Post: Assistant Professor in Psychiatry
Department: Medical Education
Category Code: 422/17, 01/18
Qualification: M.D.(Psychiatry)/ DNB (Psychiatry)
Date of Test: 03-04-2019
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- Who became martyr in 'Paliyam Satyagraha'?
- Kesava Pillai Asan
- A.G. Velayudhan
- Arattupuzha Valayudha Panicker
- Velukkutty Aryan
- Name the president of Cuba
- Miguel Diaz-Canel
- Raul Castro
- Osvaldo Dorticose Torrado
- Rodriguez Parrilla
- Which article of the Indian Constitution abolishes untouchability?
- Article 15
- Article 16
- Article 17
- Article 18
- The Malayalam drama 'Pattabakki' is written by
- Thoppil Bhasi
- Kattumadom Narayan
- Ponkunnam varkey
- K. Damodaran
- The Journalist murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October, 2018 is __________.
- Shah Mehmood Qureshi
- Workneh Gebeyehu
- Jamal Khashoggi
- Adel bin Ahmed Al Jubeir
- Name the author of 'Vichaara viplavam'
- Kuttippuzha Krishna Pillai
- Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
- Kesav Dev
- Kerala Varma Valiyakoyi Thampuran
- Diwan P. Rajagopalachari appointed a mediator to deal with the agrarian agitation led by Mahatma Ayyankali.Who was he?
- Changanassery Parameswaran Pillai
- Padmanabha Pillai
- Ramakrishna Pillai
- Nagam Pillai
- The procedure and method of election of the president of India has been taken from __________ constitution.
- German
- Irish
- French
- American
- The first women in the 10-50 age group have to enter the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple following the Supreme Court verdict of September 28, 2018 were __________.
- Bindu Thankam Kalyani and Libi C.S.
- Bindu Ammini and Kanakadurga
- Sasikala and Sobha
- Soorya Devarchana and Parvathi
- The social reformer, who led the 'Pullad lahala', an agitation for school entry for the lower caste children was________.
- Chathan Puthoorasan
- Simon Yohannan
- Vellikkara Chothi
- Ayyankali
- The historic summit between the president of the U.S.A. Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-unheld in ___________ in June 2018.
- Singapore
- Malaysia
- Switzerland
- Norway
- The social reformer who is known as 'Yuktivadi'
- Joseph Edamaruk
- A.T. Kovoor
- K. Ayyappan
- M.C. Joseph
- What is India's rank on the Global Hunger Index, 2018?
- 103rd
- 104th
- 105th
- 106th
- The political party founded by Kamal Haasan
- Dravida Makkal Manram
- Tamil Makkal Manram
- Makkal Needhi Maiam
- Tamil Makkal Maiam
- The social reformer who associated with 'kallumaala' agitation in perinad, kollam
- Gopaladas
- Kunhiraman
- Krishnan Ampattu
- Vellikkara Mathai
- One among the following was the leader of PRDS. Who was he?
- Vayaleri Kunhikannan Gurukkal
- Vazhuvelil Ayyappan
- Kaithayil Mathai Manjooran
- Njaliyankuzhi Simon Yohannan
- 'Knesset' is the name of the parliament of _________.
- Japan
- Israel
- Poland
- Saudi Arabia
- How many women members were there in the Indian Constituent Assembly?
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- The ruling party of Bengladesh
- Awami League
- Bengladesh Muslim League
- Jamaat-e-Islami
- Bengladesh National party
- Who addressed Mahatma Gandhi as 'one man boundary force'?
- Lady Mountbatten
- Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Lord Mountbatten
- Who has introduced the concept of psychoanalysis?
- Erikson
- Morel
- Freud
- Charcot
- Insulin coma therapy was introduced by
- Seligman
- Sakel
- Monis
- Kendel
- 16 factor theory is about?
- Thoughts
- Mood
- Learning
- Personality
- The following are dopaminergic tracts except
- Nigrostriatal
- Tuberoinfundibular
- Meynert projection
- Mesolimbic
- Serotonergic syndrome is characterized by all the following except
- Fever
- Constipation
- Euphoria
- Myoclonus
- Draw a person test is a _________ test.
- Memory
- Projective
- Lobe function
- Intelligence
- Blockade of Dopamine in tubero infundibular tract leads to the following except
- Osteoporosis
- Galactorrhoea
- Sexual Dysfunction
- Menorrhagia
- ECT was first introduced in
- 1958
- 1938
- 1917
- 1946
- Von Meduna is known for
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Psychosurgery
- Convulsions induced by camphor
- Therapeutic community
- The following are mental defence mechanisms except
- Illusion
- Dissociation
- Projection
- Reaction formation
- Papez circuit is about
- Intelligence
- Emotion
- Execution
- Olfaction
- Autism was termed after
- Kanner
- Meyer
- Jung
- Lorenz
- Kasanin's contribution is
- Paraphrenia
- Schizophreniform disorder
- Induced psychotic disorder
- Schizoaffective disorder
- The following are tricyclic antidepressents except
- Maprotiline
- Imipramine
- Amitriptyline
- Clomipramine
- Obsessions may be all of the following except
- Thoughts
- Images
- Impulses
- Emotions
- Stupor is seen except in
- Depression
- Schizopherinia
- Mania
- Phobia
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy was introduced by
- Hartman
- Beck
- Adler
- Klein
- Ketamine is used in
- OCD
- Acute Psychosis
- Delirium
- Depression
- Monitoring should be done for agranulocytosis while the patient is on
- Lithium
- Clozapine
- Sodium Valproate
- Clonazepam
- Mental Health Care Act was signed by the Indian President in
- 2010
- 2012
- 2017
- 2018
- The word schizophrenia was coined by
- Kraepelin
- Schneider
- Bleuler
- Kretschmer
- Systematic desensitization is a type of
- Hypnosis
- Relaxation
- Psychotherapy
- Behaviour therapy
- The following are mood stabilizers except
- Topiramate
- Lamotrigine
- Carbamazepine
- Baclofen
- Tablet strength of Haloperidol is
- 100 mgm
- 50 mgm
- 25 mgm
- .25 mgm
- The following are features of Hyperkinetic disorder except
- Impulsivity
- Anxiety
- Hyperactivity
- Inattention
- According to Jean Piaget, which stage of cognitive development is egocentric?
- Sensorimotor stage
- Stage of Concrete Operations
- Stage of Preoperational Thought
- Stage of Formal Operations
- The size of a standard Rorschach card is
- 8 × 9½ inches
- 7 × 9½ inches
- 9 × 7½ inches
- 8 × 8½ inches
- All are correct regarding Pica except
- Common in Autism Spectrum Disorder
- More common in females
- Minimum age for making a diagnosis is 2 years
- Good prognosis in children with normal intellectual functions
- Who was the first psychiatrist to win Nobel Prize in 1927 for fever therapy in Paralytic Dementia?
- Julius Wagner Jauregg
- Josef Gerstmann
- Sigmund Freud
- Eric Kandel
- All are examples of Cortical Dementia except
- Alzheimer's disease
- Creutzfeldt-Jacob's disease
- Pick's disease
- Huntington's disease
- Which of the following statements is not true regarding the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act)?
- The act came into force in 2012
- It is a gender-neutral act
- Defines a child as a person below the age of 16 years
- Evidence from the child has to be taken within one month of the special court taking cognizance of the offence
- The perceptive of normality as described by Daniel Offer and Melvin Sabshin include all except
- Normality as utopia
- Normality as intelligence
- Normality as health
- Normality as process
- Which of these stages of life cycle model of Erik Erikson does not belong to childhood?
- Trust
- Autonomy
- Intimacy
- Industry
- Which of the following disorders is frequently associated as a comorbidity with Tourette's Disorder?
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- All of these
- Delusion is a disorder of _____________.
- Thought
- Perception
- Mood
- Affect
- Atomoxetine is used in the treatment of
- Tic disorder
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- All of these
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder includes
- Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
- Tourette's Disorder
- Stuttering
- Language Disorder
- Fragile X syndrome is characterised by all except
- Large long head
- Hyperextensible joints
- Mental retardation
- Weak skills in communication
- CAGE is a brief screening tool for assessment of which group of patients
- Alcohol Dependence
- Depression
- Anxiety Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Obsession is a disorder of
- Formal thought
- Possession
- Stream of thought
- Abstract thinking
- Persisting response to a previous stimulus after a new stimulus has been presented is
- Verbigeration
- Echolalia
- Perseveration
- Echopraxia
- Pseudologia Phantastica is seen in
- Munchausen syndrome
- Malingering
- Erotomania
- All of these
- Regarding pseudodementia all are true except
- Seen in depression in elderly
- Language impairment is common
- Less likely to confabulate
- Memory difficulties limited to free recall than cued recall
- Which section of Indian Penal Code deals with criminal responsibility of an insane person?
- Section 39
- Section 112
- Section 84
- Section 144
- Which Nobel literary laureate with a strong family history of suicide, is considered an example of inevitable suicide, having committed suicide on July 2, 1961?
- Sully Prudhomme
- Ernest Hemingway
- Yukio Mishima
- Virginia Woolf
- Regarding Stuttering all are true except
- Typical age of onset is 2 to 7 years of age
- More common in males
- Lidcombe program is an operant conditioning model treatment
- Very few children have spontaneous recovery if untreated
- Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder is defined by DSM-5 criteria as persistence of clinically significant symptoms for a period of ___________ in the case of bereaved adults.
- 3 months
- 6 months
- 1 year
- 2 years
- Late onset Schizophrenia is characterized by all except
- Onset after the age of 45 years
- More common in women
- Predominantly paranoid schizophrenia
- Poor prognosis
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder, a new inclusion in DSM-5 is characterized by all except
- Recurrent inappropriate temper outbursts at least 3 times a week
- Age of onset before 10 years
- Temper outbursts are consistent with developmental level
- High risk of progressing to major depressive disorder
- Which of the following is correct regarding biological changes associated with ageing?
- Increase in Norepinephrine in central nervous system
- Decreased transport across Blood Brain Barrier
- Worsening of Intelligence Quotient after 65 years of age
- Increased Monoamine Oxidase and Serotonin in brain
- All are predisposing factors for delirium except
- Dementia
- Age more than 65 years
- Female sex
- Immobility
- The lifetime risk of suicide in bipolar disorder is
- 5-10%
- 30-40%
- 60-70%
- 15-20%
- Which was the first country to legalize euthanasia?
- Japan
- Belgium
- Netherlands
- Luxembourg
- Indications for seclusion or restraint of psychiatric patients include
- Prevention of imminent harm to the patient or others
- Prevention of significant disruption to treatment
- Decrease sensory overstimulation
- All of these
- Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome is characterised by all except
- Elevated Creatinine Phosphokinase
- Myoglobinuria
- Elevated liver enzymes
- More common in elderly
- A person's degree of hypnotizability depends on ____________.
- Suggestibility
- Dissociation
- Absorption
- All of these
- A person having intense anxiety with peers and authority may benefit best from ___________.
- Biofeedback
- Dialectical behavior therapy
- Group psychotherapy
- Hypnosis
- Systematic desensitization, a behavioural therapeutic technique based on counter conditioning was developed by __________.
- Sigmund Freud
- B.F. Skinner
- Joseph Wolpe
- Aaron Beck
- Bowen model is employed in ___________.
- Aversion therapy
- Family therapy
- CBT
- Psychoanalysis
- Identifying and testing the validity of automatic thoughts and maladaptive assumptions from the basis for_________.
