Neurology

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

2. Xenophobia is the fear of:

3. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

5. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

8. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

10. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

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

13. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

14. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

15. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

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

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

19. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

20. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

22. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

23. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

25. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

26. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

27. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

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

30. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

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

34. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

36. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

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

39. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

40. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

42. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

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

45. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

47. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

49. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

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

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

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

54. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

55. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

63. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

64. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

66. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

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

69. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

70. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

71. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

72. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

74. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

76. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

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

79. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

81. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

82. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

84. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

85. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

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

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

89. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

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

92. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

93. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

96. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

97. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

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

100. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

101. All of the following produce meningism except:

102. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

104. Migraine is not associated with:

105. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

106. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

107. Ptosis is absent in:

108. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

109. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

110. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

111. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

112. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

114. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

115. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

116. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

117. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

118. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

119. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

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

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

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

124. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

125. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

126. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

127. Sensory involvement is not found in:

128. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

130. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

132. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

134. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

135. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

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

138. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

139. Xanthopsia is found in:

140. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

142. Fine tremor is found in:

143. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

145. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

147. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

148. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

150. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

151. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

153. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

154. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

155. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

156. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

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

159. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

160. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

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

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

164. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

165. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

166. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

167. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

169. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

170. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

171. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

173. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

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

176. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

178. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

180. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

182. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

183. Posterior column lesion will have:

184. Neck rigidity is not found in:

185. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

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

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

189. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

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

192. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

195. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

197. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

198. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

199. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

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

202. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

204. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

206. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

207. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

208. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

210. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

212. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

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

215. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

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

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

219. Amantadine does not produce:

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

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