Match the experiences of patients with schizophrenia in List-I with t…

Match the experiences of patients with schizophrenia in List-I with the type of hallucination in List-II.

List-I	List-II
(A) Meena complains of a tingling, burning feeling on her skin though nothing is touching her	(I) Somatic hallucination
(B) Arjun insists that a snake is crawling inside his stomach	(II) Olfactory hallucination
(C) Lata refuses her meals, saying the food and tea taste strange	(III) Tactile hallucination
(D) Sohan keeps smelling smoke in an empty, closed room	(IV) Gustatory hallucination

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Meena complains of a tingling, burning feeling on her skin though nothing is touching her	(III) Tactile hallucination	Tactile hallucinations are false feelings on the skin, such as tingling or burning. Meena feels burning though nothing touches her.
(B) Arjun insists that a snake is crawling inside his stomach	(I) Somatic hallucination	Somatic hallucinations are a feeling that something is happening inside the body. A snake crawling inside the stomach is the standard example.
(C) Lata refuses her meals, saying the food and tea taste strange	(IV) Gustatory hallucination	Gustatory hallucinations concern taste: food or drink tastes strange. This is why Lata refuses her meals.
(D) Sohan keeps smelling smoke in an empty, closed room	(II) Olfactory hallucination	Olfactory hallucinations concern smell, such as the smell of poison or smoke. Sohan smells smoke where there is none.

NCERT (2026-27): “Symptoms of Schizophrenia …
People with schizophrenia may have hallucinations, i.e. perceptions that occur in the absence of external stimuli. Auditory hallucinations are most common in schizophrenia. Patients hear sounds or voices that speak words, phrases and sentences directly to the patient (second-person hallucination) or talk to one another referring to the patient as s/he (third-person hallucination). Hallucinations can also involve the other senses. These include tactile hallucinations (i.e. forms of tingling, burning), somatic hallucinations (i.e. something happening inside the body such as a snake crawling inside one’s stomach), visual hallucinations (i.e. vague perceptions of colour or distinct visions of people or objects), gustatory hallucinations (i.e. food or drink taste strange), and olfactory hallucinations (i.e. smell of poison or smoke).”

Match the experiences of patients with schizophrenia in List-I with the type of hallucination in List-II.

List-I	List-II
(A) Meena complains of a tingling, burning feeling on her skin though nothing is touching her	(I) Somatic hallucination
(B) Arjun insists that a snake is crawling inside his stomach	(II) Olfactory hallucination
(C) Lata refuses her meals, saying the food and tea taste strange	(III) Tactile hallucination
(D) Sohan keeps smelling smoke in an empty, closed room	(IV) Gustatory hallucination

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Meena complains of a tingling, burning feeling on her skin though nothing is touching her	(III) Tactile hallucination	Tactile hallucinations are false feelings on the skin, such as tingling or burning. Meena feels burning though nothing touches her.
(B) Arjun insists that a snake is crawling inside his stomach	(I) Somatic hallucination	Somatic hallucinations are a feeling that something is happening inside the body. A snake crawling inside the stomach is the standard example.
(C) Lata refuses her meals, saying the food and tea taste strange	(IV) Gustatory hallucination	Gustatory hallucinations concern taste: food or drink tastes strange. This is why Lata refuses her meals.
(D) Sohan keeps smelling smoke in an empty, closed room	(II) Olfactory hallucination	Olfactory hallucinations concern smell, such as the smell of poison or smoke. Sohan smells smoke where there is none.