Neurology

1. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

2. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

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

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

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

7. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

8. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

9. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

10. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

12. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

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

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

16. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

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

19. Miosis is found in all except:

20. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

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

23. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

24. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

26. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

28. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

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

31. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

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

35. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

36. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

38. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

39. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

41. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

43. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

44. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

46. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

47. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

48. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

51. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

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

54. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

55. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

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

58. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

59. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

68. Titubation is classically seen in:

69. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

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

72. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

73. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

74. Xenophobia is the fear of:

75. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

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

77. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

79. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

80. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

82. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

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

85. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

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

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

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

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

91. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

93. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

94. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

95. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

96. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

97. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

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

100. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

101. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

102. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

104. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

105. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

107. Amantadine does not produce:

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

109. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

110. Flapping tremor is not found in:

111. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

113. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

114. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

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

118. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

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

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

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

123. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

124. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

125. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

126. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

128. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

130. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

132. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

133. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

134. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

135. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

137. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

138. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

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

141. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

142. Which is not a PRION disease?

143. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

144. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

145. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

147. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

148. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

149. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

150. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

151. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

153. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

159. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

160. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

161. Neck rigidity is not found in:

162. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

163. All of the following produce meningism except:

164. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

165. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

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

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

169. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

170. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

171. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

172. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

174. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

176. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

178. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

179. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

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

182. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

183. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

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

186. The dermatome at the nipple is:

187. ‘Hippus’ is:

188. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

190. Lithium is not used in:

191. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

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

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

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

196. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

197. Migraine is not associated with:

198. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

199. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

200. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

201. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

202. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

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

205. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

206. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

208. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

209. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

211. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

212. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

213. Xanthopsia is found in:

214. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

215. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

217. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

218. Sensory involvement is not found in:

219. A cataract is not characteristic of:

220. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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