Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow:

Ravi was a sales assistant in an electronics shop who got a commission for every sale over and above his monthly salary. For the past few months, he had been behaving differently, and his performance was declining. When his boss checked with him, Ravi reported that he heard voices in his head telling him that the customers were spying on him. In fact, he was confident that someone had embedded a chip in his brain. Therefore, he was feeling threatened and deliberately victimized. Ravi's colleagues complained that he often used new and strange words and reacted inappropriately in any situation. One of Ravi's neighbours also shared that Ravi loved kicking and hurting street dogs and would laugh loudly when they were wounded and bled. It seemed that Ravi needed to visit a mental health professional to seek help.

What was Ravi experiencing when he reported that people were deliberately victimizing and threatening him?

Delusion of persecution

The correct answer is Option (1) → Delusion of persecution

• Delusion of persecution → False belief that one is being spied on, harmed, threatened, or victimized.

• Delusion of grandeur → False belief of having great power, wealth, or importance.

• Hallucination → Perceiving things (like hearing voices) without external stimulus.

• Alogia → Poverty of speech, reduced verbal output.

When Ravi believed that customers were spying on him and that people were deliberately victimizing and threatening him, he was showing a delusion of persecution.