Neurology

1. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

3. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

4. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

5. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

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

8. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

9. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

10. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

11. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

12. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

13. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

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

16. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

17. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

18. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

20. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

22. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

24. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

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

27. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

29. Miosis is found in all except:

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

31. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

32. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

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

35. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

37. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

39. A cataract is not characteristic of:

40. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

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

43. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

44. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

45. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

46. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

47. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

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

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

51. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

53. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

54. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

55. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

56. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

58. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

59. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

61. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

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

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

65. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

66. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

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

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

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

71. Xanthopsia is found in:

72. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

74. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

76. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

77. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

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

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

81. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

83. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

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

86. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

87. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

88. Ptosis is absent in:

89. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

90. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

92. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

93. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

94. Lithium is not used in:

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

96. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

98. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

99. Titubation is classically seen in:

100. Fine tremor is found in:

101. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

103. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

105. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

106. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

107. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

109. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

110. All of the following produce meningism except:

111. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

112. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

113. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

115. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

117. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

118. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

120. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

121. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

122. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

123. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

124. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

126. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

127. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

128. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

129. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

131. Flapping tremor is not found in:

132. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

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

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

136. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

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

139. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

141. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

142. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

143. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

145. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

146. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

148. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

150. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

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

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

154. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

155. Amantadine does not produce:

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

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

158. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

159. Migraine is not associated with:

160. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

162. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

163. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

165. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

167. Xenophobia is the fear of:

168. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

169. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

170. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

172. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

173. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

174. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

179. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

181. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

182. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

183. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

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

186. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

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

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

190. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

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

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

194. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

195. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

196. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

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

200. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

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

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

203. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

204. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

205. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

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

208. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

209. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

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

212. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

213. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

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

216. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

218. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

220. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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