Neurology

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

2. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

4. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

6. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

7. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

9. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

10. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

11. Xanthopsia is found in:

12. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

14. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

16. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

17. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

18. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

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

21. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

22. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

23. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

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

26. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

28. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

29. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

31. Astasia·abasia is known as:

32. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

33. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

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

36. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

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

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

40. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

41. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

42. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

43. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

44. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

45. Sensory involvement is not found in:

46. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

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

49. Migraine is not associated with:

50. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

52. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

54. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

57. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

58. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

60. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

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

63. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

65. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

66. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

67. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

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

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

71. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

72. Fine tremor is found in:

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

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

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

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

77. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

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

80. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

81. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

84. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

86. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

87. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

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

90. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

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

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

94. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

96. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

97. The reversible cause of dementia is:

98. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

99. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

100. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

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

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

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

106. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

107. Miosis is found in all except:

108. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

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

111. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

113. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

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

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

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

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

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

120. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

121. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

122. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

123. Lithium is not used in:

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

125. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

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

128. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

129. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

130. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

131. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

133. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

134. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

135. Ptosis is absent in:

136. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

137. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

138. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

139. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

141. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

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

144. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

145. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

146. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

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

149. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

150. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

151. Romberg’s sign is present in:

152. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

154. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

156. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

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

159. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

160. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

161. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

162. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

164. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

166. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

168. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

170. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

171. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

173. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

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

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

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

178. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

179. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

180. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

182. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

186. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

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

190. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

193. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

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

196. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

198. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

200. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

202. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

203. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

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

206. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

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

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

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

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

211. A cataract is not characteristic of:

212. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

213. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

214. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

215. Amantadine does not produce:

216. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

217. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

218. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

220. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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