Neurology

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

2. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

3. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

5. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

6. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

7. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

9. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

10. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

12. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

13. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

14. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

16. Posterior column lesion will have:

17. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

18. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

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

21. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

22. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

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

25. All of the following may produce syncope except:

26. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

27. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

28. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

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

31. All of the following produce meningism except:

32. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

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

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

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

37. Miosis is found in all except:

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

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

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

41. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

42. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

43. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

44. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

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

47. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

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

50. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

51. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

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

54. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

56. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

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

59. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

60. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

62. Ptosis is absent in:

63. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

64. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

65. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

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

68. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

69. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

70. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

73. Titubation is classically seen in:

74. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

75. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

76. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

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

79. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

81. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

82. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

83. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

84. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

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

87. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

88. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

90. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

93. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

94. Sensory involvement is not found in:

95. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

96. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

98. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

100. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

102. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

104. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

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

107. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

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

110. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

115. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

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

118. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

119. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

124. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

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

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

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

129. Fine tremor is found in:

130. Romberg’s sign is present in:

131. Xanthopsia is found in:

132. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

135. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

136. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

137. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

139. Xenophobia is the fear of:

140. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

142. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

143. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

145. The reversible cause of dementia is:

146. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

147. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

149. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

150. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

152. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

153. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

154. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

156. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

157. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

159. Flapping tremor is not found in:

160. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

162. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

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

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

166. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

168. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

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

171. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

172. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

173. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

174. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

175. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

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

178. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

180. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

181. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

182. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

183. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

184. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

186. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

187. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

188. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

190. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

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

193. A cataract is not characteristic of:

194. Migraine is not associated with:

195. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

196. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

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

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

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

201. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

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

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

205. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

206. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

209. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

210. Lithium is not used in:

211. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

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

214. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

216. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

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

219. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

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