Neurology

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

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

3. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

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

6. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

7. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

9. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

10. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

12. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

13. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

14. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

16. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

17. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

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

20. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

22. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

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

25. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

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

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

29. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

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

32. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

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

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

36. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

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

39. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

40. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

41. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

43. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

45. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

46. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

48. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

49. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

50. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

51. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

53. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

55. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

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

58. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

59. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

60. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

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

63. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

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

66. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

68. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

70. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

71. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

72. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

73. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

74. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

75. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

76. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

77. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

78. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

80. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

81. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

84. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

86. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

87. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

88. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

90. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

92. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

94. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

97. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

99. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

100. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

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

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

104. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

106. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

108. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

109. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

110. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

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

114. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

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

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

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

120. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

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

123. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

124. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

126. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

127. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

129. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

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

132. Flapping tremor is not found in:

133. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

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

136. Fine tremor is found in:

137. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

139. Which is not a PRION disease?

140. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

141. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

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

144. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

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

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

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

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

150. Amantadine does not produce:

151. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

152. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

154. Anterior horn cell disease is:

155. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

157. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

158. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

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

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

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

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

164. Astasia·abasia is known as:

165. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

166. ‘Hippus’ is:

167. Posterior column lesion will have:

168. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

169. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

171. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

172. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

173. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

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

176. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

177. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

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

180. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

181. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

183. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

185. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

186. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

189. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

190. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

191. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

192. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

193. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

194. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

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

197. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

198. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

199. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

200. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

202. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

203. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

204. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

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

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

208. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

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

211. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

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

214. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

215. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

216. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

217. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

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

220. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

221. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except: