Neurology

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

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

3. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

5. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

6. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

7. Xenophobia is the fear of:

8. Sensory involvement is not found in:

9. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

10. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

11. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

12. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

13. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

16. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

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

19. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

20. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

22. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

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

25. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

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

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

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

30. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

31. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

32. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

33. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

34. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

36. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

37. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

39. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

41. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

43. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

44. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

45. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

46. Lithium is not used in:

47. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

49. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

51. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

52. Fine tremor is found in:

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

54. Amantadine does not produce:

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

56. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

57. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

58. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

59. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

60. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

61. All of the following may produce syncope except:

62. Romberg’s sign is present in:

63. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

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

66. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

67. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

69. Flapping tremor is not found in:

70. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

71. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

72. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

73. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

75. A cataract is not characteristic of:

76. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

77. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

79. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

80. Titubation is classically seen in:

81. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

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

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

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

87. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

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

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

91. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

92. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

94. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

95. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

96. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

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

99. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

102. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

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

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

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

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

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

109. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

110. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

112. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

113. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

114. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

116. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

117. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

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

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

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

122. Which is not a PRION disease?

123. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

125. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

126. Miosis is found in all except:

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

128. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

129. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

130. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

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

135. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

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

138. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

140. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

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

143. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

144. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

146. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

147. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

148. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

149. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

150. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

152. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

153. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

154. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

155. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

156. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

159. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

161. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

162. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

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

165. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

166. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

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

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

169. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

171. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

172. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

173. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

174. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

176. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

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

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

180. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

181. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

182. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

183. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

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

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

187. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

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

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

190. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

191. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

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

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

195. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

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

198. ‘Hippus’ is:

199. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

201. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

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

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

205. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

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

208. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

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

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

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

213. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

215. Xanthopsia is found in:

216. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

217. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

218. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

219. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

220. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

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