CNS Infections and Cerebrovascular Disease
- Previous year questions on CNS Infections and Cerebrovascular Disease for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Pathology 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.
- 14 live questions in CNS Infections and Cerebrovascular Disease.
- Pathology is worth about 25 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1."Intranuclear inclusions" in oligodendrocytes are seen in
- ACreutzfeldt Jacob disease
- BPolio
- CJapanese encephalitis
- DProgressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy✓ Correct answer
Q2.All of the following are causes of vasogenic type of cerebral edema except
- ATumours
- BTrauma
- CInfections
- DHydrocephalus✓ Correct answer
Q3.Which of the following is most common location of intracranial neurocysticercoses:
- ABrain parenchyma✓ Correct answer
- BSpinal cord.
- CBasal cisternae.
- DMedulla oblongata.
Q4.Neurologic abnormalities have been noted in about one-third of patients with AIDS. Which of the following is NOT seen in HIV involvement of CNS?
- APerivascular giant cell
- BVacuolar degeneration of post column
- CMicroglial nodule formation
- DInclusion bodies✓ Correct answer
Q5.Perivascular lymphocytic and microglial nodules are seen in
- AMultiple sclerosis
- BHIV encephalitis✓ Correct answer
- CBacterial meningitis
- DCMV encephalitis
Q6.Most common site of berry's aneury sm is-
- AVertebral artery
- BBasilar artery
- CJunction of anterior cerebral artery and anterior communicating artery✓ Correct answer
- DPosterior cerebral artery
Q7.Pseudolaminar necrosis is a feature of -
- ACerebral infarct✓ Correct answer
- BRenal infarct
- CHepatic infarct
- DCardiac infarct
Q8.A 15-year-old boy is rushed to the emergency room after suffering a tonic-clonic seizure 4 weeks after a spelunking expedition. The boy appears irritable and agitated, and his parents state that he has difficulty swallowing fluids. Lumbar puncture shows numerous lymphocytes. The patient becomes delirious, slips into a coma, and expires. At autopsy, the brain stem shows infiltrates of lymphocytes around small blood vessels and evidence of neuronophagia. Some neurons contain eosinophilic inclusions. What is the proper name for these neuronal inclusions?
- ACouncilman bodies
- BHirano bodies
- CLewy bodies
- DNegri bodies✓ Correct answer
Q9.Complex granular corpuscles are produced by -
- AOligodendrocytes
- BAstrocytes
- CMicroglia✓ Correct answer
- DVascular endothelium
Q10.All are true about pyogenic meningitis except ?
- AIncreased CSF protein
- BPleocytosis
- CMarkedly decreased CSF glucose
- DDecreased CSF C- reactive protein✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: D. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; Q2: D. Hydrocephalus; Q3: A. Brain parenchyma; Q4: D. Inclusion bodies; Q5: B. HIV encephalitis; Q6: C. Junction of anterior cerebral artery and anterior communicating artery; Q7: A. Cerebral infarct; Q8: D. Negri bodies; Q9: C. Microglia; Q10: D. Decreased CSF C- reactive protein.
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