Neurology

1. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

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

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

5. Astasia·abasia is known as:

6. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

7. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

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

10. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

11. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

13. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

15. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

16. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

18. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

20. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

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

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

24. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

25. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

26. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

29. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

31. Which is not a PRION disease?

32. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

34. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

35. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

36. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

37. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

39. The reversible cause of dementia is:

40. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

42. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

44. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

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

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

48. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

49. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

50. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

51. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

53. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

55. Ptosis is absent in:

56. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

58. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

59. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

60. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

61. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

62. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

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

65. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

67. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

70. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

72. Migraine is not associated with:

73. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

74. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

75. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

76. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

77. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

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

80. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

82. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

83. Anterior horn cell disease is:

84. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

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

87. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

89. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

91. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

92. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

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

95. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

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

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

99. Miosis is found in all except:

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

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

102. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

104. Lithium is not used in:

105. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

107. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

109. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

111. A cataract is not characteristic of:

112. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

113. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

115. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

116. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

117. The dermatome at the nipple is:

118. Fine tremor is found in:

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

120. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

122. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

124. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

125. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

126. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

127. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

128. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

129. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

131. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

133. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

134. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

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

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

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

138. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

139. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

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

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

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

144. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

145. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

146. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

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

149. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

151. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

153. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

154. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

155. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

156. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

157. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

158. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

159. Neck rigidity is not found in:

160. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

162. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

163. Romberg’s sign is present in:

164. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

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

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

168. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

169. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

171. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

172. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

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

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

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

177. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

178. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

179. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

180. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

181. Amantadine does not produce:

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

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

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

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

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

187. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

188. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

189. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

190. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

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

193. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

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

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

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

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

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

200. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

201. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

202. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

203. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

204. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

205. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

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

208. Xanthopsia is found in:

209. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

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

212. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

213. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

215. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

216. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

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

219. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

220. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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