1. Ganser syndrome is a feature of ?
A. OCD
B. Conversion disorder
C. Dissociative disorder
D. Schizoid personality disorder
Answer: C
2. Repetitive irresectable thought to do something
A. Phobia
B. Obsession
C. Compulsion
D. Anxiety
Answer: B
3. All are features of neurosis except ?
A. Symptoms cause subjective distress
B. Contact with reality preserved
C. Personality disturbances
D. Insight is maintained
Answer: C
4. All are seen in nicotine withdrawal except ?
A. Hyperhydrosis
B. Anxiety
C. Bradycardia
D. Insomnia
Answer: A
5. All are included in diagnostic criteria of somatization disorder except ?
A. Sexual symptom
B. Pain symptom
C. GI symptom
D. Visual symptoms
Answer: D
6. Bleuler’s symptoms for schizophrenia are all except?
A. Loosening of association
B. Affect disturbances
C. Autism
D. Hallucinations
Answer: D
7. Negative symptom of schizophrenia ?
A. Hallucination
B. Delusion
C. Ambivalance
D. Motor hyperactivity
Answer: C
8. Cyclothymia is a type of ?
A. Bipolar mood disorder
B. Major depression
C. Dysthymia
D. Persistant mood disorder
Answer: D
9. All are anxiety disorders except ?
A. Phobias
B. OCD
C. Conversion reaction
D. PTSD
Answer: C
10. All are diagnostic symptoms of schizophrenia except?
A. Catatonia
B. Hallucinations
C. Disorganized speech
D. Social withdrawal
Answer: D
11. All are true about type 1 schizophrenia except?
A. Acute illness
B. Good prognosis
C. Negative symptoms
D. Intellect maintained
Answer: C
12. Drug of choice for generalized anxiety ?
A. 3-blocker
B. Alprazolam
C. Buspirone
D. Phenytoin
Answer: B
13. Persistent preoccupation with serious illness and normal body function is called ?
A. Obsession
B. Somatization
C. Hypochondriasis
D. Conversion disorder
Answer: C
14. Not true about somnambulism among the following is?
A. Sleep walking.
B. Patient consciousness is preserved.
C. Disorder of sleep arousal.
D. Low level motor skill/function is present
Answer: D
15. Test based on the principle of suspect’s reaction, if he witnesses an event then he behaves in a certain way is?
A. Narcoanalysis
B. Brain mapping
C. Truth serum testing
D. Polygraph
Answer: D
16. Intense depression & misery without any cause is?
A. Melancholia
B. Major depressive disorder
C. Mania
D. Schizophrenia
Answer: A
17. Which of the following is not true regarding delusional disorder?
A. Held with absolute conviction
B. Usually false
C. Not amenable to reasoning
D. Occurs at early age
Answer: D
18. Key symptom in alcohol withdrawal syndrome is:
A. Sleep disturbance
B. Visual hallucinations
C. Tremors
D. Delirium
Answer: C
19. What is produced by the super sensitivity of Dopamine receptors ?
A. Dyskinesia
B. Hyperphagia
C. Hyperpathia
D. Hypomania
Answer: A
20. Following are the major symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorders ?
A. Contamination
B. Pathological doubts
C. Intrusive thoughts
D. All the above
Answer: D
21. All are true about narcolepsy except:
A. Day dreaming
B. Hypnagogic hallucinations
C. Cataplexy
D. Sudden sleep
E. Decreased REM latency
Answer: A
22. Which of the following is not a side effect of quetiapine?
A. Dry mouth
B. Hair loss
C. Sudden cardiac death
D. Dyspepsia
Answer: B
23. DOC for schizophrenic patient with poor oral absorption is?
A. Clozapine
B. Fluphenazine
C. Sulpride
D. Penfluridol
Answer: B
24. TCAs are contraindicated in all of the following except?
A. Narrow angle glaucoma
B. Prostate hypertrophy
C. A patient on MOA inhibitors
D. Impaired renal function
Answer: D
25. Loading dose of diazepam for alcohol withdrawal is?
A. 80mg
B. 50mg
C. 40mg
D. 20mg
Answer: D
26. Confabulation is?
A. A state of confusion where patient is not able to describe the details
B. Purposefully fabricating stories to project a certain image
C. Filling up to gaps by fabrication to cover lapses in memory
D. A feeling of strangeness to familiar situations or events.
Answer: C
27. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with?
A. Seizure
B. Amnesia
C. Tremers
D. Delirium
Answer: B
28. Drug of choice for Tourette syndrome is?
A. Haloperidol
B. Amantidine
C. Propanolol
D. Diazepam
Answer: A
29. Scatologia is?
A. Eating disorder
B. Sleep disorder
C. Paraphilia
D. Defense mechanism
Answer: C
30. A 40 year old married male thinks that he is multitalented and is always overconfident. He never listens to his family or friends. Infact whenever anyone gives him any advice, he thinks that they have some motive against him. He is always suspicious of his wife. All these are feature of?
A. Borderline personality disorder
B. Schizoid personality disorder
C. Paranoid personality disorder
D. Histrionic personality disorder
Answer: C
31. A 25 years old male is not happy with its gender and is always in distress due to this. He wants to change sex and have vagina. It comes under?
A. Transsexualism
B. Dual role transvestism
C. Gender dysphoria
D. Sexual maturation
Answer: C
32. Characteristic of histrionic personality disorder is?
A. Violation of rules of society
B. Attention – seeking behavior
C. Unstable interpersonal relationship
D. Grandiose behavior
Answer: B
33. Personality type seen in schizophrenia is?
A. Schizoid
B. Paranoid
C. Borderline
D. All of the above
Answer: D
34. Irresistible urge to drink alcohol is called?
A. Kleptomania
B. Pyromania
C. Dipsomania
D. Trichotillomania
Answer: C
35. Which of the following is not a culture bound syndrome?
A. Amok
B. Latah
C. Dhat
D. Von-Gogh
Answer: D
36. A 39 years old male patient presents with waxy flexibility, negativism and rigidity. Most probable diagnosis is?
A. Excitatory catatonia
B. Stuporous catatonia
C. Paranoid schizophrenia
D. None
Answer: B
37. Suicide rate in India is?
A. 10.5 /100,000
B. 12.5/ 100,000
C. 14.5/ 100,000
D. 18/ 100,000
Answer: A
38. DHAT syndrome is?
A. Passage of blood in urine
B. Passage of semen in urine
C. Passage of pus in urine
D. None
Answer: B
39. Most appropriate test for child psychologist to evaluate the intellectual ability of a 3 year old is?
A. Stanford Binet scale
B. Denver development scale
C. Alexander’s pass along test
D. Rorschach inkblot test
Answer: A
40. Treatment of choice for akathesia is?
A. Phenytoin
B. Propranolol
C. Dantrolene
D. Lithium
Answer: B
41. Functional somatic disorder is?
A. Somatization disorder
B. Chronic fatigue syndrome
C. Hypochondriasis
D. Body dysmorphic disorder
Answer: B
42. Cardinal element of behavior therapy is?
A. Modeling
B. Learning
C. Conditioning
D. Guidance
Answer: B
43. Tolerance is seen in?
A. Alcohol dependent syndrome
B. Schizophrenia
C. OCD
D. All of the above
Answer: A
44. Treatment of choice for generalized anxiety disorder is?
A. Benzodiazepines
B. Neuroleptics
C. Beta blockers
D. Barbiturates
Answer: A
45. Generalized anxiety disorder is diagnosed when anxiety and worry continues for at least?
A. 2 months
B. 4 months
C. 6 months
D. 8 months
Answer: C
46. Most important receptors involved with schizophrenia are?
A. GABAA
B. GABA,,
C. DZd
D. 5-HT
Answer: C
47. Risk factor for suicide is?
A. Increased serotonin
B. Drug abuse
C. Female sex
D. Married person
Answer: B
48. A 25 years old male c/o recurrent abdominal pain but biochemical assays and ultrasound abdomen is normal. He also complains of constant headaches. He suddenly complains of loss of vision of bilateral eyes. Ophthalmologist finds nothing on examination. Symptoms are most probably due to
A. Bilateral optic neuritis
B. Posterior inferior cerebellar artery infarct
C. Malingering
D. Factitious disorder
Answer: D
49. Emile Durkheim is linked with work on which condition in psychiatry?
A. Suicide
B. Obsessive compulsive disorder
C. Anxiety disorder
D. Schizophrenia
Answer: A
50. Highest insight is ?
A. Intellectual
B. Emotional
C. Psychological
D. Affective
Answer: B
51. Extracampine hallucinations term was given by ?
A. Eugene Bleuler
B. William Harvey
C. Robert Macinoff
D. Eden Speroff
Answer: A
52. Hypomimia is ?
A. Decreased ability to copy
B. Decreased execution
C. Deficit of expression by gesture
D. Deficit of fluent speech
Answer: C
153. Serial 7 substraction is used to test ?
A. Working memory
B. Long term memory
C. Mathematical ability
D. Recall power
Answer: A
54. Which of the following are sections of mental state examination?
A. Mood and affect
B. Speech and language
C. Cognition
D. All the above
Answer: D
55. Obsessive attention by an individual towards another person is called ?
A. Stalking
B. Percieving
C. Following
D. Pressurizing
Answer: A
56. Most common of all psychiatric disorders are
A. Anxiety disorder
B. Schizophrenia
C. Depression
D. Mania
Answer: A
57. Patient wants to scratch for itching in his amputated limb is an example of ?
A. Illusion
B. Pseudohallucination
C. Phantom limb hallucination
D. Autoscopy hallucination
Answer: C
58. Myxedema madness includes ?
A. Auditory hallucinations and paranoia
B. Visual hallucinations and depression
C. Auditory hallucinations and depression
D. Paranoia and depression
Answer: A
59. APACHE II does not include ?
A. Acute physiology score
B. Age
C. Sex
D. Chronic health evaluation
Answer: C
60. SSRIs should be carefully used in the young for the management of depression due to increase in?
A. Nihilism ideation
B. Guilt ideation
C. Suicidal ideation
D. Envious ideation
Answer: C
61. If a person is asked, “what will he do if he sees a house on fire”?, Then what is being tested in that person ?
A. Social judgement
B. Test judgement
C. Response judgement
D. None of the above
Answer: B
62. Illusion is a disorder of ?
A. Thought
B. Perception
C. Affect
D. Emotion
Answer: B
63. Rope seen as snake is an example of
A. Illusion
B. Hallucination
C. Delusion
D. Pseudohallucination
Answer: A
64. Woman firmly and persistently feels her husband is cheating on her and she disapproves to accept any proof given in the husbands support’ The other family members do not support her belief. This is an example of
A. Illusion
B. Delusion
C. Hallucination
D. Perversion
Answer: B
65. Withdrawal of which of the following causes piloerecton?
A. Morphine
B. Cannabis
C. Smoking
D. Alcohol
Answer: A
66. Schizotypal personality belongs to which cluster of personality disorders?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Answer: A
67. Cardinal feature of antisocial personality
A. Violation of rules of society
B. Attention – seeking behavior
C. Unstable interpersonal relationship
D. Grandiose behaviour
Answer: A
68.Which personality disorder/s can be a part of autistic sPectrum of disorders?
A. Schizoid
B. Schizotypical
C. Borderline
D. All the above
Answer: D
69. Patients who are grandiose and require admiration from others has which type of personality?
A. Narcissistic
B. Histrionic
C. Borderline
D. Antisocial
Answer: A
70. Max duration of time spent is in NREM stage?
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. IV
Answer: B
71. Spouse jealousy is a feature of ?
A. Othello syndrome
B. Chronic alcoholism
C. Stockholm syndrome
D. Clerambault’s syndrome
Answer: A
72. All of the following are true about pseudohallucinations except ?
A. Arises in inner subjective self
B. Patient describes the sensations being perceived by mind eye
C. Are under voluntary control
D. Distressing flashback of PTSD is a n example
Answer: C
73. Delirium is defined as ?
A. Acute onset of disturbed consciousness
B. Chronic onset of disturbed consciousness
C. Progressive generalized impairment of intellectual functions and memory without impairment of consciousness
D. Disorientation without clouding of consciousness
Answer: A
74. All the following drugs are used to prevent relapse and maintain abstinence in cases of alcohol withdrawal except ?
A. Disulfiram
B. Acamprosate
C. Naltrexone
D. Propranolol
Answer: D
75. Which is the most common type of persistent delusional disorder ?
A. Delusion of persecution
B. Somatic delusion
C. Delusion of jealousy
D. Delusion of grandeur
Answer: A
76. Dysthymia is ?
A. Chronic depression
B. Chronic mania
C. Bipolar disorder
D. Personality disorder
Answer: A
77. Bipolar II disorder includes ?
A. Cyclothymic disorder
B. Dysthymia
C. Single maniac episode
D. Major depression and hypomania
Answer: D
78. Psychotic patient on antipsychotic drugs develops torticollis within 4 days of therapy. what is the treatment?
A. Central anticholinergic
B. Peripheral anticholinergic
C. Beta blocker
D. Dantrolene
Answer: A
79. Eugene Blueler’s 4As include following except ?
A. Autism
B. Affect
C. Anhedonia
D. Association
Answer: C
80. Appetite for nonnutritive substances is called ?
A. Pica
B. Apprepritant
C. Bulimia
D. Bolean
Answer: A
81. Bad trip is seen with ?
A. Cocaine
B. Cannabis
C. LSD
D. Heroin
Answer: C
82. Antipsychotic drug causing retinal pigment disorder is?
A. Thiaoridazine
B. Clozapine
C. Chlorpromazine
D. None of the above
Answer: A
83. Antipsychotic drug with least extra pyramidal symptoms?
A. Pimozide
B. Thioridazone
C. Clozapine
D. Flupromazine
Answer: C
84. Following is true about alcoholic dependence syndrome except
A. No tolerance
B. Withdrawal symptoms
C. CAGE questionnaire
D. Physical dependence
Answer: A
85. DSM IV criterion for depression is?
A. 1 week
B. 2 weeks
C. 3 weeks
D. 4 weeks
Answer: B
86. The clinical effects of the antidepressant drugs is mainly based on ?
A. Change in neurotransmitter receptor sensitivity
B. Decreased level of neurotransmitters
C. Change in efficacy of neurotransmitters
D. None of the above
Answer: A
87. Theory of human motivation was given by ?
A. Pavlov
B. Abraham Maslow
C. Alios Alzheimer
D. Aaron Beck
Answer: B
88. Mechanism of action of duloxetine is ?
A. Selective Inhibition of serotonin reuptake
B. Selective inhibition of nor-epinephrine reuptake
C. Selective inhibition of both serotonin and nor-epinephrine reuptake
D. None of the above
Answer: C
89. Medical treatment for paraphillia includes ?
A. SSRIs
B. Benzodiazepines
C. Opioids
D. Barbiturates
Answer: A
90. Husband having suspicion that his wife
is having affair with another man,
diagnosis is ?
A. Illusion
B. Delusion
C. Hallucination
D. Delirium
Answer: B
91. Causes of retrogression in a child can be all except ?
A. Wilson’s disease
B. Vitamin B12 deficiency
C. ADHD
D. Ataxia telengiectasia
Answer: C
92. A 25 year old male believes that his penis is decreasing in size everyday and one day it will disappear one day and he will die. Diagnosis is ?
A. Obsession
B. Somatization
C. Hypochondriasis
D. Delusion disorder
Answer: D
93. Haloperidol induced extarpyramidal side effects are treated by ?
A. Benzodiazepines
B. Barbiturates
C. Anticholinergic drugs
D. SSRIs
Answer: C
94. Most common substance of abuse in India ?
A. Cannabis
B. Tobacco
C. Alcohol
D. Opium
Answer: B
95. In Neuroleptic malignant syndrome, cause of death is ?
A. Respiratory failure
B. Liver failure
C. Drug toxicity
D. None of the above
Answer: A
96. Drug with no mood stabilizing property is
A. Lithium
B. Lamotrigine
C. Imipramine
D. Carbamazepine
Answer: C
97. Sex reassignment surgery is done in ?
A. Gender identity disorder
B. Premature ejaculation
C. Erectile dysfunction
D. Orgasmic dysfunction
Answer: A
98. Modafinil is used for the treatment of ?
A. Narcolepsy
B. Sexual dysfunction
C. Depression
D. Anxiety
Answer: A
99. A girl with bad behavior like smashing and throwing objects was admitted in the hospital. There also she was behaving very badly with staff & abusing nurses. But she behaves very well with a one very good looking resident doctor. Diagnosis is?
A. Bipolar disorder
B. Schizoaffective disorder
C. Borderline personality disorder
D. Antisocial personality
Answer: D
100. All of the following are associated increased REM latency, except ?
A. First night effect
B. SSRIs
C. Narcolepsy
D. Restless leg syndrome
Answer: C
101. Sign of oppositionalism in a young child is due to?
A. Mental retardation
B. Organic mental disorder
C. Mental distress
D. All of the above
Answer: C
102. Trichophagia is characterized by?
A. Compulsive pulling of hair
B. Compulsive eating of hair
C. Compulsive shopping
D. Compulsive stealing
Answer: B
103. MC cause of delirium ?
A. Infection
B. Liver failure
C. Belladonna poisoning
D. None of the above
Answer: A
104. General paralysis of insane is associated with ?
A. Neurosyphillis
B. Alzheimer’s disease
C. Parkinson’s disease
D. None of the above
Answer: A
105. Jamais vu is
A. Illusion that what one is hearing, one has heard previously
B. A unfamiliar thought regarded as repetition of a previous thought
C. Unfamiliar situations or events feel strangely familiar
D. Feeling of strangeness to familiar situation
Answer: D
106. Conventional drug used in the treatment of delirium is?
A. Haloperidol
B. Lithium
C. SSRIs
D. Morphine
Answer: A
107. Characteristic hallucination of schizophrenia is
A. Auditory hallucinations commanding the patient
B. Auditory hallucinations giving running commentary
C. Auditory hallucinations criticizing the patient
D. Auditory hallucinations talking to patient
Answer: B
108. Which of the following typical antipsychotic drug is not available in depot form ?
A. Haloperidol
B. Risperidone
C. Olanzapine
D. Chlorpromazine
Answer: D
