Neurology

1. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

2. All of the following are recognised lithium toxicity except:

3. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

4. In monoplegia, usually, the site of lesion lies in:

5. Oculomotor nerve palsy with a spared pupil is classically seen in:

6. In the setting of puerperium, which of the following is most common in producing neuro deficit?

7. Which of the following is not a test for cortical sensory function?

8. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

9. Heerfordt’s syndrome is uveo-parotid fever with cranial nerve palsy, and is seen in:

10. Which of the following is not a human ‘Prion’ disease?

11. Limb-girdle type myopathy inherits the disease as:

12. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

13. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

14. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

15. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

16. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

17. Thrombosis of left middle cerebral artery may give rise to:

18. Reversible ischaemic neurological deficit (RIND) usually recovers within:

19. “Locked-in syndrome’ occurs in lesions of:

20. Familial periodic paralysis may be seen in all except:

21. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

22. ‘Paraplegia in flexion’ may have all of the following except:

23. MRI is preferred over CT scan of brain in all except:

24. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

25. The drug most beneficial in enuresis of a 10-year-old boy is:

26. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

27. All of the following may develop into chorea except:

28. Café au lait spots are found in all except:

29. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

30. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

31. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

32. ‘Hippus’ is:

33. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

34. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

35. Cerebral oedema induced by CVA should not be treated by:

36. EEG findings showing slow waves, spikes and ‘burst suppression’ are characteristic of:

37. Which of the following occurs earliest in diphtheritic neuropathy?

38. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

39. Neck rigidity may be absent in the presence of:

40. The most consistent early physical sign evoked in a cerebellopontine angle tumour is:

41. Which does not produce hypoglycorrhachia (low CSF sugar)?

42. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

43. Which is not a recognized feature of cerebellar dysfunction?

44. Which of the following is false in Gerstmann’s syndrome?

45. Collet-Siccard syndrome affects the following cranial nerves:

46. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

47. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

48. In schizophrenia, a better prognosis is indicated by:

49. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

50. In cerebral malaria, which of the following should not be given?

51. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

52. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

53. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

54. Transient ischaemic attack (TIA) stamps the process as:

55. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

56. The dermatome at the nipple is:

57. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

58. Regarding subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), all are true except:

59. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

60. Cherry red spot in fundoscopy is characteristic of all except:

61. Which of the following does not produce thickened peripheral nerves?

62. ‘India ink preparation’ in CSF helps in the diagnosis of:

63. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

64. Ptosis associated with diplopia and diminished movement of eyeball is due to:

65. Migraine is not associated with:

66. Amantadine does not produce:

67. Lithium is not used in:

68. The presence of acanthocytosis of RBC, retinitis pigmentosa and ataxia is suggestive of:

69. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

70. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

71. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

72. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

73. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

74. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

75. Flapping tremor is not found in:

76. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

77. Which of the following does not produce wasting of small muscles of hands?

78. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

79. Romberg’s sign is present in:

80. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

81. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

82. Refsum’s disease is associated with all except:

83. Fear of relapse in cancer survivors is known as:

84. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

85. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

86. Right middle cerebral artery territory infarction usually does not feature:

87. Which is not a symptom of raised intracranial tension?

88. ‘Organic brain syndrome’ may be produced by:

89. Which of the following is not a feature of parkinsonism?

90. The use of which can lead to the development of paranoid psychosis?

91. Which of the following is false regarding Eaton-Lambert syndrome?

92. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

93. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

94. In lathyrism.. the toxin responsible for the development of neuroparalysis is:

95. Eaton-Lambert syndrome is characterized by all of the following except:

96. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

97. Significant loss of vision in a hypertensive patient may be due to all except:

98. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

99. Which of the following is not included within ‘motor functions’?

100. Neuroleptic malignant syndrome has all the following features except:

101. Weber’s syndrome is crossed hemiplegia with the involvement of:

102. Which of the following is false regarding etiology of benign intracranial hypertension?

103. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

104. Neurofibromatosis leads to an increased risk of having all of the following except:

105. “‘Bull’s eye maculopathy’ is characteristic toxicity of:

106. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

107. Ocular bobbing is often diagnostic of bilateral damage of:

108. All are true regarding Alzheimer’s disease except:

109. Korsakoff’s psychosis does not have the feature like:

110. Carbamazepine is used in all of the following except:

111. The commonest cause of convulsion in a child (2-12 yrs) is:

112. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

113. All of the following may produce syncope except:

114. True hypertrophy of muscles is found in all except:

115. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

116. Which of the following is false in subacute combined degeneration?

117. Which of the following does not produce wasting of small muscles of hands?

118. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

119. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

120. Sensory involvement is not found in:

121. Management of choice in Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

122. All of the following may develop into endocrine myopathy except:

123. Perforating ulcer in the sole of foot is found in all except:

124. In trochlear nerve palsy, the patient complains of diplopia while:

125. Charcot (neuropathic) joint is a recognised complication of all except:

126. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

127. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

128. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

129. Wrist drop is commonly seen in neuropathy induced by:

130. ‘Candle gutterings’ on the walls of the ventricles are seen in CT scan in:

131. Trismus is seen in all of the following except:

132. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

133. The most common lacunar syndrome in clinical practice is:

134. All are seen in Alzheimer’s disease except:

135. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

136. Drug-induced myopathy may result from all except:

137. Posterior column lesion will have:

138. A patient with a history of diplopia, dysarthria, dizziness and ataxia suddenly becomes unconscious. The most probable diagnosis is:

139. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

140. All of the following produce mono neuritis multiplex except:

141. All of the following may cause peripheral neuropathy except:

142. Chromosomal anomaly associated with Alzheimer’s disease is:

143. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

144. Fine tremor is found in:

145. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

146. Serum creatine kinase (CK) level is not raised in:

147. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

148. Which of the following does not produce pseudobulbar palsy?

149. Which group of muscles are almost never affected in polymyositis?

150. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

151. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

152. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

153. Cause of bilateral facial nerve palsy does not include:

154. Pronator sign, lizard tongue and hung-up deep reflex are found in:

155. The root value of ‘Plantar response’ is:

156. Which of the following is a homologue of Hoffman’s sign of upper extremity?

157. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

158. Neck rigidity is not found in:

159. All are the complications of oral contraceptive pills except:

160. Which is not true in Korsakoff’s syndrome?

161. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

162. Which of the following is not a feature of syringobulbia?

163. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

164. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

165. Which of the following is not a feature of UMN palsy?

166. The site of lesion in Korsakoff’s psychosis is:

167. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

168. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

169. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

170. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

171. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

172. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

173. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

174. Xenophobia is the fear of:

175. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

176. In health, intracranial calcification may be seen in all except:

177. Patient with Down’s syndrome may be complicated by all except:

178. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

179. Astasia·abasia is known as:

180. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

181. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

182. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

183. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

184. The most common site of hypertensive intracranial bleeding is:

185. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

186. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

187. Xanthopsia is found in:

188. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

189. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

190. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

191. ‘On-off phenomenon’ is precipitated by:

192. Which of the following does not fit in ‘Ramsay Hunt’ syndrome?

193. A cataract is not characteristic of:

194. Miosis is found in all except:

195. Which of the following is not an antiplatelet drug?

196. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

197. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

198. Crossed hemiplegia indicates that the site of lesion is in:

199. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

200. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

201. All are ‘Calpain’ -associated. diseases except:

202. Which of the following is not associated with pes cavus?

203. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

204. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

205. Myotonia dystrophica has all of the following morphological features except:

206. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

207. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

208. The drug of choice in obsessive-compulsive psychosis is:

209. Which is not a manifestation of normal pressure hydrocephalus?

210. Which is not characteristic of the lateral medullary syndrome (Wallenberg’s syndrome)?

211. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

212. Which is not a PRION disease?

213. Anterior horn cell disease is:

214. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

215. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

216. Albumino-cytological dissociation is not a feature of:

217. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

218. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

219. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

220. Which of the following is not a part of Miller-Fisher syndrome?

221. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is: