Delusional and Brief Psychotic Disorders
- Previous year questions on Delusional and Brief Psychotic Disorders for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Psychiatry section of the exam.
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- 51 live questions in Delusional and Brief Psychotic Disorders.
- Psychiatry is worth about 6 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Folie a deux is seen in -
- AHysteria
- BParanoid✓ Correct answer
- COCD
- DNeurasthenia
Q2.Husband having suspicion that his wife is having affair with another man, diagnosis is ?
- AIllusion
- BDelusion✓ Correct answer
- CHallucination
- DDelirium
Q3.Capgras syndrome is more common in:
- AObsessive compulsive disorder
- BParanoid schizophrenia✓ Correct answer
- CHysteria
- DSchizoid personality disorder
Q4.Duration required for the diagnosis of acute and transient psychosis is
- A1 week
- B2 weeks✓ Correct answer
- C1 month
- D6 months
Q5.A patient believes he is the most important person in the world than anyone so his neighbors and family is trying to harm him as they are jealous of him. His wife says otherwise and says he behaves like this recently only before he was working as a school-teacher peacefully and brought to OPD. He is suffering from:
- ADelusion of grandiosity
- BDelusion of persecution
- CDelusion of grandiosity and persecution✓ Correct answer
- DDelusion of grandiosity, persecution and reference
Q6.A 50 year old guy presented with 25 years of married life, having 5 years of established doubt on his wife's fidelity, despite proof to the contrary, and his other aspects of life are normal. The probable diagnosis is
- APanic disorders
- BDepression disorders
- CDelusional disorder✓ Correct answer
- DPhobias
Q7.A 41 year old woman working as an executive director is convinced that the management has denied her promotion by preparing false reports about her competence and have forged her signature on sensitive documents so as to convict her. She files a complaint in the police station and requests for security. Despite all this, she attends to her work and manages the household. She is suffering from -
- AParanoid schizophrenia
- BLate onset psychosis
- CPersistent delusional disorder✓ Correct answer
- DObsessive compulsive disorder
Q8.Delusion that someone from high socio economic status is loving you is in -
- AOthello syndrome
- BCapgras syndrome
- CDe clerambault syndrome✓ Correct answer
- DFranklin syndrome
Q9.In which of the following delusion of infidelity is seen?
- ADe Clerambault' S syndrome
- BOthello syndrome✓ Correct answer
- CCouvade syndrome
- DEkbom's syndrome
Q10.Erotomanic delusion is seen in
- Ade Clerambault's syndrome✓ Correct answer
- BCotard syndrome
- CCouvade syndrome
- DOthello syndrome
Answer key
Q1: B. Paranoid; Q2: B. Delusion; Q3: B. Paranoid schizophrenia; Q4: B. 2 weeks; Q5: C. Delusion of grandiosity and persecution; Q6: C. Delusional disorder; Q7: C. Persistent delusional disorder; Q8: C. De clerambault syndrome; Q9: B. Othello syndrome; Q10: A. de Clerambault's syndrome.
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