Neurology

1. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

2. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

3. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

5. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

7. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

9. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

11. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

13. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

15. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

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

18. Sensory involvement is not found in:

19. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

20. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

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

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

24. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

26. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

27. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

28. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

29. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

31. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

33. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

34. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

35. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

36. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

37. ‘Hippus’ is:

38. Fine tremor is found in:

39. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

40. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

41. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

43. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

45. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

46. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

47. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

48. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

49. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

51. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

53. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

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

56. Anterior horn cell disease is:

57. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

58. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

59. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

60. Lithium is not used in:

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

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

63. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

64. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

66. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

68. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

71. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

72. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

74. Miosis is found in all except:

75. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

77. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

78. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

79. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

80. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

81. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

82. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

83. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

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

86. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

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

89. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

90. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

91. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

92. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

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

95. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

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

98. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

100. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

102. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

103. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

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

107. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

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

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

111. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

113. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

114. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

115. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

116. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

118. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

119. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

122. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

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

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

126. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

127. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

128. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

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

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

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

133. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

134. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

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

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

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

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

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

141. Astasia·abasia is known as:

142. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

143. Neck rigidity is not found in:

144. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

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

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

148. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

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

151. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

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

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

155. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

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

158. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

159. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

161. Ptosis is absent in:

162. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

164. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

165. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

166. All of the following are sources of cerebral embolism except:

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

168. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

169. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

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

172. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

173. Which of the following does not produce pure motor paraplegia?

174. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

176. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

177. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

179. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

180. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

181. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

183. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

184. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

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

187. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

189. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

191. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

192. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

194. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

195. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

197. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

198. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

199. ‘Railroad track’ calcification in X-ray skull is found in:

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

201. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

204. Xenophobia is the fear of:

205. Amantadine does not produce:

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

207. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

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

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

211. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

212. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

213. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

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

216. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

217. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

219. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

220. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

221. Xanthopsia is found in: