Neurology

1. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

2. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

4. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

5. Lithium is not used in:

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

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

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

9. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

12. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

14. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

15. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

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

18. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

19. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

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

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

25. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

27. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

29. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

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

32. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

33. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

36. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

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

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

40. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

41. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

43. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

44. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

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

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

48. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

49. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

51. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

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

54. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

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

57. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

59. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

60. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

61. Xenophobia is the fear of:

62. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

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

65. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

66. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

67. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

69. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

70. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

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

74. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

75. Xanthopsia is found in:

76. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

77. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

79. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

80. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

81. Migraine is not associated with:

82. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

84. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

85. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

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

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

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

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

91. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

92. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

93. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

94. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

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

97. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

98. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

99. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

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

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

103. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

104. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

106. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

110. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

111. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

112. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

114. Sensory involvement is not found in:

115. Ptosis is absent in:

116. Miosis is found in all except:

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

118. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

120. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

121. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

122. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

123. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

125. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

127. Romberg’s sign is present in:

128. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

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

131. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

132. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

133. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

135. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

137. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

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

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

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

142. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

145. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

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

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

149. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

151. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

152. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

153. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

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

156. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

158. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

159. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

160. Flapping tremor is not found in:

161. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

162. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

163. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

165. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

166. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

167. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

169. Posterior column lesion will have:

170. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

172. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

173. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

174. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

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

177. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

178. ‘Hippus’ is:

179. Amantadine does not produce:

180. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

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

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

184. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

185. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

187. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

188. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

189. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

190. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

191. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

192. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

193. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

195. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

196. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

197. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

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

200. Fine tremor is found in:

201. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

202. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

203. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

204. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

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

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

208. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

210. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

211. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

213. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

214. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

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

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

219. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

221. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?