Neurology

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

2. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

3. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

11. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

13. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

16. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

18. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

24. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

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

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

28. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

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

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

32. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

33. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

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

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

37. ‘Hippus’ is:

38. Fine tremor is found in:

39. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

41. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

43. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

44. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

46. The reversible cause of dementia is:

47. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

49. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

50. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

52. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

54. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

56. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

57. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

59. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

60. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

61. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

62. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

63. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

64. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

65. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

66. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

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

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

70. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

71. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

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

75. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

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

78. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

79. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

81. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

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

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

85. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

87. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

88. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

89. Lithium is not used in:

90. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

91. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

93. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

94. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

95. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

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

98. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

99. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

100. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

101. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

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

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

105. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

106. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

108. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

110. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

111. Posterior column lesion will have:

112. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

113. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

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

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

117. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

118. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

119. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

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

122. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

123. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

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

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

127. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

130. Romberg’s sign is present in:

131. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

132. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

134. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

135. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

136. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

138. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

139. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

141. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

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

144. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

145. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

146. Miosis is found in all except:

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

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

149. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

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

152. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

154. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

156. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

159. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

160. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

162. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

163. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

164. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

165. Which is not a PRION disease?

166. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

167. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

168. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

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

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

172. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

173. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

174. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

175. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

177. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

178. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

180. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

181. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

182. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

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

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

186. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

187. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

188. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

190. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

191. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

192. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

193. Titubation is classically seen in:

194. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

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

197. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

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

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

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

202. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

205. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

206. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

207. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

209. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

210. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

211. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

213. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

214. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

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

217. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

219. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

220. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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