Neurology

1. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

3. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

4. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

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

7. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

8. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

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

11. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

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

14. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

16. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

17. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

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

20. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

21. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

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

25. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

27. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

28. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

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

31. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

32. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

33. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

34. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

35. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

37. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

39. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

41. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

43. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

45. Romberg’s sign is present in:

46. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

47. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

48. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

50. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

54. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

55. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

56. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

59. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

60. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

61. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

63. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

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

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

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

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

69. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

71. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

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

74. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

75. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

76. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

77. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

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

80. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

81. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

82. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

83. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

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

86. Ptosis is absent in:

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

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

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

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

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

92. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

93. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

94. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

95. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

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

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

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

100. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

101. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

102. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

104. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

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

107. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

108. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

110. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

111. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

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

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

115. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

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

118. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

119. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

120. Amantadine does not produce:

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

122. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

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

125. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

127. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

128. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

129. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

130. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

132. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

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

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

136. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

138. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

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

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

142. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

143. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

144. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

145. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

147. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

148. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

149. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

151. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

153. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

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

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

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

158. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

159. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

160. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

161. Fine tremor is found in:

162. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

163. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

165. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

166. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

168. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

169. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

170. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

171. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

172. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

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

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

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

177. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

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

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

182. Sensory involvement is not found in:

183. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

185. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

186. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

188. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

190. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

191. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

192. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

194. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

195. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

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

198. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

200. Which is not a PRION disease?

201. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

202. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

204. Posterior column lesion will have:

205. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

206. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

207. All of the following may produce syncope except:

208. Migraine is not associated with:

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

210. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

211. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

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

214. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

215. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

217. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

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

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

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