Neurology

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

2. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

3. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

4. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

5. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

7. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

8. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

9. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

10. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

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

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

14. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

15. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

17. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

19. A cataract is not characteristic of:

20. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

21. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

22. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

24. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

26. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

27. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

28. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

29. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

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

32. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

33. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

35. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

36. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

37. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

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

40. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

41. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

42. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

44. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

45. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

46. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

47. Astasia·abasia is known as:

48. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

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

51. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

53. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

55. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

57. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

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

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

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

61. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

63. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

65. Which is not a PRION disease?

66. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

67. The reversible cause of dementia is:

68. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

70. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

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

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

74. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

76. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

78. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

79. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

80. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

82. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

84. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

86. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

87. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

88. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

90. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

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

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

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

95. Romberg’s sign is present in:

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

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

98. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

100. Flapping tremor is not found in:

101. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

102. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

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

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

106. Fine tremor is found in:

107. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

108. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

109. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

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

112. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

113. All of the following produce meningism except:

114. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

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

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

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

118. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

119. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

121. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

128. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

129. Posterior column lesion will have:

130. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

132. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

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

136. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

137. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

138. Neck rigidity is not found in:

139. ‘Hippus’ is:

140. Titubation is classically seen in:

141. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

142. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

143. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

144. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

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

146. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

148. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

150. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

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

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

153. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

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

156. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

157. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

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

159. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

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

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

163. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

164. Xenophobia is the fear of:

165. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

166. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

167. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

169. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

170. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

172. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

173. Miosis is found in all except:

174. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

175. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

176. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

177. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

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

180. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

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

183. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

185. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

186. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

187. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

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

190. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

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

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

194. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

195. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

197. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

198. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

199. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

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

202. Ptosis is absent in:

203. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

205. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

206. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

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

209. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

212. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

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

215. Sensory involvement is not found in:

216. Lithium is not used in:

217. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

218. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

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

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