Neurology

1. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

2. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

3. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

4. Fine tremor is found in:

5. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

6. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

7. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

10. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

11. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

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

14. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

17. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

18. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

19. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

20. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

21. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

23. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

25. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

26. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

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

29. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

31. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

32. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

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

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

36. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

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

39. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

40. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

42. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

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

45. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

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

48. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

49. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

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

52. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

53. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

54. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

55. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

57. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

58. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

59. The dermatome at the nipple is:

60. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

62. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

64. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

65. Astasia·abasia is known as:

66. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

68. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

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

71. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

72. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

73. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

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

76. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

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

79. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

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

82. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

83. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

84. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

85. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

87. Miosis is found in all except:

88. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

89. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

90. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

91. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

92. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

93. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

94. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

96. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

97. Migraine is not associated with:

98. Amantadine does not produce:

99. Titubation is classically seen in:

100. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

102. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

104. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

105. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

106. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

108. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

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

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

112. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

114. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

115. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

116. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

117. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

127. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

128. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

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

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

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

133. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

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

136. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

138. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

139. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

141. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

142. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

143. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

144. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

145. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

146. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

147. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

148. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

149. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

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

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

153. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

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

157. Lithium is not used in:

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

159. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

161. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

162. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

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

165. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

167. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

169. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

171. The reversible cause of dementia is:

172. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

173. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

174. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

175. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

176. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

178. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

180. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

181. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

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

184. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

185. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

186. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

188. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

189. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

190. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

192. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

201. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

202. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

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

205. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

206. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

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

209. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

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

212. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

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

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

216. A cataract is not characteristic of:

217. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

218. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

220. Ptosis is absent in:

221. Horner’s syndrome manifests as: