Neurology

1. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

2. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

4. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

5. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

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

8. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

9. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

10. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

11. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

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

14. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

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

17. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

19. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

21. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

22. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

23. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

32. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

33. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

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

36. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

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

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

41. Lithium is not used in:

42. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

44. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

46. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

47. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

48. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

50. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

51. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

53. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

55. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

56. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

57. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

58. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

59. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

60. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

61. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

62. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

64. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

65. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

66. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

67. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

68. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

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

71. Miosis is found in all except:

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

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

74. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

75. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

76. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

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

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

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

81. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

82. Flapping tremor is not found in:

83. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

84. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

85. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

86. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

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

89. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

90. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

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

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

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

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

96. A cataract is not characteristic of:

97. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

99. Astasia·abasia is known as:

100. Neck rigidity is not found in:

101. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

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

104. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

106. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

108. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

109. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

110. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

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

113. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

114. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

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

117. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

118. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

119. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

120. Migraine is not associated with:

121. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

122. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

123. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

124. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

125. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

126. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

128. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

129. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

130. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

131. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

132. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

134. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

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

137. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

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

140. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

142. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

144. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

145. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

146. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

148. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

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

151. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

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

155. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

156. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

157. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

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

160. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

161. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

163. Sensory involvement is not found in:

164. Which is not a PRION disease?

165. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

167. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

168. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

171. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

173. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

174. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

176. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

177. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

178. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

179. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

180. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

182. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

185. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

187. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

188. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

189. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

190. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

191. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

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

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

195. Amantadine does not produce:

196. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

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

199. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

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

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

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

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

205. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

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

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

209. Fine tremor is found in:

210. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

211. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

213. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

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

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

217. Ptosis is absent in:

218. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

220. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

221. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to: