HINDI MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION (HMSE)
(Ganguli et al. 1995)
    Orientation
    Time( score 1 for each. Max 5)
1.   Is it morning or afternoon or evening?
2.   What day of the week is it today?
3.   What date is it today?
4.   Which month is it today?
5.   What season of the year is this?
    Place ( score 1 for each. Max 5)
6.   Which village is this?
7.   Under which post office does your village come?
8.   Which district does your village fall under?
9.   Which block (if village has only blocks) OR
     Which numbered area is this?
10.  Which place is this (house or hospital)?
      Registration ( score 1 for each. Max 3)
11.   I went to Delhi and brought three things- mango,
      chair and coin. Can you tell me what are the three
      things I brought from Delhi?
      Attention & Calculation ( score 1 for each. Max 5)
12.   (a) Now can you tell me the names of the days of the
      week starting from Sunday?
      (b) Now can you tell me the names of the days
      backwards?
           Or
      (c) serial 3 subtraction from 20( five times)
      Recall ( score 1 for each. Max 3)
13    What are the names of the three things, which I told
      you I have brought back from Delhi?
      Naming ( score 1 for each. Max 2)
15.   Show the subject the wrist watch and pen and ask
      Can you name these objects?
      Repetition( Max score 1)
16.   Now I am going to say something, listen carefully
      and repeat it exactly as I say after I finish
      Phrase: “NEITHER THIS NOR THAT”(Na ye na vo)
      Comprehension ( Max score 1)
17.   Now look at my face and do exactly what I do.
      (Close your eyes for 2 secs)
      Three stage command ( score 1 for each. Max 3)
18.   First you take the paper in your right hand, then with
      your both hands, fold it into half once and then give
      the paper back to me.
      Sentence construction (Max score 1)
19.   Now say a line about your house?
      (something specifically about your house)
      Construction ( Max score 1)
20.   Here is a drawing. You must copy this drawing
      exactly as shown in the space provided here.
Total score=            /30