Somatic Symptom Disorders
- Previous year questions on Somatic Symptom Disorders 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.
- 4 live questions in Somatic Symptom Disorders.
- 1 of 4 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.Which of the following is false about somatization syndrome
- AInvolves 2 sexual disturbance systems✓ Correct answer
- BTwo GI symptoms
- CFour pain symptoms
- DMultiple recurrent symptoms
Q2.Which is not a somatoform disorder?
- ABody dysmorphic disorder
- BObsessive compulsive disorder✓ Correct answer
- CSomatoform pain disorder
- DHypochondriasis
Q3.A nondiabetic nonhypeensive patient has some extra beast in pulse. Doctor informed it is benign. But patient is still going for investigations from doctor to doctor. This is a type of:-
- AConversion disorder
- BHypochondriac disorder✓ Correct answer
- CSomatoform pain
- DDepression
Q4.A person preoccupied with worries about falling ill is
- AManiac
- BHypochondriac✓ Correct answer
- CDepressed
- DDelirium
Answer key
Q1: A. Involves 2 sexual disturbance systems; Q2: B. Obsessive compulsive disorder; Q3: B. Hypochondriac disorder; Q4: B. Hypochondriac.
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