Neurology

1. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

2. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

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

5. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

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

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

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

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

11. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

12. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

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

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

16. Lithium is not used in:

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

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

19. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

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

22. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

23. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

25. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

27. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

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

30. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

31. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

33. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

34. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

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

37. Miosis is found in all except:

38. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

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

41. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

42. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

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

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

46. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

47. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

50. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

51. Fine tremor is found in:

52. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

53. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

55. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

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

58. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

59. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

60. ‘Hippus’ is:

61. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

62. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

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

65. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

67. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

68. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

69. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

71. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

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

74. Xanthopsia is found in:

75. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

76. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

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

79. All of the following produce meningism except:

80. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

82. Flapping tremor is not found in:

83. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

84. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

85. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

86. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

87. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

88. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

89. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

91. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

92. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

93. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

94. Migraine is not associated with:

95. Xenophobia is the fear of:

96. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

98. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

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

102. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

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

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

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

107. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

108. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

109. All of the following may produce syncope except:

110. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

111. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

112. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

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

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

116. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

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

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

120. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

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

123. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

124. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

125. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

126. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

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

129. Amantadine does not produce:

130. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

131. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

132. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

133. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

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

136. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

139. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

141. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

143. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

145. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

147. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

148. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

149. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

150. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

151. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

152. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

154. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

155. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

157. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

159. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

160. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

161. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

162. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

163. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

164. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

166. Ptosis is absent in:

167. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

169. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

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

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

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

174. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

176. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

178. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

179. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

180. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

182. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

184. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

186. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

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

189. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

190. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

192. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

193. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

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

196. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

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

199. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

201. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

203. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

205. Titubation is classically seen in:

206. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

208. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

210. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

213. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

214. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

216. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

218. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

219. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

221. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is: