A 40-year-old female came to ER with complaints of high-grade fever with sweating for last 5 days.

On
examination, she was drowsy with neck rigidity. Cerebrospinal fluid showed web-like pellicle in the fluid.
What is the most likely diagnosis?

a. Multiple sclerosis

b. Viral meningitis

c. Tubercular meningitis

d. CNS malignancy

A 55-year-old male, known case of diabetes, presented in the neurology clinic with the history of stroke
involving the posterior limb of internal capsule. Which of the following tract is most likely to be
involved?

a. Thalamicortical fibers to frontal lobe

b. Corticopontine fiber

c. Corticobulbar fibers

d. Frontopontine fibers

[3/15, 11:15 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: Proprioceptor are those receptors, that senses

a. Body equilibrium

b. Body temperature
c. Muscle's length and tension

d. Deep pain sensation

[3/15, 11:16 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: Cerebellar lesions results in:

a. Loss of deep reflex

b. Dysmetria

c. Mask face

d. Positive plantar reflex

[3/15, 11:16 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: An 80 year old male was brought to the Neurology OPD with the
complaints of shaking, rigidity, slowness of movement, and difficulty in walking. Which neurotransmitter
is likely to be depleted in the brain?

a. Norepinephrine

b. Serotonin

c. GABA

d. Dopamine

[3/15, 11:16 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: Which of the following fibers connect motor speech area with
temporal lobe of brain?
a. Cingulum

b. Stria medullaris thalami

c. Uncinate fasciculus

d. Habenular commissure

[3/15, 11:16 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: The secretion of cerebrospinal fluid by choroid plexus occurs by:

a. Passive transport of chloride ions

b. Facilitated diffusion of potassium ions

c. Co-transport of bicarbonate ions

d. Active transport of sodium ions

[3/15, 11:18 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: The tracts traversing through the anterior part of the pons are:

a. Medial and spinal lemniscus

b. Corticospinal & corticonuclear

c. Inferior and middle cerebellar peduncle

d. Medial longitudinal fasciculus and fasciculus gracile

[3/15, 11:18 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: Which dietary lipid consumption reduces risk of cardiovascular
disease?

a. Cholesterol ester

b. Trans fat

c. Polyunsaturated fat

d. Saturated fat

[3/15, 11:18 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: The neurotransmitter released by fast pain fibers is:

a. Enkephalin

b. Serotonin

c. Substance P

d. Glutamate

[3/15, 11:19 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: The cutaneous receptors which is sensitive to fine touch and pressure:

a. Ruffini endings

b. Pacinian corpuscle

c. Meissner corpuscle
d. Krause bulb

[3/15, 11:19 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: The tract which is concerned with the tone of the flexor muscles is:

a. Rubrospinal

b. Tectospinal

c. Corticospinal

d. Reticulospinal

[3/15, 11:19 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: Anterograde amnesia refers to:

a. Inability to form new memories

b. Inability to recall events shortly

c. Relatively intact short-term memory

d. Ability to recall experiences from his childhood

[3/15, 11:20 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: A dye was injected into the blood of 45 years old male, which entered
directly into the region of hypothalamus devoid of blood brain barrier. Which of the following part of
the hypothalamus will receive the dye?

a. Supraoptic nuclei
b. Mamillary body

c. Median eminence

d. Suprachiasmatic nuclei

[3/15, 11:20 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: Which of the following structures passes through Foramen Spinosum?

a. Mental Nerve

b. Zygomaticofacial Nerve

c. Emissary Vein

d. Middle Meningeal Artery

[3/15, 11:20 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: Signs & symptoms of occlusion of Anterior Spinal artery include:

a. Loss of position & vibratic

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b. Monoplegia

c. Loss of bladder and bowel control

d. Unilateral thermo anesthesia & analgesia

[3/15, 11:20 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: In the sympathetic nervous system, the neurotransmitterat pre-
synaptic ganglionic endingis:

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a. Acetylcholine

b. Noradrenaline

c. Histamine

d. Serotonin

[3/15, 11:21 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: Subconscious execution of learned patterns of movement, is the
feature of

