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501.

A 41 yrs old married female presented with headache for the last 6 months.She had several consultations .All her investigations were found to be within normal limits.She still insists that there is something wrong in her head and seeks another consultation.The most likely diagnosis is:

A. Psychogenic headache
B. Phobia
C. Depression
D. Hypochondriasis
Answer» E.
502.

A 60 year old male comes to casuality with acute retention of urine since 12 hours. On examination there was distended bladder.His son gives a history of taking some drug by the patient.Since two days as he is suffering from depression.The most likely diagnosis is -

A. CPZ
B. Pimozide
C. Amitryptiline
D. Haloperidol
Answer» D. Haloperidol
503.

Thought disorder is seen in -

A. Obsessive compulsive disorder
B. Anxiety neurosis
C. Schizophrenia
D. Psychopathic personality
Answer» D. Psychopathic personality
504.

Recall bias is most commonly associated with which study design -

A. Case control study
B. Cohort study
C. Randomized controlled trial
D. Cross - sectional study
Answer» B. Cohort study
505.

The duration of symptoms needed to diagnose the major depressive disorder is -

A. 2 days
B. 2 weeks
C. 1 week
D. 2 months
Answer» C. 1 week
506.

A patient of schizophrenia is managed by:

A. ECT
B. Antipsychotic medications
C. Psychotherapy
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
507.

A new test for diabetes was carried out of the 80 people who were tested positive (+ve),it was found that actually 40 had diabetes and out of 9920 people who were tested negative (-ve)only 9840 did not have the disease actually. The sensitivity of this new test is:

A. 0.65
B. 0.99
C. 0.33
D. 0.5
Answer» D. 0.5
508.

Alexithymia is -

A. Affective flattening
B. Inability to recognise and describe feelings
C. A feeling of intense rapture
D. Pathological sadness
Answer» C. A feeling of intense rapture
509.

Drugs uses with symptoms similar like paranoid schizophrenia are seen in -

A. Heroin / cocaine
B. Amphetamine
C. LSD
D. Cannabis
Answer» C. LSD
510.

La bella indifference is seen in -

A. Conversion reaction
B. Schizophrenia
C. Manic depressive episodes
D. Depression
Answer» B. Schizophrenia
511.

Discarded cytotoxic medicines should be disposed in ?

A. Blue bag
B. Black bag
C. Red bag
D. Yellow bag
Answer» C. Red bag
512.

Obnoxious smell and hallucination is seen in ?

A. Temporal lobe lesion
B. Frontal lobe lesion
C. Parietal lobe lesion
D. Occipital lobe lesion
Answer» B. Frontal lobe lesion
513.

'Alcoholic blackout' means:

A. Amnesia of events during drinking
B. Unconsciousness during drinking
C. Loss of control
D. Rum fits'
Answer» B. Unconsciousness during drinking
514.

That part of the mind, which is working on reality principle, is

A. Id
B. Ego
C. Supergo
D. Ego-ideal
Answer» C. Supergo
515.

The most important function of sentinel surveillance is

A. To determine the trend of disease in a population
B. To notify disease
C. To find the total amount of disease in a population
D. To plan effective control measures
Answer» D. To plan effective control measures
516.

Illusion with altered sesorium is seen in -

A. MDP
B. Hysteria
C. Schizophrenia
D. Delirium
Answer» E.
517.

Bleuler's Critaria for schizophrenia includes all except -

A. Lossening of association
B. Ambivalence
C. Inapppriate Affect
D. Automatism
Answer» E.
518.

Type two schizophrenia is characterised by all except ?

A. Poor response to TT
B. Negative symptoms
C. CT scan abnormal
D. Disorganised behaviour
Answer» E.
519.

Screening test has the following features except -

A. Done on apparently healthy individuals
B. It is less accurate
C. Test results are arbitrary and final
D. It can be used as a basis for treatment
Answer» E.
520.

Deja vu is seen in -

A. Temporal lobe epilepsy
B. Normal person
C. Psychosis
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
521.

Incidence of schizophrenia in general population is ?

A. 0.005
B. 0.01
C. 0.015
D. 0.02
Answer» B. 0.01
522.

Phobia is:

A. Anxiety
B. Neurosis
C. Psychosis
D. Fear of animal
Answer» C. Psychosis
523.

Mean bone density amongst two groups of 50 people each is compared with each other.The test of significance used would be -

A. Student t-tess
B. Paired-t-test
C. Chi-square test
D. Analysis of variance
Answer» B. Paired-t-test
524.

A patient presented with short lasting episodic behavioural changes which include agitation and dream like state with thrashing movements of his limbs.He does not recall these episodes and has no apparant precipitating factor.The most likely diagnosis is:

A. Temporal lobe epilepsy
B. Schizophrenia
C. Dissociative disorder
D. Panic episodes
Answer» B. Schizophrenia
525.

The term 'free association' is coined by -

A. Erikson
B. Juna
C. Freud
D. Adler
Answer» D. Adler
526.

The term 'Ambivalence' was coined by -

A. Eugen Bleuler
B. Hippocrates
C. Sigmung Freud
D. Kraeplin
Answer» B. Hippocrates
527.

Diagnosis of a man with diffuse hair loss involving crown and frontal scalp with maintenance of frontal hair line -

A. Male pattern baldness
B. Female pattern baldness
C. Alopecia areata
D. Anagen effluvium
Answer» C. Alopecia areata
528.

Perinatal Mortality rate includes

A. Abortions and death within 7 days of birth
B. Deaths between 7 and 28 days of birth
C. Still borns and death within 7 days of birth
D. Neonatal deaths within 30 days of birth
Answer» D. Neonatal deaths within 30 days of birth
529.

A female presents with the history of slashed wrists and attempt suicide, now presents with similar history.The diagnosis is -

A. Borderline personality
B. Conversion reaction
C. OCD
D. Histirionic personality
Answer» B. Conversion reaction
530.

Which of the following is considered as living fluid?

A. Semen
B. Human milk
C. Blood
D. Water
Answer» C. Blood
531.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is given a first line treatment in

A. Emotionally unstable character disorder
B. Hysterical psychosis
C. Paranoid schizophrenia
D. Endogenous depression with severe suicidal risk
Answer» E.
532.

10 babies are born in a hospital on same day.All weigh 2.8 kg each;calculate the standard deviation:

A. Minus one
B. 0.28
C. Zero
D. One
Answer» D. One
533.

Congenital Anomaly produced by lithium therapy is -

A. Heart Block
B. Limb shortening
C. Anencephaly
D. Renal Agenesis
Answer» B. Limb shortening
534.

First disability census was done in the year ?

A. 1881
B. 1951
C. 1981
D. 2001
Answer» D. 2001
535.

Patients suffering from which of the following disease as per ICD/DSM criteria are eligible for disability benefit as per National Trust Act?

A. Dementia
B. Mental retardation
C. Schizophrenia
D. Bipolar disorder
Answer» C. Schizophrenia
536.

In a population of 10,000,beta carotene was given to 6000;it was not given to the remainder.3 out of the first group got lung cancer while 2 out of the other 4000 also got lung cancer;the best conclusion :

A. The study is not designed properly
B. Beta carotene is associated with lung cancer
C. Beta carotene and lung cancer have no relation to one another
D. The p value is not significant
Answer» D. The p value is not significant
537.

All are true regarding malaria,except:

A. Infant parasite rate is a poor indicator of malaria occurence in a community
B. API is used for operational approach
C. Spleen rate is an important indicator of endemicity of malaria
D. Usually caused by Plasmodium vivex
Answer» B. API is used for operational approach
538.

A patient of Schizophrenia is getting Chlorpromazine,but his auditory hallucinations are not controlled.The next drug to be given is:

A. Clozapine
B. Haloperidol
C. Tianeptin
D. Sulpride
Answer» B. Haloperidol
539.

A 55 yrs old male, with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and hypertension, developed severe air-borne contact dermatitis. The most appropriate drug for his treatment would be -

A. Thalidomide
B. Systemic corticosteroids
C. Cyclosporine
D. Azathioprine
Answer» E.
540.

Which of the following characteristics is not of much important in a screening test -

A. High sensitivity
B. High specificity
C. Low chest
D. High safety margin
Answer» C. Low chest
541.

A 31 year old male, with mood disorder, or 30 mg of haloperidol and 100 mg lithium, is brought to the hospital emergency room with history of acute onset of fever, excessive sweating, confusion, rigidity of limbs and decreased communication for a day.Examination reveals tachycardia and labile blood pressure and investigations reveal increased CPK enzymes levels lecocytosis.He is likely to have developed -

A. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
B. Lithium toxicity
C. Hypersentensive encephalopathy
D. Tardive dyskinesia
Answer» B. Lithium toxicity
542.

Food poisoning is caused by -

A. Salmonella Paratyphi
B. Clostridium perfringence
C. Vibrio cholera
D. Pneumococcus
Answer» C. Vibrio cholera
543.

DALY measures:

A. Years lost due to disability
B. Years lived without disability
C. Years lost due to premature death and years lived with disability
D. Years lost due to premature death and years lived without disability
Answer» D. Years lost due to premature death and years lived without disability
544.

La belle indifference is seen in -

A. Conversion reaction
B. Schizophrenia
C. Depression
D. Mania
Answer» B. Schizophrenia
545.

In Dissociative Disorder all are seen except

A. Multiple Personality
B. Hypochondriasis
C. Fuge
D. Amnesia
Answer» C. Fuge
546.

Characteristic feature of subcortical dementia is -

A. Dyslexia
B. Tactile agnosia
C. Memory loss
D. Aphasia
Answer» D. Aphasia
547.

In Niacin deficiency,all of the following are seen except

A. Deafness
B. Diarrhea
C. Dementia
D. Dermatitis
Answer» B. Diarrhea
548.

Area covered between two standard deviation in a normal distribution curve:

A. 0.68
B. 0.954
C. 0.996
D. 1
Answer» C. 0.996
549.

Transplantation of Human Organs Act was passed y Government of India in:

A. 1998
B. 1994
C. 1996
D. 1993
Answer» C. 1996
550.

Kallu a 24 years old occasional alcoholic had got a change in behaviour.He has become suspicious that people are trying to conspire against him, through his father states that there is no reason for his fears.He is getting hallucinations of voices commenting on his action .What is most probable diagnosis -

A. Alcohol induced psychosis
B. Schizophrenia
C. Delirium tremens
D. Delusion disorder
Answer» C. Delirium tremens