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1. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

4. 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:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

6. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

11. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

12. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

13. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

14. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

15. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

16. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

17. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

18. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

19. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

22. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

23. 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:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

25. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

27. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

28. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

30. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

32. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

34. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

35. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

36. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

38. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

39. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

40. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

41. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

42. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

44. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

49. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

50. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

51. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

52. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

57. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 


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