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

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2. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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3. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

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5. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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6. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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7. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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8. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

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

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

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

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13. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

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15. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

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17. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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18. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

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

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21. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

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23. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

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25. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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26. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

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

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29. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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30. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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31. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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32. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

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34. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

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36. Fine tremor is found in:

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37. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

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39. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

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41. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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42. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

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44. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

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

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

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48. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

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50. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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51. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

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53. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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54. Titubation is classically seen in:

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55. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

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57. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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58. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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59. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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60. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

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62. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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63. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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64. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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65. Ptosis is absent in:

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66. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

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68. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

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

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71. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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72. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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73. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

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75. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

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77. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

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

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80. Posterior column lesion will have:

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81. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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82. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

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84. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

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

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87. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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88. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

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90. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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91. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

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93. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

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

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

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

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

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99. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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100. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

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

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103. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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104. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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105. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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106. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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107. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

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

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

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111. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

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

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114. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

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116. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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117. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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118. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

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

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121. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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122. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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123. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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124. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

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

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

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128. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

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

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131. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

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133. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

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135. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

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137. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

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139. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

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141. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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142. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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143. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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145. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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146. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

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

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149. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

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151. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

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

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153. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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155. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

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157. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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158. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

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162. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

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

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

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166. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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167. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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168. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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169. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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170. Which is not a PRION disease?

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171. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

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173. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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174. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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175. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

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177. Miosis is found in all except:

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178. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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179. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

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181. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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182. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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183. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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184. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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185. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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186. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

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188. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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189. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

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192. Amantadine does not produce:

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

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194. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

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

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

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

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

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200. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

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202. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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203. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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204. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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205. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

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207. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

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209. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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210. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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211. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

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213. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

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

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216. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

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

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

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

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

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222. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

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

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225. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

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