Neurology

1. Lithium is not used in:

2. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

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

5. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

6. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

8. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

10. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

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

14. Fine tremor is found in:

15. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

17. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

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

20. All of the following produce meningism except:

21. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

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

24. Sensory involvement is not found in:

25. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

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

28. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

29. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

30. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

35. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

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

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

39. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

40. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

41. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

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

45. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

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

48. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

49. Amantadine does not produce:

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

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

52. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

53. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

55. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

56. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

57. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

58. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

59. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

60. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

61. Astasia·abasia is known as:

62. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

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

65. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

66. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

68. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

69. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

71. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

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

74. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

75. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

76. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

77. The dermatome at the nipple is:

78. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

79. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

81. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

82. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

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

85. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

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

88. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

89. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

90. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

91. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

93. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

94. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

95. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

97. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

98. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

99. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

100. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

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

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

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

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

106. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

109. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

110. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

111. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

112. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

113. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

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

116. Romberg’s sign is present in:

117. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

119. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

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

122. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

123. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

124. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

125. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

126. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

127. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

128. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

130. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

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

133. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

138. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

139. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

140. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

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

143. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

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

146. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

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

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

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

151. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

152. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

153. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

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

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

157. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

159. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

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

162. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

164. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

165. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

166. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

168. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

170. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

171. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

172. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

173. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

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

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

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

178. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

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

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

182. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

183. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

184. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

185. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

186. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

187. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

188. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

190. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

193. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

195. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

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

198. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

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

201. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

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

204. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

205. All of the following may produce syncope except:

206. Ptosis is absent in:

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

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

209. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

210. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

212. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

214. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

215. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

216. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

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

219. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

220. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

221. Xenophobia is the fear of: