Delirium
- Previous year questions on Delirium for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Psychiatry section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 51 live questions in Delirium.
- 1 of 51 questions carries a verified exam year: 2018.
- Psychiatry is worth about 6 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Post cardiac surgery delirium symptoms are worsened by
- AAntipsychotics
- BAnticholinergics✓ Correct answer
- CBZD
- DAntihistaminics
Q2.Delusion in delirium are
- ATransient✓ Correct answer
- BFrightening
- CSelf reference
- DNihilistic
Q3.True about delirium is all Except:
- APreserved attention✓ Correct answer
- BDisturbed sleep
- CDisorientation
- DHallucination
Q4.Which of the following is true about delirium?
- AClouding of consciousness
- BDisorientation
- CVisual perceptual disturbances
- DAll are true✓ Correct answer
Q5.What differentiates delirium from dementia?
- AConfusion
- BDifficulty in communicating
- CHallucination
- DSudden change✓ Correct answer
Q6.Slow waves in EEG is seen in
- ADepression
- BMania
- CSchizophrenia
- DDelirium✓ Correct answer
Q7.The most important feature of delirium
- AImpaired judgement
- BAnxiety
- CHyperactivity
- DClouding of consciousness✓ Correct answer
Q8.Delirium & dementia can be differentiated by?
- ALoss of memory
- BApraxia
- CDelusion
- DAltered sensorium✓ Correct answer
Q9.A 20 year old boy c/o hearing of voices, aggressive behavior since 2 days. He has fever since 2 days. When asked to his family, they says that he has been muttering to self and gesticulating. There is no h/o of psychiatric illness. Likely diagnosis is
- ADementia
- BAcute psychosis
- CDelirium✓ Correct answer
- DDelusional disorder
Q10.True regarding Delirium are all except:
- AAcute onset
- BSleep disturbance
- CMyoclonus
- DNormal consciousness✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: B. Anticholinergics; Q2: A. Transient; Q3: A. Preserved attention; Q4: D. All are true; Q5: D. Sudden change; Q6: D. Delirium; Q7: D. Clouding of consciousness; Q8: D. Altered sensorium; Q9: C. Delirium; Q10: D. Normal consciousness.
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