Neurology

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

2. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

3. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

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

6. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. All of the following may produce syncope except:

14. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

15. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

17. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

19. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

21. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

22. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

23. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

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

26. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

28. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

29. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

30. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

32. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

33. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

34. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

35. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

36. Posterior column lesion will have:

37. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

39. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

41. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

42. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

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

45. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

46. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

47. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

48. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

50. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

51. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

53. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

54. ‘Hippus’ is:

55. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

56. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

64. Neck rigidity is not found in:

65. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

66. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

68. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

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

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

72. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

75. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

76. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

77. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

79. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

81. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

82. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

83. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

85. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

88. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

89. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

90. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

92. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

94. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

95. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

97. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

98. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

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

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

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

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

104. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

107. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

108. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

110. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

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

113. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

115. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

117. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

119. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

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

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

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

124. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

125. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

126. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

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

129. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

131. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

132. Fine tremor is found in:

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

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

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

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

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

138. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

140. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

141. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

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

144. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

145. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

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

148. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

149. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

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

152. The dermatome at the nipple is:

153. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

155. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

157. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

159. Sensory involvement is not found in:

160. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

161. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

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

164. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

166. Lithium is not used in:

167. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

171. Amantadine does not produce:

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

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

174. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

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

177. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

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

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

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

182. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

183. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

184. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

185. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

187. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

188. Migraine is not associated with:

189. All of the following produce meningism except:

190. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

191. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

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

194. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

195. Astasia·abasia is known as:

196. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

197. Ptosis is absent in:

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

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

200. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

202. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

203. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

204. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

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

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

208. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

210. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

211. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

212. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

213. Romberg’s sign is present in:

214. Titubation is classically seen in:

215. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

216. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

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

219. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

220. Miosis is found in all except:

221. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of: