Neurology

1. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

3. Lithium is not used in:

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

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

6. Posterior column lesion will have:

7. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

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

10. Romberg’s sign is present in:

11. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

12. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

13. A cataract is not characteristic of:

14. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

16. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

17. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

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

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

21. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

22. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

23. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

24. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

25. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

27. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

29. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

30. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

32. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

33. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

34. Migraine is not associated with:

35. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

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

38. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

39. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

41. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

43. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

45. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

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

49. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

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

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

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

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

55. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

56. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

57. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

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

60. Xenophobia is the fear of:

61. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

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

64. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

66. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

67. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

68. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

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

71. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

72. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

73. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

74. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

75. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

76. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

77. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

79. Fine tremor is found in:

80. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

82. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

89. All of the following may produce syncope except:

90. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

91. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

92. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

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

95. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

96. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

98. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

99. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

100. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

101. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

102. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

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

105. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

106. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

107. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

109. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

110. Anterior horn cell disease is:

111. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

112. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

113. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

114. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

115. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

116. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

117. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

119. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

121. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

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

124. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

126. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

128. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

130. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

131. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

134. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

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

137. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

138. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

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

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

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

143. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

145. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

146. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

148. Neck rigidity is not found in:

149. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

150. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

151. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

153. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

154. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

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

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

158. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

159. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

160. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

162. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

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

165. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

166. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

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

169. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

174. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

175. Amantadine does not produce:

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

177. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

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

180. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

181. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

182. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

184. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

185. Which is not a PRION disease?

186. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

187. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

188. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

190. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

191. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

193. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

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

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

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

198. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

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

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

202. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

210. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

211. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

212. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

213. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

214. Ptosis is absent in:

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

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

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

218. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

219. Titubation is classically seen in:

220. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

221. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except: