Neurology

1. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

2. Astasia·abasia is known as:

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

4. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

5. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

6. All of the following produce meningism except:

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

8. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

9. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

10. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

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

13. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

14. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

15. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

16. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

17. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

19. Migraine is not associated with:

20. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

22. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

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

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

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

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

27. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

28. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

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

30. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

31. Amantadine does not produce:

32. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

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

34. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

35. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

36. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

37. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

38. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

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

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

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

43. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

44. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

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

47. Lithium is not used in:

48. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

50. Xanthopsia is found in:

51. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

53. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

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

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

57. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

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

60. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

62. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

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

64. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

68. Sensory involvement is not found in:

69. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

70. All of the following may produce syncope except:

71. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

72. Flapping tremor is not found in:

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

74. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

75. Xenophobia is the fear of:

76. Ptosis is absent in:

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

78. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

79. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

80. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

81. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

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

83. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

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

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

86. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

87. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

89. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

90. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

92. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

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

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

96. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

97. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

98. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

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

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

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

103. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

104. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

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

107. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

108. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

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

111. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

112. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

113. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

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

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

116. Fine tremor is found in:

117. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

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

119. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

121. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

122. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

124. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

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

127. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

129. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

130. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

131. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

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

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

134. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

136. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

137. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

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

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

140. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

142. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

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

145. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

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

147. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

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

150. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

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

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

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

154. Romberg’s sign is present in:

155. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

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

158. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

159. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

160. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

162. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

165. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

167. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

168. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

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

170. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

172. Miosis is found in all except:

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

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

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

176. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

177. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

178. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

180. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in:

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

182. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

183. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

184. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

185. The common sites of meningioma are alt except:

186. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

187. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

188. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

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

190. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

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

192. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

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

194. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

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

196. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

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

198. Posterior column lesion will have:

199. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

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

202. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

204. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

205. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

206. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

208. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

209. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

212. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

213. Waddling gait is seen in alt except:

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

215. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

216. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

217. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

219. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

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