Neurology

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

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

3. Lithium is not used in:

4. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

6. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

7. Astasia·abasia is known as:

8. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

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

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

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

13. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

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

16. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

17. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

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

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

21. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

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

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

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

26. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

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

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

30. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

31. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

32. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

34. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

36. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

37. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

39. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

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

42. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

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

45. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

46. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

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

49. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

50. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

51. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

52. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

54. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

55. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

57. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

58. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

59. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

62. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

64. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

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

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

68. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

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

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

72. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

73. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

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

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

78. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

80. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

81. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

82. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

83. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

84. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

86. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

88. The dermatome at the nipple is:

89. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

91. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

93. Xanthopsia is found in:

94. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

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

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

98. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

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

101. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

102. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

104. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

106. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

107. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

108. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

109. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

111. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

113. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

114. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

115. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

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

118. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

119. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

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

122. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

123. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

124. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

125. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

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

128. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

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

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

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

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

134. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

136. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

137. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

138. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

139. Titubation is classically seen in:

140. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

141. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

143. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

144. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

145. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

146. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

147. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

149. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

150. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

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

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

154. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

156. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

157. Miosis is found in all except:

158. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

159. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

161. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

163. Sensory involvement is not found in:

164. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

165. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

167. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

169. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

170. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

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

173. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

176. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

178. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

180. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

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

183. Anterior horn cell disease is:

184. Amantadine does not produce:

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

186. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

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

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

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

191. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

193. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

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

196. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

197. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

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

200. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

201. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

202. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

203. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

205. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

206. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

207. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

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

210. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

212. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

214. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

215. A cataract is not characteristic of:

216. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

218. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

219. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

221. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?