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1. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

2. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

3. In order to label the coat alone but not the nucleic acid the bacteriophage should be grown on E. coli cells previously cultured on a medium containing:

 
 
 
 

4. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

5. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

6. Prions are pathogens that are thought to consist solely of:

 
 
 
 

7. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

8. The fact that best supports the concept that viruses are living is that viruses:

 
 
 
 

9. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

10. AIDS (= Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is caused by:

 
 
 
 

11. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

12. RNA particle causing symptoms like that of a virus disease are known as:

 
 
 
 

13. Infective nature of Tobacco mosaic disease was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

14. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

15. Which of the following is correct regarding AIDS causative agent HIV? (NEET 2016)

 
 
 
 

16. D.C. Gajdusek was awarded the Nobel Prize for discovery of prion based diseases in:

 
 
 
 

17. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

18. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

19. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

20. Which of the following protein is associated with prion disease?

 
 
 
 

21. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

22. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

23. Infective portion of a virus is nucleic acid, this was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

24. Chrysanthemum stunt disease and potato spindle tuber disease are caused by:

 
 
 
 

25. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

26. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

27. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

28. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

29. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

30. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

31. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

32. In which of the following, RNA is double stranded:

 
 
 
 

33. The capsid of TMV is made-up of nearly:

 
 
 
 

34. A substance (a low molecular weight protein) produced by host cells in response to viral infection, that protects other cells against further viral infection is:

 
 
 
 

35. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

36. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

37. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

38. Certain enzymes like reverse transcriptase, integrase and protease are found in:

 
 
 
 

39. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

40. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

41. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

42. The site where the protein coat of virus is synthesized is:

 
 
 
 

43. The virus responsible for AIDS is an example of a (an):

 
 
 
 

44. The smallest known agent of a plant disease is:

 
 
 
 

45. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

46. Group of viruses, which attack members of Myxophyceae are termed as:

 
 
 
 

47. Name the scientist who called viruses as “Contagium vivum fluidum”:

 
 
 
 

48. Yellow vein Mosaic of Bhindi Virus (Hibiscus Virus-I) is transmitted through:

 
 
 
 

49. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

50. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

51. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

52. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

53. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

54. In which of the following, RNA is the genetic material?

 
 
 
 

55. Which of the following disease is caused by virus?

 
 
 
 

56. An infectious agent associated with certain mammalian degenerative disease that is composed solely of protein, is known as:

 
 
 
 

57. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 


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