Neurology

1. Amantadine does not produce:

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

3. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

4. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

5. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

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

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

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

10. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

11. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

12. All of the following produce meningism except:

13. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

14. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

21. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

22. Miosis is found in all except:

23. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

24. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

25. All of the following may produce syncope except:

26. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

27. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

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

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

31. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

32. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

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

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

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

37. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

38. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

40. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

41. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

42. Fine tremor is found in:

43. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

44. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

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

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

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

49. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

50. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

51. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

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

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

55. The reversible cause of dementia is:

56. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

57. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

58. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

59. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

61. Sensory involvement is not found in:

62. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

63. Titubation is classically seen in:

64. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

65. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

66. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

67. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

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

70. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

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

73. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

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

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

77. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

79. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

80. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

81. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

82. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

83. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

84. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

85. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

87. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

88. Ptosis is absent in:

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

90. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

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

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

94. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

96. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

97. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

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

100. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

101. Astasia·abasia is known as:

102. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

103. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

104. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

105. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

108. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

110. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

111. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

112. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

113. The dermatome at the nipple is:

114. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

115. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

116. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

117. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

119. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

121. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

123. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

124. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

125. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

126. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

127. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

128. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

129. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

130. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

131. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

132. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

134. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

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

137. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

138. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

141. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

143. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

144. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

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

147. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

148. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

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

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

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

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

154. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

155. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

156. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

157. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

158. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

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

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

162. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

164. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

165. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

166. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

168. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

171. A cataract is not characteristic of:

172. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

174. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

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

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

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

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

181. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

183. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

185. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

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

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

189. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

190. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

192. Migraine is not associated with:

193. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

194. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

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

199. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

201. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

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

204. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

205. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

207. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

208. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

210. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

211. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

213. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

214. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

216. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

217. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

219. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

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