Neurology

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

2. ‘Hippus’ is:

3. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

4. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

6. Romberg’s sign is present in:

7. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

9. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

10. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

11. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

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

14. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

15. Titubation is classically seen in:

16. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

17. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

19. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

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

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

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

24. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

26. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

27. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

28. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

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

31. Flapping tremor is not found in:

32. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

33. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

35. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

37. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

39. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

40. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

42. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

44. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

46. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

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

49. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

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

52. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

53. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

54. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

55. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

57. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

58. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

59. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

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

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

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

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

65. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

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

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

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

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

71. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

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

74. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

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

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

78. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

80. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

82. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

83. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

85. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

86. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

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

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

90. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

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

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

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

95. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

96. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

97. Amantadine does not produce:

98. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

99. All of the following produce meningism except:

100. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

101. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

103. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

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

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

107. Fine tremor is found in:

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

109. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

110. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

111. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

113. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

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

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

117. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

118. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

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

121. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

123. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

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

126. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

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

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

130. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

131. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

132. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

133. Posterior column lesion will have:

134. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

136. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

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

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

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

141. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

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

144. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

146. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

147. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

148. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

149. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

150. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

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

153. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

154. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

155. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

156. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

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

160. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

161. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

163. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

165. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

166. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

167. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

168. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

169. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

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

172. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

174. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

175. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

176. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

177. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

179. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

180. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

181. Xenophobia is the fear of:

182. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

184. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

186. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

189. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

191. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

192. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

194. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

195. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

197. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

198. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

200. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

201. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

202. Which is not a PRION disease?

203. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

204. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

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

207. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

210. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

212. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

213. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

215. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

217. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

218. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

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