COMMON HUMAN PHOBIAS (MCQs)

“Fear of birds” is termed as:

  • (A) Zoophobia
  • (B) Pedophobia
  • (C) Ornithophobia
  • (D) Iatrophobia
Check Answer
  • (C) Ornithophobia

An extreme or irrational fear of insects is called:

  • (A) Nyctophobia
  • (B) Insectophobia
  • (C) Herpetophobia
  • (D) Ombrophobia
Check Answer
  • (B) Insectophobia

What is ‘Zoophobia’?

  • (A) Fear of animals
  • (B) Fear of nature
  • (C) Fear of forests
  • (D) Fear of mountains
Check Answer
  • (A) Fear of animals

‘Herpetophobia’ refers to a fear of which of the following?

  • (A) Dogs
  • (B) Insects
  • (C) Reptiles
  • (D) Animals
Check Answer
  • (C) Reptiles

The fear of “Witches and witchcraft” is called _______.

  • (A) Wiccaphobia
  • (B) Xenophobia
  • (C) Leukophobia
  • (D) Pyrophobia
Check Answer
  • (A) Wiccaphobia

If you had ‘Nosocomephobia’ what you would be afraid (fear) of:

  • (A) Schools
  • (B) Hospitals
  • (C) Public places
  • (D) Closed places
Check Answer
  • (B) Hospitals

“Fear of the home” is termed as:

  • (A) Ecophobia
  • (B) Musophobia
  • (C) Cynophobia
  • (D) Filenophobia
Check Answer
  • (A) Ecophobia

An extreme or irrational fear of being ridiculed is known as:

  • (A) Elurophobia
  • (B) Catagelophobia
  • (C) Podophobia
  • (D) Scoptophobia
Check Answer
  • (B) Catagelophobia

What is ‘Musophobia’?

  • (A) Fear of cats
  • (B) Fear of dogs
  • (C) Fear of rats (mice)
  • (D) Fear of snakes
Check Answer
  • (C) Fear of rats (mice)

‘Melonophobia’ is a fear of the ______ color.

  • (A) White
  • (B) Black
  • (C) Red
  • (D) Purple
Check Answer
  • (B) Black

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