services" is termed as
A. Factitious disorder
B. Munchausan's syndrome
C. Hospital addiction syndrome
D. Malingering
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2. "An exaggerated concern amounting to psychiatric symptoms with one's self-image, especially with personal appearance" is
termed as
A. Narcissism
B. Dissociation
C. Obsession
D. Compulsion
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3. "A subjective feeling of ugliness or physical defect which the patient feels noticeable to others, although his appearance is with in
normal limits" is termed as
A. Delusional parasitosis
B. de Clerambaults syndrome
C. Megalomania
D. Othello syndrome
E. Dysmorphophobia
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4. The famous "Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde (1948) describes the features of
A. Narcissism
b. Neuroticism
C. Mannerisms
D. Ostracism
E. Recidivism
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5. As per ICD-10, features of anorexia nervosa includes all, except:
A. Body-image distortion
B. Body weight at least 15% below the expected
C. Amenorrhea
D. Weight loss is self-induced
E. Early puberty
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6. A culture-bound disorder in which key symptoms include the belief that the penis will retract in to the abdomen and cause death,
A. Frigophobia
B. Latah
C. Koro
D. Amok
E. Voodoo
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7. Which of the following is a culture-bound syndrome reported in malasia/
A. Koro
B. Voodoo
C. Windigo
D. Amok
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8. Which of the following is NOT a disorder of sexual preference in ICD-10 (WHO, 1992)?
A. Fetishism
B. Exhibitionism
C. Voyeurism
D. Pedophilia
E. Transvestitism
F. Masturbation
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9. Bestiality is also called as
A. Pedophilia
B. Zoophilia
C. Voyeurism
D. Fetishism
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10. Gate control theory of Merzek and Wall (1968) is related to the experience of
A. Delusion
B. Hallucination
C. Pain
D. Dreams
E. Identity
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11. Absence of feeling is
A. Apathy
B. Anhedonia
C. Euphoria
D. Neuroticism
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12. The perception of insects crawling upon the body when in fact there are none, is an example of
A. Hallucination
B. delusion
C. Extrasensory perception
D. Phantasy
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13. Perception without a stimulus is
A. Illusion
B. Hallucination
C. Delusion
D. Deja vu
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14. Hallucination is due to
A. Disorders of thinking
B. False perception
C. Delusion
D. Incoherence
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15. The commonest hallucinations are
A. Olfactory
B. Tactile
C. Auditory
D. Visual
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1. D 2. A 3. E 4. A 5. E
6. C 7. D 8. F 9. B 10. C
11. A 12. C 13. B 14. B 15. C







1. Absence of feeling is
A. Apathy
B. Anhedonia
C. Euphoria
D. Neuroticism
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2. Melancholia literally means
A. Yellow bile
B. Black bile
C. Blunting
D. Flattening
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3." Difficulties in the capacity to verbalize affect and elaborate fantasies " is termed as
A. Cyclothymia
B. Neuroticissm
C. Alexithymia
D. Narcissism
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4. The incessant need to talk and express these ideas is called
A. Flight of ideas
B. Perseveration
C. Pressure of speech
D. Echolalia
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5. According to Kraepelin, the three fundamental components to symptomatology of manic-depressive psychosis are all, except
A. Level of mood
B. Psychic activity
C. Motor activity
D. Presence of primary delusions
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6. Agitated depression is NOT characterized by
A. Depressed mood
B. Increased motor activity
C. Restless and purposeless movements
D. Elevated mood
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7. Schizo-affective disorder was first explained by
A. Kasanin (1933)
B. Kant (1940)
C. Kraepelin (1910)
D. Langfeildt (1939)
E. Karlburm (1873)
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8. " The tendency over a long time, perhaps thought out life, to meet all the viscitudes of of life with an habitual excessive degree
of anxiety" called
A. State anxiety
B. Phobic anxiety disorder
C. Trait anxiety
D. Situational anxiety
E. free-floating anxiety
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9. Irritability is defined as
A. Tendency to become anxious in certain defined situations
B. Feeling state characterized by reduced control over temper
C. Episodic paroxysmal anxiety
D. The anxiety is not attached to any specific provoking object
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10. The essential features of obsessional thoughts in OCD (Lewis, 1938) are all, except
A. A feeling of subjective compulsion
B. A resistance to subjective compulsion
C. Preservation of insight
D. Presence of primary delusions
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11. Anankastic personality is also known as
A. Obsessional personality
B. Histrionic personality
C. Narcisstic personality
D. Depressive personality
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12. The syndrome, catatonic schizophrenia was originally described by
A. Emil Kraepelin (18561926)
B. Kalbuaum (1873)
C. Kurt Schneider (18871967)
D. Bleuler and Zinkin (1950)
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13. Waxy flexibility, psychological pillow, mutism, posturing, stupor are characteristics of
A. Paranoid schizophrenia
C. Residual schizophrenia
C. Catatonic schizophrenia
D. Hebephrenic schizophrenia
E. Simple schizophrenia
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B. Echopraxia
C. Automatic obedience
D. Aversion
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15. During psychiatric interview, mitgehen refers to
A. the interviewer can move the patient's limbs or body parts by directing by finger tip pressure
B. Patient imitates interviewer's every action
C. Patient carries out every command in a literal, concrete fashion
D. Patient turns towards the examiner when he addresses him
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1. A 2. B 3. C 4. C
5. D
6. D 7. A 8. C 9. B
10. D
11. A 12. B 13. C 14. D
15. A

