Neurology

1. Flapping tremor is not found in:

2. Anterior horn cell disease is:

3. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

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

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

7. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

8. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

10. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

12. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

14. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

15. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

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

18. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

19. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

21. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

22. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

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

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

25. Lithium is not used in:

26. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

27. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

29. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

30. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

31. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

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

34. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

35. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

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

38. Xenophobia is the fear of:

39. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

40. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

41. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

43. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

44. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

45. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

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

48. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

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

51. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

53. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

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

60. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

62. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

63. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

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

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

68. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

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

71. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

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

74. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

79. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

81. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

82. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

83. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

84. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

91. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

93. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

94. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

96. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

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

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

100. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

101. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

102. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

103. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

104. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

106. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

108. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

109. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

111. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

112. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

113. Astasia·abasia is known as:

114. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

115. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

116. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

118. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

119. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

121. Migraine is not associated with:

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

123. Miosis is found in all except:

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

125. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

126. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

127. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

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

130. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

131. Sensory involvement is not found in:

132. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

133. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

134. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

136. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

137. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

138. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

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

141. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

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

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

145. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

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

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

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

150. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

152. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

153. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

154. Amantadine does not produce:

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

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

157. Posterior column lesion will have:

158. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

159. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

161. Ptosis is absent in:

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

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

164. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

165. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

166. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

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

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

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

171. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

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

174. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

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

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

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

179. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

181. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

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

184. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

185. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

187. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

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

191. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

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

194. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

195. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

197. A cataract is not characteristic of:

198. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

199. ‘Hippus’ is:

200. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

202. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

203. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

204. The dermatome at the nipple is:

205. Titubation is classically seen in:

206. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

207. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

208. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

210. Romberg’s sign is present in:

211. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

212. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

213. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

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

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

217. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

218. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

219. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

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