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1. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

2. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

3. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

6. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

8. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. 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:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

13. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

18. 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:

 
 
 
 

19. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

20. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

21. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

22. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

23. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

25. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

27. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

28. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

29. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

32. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

34. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

35. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

38. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

41. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

44. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

45. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

46. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

47. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

48. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

49. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

50. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

55. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

57. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 


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