Neurology

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

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

3. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

4. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

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

7. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

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

10. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

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

13. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

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

17. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

19. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

20. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

22. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

23. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

24. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

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

27. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

28. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

29. A cataract is not characteristic of:

30. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

32. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

33. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

35. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

37. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

38. Lithium is not used in:

39. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

40. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

41. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

42. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

43. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

45. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

46. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

47. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

49. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

51. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

53. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

54. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

55. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

56. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

57. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

59. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

61. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

69. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

70. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

71. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

73. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

74. Romberg’s sign is present in:

75. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

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

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

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

80. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

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

83. Miosis is found in all except:

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

85. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

86. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

87. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

89. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

91. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

92. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

94. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

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

97. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

98. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

99. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

100. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

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

103. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

105. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

106. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

107. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

108. Sensory involvement is not found in:

109. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

111. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

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

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

116. Amantadine does not produce:

117. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

118. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

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

121. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

123. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

124. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

125. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

127. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

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

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

131. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

138. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

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

141. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

142. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

144. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

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

147. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

148. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

151. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

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

154. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

155. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

157. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

158. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

160. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

161. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

163. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

165. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

167. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

168. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

169. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

170. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

171. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

174. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

175. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

176. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

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

179. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

181. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

182. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

184. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

185. Which is not a PRION disease?

186. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

187. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

188. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

189. The dermatome at the nipple is:

190. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

191. Fine tremor is found in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

198. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

199. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

200. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

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

203. All of the following may produce syncope except:

204. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

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

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

208. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

209. Astasia·abasia is known as:

210. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

211. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

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

216. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

218. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

220. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

221. The common sites of meningioma are alt except: