Neurology

1. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

2. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

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

5. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

6. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

7. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

9. ‘Hippus’ is:

10. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

11. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

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

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

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

17. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

19. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

20. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

22. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

24. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

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

27. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

28. Lithium is not used in:

29. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

31. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

33. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

34. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

35. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

36. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

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

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

40. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

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

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

44. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

46. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

47. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

48. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

49. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

51. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

53. Miosis is found in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

59. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

60. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

61. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

62. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

63. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

64. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

65. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

66. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

67. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

68. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

69. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

70. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

72. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

73. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

74. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

75. Posterior column lesion will have:

76. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

78. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

79. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

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

82. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

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

85. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

86. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

88. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

89. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

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

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

93. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

95. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

96. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

98. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

100. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

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

103. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

105. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

107. Xanthopsia is found in:

108. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

109. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

110. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

111. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

114. All of the following produce meningism except:

115. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

116. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

118. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

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

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

122. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

124. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

125. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

126. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

127. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

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

130. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

132. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

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

136. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

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

139. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

140. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

142. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

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

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

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

147. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

148. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

149. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

151. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

153. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

155. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

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

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

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

160. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

161. A cataract is not characteristic of:

162. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

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

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

166. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

168. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

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

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

172. Fine tremor is found in:

173. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

175. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

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

178. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

179. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

180. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

182. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

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

185. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

186. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

187. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

188. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

189. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

191. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

193. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

195. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

196. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

198. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

200. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

202. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

203. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

206. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

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

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

210. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

211. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

217. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

218. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

219. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

220. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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