Neurology

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

2. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

3. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

4. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

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

7. Sensory involvement is not found in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

16. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

17. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

18. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

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

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

21. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

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

24. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

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

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

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

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

29. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

31. A cataract is not characteristic of:

32. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

33. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

34. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

35. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

36. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

37. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

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

39. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

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

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

42. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

44. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

45. ‘Hippus’ is:

46. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

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

48. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

49. Carotid artery stenosis gives rise to:

50. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

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

52. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

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

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

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

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

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

58. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

59. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

60. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

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

63. Lithium is not used in:

64. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

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

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

68. Apneustic breathing is seen in lesion of:

69. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

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

71. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

72. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

73. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

74. Pendular nystagmus is found in:

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

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

77. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

78. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

79. Xanthochromia is not a feature of:

80. Cerebral infarction can be detected earliest by:

81. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

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

83. Peripheral neuropathy associated with hypertension is found in:

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

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

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

87. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

88. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

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

90. Chronic fatigue syndrome is fundamentally a:

91. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

92. Tabes dorsalis presents with all except:

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

94. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

95. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

96. Miosis is found in all except:

97. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

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

99. Migraine is not associated with:

100. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

101. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from:

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

103. The best drug for photosensitive epilepsy is:

104. Flapping tremor is not found in:

105. Anterior horn cell disease is:

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

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

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

109. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

111. Ptosis is absent in:

112. Regarding acute transverse myelitis, which is false?

113. Xanthopsia is found in:

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

115. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

116. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

117. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

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

120. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

121. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

123. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

124. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

125. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

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

127. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

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

129. Posterior column lesion will have:

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

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

132. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

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

134. Astasia·abasia is known as:

135. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

136. Fine tremor is found in:

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

138. Xenophobia is the fear of:

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

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

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

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

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

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

145. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

146. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

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

148. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

149. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

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

152. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

153. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

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

155. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

156. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

157. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

158. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

159. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

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

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

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

163. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

164. Which is not a PRION disease?

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

166. Neck rigidity is not found in:

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

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

169. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

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

172. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

174. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

175. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

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

177. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

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

180. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

181. Inversion of supinator jerk indicates the lesion at:

182. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

183. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

184. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

185. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

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

187. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

188. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

189. Oppenheim’s gait is characteristic of:

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

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

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

193. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

194. The reversible cause of dementia is:

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

196. Romberg’s sign is present in:

197. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

198. The dermatome at the nipple is:

199. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

200. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

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

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

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

204. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

205. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

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

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

210. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

211. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

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

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

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

215. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

216. Titubation is classically seen in:

217. Uncinate fits are characteristically seen in tumours of:

218. All of the following produce meningism except:

219. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

220. Atypical feature of Guillain-Barre syndrome is:

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