Neurology

1. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

2. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

4. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

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

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

8. A cataract is not characteristic of:

9. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

11. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

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

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

15. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

17. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

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

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

21. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

22. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

23. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

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

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

27. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

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

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

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

32. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

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

35. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

37. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

38. Miosis is found in all except:

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

40. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

41. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

43. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

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

46. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

47. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

48. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

49. Which is not a PRION disease?

50. Titubation is classically seen in:

51. Xanthopsia is found in:

52. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

54. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

55. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

57. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

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

60. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

67. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

68. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

69. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

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

72. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

73. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

75. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

76. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

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

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

80. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

82. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

83. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

84. Anterior horn cell disease is:

85. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

86. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

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

89. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

90. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

92. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

93. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

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

96. Sensory involvement is not found in:

97. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

98. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

101. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

102. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

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

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

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

107. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

108. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

109. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

111. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

112. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

114. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

115. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

116. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

117. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

118. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

120. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

128. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

129. Fine tremor is found in:

130. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

139. Xenophobia is the fear of:

140. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

142. Astasia·abasia is known as:

143. All of the following produce meningism except:

144. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

145. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

146. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

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

149. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

150. ‘Hippus’ is:

151. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

152. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

153. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

155. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

156. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

157. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

158. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

160. Amantadine does not produce:

161. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

162. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

164. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

166. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

168. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

169. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

170. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

171. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

173. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

174. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

175. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

176. Lithium is not used in:

177. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

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

180. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

181. Migraine is not associated with:

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

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

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

185. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

186. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

187. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

188. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

190. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

192. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

194. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

195. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

196. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

197. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

199. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

201. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

202. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

203. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

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

206. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

207. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

209. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

211. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

212. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

214. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

215. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

216. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

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

219. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

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