Neurology

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

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

3. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

4. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

5. Astasia·abasia is known as:

6. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

7. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

8. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

10. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

11. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

12. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

13. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

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

16. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

17. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

18. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

19. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

20. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

30. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

31. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

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

34. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

35. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

36. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

38. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

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

41. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

42. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

43. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

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

46. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

47. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

48. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

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

51. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

52. All of the following may produce syncope except:

53. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

54. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

56. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

57. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

58. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

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

61. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

62. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

63. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

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

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

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

68. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

69. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

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

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

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

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

75. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

77. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

78. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

79. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

80. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

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

83. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

85. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

86. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

87. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

89. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

91. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

92. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

93. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

95. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

97. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

100. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

101. A cataract is not characteristic of:

102. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

104. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

105. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

107. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

108. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

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

111. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

112. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

113. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

114. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

115. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

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

118. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

119. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

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

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

122. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

123. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

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

126. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

128. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

129. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

130. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

131. Ptosis is absent in:

132. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

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

135. Posterior column lesion will have:

136. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

137. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

139. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

141. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

142. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

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

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

146. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

147. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

148. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

151. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

152. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

154. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

156. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

158. Lithium is not used in:

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

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

161. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

163. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

164. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

165. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

166. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

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

169. Flapping tremor is not found in:

170. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

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

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

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

175. Xanthopsia is found in:

176. Migraine is not associated with:

177. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

178. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

179. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

181. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

182. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

183. Amantadine does not produce:

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

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

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

187. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

189. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

190. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

191. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

192. Fine tremor is found in:

193. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

194. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

196. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

198. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

199. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

200. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

201. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

202. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

204. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

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

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

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

209. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

211. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

213. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

214. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

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

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

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

219. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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