Headache Syndromes
- Previous year questions on Headache Syndromes for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Medicine section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 24 live questions in Headache Syndromes.
- 2 of 24 questions carry a verified exam year: 2018, 2019.
- Medicine is worth about 33 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.'Fortification spectra' are feature of
- AMature cataract
- BImmature cataract
- CAmaurosis Fugax
- DMigraine✓ Correct answer
Q2.A young girl presents with repeated episodes of throbbing occipital headache associated with ataxia and vertigo. The family history is positive for similar headaches in her mother. Most likely diagnosis is:
- AVestibular neuronitis
- BBasilar migraine✓ Correct answer
- CCluster headache
- DTension headache
Q3.A woman has bilateral headache that worsens with emotional stress; she has two children, both doing badly in school; diagnosis is
- AMigraine
- BCluster headache
- CTension headache✓ Correct answer
- DTrigeminal neuralgia
Q4.Differential diagnosis for 'thunderclap headache' are all except:
- AEncephalitis
- BIschemic stroke✓ Correct answer
- CSubarachnoid hemorrhage
- DMeningitis
Q5.All of the following are recognized features of pseudotumor cerebri, except:
- APapilledema
- BAbsence of true localizing neurological deficit
- CIncreased protein content in the CSF✓ Correct answer
- DNormal sized ventricles on CT scanning
Q6.All of the following are types of Primary headache except:
- AMigraine
- BCluster
- CTension
- DTemporal arteritis✓ Correct answer
Q7.'Fortification spectra' are feature of
- AMature cataract
- BImmature cataract
- CAmaurosis Fugax
- DMigraine✓ Correct answer
Q8.An ophthalmoplegic migraine means
- AWhen headache is followed by complete paralysis of the III rd and VI nerve on the same side as the hemicrania.
- BWhen the headache is followed by partial paralysis of the IIIrd nerve on the same side as the hemicrania with out any scotoma.✓ Correct answer
- CHeadache associated with IIIrd, IVth and VIth nerve paralysis.
- DHeadache associated with optic neuritis
Q9.A woman has a bilateral headache that worsens with emotional stress; she has two children, both doing badly in school; diagnosis is
- AMigraine
- BCluster headache
- CTension headache✓ Correct answer
- DTrigeminal neuralgia
Q10.A female aged 30, presents with an episodic throbbing headache for past 4 yrs. It usually involves one half of the face and is associated with nausea and vomiting. There is no aura. Most likely diagnosis is
- AMigraine✓ Correct answer
- BCluster headache
- CAngle closure glaucoma
- DTemporal arteritis
Answer key
Q1: D. Migraine; Q2: B. Basilar migraine; Q3: C. Tension headache; Q4: B. Ischemic stroke; Q5: C. Increased protein content in the CSF; Q6: D. Temporal arteritis; Q7: D. Migraine; Q8: B. When the headache is followed by partial paralysis of the IIIrd nerve on the same side as the hemicrania with out any scotoma; Q9: C. Tension headache; Q10: A. Migraine.
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