Neurology

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

2. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

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

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

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

7. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

8. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

9. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

10. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

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

13. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

14. Astasia·abasia is known as:

15. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

17. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

18. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

20. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

21. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

22. Miosis is found in all except:

23. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

24. Lithium is not used in:

25. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

27. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

28. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

29. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

30. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

32. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

37. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

39. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

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

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

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

44. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

45. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

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

48. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

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

51. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

52. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

53. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

54. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

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

57. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

58. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

59. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

60. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

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

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

64. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

65. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

66. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

67. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

68. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

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

71. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

72. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

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

75. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

76. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

78. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

80. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

81. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

82. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

84. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

85. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

87. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

88. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

90. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

91. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

92. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

94. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

96. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

98. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

100. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

101. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

103. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

104. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

105. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

106. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

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

109. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

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

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

113. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

114. All of the following may produce syncope except:

115. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

116. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

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

119. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

120. Posterior column lesion will have:

121. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

126. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

128. Amantadine does not produce:

129. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

131. Which is not a PRION disease?

132. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

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

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

136. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

137. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

138. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

139. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

140. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

141. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

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

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

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

146. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

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

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

150. The reversible cause of dementia is:

151. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

153. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

154. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

155. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

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

158. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

160. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

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

163. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

165. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

166. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

168. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

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

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

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

173. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

175. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

176. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

177. Ptosis is absent in:

178. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

179. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

180. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

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

184. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

185. Fine tremor is found in:

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

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

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

189. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

190. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

191. Xenophobia is the fear of:

192. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

194. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

195. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

197. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

198. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

199. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

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

202. Romberg’s sign is present in:

203. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

205. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

207. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

209. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

210. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

211. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

212. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

214. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

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

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

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

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

220. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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