Neurology

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

2. Xenophobia is the fear of:

3. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

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

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

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

8. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

9. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

10. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

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

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

14. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

16. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

18. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

20. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

21. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

22. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

23. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

24. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

25. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

26. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

27. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

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

30. Miosis is found in all except:

31. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

32. Xanthopsia is found in:

33. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

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

36. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

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

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

40. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

42. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

44. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

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

47. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

49. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

51. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

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

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

55. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

57. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

59. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

60. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

61. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

62. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

63. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

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

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

67. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

68. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

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

71. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

72. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

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

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

76. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

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

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

80. Lithium is not used in:

81. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

82. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

83. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

84. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

86. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

87. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

88. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

89. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

90. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

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

93. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

95. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

97. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

99. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

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

102. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

104. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

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

107. All of the following may produce syncope except:

108. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

109. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

111. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

112. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

114. Amantadine does not produce:

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

116. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

118. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

119. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

121. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

122. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

123. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

125. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

126. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

127. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

129. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

131. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

132. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

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

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

136. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

137. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

138. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

139. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

140. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

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

143. Migraine is not associated with:

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

145. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

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

149. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

150. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

151. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

153. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

154. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

156. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

158. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

160. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

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

163. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

164. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

165. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

167. The reversible cause of dementia is:

168. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

170. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

171. Titubation is classically seen in:

172. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

174. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

175. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

176. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

177. Ptosis is absent in:

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

179. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

180. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

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

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

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

185. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

186. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

188. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

190. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

191. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

193. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

195. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

196. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

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

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

200. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

201. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

202. Fine tremor is found in:

203. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

205. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

207. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

208. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

209. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

210. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

211. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

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

213. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

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

216. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

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

219. All of the following produce meningism except:

220. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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