- Cognitive therapy
- Flooding
- Milieu therapy
- Psychodrama
- Maximum potential for Akathisia is with __________.
- Clozapine
- Aripiprazole
- Risperidone
- Quetiapine
- Electro convulsive therapy was introduced in 1938 by _________.
- Ladislas von Meduna
- Cerletti & Bini
- Paul Greengard
- Sarah H Lisanby
- An agent that binds to the same receptor as agonist for that receptor, but produces the oppositepharmacological effect is called ____________.
- Partial agonist
- Mixed agonist
- Antagonist
- Inverse agonist
- The ratio of the median toxic dose to the median effective dose is __________.
- Toxicity index
- Therapeutic index
- Overdose ratio
- Safety ratio
- Studies to elucidate specific issues about a drug or to support additional indications of a drug are done in___________.
- Phase 1 trials
- Phase 2 trials
- Phase 3 trials
- Phase 4 trials
- Limbic Leukotomy is not indicated in _________.
- Schizophrenia
- OCD
- Major Depression
- Severe Tic disorders
- Premenstrual Dysphoria (PMD) may benefit from _____________.
- SSRI's
- GnRH Agonists
- Oral contraceptives
- All of these
- Augmenting agents for Major Depression include all the following except ________.
- Modafinil
- Thyroxine
- Lithium
- Bupropion
- All the following brain stimulation tools are transcranial electrical methods except ___________.
- ECT
- CES
- TDCS
- DBS
- ____________ is the teratogenic effect of Lithium.
- Tetrology of Fallot
- Ebstein's anomaly
- Corpus callosal agenesis
- Spina bifida
- All the following statements are true regarding Traumatic Brain injury, EXCEPT
- Procedural memory is significantly impaired
- Duration of Post Traumatic Amnesia is a good predictor of vocational outcome
- Neurofibrillary tangles and diffuse amyloid plaques are seen in Dementia Pugilistica also
- Deficits are seen in declarative memory
- Gerstmann's syndrome is usually a feature of __________.
- Parietal lobe tumors
- Temporal lobe tumors
- Frontal lobe tumors
- Pituitary tumors
- Increased interest in philosophical or religious issues, viscosity and hypergraphia is seen in ___________.
- Charles-Bonnet syndrome
- Diogenes syndrome
- Gastaut-Geschwind syndrome
- Gerstmann syndrome
- Dementia paralytica refers to a clinical condition caused by ________.
- Herpes virus
- West Nile virus
- Treponema pallidum
- Rubella
- All are true about catastrophic reaction, EXCEPT
- Around 20% of patients with acute stroke lesions develop catastrophic reaction
- It is the term used to describe anxiety, tears, renouncement, aggressive behaviour often seen with acute strokepatients
- Usually associated with cortical lesions
- It results from neurophysiological dysfunction rather than realization of intellectual impairment
- NMDA Receptor antagonist used for the treatment of Dementia
- Galantamine
- Rivastigmine
- Donepezil
- Memantine
- Hashish is a preparation of ___________.
- Opium
- LSD
- Cannabis
- Cocaine
- Wilson's disease is characterised by all EXCEPT
- Low serum ceruloplasmin levels
- Elevated urinary copper concentration
- Elevated heaptic copper concentration
- Autosomal dominant condition
- All the following statements are true EXCEPT
- Hypothyroidism may be a risk factor for Rapid cycling mood disorder
- Narcolepsy disrupts the NREM phase of sleep
- SSRI's are notorious to cause hyponatremia in oldage
- Depression is the most frequent psychiatric manifestation of Cushing's syndrome
- Recurrent episodes of extreme sleepiness, voracious eating, hypersexuality and disinhibition is a feature of_____________.
- Narcolepsy
- Kleine-Levin syndrome
- Restless leg syndrome
- Periodic Limb Movement disorder
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