Neurology

1. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

3. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

4. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

5. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

7. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

9. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

10. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

11. Xanthopsia is found in:

12. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

13. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

15. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

18. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

19. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

20. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

22. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

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

25. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

26. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

27. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

28. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

30. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

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

34. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

36. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

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

39. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

40. Lithium is not used in:

41. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

43. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

44. Astasia·abasia is known as:

45. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

46. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

48. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

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

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

52. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

53. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

54. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

55. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

56. Neck rigidity is not found in:

57. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

59. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

61. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

62. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

63. All of the following may produce syncope except:

64. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

65. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

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

68. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

70. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

71. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

72. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

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

75. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

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

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

79. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

80. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

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

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

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

85. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

86. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

87. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

88. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

89. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

90. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

91. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

92. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

93. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

94. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

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

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

98. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

99. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

100. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

102. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

104. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

105. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

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

108. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

109. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

111. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

113. Ptosis is absent in:

114. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

116. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

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

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

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

121. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

123. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

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

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

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

128. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

130. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

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

133. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

134. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

136. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

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

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

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

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

142. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

144. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

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

147. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

149. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

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

152. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

153. Fine tremor is found in:

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

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

156. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

158. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

159. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

161. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

162. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

163. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

165. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

167. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

169. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

170. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

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

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

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

175. The reversible cause of dementia is:

176. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

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

179. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

181. Titubation is classically seen in:

182. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

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

185. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

187. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

189. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

190. Miosis is found in all except:

191. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

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

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

195. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

197. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

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

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

201. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

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

204. Xenophobia is the fear of:

205. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

206. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

207. A cataract is not characteristic of:

208. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

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

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

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

213. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

214. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

216. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

217. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

219. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

220. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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