Consider the following statements about four people and identify the correct ones.
(A) For months Kabir has felt vague, unexplained fears that have no object, along with motor tension. This fits generalised anxiety disorder.
(B) Arjun has sudden, unpredictable attacks of breathlessness, palpitations and a feeling that he is dying. This fits panic disorder.
(C) Rohan has an intense fear of being in an enclosed space such as a lift. This fits separation anxiety disorder.
(D) Meena, 30, feels extreme distress whenever she has to leave her parents, to whom she is immensely attached. This fits generalised anxiety disorder.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A and B only
(A) For months Kabir has felt vague, unexplained fears that have no object, along with motor tension. This fits generalised anxiety disorder. — Correct. Generalised anxiety disorder is prolonged, vague and unexplained fear with no object, together with hypervigilance and motor tension. Kabir's case matches it.
(B) Arjun has sudden, unpredictable attacks of breathlessness, palpitations and a feeling that he is dying. This fits panic disorder. — Correct. Frequent, unpredictable panic attacks with breathlessness, palpitations and a sense of dying mark panic disorder. Arjun's attacks fit it.
(C) Rohan has an intense fear of being in an enclosed space such as a lift. This fits separation anxiety disorder. — Incorrect. An irrational fear tied to a certain object or place, such as an enclosed space, is a specific phobia. Separation anxiety disorder is distress about being apart from attachment figures.
(D) Meena, 30, feels extreme distress whenever she has to leave her parents, to whom she is immensely attached. This fits generalised anxiety disorder. — Incorrect. Extreme distress on expecting separation from people one is immensely attached to is separation anxiety disorder. Generalised anxiety disorder has no such object for its fear.
NCERT (2026-27): “Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders … “: prolonged, vague, unexplained and intense fears that have no object, accompanied by hypervigilance and motor tension. : frequent anxiety attacks characterised by feelings of intense terror and dread; unpredictable ‘panic attacks’ along with physiological symptoms like breathlessness, palpitations, trembling, dizziness, and a sense of loosing control or even dying. : irrational fears related to specific objects, interactions with others, and” “: extreme distress when expecting or going through separation from home or other significant people to whom the individual is immensely attached to. …” |