Neurology

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

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

3. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

4. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

5. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

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

8. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

9. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

10. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

11. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

12. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

13. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

14. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

15. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

16. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

17. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

18. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

19. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

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

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

23. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

24. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

25. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

27. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

28. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

30. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

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

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

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

35. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

36. A cataract is not characteristic of:

37. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

39. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

41. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

42. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

44. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

46. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

48. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

49. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

57. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

59. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

62. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

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

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

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

67. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

68. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

70. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

71. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

73. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

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

76. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

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

79. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

80. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

84. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

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

87. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

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

90. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

91. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

93. Lithium is not used in:

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

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

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

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

98. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

99. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

100. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

102. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

104. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

106. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

108. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

111. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

112. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

114. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

116. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

118. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

119. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

120. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

122. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

124. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

125. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

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

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

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

130. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

132. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

133. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

134. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

136. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

137. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

138. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

139. Fine tremor is found in:

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

141. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

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

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

145. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

147. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

148. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

149. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

151. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

152. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

153. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

154. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

155. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

156. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

158. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

159. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

160. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

162. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

164. Sensory involvement is not found in:

165. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

167. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

168. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

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

171. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

173. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

175. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

177. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

179. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

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

182. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

184. Romberg’s sign is present in:

185. Neck rigidity is not found in:

186. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

188. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

189. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

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

192. Amantadine does not produce:

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

194. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

196. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

197. The dermatome at the nipple is:

198. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

199. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

200. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

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

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

204. Posterior column lesion will have:

205. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

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

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

209. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

210. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

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

213. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

214. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

216. Ptosis is absent in:

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

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

219. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

220. Migraine is not associated with:

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