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1. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

2. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

7. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

9. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. 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:

 
 
 
 

13. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

14. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

15. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

16. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

17. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

18. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

23. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

24. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

25. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

27. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

28. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

30. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

31. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

33. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

34. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

35. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

36. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

37. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

39. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

42. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

43. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

44. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

45. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

47. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

49. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

50. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 


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