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a. Caudate and Globus pallidus circuit

b. Putamen circuit

c. Caudate circuit

d. Caudate and putamen circuit

[3/15, 11:21 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: A 50-year-old male developed impaired cognitive abilities and
peripheral neuropathy. He is a chronic alcoholic and has no eating well for several weeks. Whic. 19/34
following vitamins is likely to be deficient in this patient?
a. Thiamine

b. Vitamin K

c. Biotin

d. Cobalamine

[3/15, 11:21 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: A person with bilateral destruction of amygdala results in Kluverbucy
syndrome, which is characterized by

a. Strong memory

b. Very low sexual drive

c. Placing everything in the mouth

d. Fear of every thing

[3/15, 11:22 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: Which of the following artery/arteries are responsible for more than
70% of the blood flow to the brain?

a. Vertebral

b. Basilar

c. External carotid
d. Internal carotid

[3/15, 11:22 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: During the development of forebrain, insula appears as a depressed
area between which of the following lobes of cerebral cortex?

a. Frontal & parietal

b. Parietal & occipital

c. Occipital & temporal

d. Frontal & temporal

[3/15, 11:22 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: Which of the following Thalamic nuclei receives pain and temperature
sensations from body?

a. Ventral posteromedial

b. Ventral posterolateral

c. Lateral geniculate

d. Medial geniculate

[3/15, 11:22 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: Which of the following is the arteries supply the dorsal part and genu
of the posterior limb of internal capsule?

a. Posterior superior cerebellar

b. Posterior cerebral

c. Anterior cerebral

d. Middle cerebral

[3/15, 11:23 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: Glucose is extremely essential for survival and functioning of neural
tissues. Which of the following mechanism is involved in its transport?

a. Simple diffusion

b. Facilitated diffusion

c. Active transport

d. Osmosis

[3/15, 11:23 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: Which of the following lateral outgrowth appears after the closure of
the rostral neuropores?

a. Primary vesicles

b. Otic vesicles

c. Optic vesicles

d. Hypophyseal diverticulur

[3/15, 11:24 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: Which of the following is most appropriate regarding the connections
of corpus callosum?
a. Genu connects the occipital lobe

b. Connects with the fornix by lamina terminalis

c. Interconnects symmetrical areas of cerebral cortex

d. Has association type of connectior

[3/15, 11:24 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: In which of the following conditions there is absence of major portion
of brain and skull at birth, due to a developmental defect?

a. Meningocele

b. Exencephaly

c. Meningomyelocele

d. Microencephaly

[3/15, 11:24 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: To perform precise skilled voluntary movements, somatic motor
cortex receives numerous afferent fibers from the:

a. Basal ganglia

b. Cerebrum

c. Hypothalamus
d. Motor areap

[3/15, 11:25 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: A 50-year-old male presented to the OPD with the complaints of loss
of sensation in his legs and feet. On examination, there is loss of sensation of vibration, light touch and
position. His MRI revealed ischemia of tracts carrying these sensation in the spinal cord. Which of the
following artery is most likely damaged?

a. Radicular

b. Anterior spinal

c. Posterior spinal

d. Segmental spinal

[3/15, 11:25 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: The Delta waves of EEG appear in:

a. Disappear on closing the eye

b. Deep sleep

c. Intense mental activity

d. Normal individual during physical activity

[3/15, 11:25 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: Parasympathetic stimulation leads to:

a. Decrease overall salivary secretion

b. Bronchoconstriction

c. Increase force of cardiac contraction

d. Decrease intestinal motility and secretion

[3/15, 11:26 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: From which of the following structures does the motor part of
trigeminal nerve emerge?

a. Upper half of medulla oblongata

b. Lower half of medulla oblongata

c. Midbrain

d. Pons

[3/15, 11:26 PM] AbuBakar Mwt: Which of the following cranial nerves is involved in parasympathetic
outflow?

a. Abducent

b. Trochlear

c. Facial

d. Hypoglossal