Neurology

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

2. Xenophobia is the fear of:

3. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

4. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

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

7. Neck rigidity is not found in:

8. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

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

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

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

13. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

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

17. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

18. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

19. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

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

22. Posterior column lesion will have:

23. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

25. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

26. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

27. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

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

30. Lithium is not used in:

31. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

32. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

33. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

34. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

35. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

36. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

37. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

38. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

39. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

40. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

41. All of the following produce meningism except:

42. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

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

45. ‘Hippus’ is:

46. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

47. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

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

50. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

52. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

53. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

54. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

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

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

58. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

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

61. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

62. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

64. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

65. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

67. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

68. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

70. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

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

73. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

75. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

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

78. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

79. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

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

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

83. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

85. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

86. Miosis is found in all except:

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

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

89. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

90. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

91. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

92. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

93. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

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

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

97. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

98. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

99. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

100. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

102. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

103. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

105. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

106. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

108. Titubation is classically seen in:

109. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

110. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

111. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

112. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

113. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

115. Migraine is not associated with:

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

117. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

119. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

121. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

123. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

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

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

127. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

128. All of the following may produce syncope except:

129. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

131. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

133. Astasia·abasia is known as:

134. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

135. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

137. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

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

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

141. The reversible cause of dementia is:

142. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

143. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

144. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

145. Anterior horn cell disease is:

146. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

148. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

150. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

151. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

152. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

154. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

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

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

158. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

160. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

162. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

163. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

165. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

167. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

168. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

169. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

171. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

173. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

174. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

175. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

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

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

179. The dermatome at the nipple is:

180. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

181. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

183. Amantadine does not produce:

184. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

186. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

187. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

188. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

190. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

191. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

192. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

194. Ptosis is absent in:

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

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

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

198. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

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

201. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

202. Fine tremor is found in:

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

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

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

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

207. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

209. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

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

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

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

215. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

216. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

217. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

218. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

219. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

220. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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