Neurology

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

2. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

3. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

4. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

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

7. Anterior horn cell disease is:

8. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

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

11. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

12. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

13. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

14. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

15. All of the following produce meningism except:

16. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

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

19. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

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

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

23. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

25. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

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

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

29. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

31. Ptosis is absent in:

32. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

34. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

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

37. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

39. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

40. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

47. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

48. Lithium is not used in:

49. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

51. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

53. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

54. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

55. Miosis is found in all except:

56. Amantadine does not produce:

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

58. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

59. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

60. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

61. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

62. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

64. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

66. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

67. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

68. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

70. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

71. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

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

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

75. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

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

78. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

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

81. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

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

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

85. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

86. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

87. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

89. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

90. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

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

93. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

95. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

96. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

97. ‘Hippus’ is:

98. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

99. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

100. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

101. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

102. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

103. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

104. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

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

107. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

108. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

109. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

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

112. Which is not a PRION disease?

113. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

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

120. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

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

123. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

124. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

125. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

127. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

128. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

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

131. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

132. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

133. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

134. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

136. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

137. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

138. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

139. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

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

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

143. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

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

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

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

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

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

150. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

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

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

154. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

155. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

156. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

157. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

158. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

160. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

161. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

162. Neck rigidity is not found in:

163. Fine tremor is found in:

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

165. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

166. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

167. A cataract is not characteristic of:

168. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

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

171. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

173. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

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

176. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

177. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

178. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

179. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

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

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

184. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

185. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

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

188. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

190. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

191. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

192. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

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

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

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

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

198. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

200. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

202. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

203. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

205. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

207. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

208. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

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

212. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

214. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

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

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

218. Flapping tremor is not found in:

219. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

221. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?