Neurology

1. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

2. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

3. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

4. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

5. A cataract is not characteristic of:

6. All of the following produce meningism except:

7. Miosis is found in all except:

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

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

10. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

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

13. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

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

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

17. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

18. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

19. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

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

22. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

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

25. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

27. The reversible cause of dementia is:

28. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

30. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

32. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

33. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

34. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

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

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

38. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

39. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

41. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

44. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

45. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

47. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

48. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

49. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

50. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

52. Migraine is not associated with:

53. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

54. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

55. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

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

58. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

59. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

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

62. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

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

65. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

66. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

67. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

69. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

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

72. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

73. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

74. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

76. Posterior column lesion will have:

77. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

78. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

79. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

80. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

81. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

83. The dermatome at the nipple is:

84. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

85. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

86. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

89. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

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

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

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

94. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

96. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

97. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

99. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

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

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

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

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

105. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

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

108. Romberg’s sign is present in:

109. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

110. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

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

113. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

114. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

116. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

117. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

119. Lithium is not used in:

120. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

121. Neck rigidity is not found in:

122. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

124. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

126. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

128. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

129. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

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

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

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

134. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

136. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

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

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

140. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

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

143. Titubation is classically seen in:

144. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

146. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

147. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

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

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

151. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

153. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

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

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

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

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

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

160. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

161. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

163. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

164. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

166. Ptosis is absent in:

167. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

168. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

170. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

171. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

173. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

175. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

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

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

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

180. Sensory involvement is not found in:

181. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

182. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

183. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

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

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

187. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

189. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

191. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

192. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

193. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

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

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

197. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

198. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

199. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

200. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

201. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

202. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

204. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

205. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

206. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

207. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

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

210. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

211. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

213. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

215. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

217. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

218. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

219. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

220. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

221. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of: