2. Instructions
1.Write your registration number and signature in the space provided on the question paper
2. Candidates should point out errors in their question paper within 15 minutes. Of the
commencement of the exam to the investigator on duty. Complaints in this regard, if any, shall not be
entertained thereafter.
3. Attempt all questions. No negative marking.
4. Select one appropriate choice as the final answer. No marks will be allotted for multiple answers.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The test for assessing patient’s orientation and recall:-
a. Beck depression inventory
b. Thematic appreciation test
c. Mini-mental status examination
d. Millon clinical multiaxial inventory
2. A characteristic of infants and young children who have experienced maternal deprivation is:-
a. Tendency toward overeating
b. Responsiveness to stimuli
c. Proneness to illness
d. Extreme activity
3. Following are the major psychiatric emergencies, except one:-
a. Rape
b. Suicide
c. Disaster
d. Grief reaction
4. All of the following are neurotic disorders except:-
a. Schizophrenia
b. Anxiety
c. OCD
d. Exogenous depression
5. Asking a patient about date, month and year word help to assess:-
a. Delirium
b. Orientation
c. Preservation
d. Judgement
6. The basic difference between psychosis and neurosis is:-
a. Clinical features
b. Severity
c. Insight
d. Duration of illness
7. A disorder in which patient maintains a fixed posture without any movement is:-
a. Mannerism
b. Catalepsy
c. Negativism
d. Preservation
8. False fixed belief is called:-
a. Delusion
b. Illusion
c. Hallucination
d. Depersonalization
3. 9. False idea or belief that patient accepts as real are called:-
a. Delusion
b. Hallucinations
c. Illusion
d. Magical thinking
10. The identification and interpretation of sensory input is:-
a. Cognition
b. Affect
c. Perception
d. Judgement
Answer Key
Ans. 1 - Correct option (d) Mini-mental Status Examination
A commonly used assessment tool to quickly assess a person’s cognitive ability.
It assesses orientation’ registration’ attention & calculation’ recall and language.
Scoring is from 0 to 30, above 24 indicating intact cognition.
Ans. 2 - Correct option (c) Proneness to illness
Maternal deprivation means the child is deprived from maternal stimulation of mothering and
affection.
This deprivation may predispose for abnormal behavior at a later stage of life.
Ans. 3 - Correct option (a) Rape
Although all are psychiatric emergencies but rape is not a major psychiatric emergency.
Ans. 4 - Correct option (a) Schizophrenia
Except schizophrenia, which is a psychotic disorder (major mental disorder, all other disorder
given into option are neurotic disorder (minor mental disorder).
Ans. 5 - Correct option (b) Orientation
Orientation means the ability of a person to comprehend and recognize correct about time (date,
month & year), place and identity/name of a persons.
Ans. 6 - Correct option (b) Catalepsy
A condition in which patients appear to be in a trance or may assume rigidly held body postures
without any movement called catalepsy.
Ans. 7 - Correct option (c) Insight
The basic difference between psychosis and neurosis is the presence of insight (means neurosis)
and absence of insight (means psychosis) into the client.
Ans. 8 - Correct option (a) Delusion
Ans. 9 - Correct option (a) Delusion
Ans. 10 - Correct option (c) Perception
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sodhi K. J. (2019); Comprehensive textbook of nursing education; Jaypee brothers medical
publishers (2nd edition).
