1.

What are the EEG waves recorded for

parieto-occipital region with subject

awake and eye closed?

a. Alpha waves

b. Beta waves

c. Delta waves

d. Theta waves

2. Alpha rhythm on EEG seen in:

a. Awake state

b. Mental work

c. Light sleep

d. Deep sleep

3. Bruxism occurs in which phase of

sleep?

a. NREM 2

b. NREM 3

c. REM sleep

d. NREM 4

4. Associative learning:

a. Associated with consciousness

b. Includes skills and habits

c. Relation of one stimulus to another

d. Facilitation of recognition of words

5. Pavlov’s experiment on dogs shows:

a. Conditional response

b. Unconditioned response

c. Procedural memory

d. Familiarity

6. Salivation of a dog when food is given

along with bell is?

a. Conditioned reflex
b. Reinforcement

c. Habituation

d. Innate reflex

7. Striatum damage affects priming:

a. Procedural memory

b. Short-term memory

c. Long-term memory

d. Explicit memory

8. Vomiting centre is situated in the:

a. Hypothalamus

b. Amygdala

c. Pons

d. Medulla

9. Vomiting centre:

a. Area postrema

b. Suprachiasmatic

c. Medial nuclei

d. Lateral nuclei

AIIMS/PGI/JIPMER

10. Human brain is more intelligent than

monkey’s brain due to: [PGI June 03]

a. Larger brain

b. Increased convulations

c. Increased brain area compared to

body surface area

d. More blood supply

11. Neurophysiological defects present in

right lobe involvement all, except:

[AIIMS May 09]

a. Visuo spatial defect

b. Anosognosia
c. Dyscalculia

d. Dysgraphia

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12. Left lobe of brain is mainly responsible

for: [AIIMS May 12]

a. Special recognition

b. Written an spoken language

c. Agnosia

d. Music perception

13. Buerger waves (alpha waves) of EEG

have the rhythm per sec of: [PGI 04]

a. 0-4

b. 4-7

c. 8-13

d. 13-30

14. Key regulators of sleep are located in:

[AI 09]

a. Hypothalamus

b. Thalamus

c. Putamen

d. Limbic cortex

15. Alpha-wave in EEG is seen in:

[PGI 96]

a. Sleep

b. REM sleep

c. Awake state

d. Mental work

16. Alpha-rhythm is seen in: [PGI 97]

a. Sleep with eyes closed with mind

wandering

b. Mental activity

c. Awake with eyes open

d. REM sleep

17. Delta waves are seen in:

a. Deep sleep [AI 07, AIIMS May 14]

b. REM sleep

c. Awake state

d. Stage I NREM sleep

18. EEG rhythm recorded from the surface

of the scalp during REM sleep:

a. Alpha b. Beta [AIIMS 96]

c. Delta d. Theta

19. Sleep waves in hippocampal area is:

[AI 98]

a. Delta waves b. Theta waves

c. Beta waves d. Alpha waves

20. Beta waveforms in electroencephalogram

designate which of the following

states of the patient:

a. Deep anaesthesia [AIIMS Nov 05]

b. Surgical anaesthesia

c. Light anaesthesia, eyes closed, relaxed

d. Awake/alert state

21. Nightmare is seen in: [AI 00]

a. REM sleep

b. Stage II NREM sleep

c. Stage IV NREM sleep

d. Stage I NREM sleep

22. Which one of the following phenomena

is closely associated with slow

wave sleep?

[AIIMS Nov 04]

a. Dreaming b. Atonia

c. Sleep walking

d. Irregular heart rate

23. Slow wave sleep associated with:

[PGI Dec 06]

a. Dreams

b. Cardiac arrhythmia

c. Penile tumescence

d. Delta activity

24. The normal adult human electroencephalogram

(EEG):

[AIIMS May 04]

a. Will not show high frequency waves

during stage 3 sleep

b. Shows alpha rhythm when a person

is awake but inattentive

c. Has lower frequency waves during

mental activity

d. Is predominated by large amplitude

waves during REM sleep