Neurology

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

2. Berry aneurysm may be associated with all except:

3. Which is false regarding peripheral vertigo?

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

5. The commonest intracranial tumour in children is:

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

7. Which is not parkinsonian plus syndrome?

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

9. Which of the following remains normal in leprosy?

10. Which organism commonly produces meningitis in an adolescent?

11. Sensory involvement is not found in:

12. Posterior column lesion will have:

13. Corneal reflex tests the integrity of:

14. The commonest intracranial tumour is:

15. Down-beating nystagmus is seen in:

16. Muscle pain is not characteristic of:

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

18. Phenytoin toxicity may result in all except:

19. Monoplegia is due to lesions in:

20. Miosis is found in all except:

21. Flapping tremor is not found in:

22. The commonest cause of anisocoria is:

23. Therapeutic range of phenytoin is:

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

25. Jaw claudication is not characteristic of:

26. Bromocriptine is not useful in the treatment of:

27. Acoustic neuroma most likely leads to paralysis of:

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

29. Neurological features of thyrotoxicosis do not include:

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

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

32. The commonest type of neurofibroma is associated with:

33. Sarcoidosis commonly involves the cranial nerve:

34. Hiccough occurs in all of the following except:

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

36. Characteristics of “rigidity’ are all except:

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

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

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

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

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

42. Brain tumour disseminating through CSF is:

43. Glasgow Coma Scale assesses all except:

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

45. Neck rigidity is not found in:

46. Which is a cause of reversible dementia?

47. Which is not a PRION disease?

48. The earliest skin lesion in tuberous sclerosis is:

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

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

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

52. All of the following may produce papilloedema except:

53. Ataxia-telangiectasia is not associated with:

54. Which of the following produces wrist drop?

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

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

57. Which of the following is false in polymyositis?

58. Todd’s palsy is characteristic of:

59. Which of the following does not produce fasciculation?

60. The dermatome at the nipple is:

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

62. Increased jaw jerk is seen in:

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

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

65. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is commonly due to:

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

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

68. Nimodipine used in subarachnoid haemorrhage:

69. Lymphocytic pleocytosis in CSF is not found in:

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

71. Froin’s loculation syndrome does not have:

72. Regarding dermatomyositis, which one is false?

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

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

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

76. Which one is not a primitive reflex?

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

78. Dilator pupillae is supplied by:

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

80. Slow virus CNS infections are all except:

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

82. Alcohol withdrawal is not associated with:

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

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

85. Myxoedema coma is not associated with:

86. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome encompasses all except:

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

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

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

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

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

92. The commonest cause of abducent nerve palsy is:

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

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

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

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

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

98. The commonest presentation of neurocysticercosis is:

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

100. Xanthopsia is found in:

101. Which of the following does not produce phakomatosis?

102. Main d’ accoucheur is seen in:

103. Which of the following is false regarding migraine?

104. The commonest cause of aphasia is:

105. Multiple sclerosis is not associated with:

106. Horner’s syndrome manifests as:

107. The most common psychological disorder in myxoedema is:

108. Dementia pugilistica develops as a result of:

109. 3-Hz spike-and-wave discharge in EEG during the seizure is diagnostic of:

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

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

112. Hypertonia is a feature of all except:

113. The reversible cause of dementia is:

114. Tensilon test improves the muscle weakness in:

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

116. Optic neuritis may be produced by all except:

117. Ptosis with a dilated pupil is observed in:

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

119. All are features of pontine haemorrhage except:

120. Pseudobulbar palsy is not associated with:

121. All of the following are antiepileptic drugs except:

122. Which drug is not used in parkinsonism?

123. Commonest cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is:

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

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

126. Meralgia paraesthetica is characterised by all except:

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

128. Myopathy is best diagnosed by:

129. Chorea may develop from the consumption of:

130. Argyll Robertson pupil is found in all except:

131. Lhermitte’s sign is not found in:

132. All are recognised side effects of lithium except:

133. Prophylaxis of migraine may be done by:

134. Fine tremor is found in:

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

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

137. Lesion in athetosis lies in:

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

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

140. The oculogyric crisis is found in all except:

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

142. Complication of phenytoin does not include?

143. Lithium is not used in:

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

145. Palatal myoclonus is seen in:

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

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

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

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

150. Commonest visual difficulty in multiple sclerosis:

151. Proximal muscle weakness is not produced by:

152. CNS involvement of SLE includes all except:

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

154. Neurological feature of myxoedema may be:

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

156. Atrophy in Duchenne myopathy is classically seen in:

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

158. All of the following may produce syncope except:

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

160. Amantadine does not produce:

161. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia results from damage of:

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

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

164. ‘Hippus’ is:

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

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

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

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

169. Characteristic of LMN lesion is:

170. Unilateral ptosis is characteristic of all except:

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

172. Spastic paraplegia is not produced by:

173. Vibration sensation is lost early in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

182. alpha-bungarotoxin is associated with neuroparalysis in:

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

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

185. Lasegue’s sign is present in:

186. Tropical spastic paraplegia is caused by:

187. Brain biopsy in rabies demonstrates?

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

189. Which is abnormal regarding normal CSF findings?

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

191. All of the following produce cerebellar degeneration except:

192. Disorder of language of cerebral origin is:

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

194. Migraine is not associated with:

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

196. The commonest cause of unilateral foot drop is:

197. Narcolepsy is not associated with:

198. Pseudobulbar palsy will have all except:

199. Dermatoglyphics with obtuse ATD angle is characteristic of:

200. A cataract is not characteristic of:

201. Hypersomnolence is found in all except:

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

203. Congenital abnormality produced by lithium therapy is:

204. Muscle sense is increased in all except:

205. Babinski’s sign is not found in:

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

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

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

209. Maligant hyperthermia may be produced by all except:

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

211. Titubation is classically seen in:

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

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

214. Intermittent bulbar palsy is seen in:

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

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

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

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

219. Abdominal reflex is lost early in:

220. The commonest cause of subarachnoid haemorrhage is:

221. Abdominal reflex is usually retained in: