Read the following Case-Study and answer the question that follow.

Vijay graduated from college and got a job at a local grocery store. After working for six months he began to hear voices of people hatching a plan to poison him. He stopped eating and drinking anything in the shop as he felt it tasted bitter and looked green in colour. He reported smelling strange odour in the shop, He would take long winding detours on his way home as he felt people were following him. He told his family that the supervisor was against him and would one day burn down the shop in an attempt to kill him. One day he slapped a customer and swore that someone else made him slap him using his hand. No evidence was found to support his allegations.

State the type of delusions experienced by Vijay.

(A) Delusion of persecution
(B) Delusion of reference
(C) Delusion of grandeur
(D) Delusion of control

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A) and (D) Only

The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) and (D) Only

Vijay is experiencing:

(A) Delusion of persecution – He believes that people are plotting to poison him, the supervisor wants to burn down the shop, and people are following him. These are classic signs of a persecutory delusion, where the individual feels targeted or harmed by others.

(D) Delusion of control – He claims that someone else made him slap a customer using his hand. This is a clear sign of delusion of control, where the person believes that their thoughts, feelings, or actions are being controlled by external forces.

– (B) Delusion of reference would involve believing neutral events (like a TV show or newspaper) refer specifically to oneself, which is not seen here.
– (C) Delusion of grandeur involves exaggerated beliefs about one’s importance or power, which is also not present.