Neurology

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

10. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

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

12. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

13. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

14. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

16. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

17. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

19. Romberg’s sign is present in:

20. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

21. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

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

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

24. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

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

27. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

28. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

29. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

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

31. A cataract is not characteristic of:

32. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

34. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

35. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

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

39. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

41. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

43. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

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

46. Which is not a PRION disease?

47. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

48. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

49. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

51. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

52. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

53. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

54. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

55. Migraine is not associated with:

56. The reversible cause of dementia is:

57. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

59. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

62. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

64. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

65. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

66. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

67. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

69. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

71. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

78. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

79. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

80. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

81. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

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

84. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

85. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

86. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

87. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

88. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

89. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

91. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

95. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

96. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

97. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

99. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

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

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

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

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

105. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

106. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

107. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

108. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

109. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

111. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

113. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

115. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

117. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

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

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

121. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

122. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

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

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

125. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

126. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

128. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

129. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

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

131. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

133. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

135. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

136. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

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

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

140. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

141. Anterior horn cell disease is:

142. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

143. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

144. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

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

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

147. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

148. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

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

151. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

152. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

153. Pyramidal signs may be associated with:

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

155. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

156. Miosis is found in all except:

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

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

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

160. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

161. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

162. Amantadine does not produce:

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

164. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

166. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

167. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

168. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

169. Flapping tremor is not found in:

170. All of the following produce meningism except:

171. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

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

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

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

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

177. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

178. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

180. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

181. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

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

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

184. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

185. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

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

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

188. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

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

191. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

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

194. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

196. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

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

199. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

200. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

201. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

202. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

203. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

205. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

207. Titubation is classically seen in:

208. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

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

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

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

214. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

215. ‘Hippus’ is:

216. Lithium is not used in:

217. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

218. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

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

220. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

221. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?