1. Present Status Examination (PSE), a guide to structuring clinical interview, was developed by
A. Folstein MF, Folstein SE, McHugh PR (1974)
B. Wing JK, Cooper JE, Sartorius N (1974)
C. Overall JE, Gorham DR (1991)
D. Hamilton M (1959)
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2. Axis 5 of DSM-IV Classification (APA, 1994) includes
A. Clinical disorders
B. Personality disorders
C. Mental retardation
D. General medical conditions
E. General assessment of functioning
F. Psychosocial and environmental problems
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3. The term hysteria was introduced by
A. Cullen (1784)
B. Jorden (1603)
C. Sydenham (1682)
D. Beard (1882)
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4. 'Neurosis', as a generic term to include anxiety states, hysteria, phobic state, OCD, neurotic depression, neurasthenia,
depersonalization syndrome an hypochondriasis was used in
A. DSM-III (APA, 1980)
B. DSM-IV (APA, 1994)
C. ICD-9 (WHO, 1977)
D. ICD-10 (WHO, 1992)
E. DSM-TR (APA, 2000)
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5. Dissocial personality type includes those people considered to suffer from
A. Psychopathic personality
B. Dependent personality
C. Annkastic personality
D. Avoident personality
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6. In DSM-IV, Cluster A personality includes all, except
A. Paranoid
B. Schizoid
C. Schizotypal
D. Anankastic
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7. Which of the following characteristics is NOT typical of Parkinson's disease?
A. Slowing of emotional and voluntary movement
B. Muscular rigidity, akinesia and tremor
C. Disorders of gait, speech and posture
D. Choreiform movements and Mendelian dominant inheritance
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8. Which condition is characterized by multiple tics, accompanied by forced verbalizations and coprolalia?
A. Parkinson's disease
B. Huntington's disease
C. Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome
D. Alzheimer's disease
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9. Gross self-neglect, especially among elderly reclusives who may be well-educated, intelligent, and wealthy has been
called
A. Diogenes syndrome
B. Chronic fatigue syndrome
C. Cornelia de Lange syndrome
D. Psychosomatic syndromes
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10. ICD-10 (WHO) describes hysteria under
A. Hysteric disorder
B. Dissociative (conversion) disorder
C. depersonalization disorders
D. Generalised anxiety disorders
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11. "Hallucination is a perception without a stimulus " (false perception) was said by
A. Bleuler
B. Janet
C. Schneider
D. Esquirol
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12. All the following individuals are related to the disorders EXCEPT:
A. Beard: Neurasthenia
B. Cullen: Neurosia
C. Hippocrates: Hysteria
D. Wernicke: Schizophrenia
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13. Pseudo hallucinations are a type of
A. Illusions
B. functional hallucination
C. True perception
D. Mental imagery
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14. Pseudo-hallucinations are NOT considered as typical symptoms of
A. Dissociative disorders
B. Hysteria
C. Schizophrenia
D. Malingering
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15. Which of the folllowing is a cause of hallucinations?
A. Emotion
B. Suggestion
C. Sensory perception
D. All of the above
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1. B 2. E 3. B 4. C 5. A
6. D 7. D 8. C 9. A 10. B
11. D 12. D 13. D 14. C 15. D


1. Visual hallucinations are seen in
A. Delirium tremens
B. Mania
C. Depression
D. Phobia
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2. Tactile hallucinations of insects crawling under the skin are called
A. Kianesthetic
B. Functional
C. Formication
D. Extracampine
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3. Tactile hallucinations are associated with
A. Schizophrenia
B. Cocaine psychosis
C. Temporal lobe epilepsy
D. All of the above
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5. The hallucinations occuring in the semiconscious state preceding awakening are called
A. Extracampine
B. Pseudohallucinations
C. Hypnogogic
D. Hypnopompic
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6. Auditory hallucinations are NOT seen in
A. Schizophrenia
B. Manic episode with psychosis
C. Dissociative disorders
D. Amphetamine toxicity
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7. Which of the following complaint by the patient is NOT psychogenic?
A. Left infra mammary pain
B. Seeing haloes around lights
C. Inability to take a deep breath
D. Inability to sustain erection
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B. Obsession
C. Delusion
D. Somatic concession
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A. Catatonic schizophrenia
B. Dementia
C. Paranoid schizophrenia
D. Delusional disorders
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10. dissociation is present in all, EXCEPT:
A. Fugue
B. Delirium
C. Multiple personality
D. Somnabulism
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11. Persevaration is
A. Repeating persistently the words of his own or others
B. Using strange words
C. Using real words strung together oddly
D. Persistent thinking from which patient can't get rid of himself
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C. Drug intoxication
D. Obsessional thoughts
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13. Pseudologia fantastica is typically seen in
A. Azheimer's disease
B. Cotard's syndrome
C. Ekbom's syndrome
D. Munchausen's syndrome
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14. Mutism is NOT associated with
A. Hysteria
B. Catatonic stupor
C. Depressive stupor
D. Korsakoff's psychosis
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15. Psychiatric manifestation is seen in all, EXCEPT
A. Hypothyroidism
B. Hyperthyroidism
C. Acute intermittent porphyria
D. Second stage of syphilis
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1. A 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. D
6. C 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. B
11. A 12. D 13. D 14. D 15. D