Personality Disorder Clusters
- Previous year questions on Personality Disorder Clusters 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.
- 8 live questions in Personality Disorder Clusters.
- 1 of 8 questions carries a verified exam year: 2017.
- Psychiatry is worth about 6 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 19 Aug 2026.
Q1.Borderline personality disorder
- AChronic feeling of emptiness
- BUnstable interpersonal relationship✓ Correct answer
- CGrandiosity
- DLow self esteem
Q2.Recurrent suicidal tendency, aberrant interpersonal relationship, black and white phenomena are characteristic of:
- ABorderline personality✓ Correct answer
- BSchizotypal personality
- CHistrionic personality
- DNarcissistic personality
Q3.Most effective treatment for borderline personality disorders
- APharmacotherapy
- BDialectic Bhaviour therapy✓ Correct answer
- CCombination of both pharmacotherapy and behavioural therapy
Q4.Vague elaborate and circumstantial speech with magical thinking is characteristic of :
- AParanoid
- BBorderline
- CSchizoid
- DSchizotypal✓ Correct answer
Q5.The antisocial disorder is characterized by
- AExcessive sensitivity to suspiciousness
- BEmotional coldness, lack of pressure
- CUnconcern for feeling for others, disregard for social norms✓ Correct answer
- DSelf dramatization, exaggerated expression of emotions
Q6.Feature of "Anankastic" personality disorder is
- AProcrastination
- BLack of impulse control
- CRigidity and stubbornness✓ Correct answer
- DAll of the above
Q7.Type C personality disorder is
- AAvoidant personality disorder✓ Correct answer
- BHistrionic personality disorder
- CParanoid personality disorder
- DNarcissistic personality disorder
Q8.A person with histrionic, shy, anxious avoidant personality comes under which cluster?
- AA
- BB
- CC✓ Correct answer
- DD
Answer key
Q1: B. Unstable interpersonal relationship; Q2: A. Borderline personality; Q3: B. Dialectic Bhaviour therapy; Q4: D. Schizotypal; Q5: C. Unconcern for feeling for others, disregard for social norms; Q6: C. Rigidity and stubbornness; Q7: A. Avoidant personality disorder; Q8: C. C.
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