Neurology

1. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

2. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

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

5. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

6. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

7. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

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

10. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

11. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

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

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

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

16. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

17. Which is not a PRION disease?

18. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

19. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

20. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

21. The dermatome at the nipple is:

22. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

23. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

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

26. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

28. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

29. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

31. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

32. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

33. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

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

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

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

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

39. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

40. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

41. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

42. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

43. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

44. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

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

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

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

49. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

50. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

52. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

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

55. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

56. Romberg’s sign is present in:

57. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

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

60. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

62. Miosis is found in all except:

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

64. Fine tremor is found in:

65. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

67. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

69. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

70. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

72. Amantadine does not produce:

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

74. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

76. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

77. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

78. Xanthopsia is found in:

79. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

80. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

81. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

83. The reversible cause of dementia is:

84. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

85. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

86. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

87. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

88. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

90. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

94. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

96. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

97. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

99. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

100. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

102. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

104. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

105. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

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

108. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

109. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

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

112. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

113. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

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

116. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

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

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

120. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

121. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

122. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

123. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

124. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

125. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

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

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

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

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

131. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

133. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

134. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

135. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

136. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

138. All of the following may produce syncope except:

139. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

140. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

142. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

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

145. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

146. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

148. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

149. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

150. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

151. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

152. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

153. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

155. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

158. Ptosis is absent in:

159. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

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

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

163. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

164. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

165. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

167. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

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

170. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

171. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

179. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

181. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

182. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

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

185. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

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

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

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

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

191. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

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

194. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

196. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

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

199. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

201. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

202. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

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

205. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

206. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

208. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

210. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

211. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

212. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

214. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

215. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

217. Xenophobia is the fear of:

218. Migraine is not associated with:

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

220. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

221. ‘Hippus’ is: