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.

Which type of hallucination was Ravi experiencing?

Auditory

The correct answer is Option (4) → Auditory

• Tactile → False sensations of touch (e.g., insects crawling on the skin).

• Somatic → False sensations inside the body (e.g., something moving in the stomach).

• Gustatory → False perceptions of taste.

• Auditory → Hearing voices or sounds that are not actually present.

The passage states Ravi “heard voices in his head telling him that the customers were spying on him.” This is an auditory hallucination.