Neurology

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

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

3. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

5. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

7. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

9. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

10. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

11. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

12. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

13. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

14. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

15. Ptosis is absent in:

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

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

18. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

20. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

21. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

22. All of the following produce meningism except:

23. Lithium is not used in:

24. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

26. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

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

29. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

30. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

31. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

32. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

34. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

35. The dermatome at the nipple is:

36. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

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

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

40. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

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

43. Fine tremor is found in:

44. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

45. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

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

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

48. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

50. Flapping tremor is not found in:

51. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

54. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

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

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

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

59. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

60. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

61. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

62. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

63. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

64. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

65. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

66. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

68. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

69. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

70. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

71. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

72. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

73. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

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

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

77. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

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

80. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

81. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

82. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

83. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

84. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

85. Which is not a PRION disease?

86. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

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

89. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

90. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

91. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

92. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

93. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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

95. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

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

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

99. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

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

102. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

104. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

105. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

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

108. Neck rigidity is not found in:

109. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

111. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

112. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

114. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

115. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

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

118. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

119. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

120. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

122. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

123. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

126. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

128. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

129. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

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

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

133. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

134. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

135. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

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

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

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

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

141. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

143. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

145. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

147. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

148. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

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

151. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

153. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

154. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

156. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

157. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

158. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

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

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

162. Posterior column lesion will have:

163. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

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

166. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

168. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

169. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

171. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

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

175. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

176. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

177. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

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

181. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

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

184. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

186. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

193. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

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

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

197. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

198. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

199. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

203. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

204. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

205. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

206. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

207. The reversible cause of dementia is:

208. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

209. Xanthopsia is found in:

210. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

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

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

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

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

216. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

217. Amantadine does not produce:

218. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

219. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

220. ‘Hippus’ is:

221. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from: