Neurology

1. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

2. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

3. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

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

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

7. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

9. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

11. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

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

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

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

16. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

17. Lithium is not used in:

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

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

20. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

21. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

22. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

24. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

26. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

27. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

28. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

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

31. Xenophobia is the fear of:

32. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

34. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

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

37. Amantadine does not produce:

38. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

39. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

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

42. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

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

45. A cataract is not characteristic of:

46. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

48. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

49. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

50. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

51. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

52. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

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

55. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

57. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

60. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

61. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

62. The dermatome at the nipple is:

63. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

64. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

65. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

67. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

68. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

70. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

72. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

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

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

76. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

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

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

80. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

81. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

82. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

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

85. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

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

88. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

89. Xanthopsia is found in:

90. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

91. Romberg’s sign is present in:

92. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

93. Titubation is classically seen in:

94. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

95. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

96. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

97. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

98. All of the following produce meningism except:

99. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

100. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

102. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

103. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

104. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

106. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

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

109. All of the following may produce syncope except:

110. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

112. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

113. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

115. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

116. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

118. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

120. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

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

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

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

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

126. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

127. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

128. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

129. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

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

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

134. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

136. ‘Hippus’ is:

137. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

138. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

139. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

140. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

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

143. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

144. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

145. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

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

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

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

150. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

151. Ptosis is absent in:

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

153. Anterior horn cell disease is:

154. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

155. Posterior column lesion will have:

156. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

157. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

158. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

160. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

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

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

165. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

166. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

167. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

168. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

169. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

171. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

172. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

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

175. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

176. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

177. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

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

180. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

182. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

183. Fine tremor is found in:

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

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

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

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

188. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

189. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

190. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

192. Migraine is not associated with:

193. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

194. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

195. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

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

198. Which of the following is false in Gerstmann’s syndrome?

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

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

201. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

203. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

205. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

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

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

209. Which is not a PRION disease?

210. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

212. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

214. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

216. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

217. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

218. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

220. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

221. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in: