Neurology

1. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

2. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

4. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

6. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

7. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

9. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

10. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

12. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

13. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

15. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

16. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

18. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

19. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

20. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

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

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

24. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

25. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

27. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

29. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

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

32. Fine tremor is found in:

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

34. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

35. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

36. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

37. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

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

40. Xanthopsia is found in:

41. Lithium is not used in:

42. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

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

45. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

46. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

47. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

48. Anterior horn cell disease is:

49. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

50. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

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

53. Amantadine does not produce:

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

55. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

56. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

57. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

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

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

62. Miosis is found in all except:

63. Neck rigidity is not found in:

64. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

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

67. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

68. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

70. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

71. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

72. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

74. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

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

77. A cataract is not characteristic of:

78. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

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

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

82. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

83. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

85. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

87. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

88. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

89. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

90. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

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

93. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

94. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

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

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

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

99. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

100. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

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

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

104. Ptosis is absent in:

105. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

106. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

107. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

108. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

110. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

111. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

112. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

113. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

115. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

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

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

119. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

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

122. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

124. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

126. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

127. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

128. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

129. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

131. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

133. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

134. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

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

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

138. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

141. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

142. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

143. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

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

146. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

148. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

149. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

150. Romberg’s sign is present in:

151. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

153. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

154. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

155. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

158. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

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

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

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

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

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

165. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

166. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

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

169. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

171. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

173. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

174. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

175. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

177. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

179. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

180. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

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

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

184. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

186. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

187. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

188. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

189. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

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

193. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

195. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

198. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

199. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

200. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

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

203. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

204. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

206. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

208. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

209. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

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

213. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

215. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

217. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

218. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

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

221. Which of the following produces wrist drop?