Neurology

1. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

3. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

4. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

6. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

8. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

9. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

10. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

12. Amantadine does not produce:

13. Flapping tremor is not found in:

14. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

16. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

17. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

18. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

20. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

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

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

24. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

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

27. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

28. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

29. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

31. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

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

34. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

35. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

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

38. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

40. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

41. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

42. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

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

45. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

47. Miosis is found in all except:

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

49. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

51. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

52. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

54. Lithium is not used in:

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

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

57. Ptosis is absent in:

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

59. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

60. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

61. The dermatome at the nipple is:

62. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

64. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

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

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

68. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

69. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

70. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

72. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

74. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

77. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

78. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

79. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

80. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

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

84. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

85. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

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

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

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

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

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

92. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

94. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

96. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

98. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

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

101. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

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

104. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

105. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

106. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

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

110. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

112. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

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

115. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

117. Which is not a PRION disease?

118. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

119. Xenophobia is the fear of:

120. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

121. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

123. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

125. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

126. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

128. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

129. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

130. Titubation is classically seen in:

131. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

132. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

134. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

135. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

136. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

138. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

141. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

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

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

145. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

147. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

148. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

149. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

150. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

152. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

153. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

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

156. Anterior horn cell disease is:

157. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

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

160. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

161. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

163. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

164. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

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

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

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

169. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

172. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

173. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

174. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

176. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

177. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

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

180. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

181. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

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

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

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

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

187. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

188. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

189. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

191. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

192. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

193. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

195. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

196. The reversible cause of dementia is:

197. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

199. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

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

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

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

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

205. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

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

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

209. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

211. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

212. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

213. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

214. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

215. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

217. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

218. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

220. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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