Neurology

1. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

2. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

4. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

5. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

6. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

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

9. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

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

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

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

14. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

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

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

18. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

20. Xanthopsia is found in:

21. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

22. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

23. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

25. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

26. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

28. Amantadine does not produce:

29. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

31. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

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

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

35. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

36. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

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

39. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

40. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

41. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

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

44. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

46. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

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

49. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

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

52. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

53. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

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

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

57. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

59. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

60. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

61. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

62. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

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

65. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

66. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

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

69. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

70. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

72. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

74. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

75. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

76. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

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

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

80. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

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

83. Titubation is classically seen in:

84. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

85. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

86. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

89. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

90. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

91. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

92. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

93. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

94. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

95. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

97. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

99. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

100. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

101. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

103. ‘Hippus’ is:

104. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

106. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

108. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

109. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

110. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

111. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

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

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

115. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

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

118. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

120. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

122. Migraine is not associated with:

123. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

124. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

125. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

127. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

128. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

130. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

131. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

133. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

135. Which is not a PRION disease?

136. Romberg’s sign is present in:

137. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

138. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

139. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

141. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

143. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

145. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

147. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

149. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

150. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

151. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

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

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

155. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

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

158. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

159. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

160. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

162. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

169. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

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

172. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

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

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

177. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

178. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

181. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

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

184. Miosis is found in all except:

185. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

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

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

188. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

191. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

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

194. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

195. Astasia·abasia is known as:

196. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

198. Sensory involvement is not found in:

199. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

200. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

201. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

202. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

203. A cataract is not characteristic of:

204. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

205. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

206. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

207. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

210. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

212. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

213. Ptosis is absent in:

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

215. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

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

220. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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