Neurology

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

2. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

3. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

4. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

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

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

8. Miosis is found in all except:

9. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

10. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

12. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

14. Fine tremor is found in:

15. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

16. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

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

19. Ptosis is absent in:

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

21. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

23. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

24. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

25. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

27. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

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

30. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

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

33. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

34. Sensory involvement is not found in:

35. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

37. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

38. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

39. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

40. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

41. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

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

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

45. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

46. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

47. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

48. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

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

51. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

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

54. Neck rigidity is not found in:

55. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

56. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

57. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

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

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

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

62. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

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

65. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

67. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

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

70. Which is not a PRION disease?

71. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

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

75. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

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

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

79. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

81. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

82. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

83. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

84. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

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

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

88. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

94. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

96. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

97. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

99. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

100. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

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

103. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

104. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

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

107. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

108. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

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

111. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

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

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

115. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

116. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

117. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

119. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

120. Amantadine does not produce:

121. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

123. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

124. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

125. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

126. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

127. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

128. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

129. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

133. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

134. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

136. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

137. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

138. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

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

141. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

142. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

143. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

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

146. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

147. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

150. ‘Hippus’ is:

151. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

152. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

153. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

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

156. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

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

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

160. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

162. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

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

165. All of the following produce meningism except:

166. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

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

169. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

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

172. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

173. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

174. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

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

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

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

179. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

180. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

181. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

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

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

185. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

186. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

187. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

188. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

189. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

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

192. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

193. The dermatome at the nipple is:

194. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

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

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

199. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

200. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

201. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

202. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

203. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

205. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

206. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

207. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

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

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

211. A cataract is not characteristic of:

212. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

213. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

214. Xanthopsia is found in:

215. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

216. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

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

219. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

220. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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