Neurology

1. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

7. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

8. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

9. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

11. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

12. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

13. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

14. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

16. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

17. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

19. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

21. Amantadine does not produce:

22. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

23. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

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

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

28. Anterior horn cell disease is:

29. The dermatome at the nipple is:

30. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

31. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

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

34. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

36. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

37. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

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

40. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

42. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

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

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

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

47. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

49. All of the following may produce syncope except:

50. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

51. A cataract is not characteristic of:

52. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

54. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

57. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

58. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

59. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

60. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

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

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

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

65. Romberg’s sign is present in:

66. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

68. Xenophobia is the fear of:

69. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

71. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

73. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

74. Miosis is found in all except:

75. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

76. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

77. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

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

80. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

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

83. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

84. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

86. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

88. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

89. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

90. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

91. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

92. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

93. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

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

96. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

97. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

98. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

99. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

101. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

102. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

103. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

104. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

105. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

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

108. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

111. Sensory involvement is not found in:

112. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

114. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

116. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

117. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

118. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

119. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

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

122. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

123. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

124. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

126. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

127. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

128. Titubation is classically seen in:

129. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

131. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

132. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

133. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

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

136. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

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

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

140. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

141. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

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

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

146. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

147. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

149. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

150. Ptosis is absent in:

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

152. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

154. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

155. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

156. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

158. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

159. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

160. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

161. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

162. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

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

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

166. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

167. All of the following produce meningism except:

168. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

170. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

171. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

172. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

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

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

176. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

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

179. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

181. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

182. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

183. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

185. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

187. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

188. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

190. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

191. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

192. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

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

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

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

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

198. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

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

201. Lithium is not used in:

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

203. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

205. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

206. Posterior column lesion will have:

207. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

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

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

211. Fine tremor is found in:

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

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

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

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

216. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

217. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

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

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

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