Neurology

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

2. Titubation is classically seen in:

3. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

8. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

9. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

10. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

12. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

13. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

14. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

16. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

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

19. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

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

22. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

23. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

26. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

28. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

29. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

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

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

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

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

35. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

36. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

38. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

40. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

41. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

42. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

43. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

45. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

46. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

47. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

49. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

50. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

52. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

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

55. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

57. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

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

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

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

62. The dermatome at the nipple is:

63. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

64. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

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

67. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

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

70. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

71. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

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

74. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

76. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

77. Lithium is not used in:

78. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

79. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

81. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

83. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

84. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

85. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

87. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

89. Miosis is found in all except:

90. Fine tremor is found in:

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

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

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

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

95. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

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

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

99. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

101. Flapping tremor is not found in:

102. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

103. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

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

106. Xenophobia is the fear of:

107. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

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

110. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

112. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

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

115. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

116. Xanthopsia is found in:

117. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

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

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

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

122. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

123. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

124. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

125. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

126. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

127. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

129. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

130. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

132. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

134. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

136. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

137. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

138. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

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

141. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

142. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

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

145. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

146. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

147. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

149. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

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

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

153. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

154. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

156. Posterior column lesion will have:

157. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

158. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

160. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

162. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

163. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

164. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

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

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

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

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

170. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

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

173. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

174. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

175. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

176. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

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

179. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

180. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

183. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

184. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

186. Amantadine does not produce:

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

188. Astasia·abasia is known as:

189. Migraine is not associated with:

190. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

191. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

192. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

193. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

195. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

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

198. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

199. ‘Hippus’ is:

200. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

202. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

203. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

204. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

205. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

206. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

208. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

209. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

210. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

211. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

212. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

213. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

215. Ptosis is absent in:

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

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

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

219. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

220. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

221. Which one is not a primitive reflex?