Neurology

1. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

3. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

4. A cataract is not characteristic of:

5. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

7. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

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

10. Fine tremor is found in:

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

12. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

14. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

16. Miosis is found in all except:

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

18. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

19. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

22. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

24. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

25. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

26. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

28. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

30. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

31. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

32. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

33. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

35. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

37. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

38. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

40. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

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

43. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

44. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

45. Flapping tremor is not found in:

46. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

48. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

50. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

52. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

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

55. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

56. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

58. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

59. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

60. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

61. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

62. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

63. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

65. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

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

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

69. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

70. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

71. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

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

74. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

76. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

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

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

80. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

81. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

82. Sensory involvement is not found in:

83. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

84. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

85. Migraine is not associated with:

86. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

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

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

90. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

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

93. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

95. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

96. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

97. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

99. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

101. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

102. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

104. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

106. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

107. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

108. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

110. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

112. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

114. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

116. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

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

119. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

120. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

121. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

123. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

124. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

125. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

126. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

127. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

128. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

129. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

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

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

134. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

135. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

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

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

140. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

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

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

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

145. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

147. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

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

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

151. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

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

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

154. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

156. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

158. All of the following produce meningism except:

159. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

161. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

167. Amantadine does not produce:

168. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

169. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

170. Lithium is not used in:

171. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

173. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

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

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

177. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

179. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

180. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

182. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

183. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

184. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

185. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

186. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

188. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

189. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

190. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

192. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

193. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

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

196. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

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

200. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

201. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

202. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

205. The reversible cause of dementia is:

206. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

208. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

210. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

211. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

212. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

214. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

215. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

216. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

218. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

219. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

220. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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