Psychiatry and the Law
- Previous year questions on Psychiatry and the Law 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.
- 10 live questions in Psychiatry and the Law.
- 4 of 10 questions carry a verified exam year: 2017, 2018, 2020.
- Psychiatry is worth about 6 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 27 Aug 2026.
Q1.Which is not used for narcoanalysis
- AScopolamine
- BHyoscine
- CThiopentone
- DKetamine✓ Correct answer
Q2.On voluntary admission maximum no of days for which a patient can be admitted in mental hospital as per mental health act 2017 is
- A30days✓ Correct answer
- B60days
- C14days
- D100days
Q3.On voluntary admission, the maximum number of days a person can be admitted as per mental health care act is:
- A48 hours
- B30 days✓ Correct answer
- C60 days
- D90 days
Q4.The most liberal rule regarding criminal responsibility of an insane person is ______
- AMc naughten's rule
- BDurham's rule✓ Correct answer
- CCurren's rule
- DFederal rule
Q5.A person is criminally not responsible for his actions if at the time of doing it by reason of unsoundness of mind, in incapable of knowing the nature of the act or that he is doing what is either wrong or contrary to the law.
- AMcNaughten rule✓ Correct answer
- BCurren's rule
- CDurham's rule
- DIrresistible impulse test
Q6.As per mental health care act, an individual with a known psychotic disorder on treatment and is not a minor, can choose to decide the caretaker and the course of treatment. This is called as:-
- AAdvance directive✓ Correct answer
- BTreatment directive
- CMental will
- DFuture directive
Q7.An individual with a known psychiatric disorder or on treatment and is not a minor can chose to decide the care taker and the course of treatment according to mental health act. This is called:
- AAdvance directive✓ Correct answer
- BTreatment directive
- CMental will
- DFuture directive
Q8.As per mental health care act, the following is not true regarding advanced directive
- AEvery person except minor has right to take advance directive by writing
- BIt empowers the patient to choose his/her treatment and appoint a representative to take decision on behalf of patient.
- CIf patient is minor, his/ her parent or care giver will act as representative.
- DIt is the duty of every psychiatrist to plan treatment at the time of emergency ,keeping advance directive in mind.✓ Correct answer
Q9.Chronic alcoholic assaulted his neighbor. He had quit drinking 4 days back but now has delirium tremens. He is: AIIMS 11
- AFully responsible
- BFamily is responsible
- CPaially responsible
- DNot responsible✓ Correct answer
Q10.Rules for criminal responsibility of the insane are all, except: MP 08; Kerala 08, 09; PGI 09; NEET 15
- AHasse's rule✓ Correct answer
- BMcNaughten's rule
- CDurham's rule
- DCurren's rule
Answer key
Q1: D. Ketamine; Q2: A. 30days; Q3: B. 30 days; Q4: B. Durham's rule; Q5: A. McNaughten rule; Q6: A. Advance directive; Q7: A. Advance directive; Q8: D. It is the duty of every psychiatrist to plan treatment at the time of emergency ,keeping advance directive in mind; Q9: D. Not responsible; Q10: A. Hasse's rule.
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