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1. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

4. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

5. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

6. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

8. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

9. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

13. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

14. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

16. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

18. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

20. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

21. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

22. 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:

 
 
 
 

23. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

24. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

25. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

26. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

29. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

34. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

35. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

39. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

40. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

42. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

43. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

44. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

49. 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:

 
 
 
 

50. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

53. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

54. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

55. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

57. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 


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