Neurology

1. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

2. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

3. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

4. Posterior column lesion will have:

5. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

8. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

9. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

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

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

13. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

14. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

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

17. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

18. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

19. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

21. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

23. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

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

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

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

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

29. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

31. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

32. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

33. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

34. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

35. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

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

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

39. Flapping tremor is not found in:

40. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

42. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

43. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

45. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

46. Amantadine does not produce:

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

48. Migraine is not associated with:

49. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

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

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

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

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

55. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

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

59. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

60. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

61. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

63. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

64. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

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

67. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

69. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

70. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

71. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

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

74. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

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

77. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

78. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

80. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

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

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

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

85. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

87. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

88. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

89. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

90. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

91. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

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

94. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

96. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

97. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

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

100. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

101. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

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

104. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

105. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

107. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

108. Which is not a PRION disease?

109. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

111. Fine tremor is found in:

112. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

113. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

115. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

117. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

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

120. All of the following produce meningism except:

121. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

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

124. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

125. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

127. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

128. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

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

131. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

133. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

135. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

136. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

137. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

138. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

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

141. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

143. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

144. Lithium is not used in:

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

146. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

148. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

149. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

150. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

151. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

152. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

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

155. Anterior horn cell disease is:

156. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

158. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

159. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

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

162. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

164. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

165. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

166. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

167. Xanthopsia is found in:

168. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

170. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

171. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

172. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

173. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

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

176. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

177. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

178. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

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

181. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

183. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

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

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

187. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

188. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

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

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

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

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

194. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

196. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

197. Titubation is classically seen in:

198. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

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

201. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

203. Romberg’s sign is present in:

204. The dermatome at the nipple is:

205. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

206. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

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

209. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

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

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

215. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

217. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

219. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

220. Miosis is found in all except:

221. Which of the following produces wrist drop?