Neurology

1. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

2. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

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

5. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

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

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

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

10. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

11. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

12. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

13. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

14. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

16. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

18. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

19. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

20. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

21. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

22. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

24. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

25. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

27. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

29. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

31. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

33. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

34. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

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

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

38. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

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

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

42. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

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

45. Lithium is not used in:

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

47. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

48. Amantadine does not produce:

49. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

50. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

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

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

54. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

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

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

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

59. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

60. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

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

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

64. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

65. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

66. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

67. Fine tremor is found in:

68. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

70. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

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

74. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

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

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

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

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

80. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

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

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

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

85. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

86. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

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

89. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

90. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

92. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

93. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

101. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

103. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

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

106. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

107. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

108. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

110. Xenophobia is the fear of:

111. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

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

114. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

116. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

118. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

119. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

120. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

122. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

125. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

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

128. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

129. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

130. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

131. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

132. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

133. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

134. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

136. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

137. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

138. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

139. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

140. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

141. Xanthopsia is found in:

142. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

144. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

145. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

146. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

148. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

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

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

152. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

153. Anterior horn cell disease is:

154. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

156. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

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

159. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

161. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

163. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

164. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

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

167. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

168. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

169. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

170. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

172. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

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

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

176. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

178. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

179. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

180. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

182. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

184. Romberg’s sign is present in:

185. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

186. Migraine is not associated with:

187. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

188. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

189. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

190. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

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

192. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

194. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

195. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

197. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

198. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

200. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

201. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

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

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

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

206. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

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

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

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

211. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

212. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

213. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

214. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

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

217. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

219. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

221. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of: