Neurology

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

2. Miosis is found in all except:

3. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

4. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

5. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

6. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

8. Migraine is not associated with:

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

10. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

11. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

12. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

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

15. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

16. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

17. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

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

20. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

21. Anterior horn cell disease is:

22. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

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

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

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

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

28. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

29. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

31. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

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

34. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

35. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

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

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

39. Romberg’s sign is present in:

40. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

41. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

43. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

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

46. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

47. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

49. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

51. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

52. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

53. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

55. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

57. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

58. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

60. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

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

63. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

64. ‘Hippus’ is:

65. Amantadine does not produce:

66. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

67. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

70. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

72. All of the following may produce syncope except:

73. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

75. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

76. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

78. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

79. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

80. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

81. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

83. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

84. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

86. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

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

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

90. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

92. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

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

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

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

97. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

98. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

100. All of the following produce meningism except:

101. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

103. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

105. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

106. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

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

109. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

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

112. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

113. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

115. Flapping tremor is not found in:

116. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

117. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

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

120. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

122. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

124. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

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

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

128. Which is not a PRION disease?

129. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

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

132. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

134. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

135. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

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

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

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

140. A cataract is not characteristic of:

141. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

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

144. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

146. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

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

149. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

150. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

151. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

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

154. Sensory involvement is not found in:

155. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

156. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

157. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

158. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

160. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

162. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

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

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

166. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

167. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

169. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

170. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

171. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

172. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

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

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

176. The dermatome at the nipple is:

177. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

178. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

179. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

181. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

182. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

184. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

185. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

186. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

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

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

190. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

191. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

193. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

195. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

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

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

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

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

201. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

202. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

203. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

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

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

207. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

210. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

211. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

213. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

215. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

216. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

217. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

218. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

220. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

221. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?