MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS INTRODUCTION TO BASICS OF NEUROLOGY—PART I

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 

INTRODUCTION TO BASICS OF NEUROLOGY—PART I

Q No 1	Lack of clarity and coherence of thoughts is called as__________
	A.      Consciousness	B.      Coma
	C.      Stupor	D.      Confusion
Q No 2	Disturbed consciousness with arousal on external stimuli is __________
	A.      Coma	B.      Stupor
	C.      Consciousness	D.      Unconsciousness
Q No 3	In Glasgow coma scale for eye spontaneous opening is ____________
	A.      4	B.      3
	C.      2	D.      1
Q No 4	On Glasgow coma scale, the grade 4 is ____________
	A.         Semi consciousness	B.      Mild Consciousness
	C.        Fully consciousness	D.     No response
Q No 5	Akinetic mutism found in all condition, except___________
	A.    Hydrocephalus	B.    Mass in third ventricles
	C.   Large hemispherical lesions	D.   Injury to Pons
Q No 6	All of the following statements are true about the Vegetative state, Except__________
	A.      Patient is Comatose	B.      Communicate well
	C.      Perform random limb movements	D.      Eyelids Opened
Q No 7	The sleep cycle is absent in ____________
	A.      Brain-dead	B.      Vegetative state
	C.      Locked-in syndrome	D.      Akinetic mutism
Q No 8	Patients are awake, alert & selectively de-efferent is seen in ____________
	A.    Coma vigil	B.      Akinetic Mutism
	C.   Pseudo-coma	D.     Normal
Q No 9	All are the causes of locked-in syndrome, Except____________
	A.      Myasthenia gravis	B.      Ventral pontine infarct
	C.      Central pontine infarct	D.      Cerebellar lesions
Q No 10	Patient awake and blink spontaneously but there is a waxy flexibility of limbs is seen in _________
	A.      Delirium	B.      Catatonia
	C.      Pseudo coma	D.      Abulia
Q No 11	All of the following are causes of Delirium, Except______
	A.      Epilepsy	B.      Hypoxia
	C.      Heatstroke	D.      Spinal cord injury
Q No 12	Dementia occurs after 65 years in called ________
	A.      Presenile dementia	B.      Senile dementia
	C.      Cortical dementia	D.      Sub cortical dementia
Q No 13	All the statements are true about Dementia, Except____________
	A. Unconsciousness	B.Has multifocal cognitive impairments
	C.  Causes may be vasculitis like SLE	D. Decline intellect or personality or memory
Q No 14	Dementia seen following HIV or Multiple Sclerosis is ___________
	A.      Presenile dementia	B.      Senile dementia
	C.      Cortical dementia	D.      Sub-cortical dementia
Q No 15	Inability to remember past events and to learn new information is __________
	A.      Dementia	B.      Amnesia
	C.      Coma	D.      Delirium
Q No 16	Lesions over the dorsolateral lower half of pons which result in _______ breathing
	A.      Apneustic	B.      Ataxic
	C.      Cluster	D.      Chyne-stokes breathing
Q No 17	Breathing with irregular rhythm and irregular pulse is seen in ____________ medullary lesions
	A.      Apneustic	B.      Chyne-stokes breathing
	C.      Ataxic breathing	D.      Hyperventilation
Q No 18	Nystagmus occurring in comatose patient suggest ______ lesions
	A.      Brain stem	B.      Pons
	C.      Pseudo coma	D.     Epileptogenic supratentorial focus
Q No 19	Decerebrate positions occur as a result of lesions in _________
	A.      Pontine	B.      Cerebral hemisphere
	C.      Brainstem	D.      Spinal cord

Q No 20	Rhythmic myoclonus is usually a sign of ______________ injury
	A.      Cerebrum	B.      Spinal cord
	C.      Brainstem	D.      Pancreas

Q No 21	All are the features of Cerebellar fits, Except______________
	A.      Deterioration in levels of arousal	B. Irregularity in respiratory rate
	C.      Pupillary dilatation	D.   Improved breathing pattern
Q No 22	Misinterpretation of stimuli is ______________
	A.      Delusion	B.      Hallucination
	C.      Illusion	D.      Obsession
Q No 23	The false belief continues to be held despite evidence to the contrary
	A.      Delusion	B.      Hallucination
	C.      Illusion	D.      Obsession
Q No 24	The ability to recall a memory from past events is _______________
	A.      Recent memory	B.      Remote memory
	C.      Short term memory	D.      Immediate memory
Q No 25	Ability to hold information for few seconds only is_______________
	A.      Recent memory	B.      Remote memory
	C.      Short-term memory	D.      Immediate memory

ANSWERS

 

Question No	Answers
1.	D
2.	B
3.	A
4.	B
5.	D
6.	B
7.	A
8.	C
9.	D
10.	B
11.	D
12.	B
13.	A
14.	D
15.	B
16.	A
17.	C
18.	D
19.	A
20.	C
21.	D
22.	C
23.	A
24.	B
25.	C