Neurology

1. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

3. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

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

6. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

7. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

9. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

11. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

12. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

13. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

14. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

16. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

17. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

18. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

19. Fine tremor is found in:

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

21. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

22. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

24. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

25. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

28. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

29. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

30. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

32. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

33. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

34. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

35. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

36. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

37. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

40. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

42. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

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

45. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

46. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

47. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

49. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

52. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

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

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

56. Migraine is not associated with:

57. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

58. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

60. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

61. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

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

64. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

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

67. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

68. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

69. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

71. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

72. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

74. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

76. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

78. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

80. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

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

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

84. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

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

87. All of the following may produce syncope except:

88. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

89. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

90. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

92. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

93. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

94. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

95. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

96. Ptosis is absent in:

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

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

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

100. Romberg’s sign is present in:

101. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

103. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

104. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

105. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

107. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

108. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

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

112. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

115. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

116. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

117. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

119. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

121. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

122. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

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

125. Lithium is not used in:

126. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

128. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

129. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

130. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

131. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

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

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

135. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

136. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

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

139. Miosis is found in all except:

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

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

142. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

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

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

146. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

147. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

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

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

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

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

153. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

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

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

158. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

159. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

160. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

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

163. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

164. Titubation is classically seen in:

165. Amantadine does not produce:

166. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

168. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

170. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

171. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

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

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

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

176. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

178. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

179. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

181. A cataract is not characteristic of:

182. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

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

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

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

187. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

189. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

191. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

192. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

194. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

196. Which is not a PRION disease?

197. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

199. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

200. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

201. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

202. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

203. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

204. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

205. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

207. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

208. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

209. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

211. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

213. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

214. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

215. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

217. Xanthopsia is found in:

218. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

220. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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