Neurology

1. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

3. Miosis is found in all except:

4. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

6. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

8. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

9. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

10. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

13. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

14. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

16. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

18. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

19. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

21. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

22. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

23. Ptosis is absent in:

24. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

25. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

26. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

28. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

29. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

30. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

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

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

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

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

36. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

37. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

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

40. Which is not a PRION disease?

41. Fine tremor is found in:

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

43. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

44. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

46. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

48. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

50. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

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

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

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

55. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

58. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

59. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

60. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

61. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

62. Migraine is not associated with:

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

64. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

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

67. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

69. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

71. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

72. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

73. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

74. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

75. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

76. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

79. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

81. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

82. Xanthopsia is found in:

83. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

84. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

86. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

88. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

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

91. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

92. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

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

95. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

96. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

97. Amantadine does not produce:

98. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

100. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

102. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

110. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

111. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

112. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

113. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

114. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

115. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

117. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

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

120. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

121. Lithium is not used in:

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

123. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

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

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

127. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

128. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

130. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

131. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

132. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

133. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

134. Posterior column lesion will have:

135. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

136. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

137. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

138. All of the following produce meningism except:

139. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

141. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

143. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

152. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

154. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

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

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

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

159. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

163. The reversible cause of dementia is:

164. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

166. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

168. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

170. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

173. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

174. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

175. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

176. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

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

179. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

181. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

182. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

183. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

184. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

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

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

188. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

189. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

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

192. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

193. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

194. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

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

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

198. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

199. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

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

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

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

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

205. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

206. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

208. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

209. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

211. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

212. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

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

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

216. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

217. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

218. Titubation is classically seen in:

219. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

220. Astasia·abasia is known as:

221. Xenophobia is the fear of: