Neurology

1. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

3. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

4. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

5. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

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

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

9. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

11. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

12. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

14. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

16. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

17. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

19. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

20. Amantadine does not produce:

21. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

22. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

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

25. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

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

28. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

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

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

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

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

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

35. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

36. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

37. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

38. Fine tremor is found in:

39. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

40. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

41. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

42. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

43. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

45. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

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

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

49. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

51. Miosis is found in all except:

52. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

53. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

54. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

55. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

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

58. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

59. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

60. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

62. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

64. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

65. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

66. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

67. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

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

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

71. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

73. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

74. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

76. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

77. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

78. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

79. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

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

82. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

83. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

84. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

85. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

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

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

89. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

90. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

92. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

93. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

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

96. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

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

99. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

100. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

101. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

102. Migraine is not associated with:

103. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

105. Xanthopsia is found in:

106. All of the following produce meningism except:

107. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

108. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

109. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

110. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

112. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

113. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

114. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

115. Which is not a PRION disease?

116. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

117. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

119. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

125. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

126. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

128. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

130. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

132. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

134. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

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

137. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

138. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

139. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

141. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

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

144. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

145. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

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

148. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

150. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

152. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

153. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

154. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

155. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

156. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

158. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

160. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

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

163. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

165. Anterior horn cell disease is:

166. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

167. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

168. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

169. Posterior column lesion will have:

170. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

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

173. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

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

176. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

178. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

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

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

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

183. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

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

186. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

188. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

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

191. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

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

194. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

195. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

196. Romberg’s sign is present in:

197. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

198. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

199. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

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

202. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

203. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

205. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

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

208. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

209. Ptosis is absent in:

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

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

212. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

213. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

214. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

215. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

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

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

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

220. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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