Neurology

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

2. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

4. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

5. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

6. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

7. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

8. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

9. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

10. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

11. Flapping tremor is not found in:

12. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

13. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

14. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

15. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

16. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

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

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

20. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

22. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

23. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

24. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

26. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

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

28. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

29. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

30. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

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

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

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

35. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

37. Amantadine does not produce:

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

39. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

41. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

43. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

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

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

46. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

47. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

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

50. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

51. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

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

54. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

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

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

57. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

59. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

66. Lithium is not used in:

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

68. A cataract is not characteristic of:

69. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

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

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

72. All of the following produce meningism except:

73. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

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

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

77. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

78. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

80. Miosis is found in all except:

81. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

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

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

84. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

85. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

86. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

88. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

89. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

91. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

93. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

94. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

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

96. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

97. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

98. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

100. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

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

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

104. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

105. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

107. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

109. Fine tremor is found in:

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

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

112. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

114. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

115. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

116. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

118. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

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

120. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

122. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

123. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

124. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

125. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

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

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

129. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

130. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

131. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

132. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

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

135. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

136. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

137. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

138. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

139. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

140. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

142. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

143. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

144. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

146. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

147. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

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

150. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

152. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

159. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

160. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

161. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

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

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

166. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

169. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

170. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

171. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

173. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

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

176. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

178. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

180. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

181. Astasia·abasia is known as:

182. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

184. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

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

187. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

196. The dermatome at the nipple is:

197. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

198. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

199. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

201. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

203. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

205. Romberg’s sign is present in:

206. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

207. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

208. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

209. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

210. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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

212. Anterior horn cell disease is:

213. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

214. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

215. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

217. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

219. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

220. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

221. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with: