Neurology

1. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

3. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

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

6. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

7. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

8. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

9. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

10. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

11. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

13. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

14. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

15. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

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

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

19. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

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

22. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

23. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

25. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

26. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

28. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

30. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

31. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

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

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

35. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

36. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

38. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

40. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

41. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

44. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

45. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

46. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

48. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

51. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

54. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

55. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

57. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

58. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

59. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

61. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

64. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

65. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

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

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

69. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

70. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

71. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

72. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

74. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

76. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

77. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

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

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

81. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

83. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

85. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

87. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

89. Which is not a PRION disease?

90. Fine tremor is found in:

91. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

92. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

93. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

94. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

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

98. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

100. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

101. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

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

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

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

106. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

107. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

108. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

109. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

110. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

112. All of the following may produce syncope except:

113. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

114. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

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

117. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

118. Anterior horn cell disease is:

119. Flapping tremor is not found in:

120. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

121. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

122. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

123. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

124. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

125. Sensory involvement is not found in:

126. Lithium is not used in:

127. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

128. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

129. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

130. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

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

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

134. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

136. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

138. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

140. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

141. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

142. Ptosis is absent in:

143. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

145. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

146. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

147. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

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

154. Romberg’s sign is present in:

155. A cataract is not characteristic of:

156. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

166. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

168. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

169. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

170. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

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

173. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

174. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

175. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

176. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

178. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

179. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

180. The dermatome at the nipple is:

181. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

183. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

184. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

186. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

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

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

190. Miosis is found in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

199. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

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

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

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

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

205. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

207. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

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

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

211. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

213. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

215. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

216. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

218. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

219. Xanthopsia is found in:

220. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

221. Monoplegia is due to lesions in: