<prompt> Person voluntarily acting like having a disease for a particular gain is:MalingeringFactitious disorderSomatisation disorderMunchausens syndrome  <response>: Ans : a Malingeringa. Malingering - deliberate simulation exaggeration of symptoms for the purpose of obtaining some gain like financial gain.b. Factitious disorder- intentional production of physicalpsychological symptoms which can be attributed to a need to assume the sick role and obtain medical care.c. Munchausens syndrome- Extreme form of factitious disorder in which parents attend hospitals with a false but plausible and often dramatic history suggesting serious ac illness;often person has attended and deceived staff of many other hospitals giving false names at each. Many have scars from previous negative exploratory options.d Somatisation disorder- Multiple recurrent and frequently changing physical symptoms ususlly present for several yearsmin 2 yrs for which no adequate physical explanation is found. Persistant refusal to accept the advice or reassurance of several doctors.e. Hypochondriacal disorder- persistant pre occupation with possibility of having one or more serious and progressive physical disorder, pt asks for repeated investigations to ro diseases; fear drugs; no marked sex differentiation. 