Study guide for nursing competitive exams

Mental Health Nursing (Question set 1)

Objective questions


1. Personality disorder in which an individual suspects that other people will harm him, is___
     a) Cyclothymic
     b) Hypomanic
     c) Melancholic
     d) Paranoid


2. In following which is not a disturbance of consciousness___
     a) Stupor
     b) Hallucination
     c) Confusion
     d) Coma


3. Delirium is a disorder of___
     a) Consciousness
     b) Perception
     c) Memory
     d) Thought


4. Hallucination is a disorder of___
     a) Perception
     b) Consciousness
     c) Memory
     d) Thought


5. Disorder of consciousness in which patient remains motionless and mute, is___
     a) Confusion
     b) Clouding of consciousness
     c) Hallucination
     d) Stupor


6. Disorder of motor activity in which the person constantly maintains a position without any movement is___
     a) Mannerism
     b) Cataplexy
     c) Verbigeration
     d) Negativism 


7. A mental disorder characterized by stereotype speech is___
     a) Mannerism
     b) Cataplexy
     c) Verbigeration
     d) Negativism


8. Perception of a stimulus in the absence of an actual stimulus is known as ___
     a) Illusion
     b) Hallucination
     c) Verbigeration
     d) Delusion


9. The type of delusion most commonly seen in manic patients is___
     a) Delusion of persecution
     b) Delusion of grandeur
     c) Delusion of guilt
     d) Nihilistic delusion


10. Which type of delusional disorder commonly found in paranoid schizophrenia___
     a) Delusion of persecution
     b) Delusion of grandeur
     c) Delusion of guilt
     d) Nihilistic delusion

Answer keys:
1.D 2.B 3.A 4.A 5.D 6.B 7.C 8.B 9.B 10.A