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

 
 
 
 

2. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

4. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

5. 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:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

7. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

8. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

11. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

12. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

13. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

15. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

16. 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:

 
 
 
 

17. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

18. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

20. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

21. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

22. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

23. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

24. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

27. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

28. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

32. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

37. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

38. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

39. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

40. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

41. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

43. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

47. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

49. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

50. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

51. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

57. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 


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