Neurology

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

2. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

3. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

4. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

5. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

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

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

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

10. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

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

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

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

15. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

17. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

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

20. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

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

23. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

25. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

26. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

27. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

29. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

30. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

31. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

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

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

35. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

37. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

38. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

39. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

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

42. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

43. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

48. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

50. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

52. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

53. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

54. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

55. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

56. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

57. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

59. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

60. Miosis is found in all except:

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

62. Amantadine does not produce:

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

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

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

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

67. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

68. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

69. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

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

73. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

75. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

76. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

77. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

78. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

80. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

81. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

82. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

84. Titubation is classically seen in:

85. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

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

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

89. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

90. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

91. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

93. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

94. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

95. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

96. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

97. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

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

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

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

102. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

103. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

105. Anterior horn cell disease is:

106. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

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

109. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

110. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

111. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

113. Fine tremor is found in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

123. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

124. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

125. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

127. Ptosis is absent in:

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

129. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

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

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

133. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

134. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

135. The dermatome at the nipple is:

136. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

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

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

140. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

141. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

143. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

144. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

145. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

146. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

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

149. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

150. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

151. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

153. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

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

156. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

157. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

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

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

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

162. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

163. Romberg’s sign is present in:

164. ‘Hippus’ is:

165. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

166. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

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

169. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

170. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

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

173. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

174. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

176. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

177. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

179. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

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

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

183. Flapping tremor is not found in:

184. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

186. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

188. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

189. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

191. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

193. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

194. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

195. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

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

198. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

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

202. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

203. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

204. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

206. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

207. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

208. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

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

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

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

213. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

214. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

215. A cataract is not characteristic of:

216. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

218. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

219. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

220. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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