Neurology

1. A cataract is not characteristic of:

2. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

5. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

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

8. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

9. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

10. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

12. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

14. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

15. All of the following may produce syncope except:

16. Migraine is not associated with:

17. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

18. Xenophobia is the fear of:

19. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

21. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

23. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

24. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

26. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

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

29. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

30. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

31. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

33. Miosis is found in all except:

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

35. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

36. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

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

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

40. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

42. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

43. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

44. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

45. Amantadine does not produce:

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

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

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

49. Romberg’s sign is present in:

50. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

51. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

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

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

56. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

58. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

59. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

61. Astasia·abasia is known as:

62. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

63. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

65. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

67. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

68. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

69. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

70. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

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

73. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

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

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

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

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

79. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

80. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

81. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

82. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

83. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

84. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

86. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

87. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

88. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

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

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

92. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

94. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

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

97. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

98. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

99. Posterior column lesion will have:

100. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

101. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

102. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

103. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

105. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

106. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

107. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

108. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

109. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

110. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

112. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

114. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

116. Which is not a PRION disease?

117. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

118. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

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

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

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

123. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

125. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

126. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

127. Titubation is classically seen in:

128. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

130. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

133. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

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

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

137. Lithium is not used in:

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

139. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

141. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

142. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

143. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

144. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

145. Anterior horn cell disease is:

146. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

147. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

149. The reversible cause of dementia is:

150. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

151. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

153. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

154. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

155. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

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

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

159. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

160. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

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

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

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

166. Ptosis is absent in:

167. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

168. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

169. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

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

171. Fine tremor is found in:

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

173. Xanthopsia is found in:

174. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

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

177. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

178. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

179. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

180. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

181. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

182. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

183. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

185. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

187. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

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

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

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

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

193. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

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

196. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

197. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

198. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

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

201. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

203. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

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

206. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

208. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

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

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

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

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

215. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

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

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

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

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

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