Neurology

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

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

3. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

5. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

6. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

7. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

8. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

9. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

10. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

12. Migraine is not associated with:

13. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

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

16. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

18. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

20. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

22. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

24. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

25. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

26. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

27. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

28. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

29. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

30. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

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

33. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

34. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

35. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

37. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

38. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

40. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

41. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

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

44. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

45. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

47. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

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

52. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

53. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

54. The dermatome at the nipple is:

55. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

56. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

58. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

60. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

62. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

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

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

66. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

67. Flapping tremor is not found in:

68. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

70. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

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

74. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

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

77. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

79. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

82. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

83. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

84. Fine tremor is found in:

85. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

86. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

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

89. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

90. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

91. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

92. Xanthopsia is found in:

93. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

95. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

96. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

100. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

101. Amantadine does not produce:

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

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

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

105. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

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

108. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

109. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

111. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

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

114. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

116. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

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

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

120. Lithium is not used in:

121. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

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

124. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

126. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

127. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

129. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

130. Anterior horn cell disease is:

131. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

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

134. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

135. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

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

138. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

139. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

141. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

142. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

143. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

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

146. Neck rigidity is not found in:

147. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

149. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

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

153. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

154. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

155. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

156. Titubation is classically seen in:

157. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

159. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

162. Ptosis is absent in:

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

164. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

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

167. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

168. A cataract is not characteristic of:

169. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

170. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

172. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

174. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

175. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

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

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

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

180. Which is not a PRION disease?

181. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

182. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

183. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

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

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

187. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

188. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

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

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

192. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

193. Xenophobia is the fear of:

194. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

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

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

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

199. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

201. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

202. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

204. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

206. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

207. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

208. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

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

211. Miosis is found in all except:

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

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

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

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

216. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

217. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

218. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

219. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

221. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is: