Neurology

1. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

2. Sensory involvement is not found in:

3. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

4. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

5. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

6. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

7. A cataract is not characteristic of:

8. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

10. The dermatome at the nipple is:

11. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

14. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

15. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

17. The reversible cause of dementia is:

18. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

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

21. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

22. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

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

25. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

27. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

28. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

29. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

30. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

32. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

33. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

34. Posterior column lesion will have:

35. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

37. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

38. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

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

41. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

42. Neck rigidity is not found in:

43. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

44. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

45. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

47. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

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

50. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

52. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

53. All of the following may produce syncope except:

54. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

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

57. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

58. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

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

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

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

63. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

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

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

67. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

68. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

69. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

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

72. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

73. Lithium is not used in:

74. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

75. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

76. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

77. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

78. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

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

81. Miosis is found in all except:

82. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

84. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

85. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

86. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

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

89. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

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

92. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

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

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

96. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

97. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

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

100. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

108. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

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

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

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

113. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

114. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

115. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

116. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

117. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

119. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

121. Anterior horn cell disease is:

122. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

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

125. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

127. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

129. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

131. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

132. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

134. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

135. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

136. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

137. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

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

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

141. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

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

144. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

145. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

148. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

149. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

150. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

152. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

153. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

154. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

156. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

158. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

160. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

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

163. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

165. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

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

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

169. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

171. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

173. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

174. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

175. Ptosis is absent in:

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

177. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

178. Titubation is classically seen in:

179. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

180. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

181. Which is not a PRION disease?

182. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

183. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

185. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

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

188. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

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

191. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

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

194. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

196. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

197. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

199. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

200. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

201. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

203. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

204. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

205. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

206. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

207. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

208. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

209. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

212. Romberg’s sign is present in:

213. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

217. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

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

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

221. Which of the following produces wrist drop?