Neurology

1. Migraine is not associated with:

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

3. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

5. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

8. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

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

11. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

13. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

14. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

16. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

17. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

19. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

21. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

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

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

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

26. Ptosis is absent in:

27. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

28. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

30. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

31. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

32. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

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

35. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

36. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

38. Titubation is classically seen in:

39. Fine tremor is found in:

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

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

42. All of the following may produce syncope except:

43. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

44. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

45. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

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

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

49. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

50. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

51. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

52. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

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

55. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

56. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

57. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

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

60. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

62. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

63. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

64. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

65. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

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

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

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

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

71. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

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

74. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

75. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

76. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

78. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

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

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

82. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

85. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

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

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

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

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

91. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

92. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

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

95. A cataract is not characteristic of:

96. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

98. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

99. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

100. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

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

103. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

105. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

106. Posterior column lesion will have:

107. Neck rigidity is not found in:

108. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

109. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

111. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

112. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

113. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

114. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

115. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

116. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

117. Lithium is not used in:

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

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

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

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

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

123. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

124. Amantadine does not produce:

125. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

126. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

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

129. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

130. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

132. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

133. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

134. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

135. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

136. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

137. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

138. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

140. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

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

143. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

145. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

146. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

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

149. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

151. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

153. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

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

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

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

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

159. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

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

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

163. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

164. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

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

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

168. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

169. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

170. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

171. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

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

174. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

176. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

177. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

178. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

179. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

181. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

182. Miosis is found in all except:

183. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

184. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

186. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

188. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

189. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

190. Flapping tremor is not found in:

191. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

192. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

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

196. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

198. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

199. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

200. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

201. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

203. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

204. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

205. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

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

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

209. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

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

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

213. ‘Hippus’ is:

214. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

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

217. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

218. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

220. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

221. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by: