Neurology

1. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

2. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

3. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

5. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

7. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

10. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

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

13. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

14. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

15. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

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

18. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

20. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

21. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

23. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

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

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

27. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

28. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

30. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

31. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

32. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

33. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

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

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

37. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

39. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

40. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

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

44. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

45. The dermatome at the nipple is:

46. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

48. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

50. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

51. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

53. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

54. Ptosis is absent in:

55. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

56. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

57. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

58. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

59. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

60. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

65. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

67. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

69. Miosis is found in all except:

70. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

71. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

72. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

74. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

77. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

78. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

79. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

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

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

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

84. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

86. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

87. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

88. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

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

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

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

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

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

95. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

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

98. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

99. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

100. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

101. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

103. Romberg’s sign is present in:

104. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

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

107. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

108. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

110. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

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

113. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

114. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

116. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

117. All of the following produce meningism except:

118. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

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

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

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

123. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

124. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

125. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

127. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

129. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

130. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

132. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

134. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

135. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

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

138. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

139. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

140. Xanthopsia is found in:

141. Anterior horn cell disease is:

142. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

143. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

145. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

152. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

153. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

154. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

156. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

157. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

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

160. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

161. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

162. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

163. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

164. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

165. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

166. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

168. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

169. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

171. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

172. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

174. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

176. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

177. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

179. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

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

182. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

184. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

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

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

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

190. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

192. Amantadine does not produce:

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

194. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

195. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

197. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

200. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

201. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

202. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

203. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

204. Lithium is not used in:

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

206. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

207. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

209. Fine tremor is found in:

210. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

212. Sensory involvement is not found in:

213. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

215. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

216. All of the following may produce syncope except:

217. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

218. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

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

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