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Biology of Neurologic Diseases- Part 2
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1 Paraparesis can arise due to ?
A. Anterior horn cell disorders
B. Cauda equina syndrome
C. Peripheral neuropathies
D. Any of the above
2 Acute paraparesis can be due to which of the following diseases
of cerebral hemispheres ?
A. Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis
B. Cortical venous thrombosis
C. Acute hydrocephalus
D. Any of the above
3 Cerebral cortex of human brain contains approximately how many
neurons ?
A. 5 billion
B. 10 billion
C. 20 billion
D. 50 billion
4 Cerebral cortex of human brain has an area of ?
A. 0.5 m2
B. 1.5 m2
C. 2.5 m2
D. 3.5 m2
5 Primary sensory & motor areas constitute what percentage of
cerebral cortex ?
A. 10 %
B. 15 %
C. 20 %
D. 25 %
6 A language disturbance occurring after a right hemisphere lesion
in a right hander is called ?
A. Ipsilateral aphasia
B. Sequence aphasia
C. Crossed aphasia
D. Retro aphasia
7 Anomia refers to ?
A. Naming with the wrong word
B. Deficit of naming
C. Naming a different object
D. Any of the above
8 Anomic aphasia is the single most common language disturbance
seen in ?
A. Head trauma
B. Metabolic encephalopathy
C. Alzheimer’s disease
D. All of the above
8 Inability to read aloud or comprehend single words and simple
sentences is called ?
A. Alexia
B. Agraphia
C. Anomia
D. Paraphasia
9 Which of the following is impaired in Wernicke’s aphasia ?
A. Comprehension
B. Repetition of spoken language
C. Naming
D. All of the above
10 Which of the following is preserved in Broca’s aphasia ?
A. Comprehension
B. Repetition of spoken language
C. Naming
D. Fluency
11 Fluency is severely impaired in ?
A. Aphemia
B. Alexia
C. Anomia
D. Wernicke’s aphasia
12 Apraxia refers to ?
A. Repetition of spoken language
B. Disorder of initiating skilled / learned movement
C. Impaired comprehension
D. No purposeful speech
13 In apraxia, complex motor deficit is attributed to ?
A. Pyramidal dysfunction
B. Extrapyramidal dysfunction
C. Cerebellar dysfunction
D. None of the above
14 Gerstmann’s Syndrome includes all except ?
A. Acalculia
B. Aphasia
C. Right-left confusion
D. Finger anomia
15 In isolated Gerstmann’s syndrome, the damage is in ?
A. Superior parietal lobule in dominant hemisphere
B. Inferior parietal lobule in dominant hemisphere
C. Superior parietal lobule in non-dominant hemisphere
D. Inferior parietal lobule in non-dominant hemisphere
16 Paratonic rigidity or gegenhalten results from disease of ?
A. Frontal lobes
B. Temporal lobes
C. Parietal lobes
D. Occipital lobes
17 Statements uttered in a monotone are termed ?
A. Primary progressive aphasia (PPA)
B. Anomic aphasia
C. Aprosodia
D. Prosopagnosia
18 Which symptom can occur in Bálint’s syndrome ?
A. Optic ataxia
B. Oculomotor apaxia
C. Simultagnosia
D. All of the above
19 Bálint’s syndrome may result from ?
A. Hypoglycemia
B. Sagittal sinus thrombosis
C. Atypical forms of Alzheimer’s disease
D. All of the above
20 Face recognition deficit is termed as ?
A. Primary progressive aphasia (PPA)
B. Visual object agnosia
C. Aprosodia
D. Prosopagnosia
21 Cause of transient global amnesia is ?
A. Migraine
B. Temporal lobe seizures
C. TIA in the posterior cerebral territory
D. All of the above
22 What proportion of all human cerebral cortex is located in the
frontal lobes ?
A. One – fourth
B. One – third
C. One – half
D. Three – fourth
23 Characteristics of dystonia include all except ?
A. Ill sustained muscle contractions
B. Repetitive twisting movements
C. Abnormal posture
D. Often has a genetic basis
24 Freezing gait is a feature of ?
A. Progressive supranuclear palsy
B. Multiple system atrophy
C. Corticobasal degeneration
D. All of the above
