Neuroimaging: MRI of Neurodegenerative and Other CNS Disorders
- Previous year questions on Neuroimaging: MRI of Neurodegenerative and Other CNS Disorders for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Radiology section of the exam.
- Most questions here are original image-based vignettes written around openly licensed figures, and were never asked in any exam. The rest come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them.
- 22 live questions in Neuroimaging: MRI of Neurodegenerative and Other CNS Disorders.
- 1 of 22 questions carries a verified exam year: 2019.
- Radiology is worth about 6 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 27 Aug 2026.
Q1.Corpus callosum involvement on MRI is usually seen in which of the following conditions?
- ASSPE
- BKrabbe's disease
- CPhytanic acid deficiency
- DButterfly glioblastoma✓ Correct answer
Q2.Eye of the tiger sign is previously known to have one to one correlation with which of the following conditions?
- APantothenate kinase associated neurodegeneration (PKAN)✓ Correct answer
- BNeurofibromatosis type-1
- CGlomus tumor
- DAlobar holorosencephaly
Q3.'Tiger eye' appearance on MRI brain is characteristic feature of:
- ARefsum's disease
- BHallervorden Spatz disease✓ Correct answer
- CNARP mitochondrial disease
- DAbetalipoproteinemia
Q4.A 14 yr old boy with abnormal movements. MRI shows involvement of bilateral striatum, thalami, puns, centrum semiovale and asymmetrical diffuse white matter involvement. What could be the possible diagnosis?
- AWilson's disease✓ Correct answer
- BHallevordon spatz disease
- CNigrostriatal degeneration
- DParkinsonism
Q5.Wrapping up of the cerebellum around the brain stem in Chiari Malformation is called
- ALemon sign
- BBanana sign✓ Correct answer
- CLambda sign
- DTectal Beak
Q6.Tigroid white matter on MR spectroscopy seen in:-
- APantothenate kinase deficiency
- BPelizaeus-merzbacher disease✓ Correct answer
- CNeuroferritinopathy
- DAceruloplasminemia
Answer key
Q1: D. Butterfly glioblastoma; Q2: A. Pantothenate kinase associated neurodegeneration (PKAN); Q3: B. Hallervorden Spatz disease; Q4: A. Wilson's disease; Q5: B. Banana sign; Q6: B. Pelizaeus-merzbacher disease.
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