Neurology

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

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

3. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

5. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

7. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

8. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

10. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

11. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

12. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

13. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

14. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

15. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

16. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

17. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

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

24. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

26. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

27. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

28. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

30. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

31. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

32. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

34. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

36. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

37. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

38. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

39. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

40. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

41. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

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

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

45. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

47. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

49. Romberg’s sign is present in:

50. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

51. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

52. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

53. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

55. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

57. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

58. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

59. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

61. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

62. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

63. Lithium is not used in:

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

65. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

67. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

68. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

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

72. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

74. Fine tremor is found in:

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

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

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

78. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

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

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

82. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

83. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

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

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

87. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

88. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

89. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

91. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

93. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

94. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

96. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

98. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

100. Amantadine does not produce:

101. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

103. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

104. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

105. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

106. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

108. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

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

111. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

112. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

113. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

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

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

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

118. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

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

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

122. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

124. ‘Hippus’ is:

125. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

126. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

127. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

128. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

129. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

130. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

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

133. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

135. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

136. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

137. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

139. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

140. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

141. Titubation is classically seen in:

142. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

143. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

144. Ptosis is absent in:

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

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

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

148. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

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

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

152. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

154. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

155. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

162. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

163. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

165. Migraine is not associated with:

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

167. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

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

170. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

171. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

172. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

173. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

175. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

176. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

182. Sensory involvement is not found in:

183. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

185. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

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

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

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

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

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

192. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

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

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

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

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

198. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

199. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

200. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

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

203. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

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

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

207. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

208. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

209. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

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

212. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

214. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

216. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

217. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

218. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

220. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

221. The dermatome at the nipple is: