Neurology

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

2. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

3. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

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

6. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

7. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

10. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

12. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

14. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

15. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

16. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

17. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

18. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

20. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

22. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

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

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

27. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

28. Sensory involvement is not found in:

29. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

30. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

32. Fine tremor is found in:

33. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

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

36. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

38. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

40. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

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

43. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

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

46. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

48. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

49. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

51. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

52. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

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

55. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

56. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

57. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

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

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

61. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

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

64. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

65. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

66. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

68. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

70. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

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

74. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

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

77. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

78. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

86. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

88. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

90. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

92. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

93. Amantadine does not produce:

94. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

96. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

98. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

99. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

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

102. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

103. Migraine is not associated with:

104. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

106. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

107. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

109. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

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

112. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

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

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

116. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

117. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

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

120. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

121. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

123. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

124. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

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

127. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

128. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

129. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

131. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

132. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

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

135. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

136. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

137. Ptosis is absent in:

138. All of the following may produce syncope except:

139. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

141. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

142. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

143. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

144. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

145. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

148. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

150. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

152. The dermatome at the nipple is:

153. Lithium is not used in:

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

155. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

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

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

159. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

160. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

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

163. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

165. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

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

168. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

169. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

170. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

171. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

172. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

174. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

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

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

178. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

180. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

182. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

184. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

186. Flapping tremor is not found in:

187. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

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

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

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

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

193. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

195. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

196. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

197. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

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

200. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

201. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

202. Miosis is found in all except:

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

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

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

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

207. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

208. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

209. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

211. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

212. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

213. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

214. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

215. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

216. Which is not a PRION disease?

217. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

218. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

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

221. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except: