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1. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

2. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

4. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

6. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

7. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

8. 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:

 
 
 
 

9. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

11. 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:

 
 
 
 

12. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

16. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

17. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

23. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

24. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

27. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

28. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

32. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

33. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

35. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

36. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

38. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

39. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

40. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

42. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

43. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

44. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

45. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

46. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

48. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

49. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

51. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

53. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

54. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

57. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 


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