Neurology

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

2. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

3. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

4. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

5. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

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

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

9. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

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

12. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

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

15. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

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

18. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

19. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

20. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

21. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

22. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

23. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

25. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

27. Posterior column lesion will have:

28. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

29. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

30. Which is not a PRION disease?

31. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

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

34. All of the following produce meningism except:

35. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

36. Miosis is found in all except:

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

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

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

40. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

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

43. Anterior horn cell disease is:

44. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

46. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

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

48. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

49. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

50. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

51. Migraine is not associated with:

52. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

53. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

54. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

55. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

56. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

58. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

63. Neck rigidity is not found in:

64. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

66. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

67. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

68. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

69. Lithium is not used in:

70. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

71. Fine tremor is found in:

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

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

74. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

75. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

76. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

85. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

86. Titubation is classically seen in:

87. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

88. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

90. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

91. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

92. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

93. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

94. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

96. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

98. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

100. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

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

103. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

105. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

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

108. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

110. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

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

113. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

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

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

117. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

118. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

120. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

121. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

123. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

124. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

125. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

126. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

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

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

130. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

131. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

132. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

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

135. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

136. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

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

139. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

140. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

143. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

145. Flapping tremor is not found in:

146. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

147. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

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

150. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

151. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

152. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

154. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

156. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

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

159. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

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

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

164. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

166. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

167. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

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

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

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

172. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

174. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

175. A cataract is not characteristic of:

176. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

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

179. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

180. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

182. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

183. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

185. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

187. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

188. Xanthopsia is found in:

189. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

190. Ptosis is absent in:

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

192. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

193. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

194. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

195. ‘Hippus’ is:

196. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

198. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

199. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

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

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

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

204. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

205. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

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

208. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

210. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

212. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

213. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

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

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

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

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

219. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

221. Amantadine does not produce: