Neurology

1. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

2. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

3. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

4. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

7. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

8. All of the following produce meningism except:

9. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

10. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

12. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

13. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

15. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

17. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

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

20. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

21. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

22. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

23. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

24. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

25. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

26. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

28. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

30. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

31. Posterior column lesion will have:

32. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

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

35. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

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

38. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

39. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

40. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

42. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

44. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

45. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

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

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

49. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

50. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

52. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

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

55. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

56. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

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

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

60. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

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

63. Ptosis is absent in:

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

65. Lithium is not used in:

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

67. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

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

71. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

72. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

74. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

75. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

77. All of the following may produce syncope except:

78. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

79. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

80. Fine tremor is found in:

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

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

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

84. Titubation is classically seen in:

85. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

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

88. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

89. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

90. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

92. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

94. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

95. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

97. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

98. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

100. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

101. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

102. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

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

105. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

106. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

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

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

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

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

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

113. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

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

116. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

117. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

118. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

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

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

122. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

124. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

125. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

126. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

128. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

129. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

130. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

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

133. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

135. Amantadine does not produce:

136. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

138. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

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

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

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

143. Migraine is not associated with:

144. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

146. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

148. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

150. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

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

153. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

154. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

155. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

156. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

158. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

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

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

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

163. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

165. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

166. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

167. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

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

170. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

171. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

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

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

175. Miosis is found in all except:

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

177. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

179. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

181. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

182. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

183. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

185. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

186. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

187. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

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

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

191. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

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

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

195. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

196. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

197. Xenophobia is the fear of:

198. Xanthopsia is found in:

199. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

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

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

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

204. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

205. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

206. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

208. Sensory involvement is not found in:

209. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

211. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

213. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

215. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

217. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

218. Neck rigidity is not found in:

219. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

220. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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