Neurology

1. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

3. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

4. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

5. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

8. The dermatome at the nipple is:

9. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

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

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

13. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

14. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

15. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

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

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

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

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

21. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

22. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

23. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

24. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

25. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

27. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

29. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

30. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

31. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

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

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

35. Neck rigidity is not found in:

36. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

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

39. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

41. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

42. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

43. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

44. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

45. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

46. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

48. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

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

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

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

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

54. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

55. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

56. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

57. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

59. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

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

62. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

63. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

65. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

66. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

67. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

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

70. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

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

74. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

76. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

78. Posterior column lesion will have:

79. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

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

82. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

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

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

85. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

87. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

88. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

89. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

90. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

91. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

92. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

94. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

96. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

97. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

98. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

99. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

100. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

102. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

104. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

105. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

106. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

107. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

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

110. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

111. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

112. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

114. Which is not a PRION disease?

115. Romberg’s sign is present in:

116. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

118. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

120. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

121. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

122. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

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

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

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

127. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

128. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

129. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

130. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

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

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

134. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

135. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

137. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

139. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

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

142. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

144. Amantadine does not produce:

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

146. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

147. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

148. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

150. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

152. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

154. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

155. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

157. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

158. All of the following produce meningism except:

159. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

161. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

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

164. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

165. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

166. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

167. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

169. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

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

173. Miosis is found in all except:

174. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

175. Ptosis is absent in:

176. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

178. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

179. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

182. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

184. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

186. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

187. Xanthopsia is found in:

188. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

191. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

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

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

195. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

197. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

198. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

199. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

200. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

202. Titubation is classically seen in:

203. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

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

206. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

208. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

209. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

211. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

212. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

213. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

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

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

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

218. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

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

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