Neurology

1. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

2. Neck rigidity is not found in:

3. Miosis is found in all except:

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

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

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

7. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

8. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

10. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

12. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

13. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

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

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

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

18. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

19. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

21. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

22. Astasia·abasia is known as:

23. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

24. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

33. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

34. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

35. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

37. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

38. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

40. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

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

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

44. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

45. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

47. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

48. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

49. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

50. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

51. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

53. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

54. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

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

57. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

58. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

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

61. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

63. Amantadine does not produce:

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

65. ‘Hippus’ is:

66. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

68. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

69. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

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

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

73. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

74. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

75. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

76. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

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

79. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

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

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

83. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

85. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

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

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

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

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

91. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

92. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

94. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

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

97. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

103. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

104. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

105. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

106. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

107. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

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

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

111. Migraine is not associated with:

112. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

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

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

116. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

117. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

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

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

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

122. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

123. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

124. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

125. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

126. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

127. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

128. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

130. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

131. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

132. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

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

135. All of the following may produce syncope except:

136. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

137. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

139. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

141. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

143. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

144. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

145. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

146. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

147. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

148. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

150. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

151. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

152. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

153. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

154. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

155. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

156. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

158. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

159. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

160. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

161. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

162. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

163. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

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

166. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

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

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

170. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

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

173. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

174. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

175. Lithium is not used in:

176. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

177. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

178. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

179. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

180. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

181. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

182. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

183. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

185. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

186. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

187. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

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

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

191. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

192. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

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

195. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

198. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

199. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

201. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

203. Ptosis is absent in:

204. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

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

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

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

209. Fine tremor is found in:

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

211. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

212. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

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

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

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

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

218. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

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

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