Neurology

1. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

2. A cataract is not characteristic of:

3. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

4. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

6. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

8. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

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

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

12. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

13. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

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

16. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

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

19. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

21. Sensory involvement is not found in:

22. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

23. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

24. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

26. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

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

29. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

31. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

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

34. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

36. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

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

40. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

41. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

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

44. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

45. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

47. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

49. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

50. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

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

53. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

54. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

56. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

57. Romberg’s sign is present in:

58. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

59. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

60. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

61. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

63. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

64. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

66. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

68. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

70. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

72. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

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

75. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

77. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

78. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

80. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

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

83. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

85. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

86. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

87. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

88. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

91. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

92. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

93. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

94. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

96. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

99. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

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

102. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

104. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

105. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

106. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

108. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

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

111. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

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

114. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

116. Fine tremor is found in:

117. Titubation is classically seen in:

118. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

120. Flapping tremor is not found in:

121. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

122. ‘Hippus’ is:

123. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

124. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

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

127. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

129. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

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

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

133. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

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

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

137. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

139. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

141. Lithium is not used in:

142. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

143. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

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

146. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

148. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

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

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

152. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

154. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

155. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

157. Amantadine does not produce:

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

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

160. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

161. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

163. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

165. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

167. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

169. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

171. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

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

174. Xanthopsia is found in:

175. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

176. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

177. Ptosis is absent in:

178. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

179. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

180. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

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

183. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

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

186. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

187. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

188. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

190. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

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

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

194. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

195. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

198. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

199. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

200. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

201. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

203. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

204. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

206. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

207. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

209. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

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

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

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

214. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

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

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

218. Neck rigidity is not found in:

219. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

220. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

221. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis: