Neurology

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

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

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

4. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

6. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

7. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

8. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

10. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

11. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

12. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

13. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

15. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

17. Ptosis is absent in:

18. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

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

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

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

22. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

23. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

24. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

26. Miosis is found in all except:

27. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

28. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

29. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

30. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

31. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

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

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

35. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

36. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

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

39. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

40. Fine tremor is found in:

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

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

43. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

45. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

47. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

48. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

51. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

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

54. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

56. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

57. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

58. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

60. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

61. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

62. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

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

65. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

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

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

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

70. Posterior column lesion will have:

71. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

73. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

75. Titubation is classically seen in:

76. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

77. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

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

84. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

85. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

86. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

87. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

89. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

92. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

93. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

94. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

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

97. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

99. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

100. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

101. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

102. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

103. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

104. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

105. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

106. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

107. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

108. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

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

112. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

113. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

114. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

116. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

117. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

118. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

120. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

121. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

122. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

125. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

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

128. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

129. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

131. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

133. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

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

136. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

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

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

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

141. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

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

144. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

145. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

146. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

147. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

148. Romberg’s sign is present in:

149. The reversible cause of dementia is:

150. All of the following may produce syncope except:

151. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

154. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

155. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

156. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

157. Xenophobia is the fear of:

158. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

160. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

161. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

162. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

163. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

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

166. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

167. Xanthopsia is found in:

168. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

170. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

172. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

173. Anterior horn cell disease is:

174. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

175. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

177. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

179. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

181. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

182. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

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

186. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

187. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

189. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

191. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

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

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

196. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

197. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

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

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

202. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

204. ‘Hippus’ is:

205. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

207. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

208. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

209. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

210. Flapping tremor is not found in:

211. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

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

214. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

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

217. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

218. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

221. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except: