Neurology

1. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

3. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

5. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

6. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

7. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

9. Which is not a PRION disease?

10. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

12. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

13. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

14. Amantadine does not produce:

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

16. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

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

19. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

20. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

21. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

22. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

23. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

24. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

26. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

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

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

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

31. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

33. Romberg’s sign is present in:

34. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

36. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

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

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

40. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

42. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

43. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

44. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

45. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

46. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

47. Ptosis is absent in:

48. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

49. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

50. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

51. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

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

54. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

56. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

57. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

58. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

59. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

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

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

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

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

65. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

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

68. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

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

71. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

72. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

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

75. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

77. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

78. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

79. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

80. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

86. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

88. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

89. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

91. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

92. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

93. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

94. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

96. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

98. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

99. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

101. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

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

104. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

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

108. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

109. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

110. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

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

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

113. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

115. All of the following produce meningism except:

116. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

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

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

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

121. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

123. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

124. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

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

127. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

128. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

130. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

132. Lithium is not used in:

133. Xanthopsia is found in:

134. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

135. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

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

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

139. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

140. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

142. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

144. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

145. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

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

148. Posterior column lesion will have:

149. Flapping tremor is not found in:

150. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

151. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

153. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

154. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

155. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

156. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

157. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

158. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

159. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

160. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

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

164. A cataract is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

168. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

169. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

170. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

177. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

179. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

180. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

182. ‘Hippus’ is:

183. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

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

186. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

187. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

188. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

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

191. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

192. Sensory involvement is not found in:

193. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

194. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

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

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

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

199. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

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

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

203. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

204. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

206. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

207. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

208. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

209. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

210. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

211. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

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

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

214. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

215. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

216. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

218. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

219. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

221. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of: