Neurology

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

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

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

4. Miosis is found in all except:

5. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

6. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

7. Neck rigidity is not found in:

8. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

9. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

10. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

11. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

12. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

13. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

14. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

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

17. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

18. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

19. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

21. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

22. Posterior column lesion will have:

23. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

24. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

25. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

27. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

28. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

29. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

30. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

31. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

32. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

33. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

35. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

36. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

37. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

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

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

41. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

44. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

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

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

48. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

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

51. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

53. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

55. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

57. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

58. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

59. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

60. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

62. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

63. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

65. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

66. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

67. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

69. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

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

72. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

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

75. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

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

78. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

80. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

81. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

82. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

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

85. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

87. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

88. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

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

91. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

92. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

94. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

95. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

97. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

98. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

100. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

101. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

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

104. Amantadine does not produce:

105. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

106. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

108. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

109. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

110. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

111. Xenophobia is the fear of:

112. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

113. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

114. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

116. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

118. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

119. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

120. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

121. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

122. Xanthopsia is found in:

123. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

124. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

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

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

129. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

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

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

133. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

135. Fine tremor is found in:

136. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

137. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

138. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

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

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

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

143. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

145. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

147. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

148. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

150. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

152. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

155. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

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

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

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

160. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

162. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

163. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

164. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

166. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

167. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

169. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

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

172. Flapping tremor is not found in:

173. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

174. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

175. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

177. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

178. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

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

181. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

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

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

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

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

187. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

189. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

191. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

197. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

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

200. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

201. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

203. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

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

206. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

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

209. Ptosis is absent in:

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

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

212. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

213. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

215. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

216. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

217. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

218. Lithium is not used in:

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

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

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