Neurology

1. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

2. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

3. All of the following may produce syncope except:

4. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

6. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

8. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

9. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

10. Delayed relaxation of ankle jerk is seen in all except:

11. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

13. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

14. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

15. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

16. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

17. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

19. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

20. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

21. Brushfield’s spots in iris are seen in:

22. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

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

25. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

27. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

28. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) are all except:

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

30. Among the following, which is the most common adult muscular dystrophy?

31. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

33. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

35. Lithium is not used in:

36. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

37. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

39. Bromocriptine is used in all of the following except:

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

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

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

43. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

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

46. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

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

49. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

50. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

51. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

54. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

56. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

57. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

59. Which of the following is not a feature of ‘stage of neural shock’ in hemiplegia?

60. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

61. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

63. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

64. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

65. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

66. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

67. A cataract is not characteristic of:

68. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

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

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

72. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

73. Which of the following is false in cluster headache?

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

75. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

76. CSF is absorbed by arachnoid villi which are mainly present in:

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

78. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

79. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

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

82. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

83. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

84. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

85. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

86. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

87. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

88. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

90. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

92. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

94. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

95. Fine tremor is found in:

96. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

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

99. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

100. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

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

103. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

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

107. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

109. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

111. All of the following produces ‘cord compression’ except:

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

113. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

114. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

115. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

116. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

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

119. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

121. Which is not included under ‘craniovertebral anomaly’?

122. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

123. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

124. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

125. Amantadine does not produce:

126. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

127. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

129. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

130. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

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

133. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

134. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

136. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

138. The dermatome at the nipple is:

139. Miosis is found in all except:

140. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

141. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

142. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

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

145. Which of the following is not included in the triad of tuberous sclerosis?

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

147. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

149. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

150. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

152. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

154. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

155. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

156. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

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

159. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

160. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

162. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

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

165. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

167. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

168. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

169. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

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

172. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

174. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

176. Ptosis is absent in:

177. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

179. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

180. The lobe of the brain primarily affected in herpes simplex encephalitis is:

181. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

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

184. Sensory involvement is not found in:

185. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

186. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

188. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

189. Titubation is classically seen in:

190. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

192. The presence of Babinski’s sign with loss of ankle jerk is found in all except:

193. Which is not a PRION disease?

194. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

196. Anterior horn cell disease is:

197. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

199. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

201. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

209. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

210. Horner’s syndrome includes all of the following except:

211. Neck rigidity is not found in:

212. Astasia·abasia is known as:

213. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

214. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

215. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

216. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

217. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

218. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

219. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

221. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except: