Neurology

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

2. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

3. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

4. Xanthopsia is found in:

5. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

6. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

7. Miosis is found in all except:

8. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

10. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

11. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

12. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

13. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

14. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

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

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

18. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

19. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

20. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

21. Fine tremor is found in:

22. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

23. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

24. Ptosis is absent in:

25. Migraine is not associated with:

26. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

27. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

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

30. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

31. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

33. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

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

36. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

38. Posterior column lesion will have:

39. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

40. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

45. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

47. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

48. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

49. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

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

52. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

53. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

54. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

56. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

57. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

60. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

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

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

64. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

65. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

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

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

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

70. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

72. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

73. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

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

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

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

78. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

79. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

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

82. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

84. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

86. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

87. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

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

90. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

91. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

92. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

94. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

96. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

97. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

104. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

106. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

108. A cataract is not characteristic of:

109. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

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

112. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

113. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

115. Flapping tremor is not found in:

116. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

118. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

119. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

121. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

123. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

125. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

127. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

129. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

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

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

133. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

134. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

135. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

137. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

138. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

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

141. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

142. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

143. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

144. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

146. All of the following may produce syncope except:

147. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

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

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

151. Anterior horn cell disease is:

152. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

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

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

156. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

159. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

160. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

162. Astasia·abasia is known as:

163. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

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

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

167. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

168. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

169. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

171. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

172. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

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

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

176. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

177. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

178. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

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

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

182. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

183. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

184. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

185. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

187. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

188. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

190. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

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

193. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

194. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

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

197. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

198. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

199. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

201. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

202. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

204. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

206. Neck rigidity is not found in:

207. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

208. Amantadine does not produce:

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

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

211. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

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

214. Titubation is classically seen in:

215. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

216. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

218. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

219. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

220. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

221. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by: