Neurology

1. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

2. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

3. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

5. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

6. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

7. Ptosis is absent in:

8. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

9. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

10. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

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

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

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

15. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

16. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

17. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

18. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

23. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

24. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

25. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

26. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

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

29. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

30. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

32. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

33. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

41. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

42. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

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

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

46. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

48. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

49. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

50. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

51. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

52. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

53. Miosis is found in all except:

54. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

55. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

57. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

59. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

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

62. A cataract is not characteristic of:

63. Titubation is classically seen in:

64. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

66. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

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

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

70. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

72. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

74. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

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

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

78. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

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

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

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

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

84. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

85. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

87. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

88. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

89. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

91. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

92. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

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

95. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

96. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

97. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

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

100. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

101. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

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

104. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

105. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

107. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

109. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

111. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

113. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

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

116. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

118. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

119. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

120. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

121. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

123. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

124. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

125. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

127. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

128. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

129. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

130. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

131. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

132. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

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

135. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

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

138. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

139. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

140. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

142. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

143. Fine tremor is found in:

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

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

146. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

148. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

149. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

150. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

152. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

153. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

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

156. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

157. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

159. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

166. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

167. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

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

170. Flapping tremor is not found in:

171. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

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

174. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

181. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

189. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

190. Migraine is not associated with:

191. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

192. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

193. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

195. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

197. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

199. Romberg’s sign is present in:

200. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

201. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

202. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

205. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

206. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

207. Lithium is not used in:

208. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

209. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

210. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

211. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

213. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

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

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

217. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

219. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

221. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of: