Neurology

1. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

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

4. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

6. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

8. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

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

11. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

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

14. A cataract is not characteristic of:

15. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

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

18. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

19. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

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

22. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

24. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

25. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

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

28. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

29. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

30. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

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

33. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

35. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

37. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

39. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

41. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

43. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

45. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

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

48. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

49. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

50. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

52. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

53. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

54. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

55. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

57. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

58. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

59. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

60. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

62. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

64. Miosis is found in all except:

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

66. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

68. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

70. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

72. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

74. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

76. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

77. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

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

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

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

82. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

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

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

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

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

88. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

89. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

90. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

92. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

94. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

95. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

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

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

99. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

100. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

102. Amantadine does not produce:

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

104. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

106. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

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

109. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

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

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

113. Fine tremor is found in:

114. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

115. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

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

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

120. Anterior horn cell disease is:

121. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

122. Lithium is not used in:

123. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

125. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

126. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

127. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

129. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

130. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

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

133. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

138. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

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

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

142. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

143. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

144. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

145. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

146. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

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

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

150. Romberg’s sign is present in:

151. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

153. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

155. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

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

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

159. Ptosis is absent in:

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

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

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

163. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

165. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

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

168. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

169. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

170. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

171. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

172. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

173. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

174. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

175. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

177. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

178. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

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

181. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

182. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

183. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

184. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

186. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

187. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

188. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

190. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

191. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

193. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

194. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

196. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

197. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

198. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

199. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

200. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

201. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

203. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

205. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

206. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

207. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

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

210. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

213. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

215. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

216. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

217. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

218. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

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

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