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1. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

4. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

5. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

6. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

8. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

9. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

10. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

11. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

12. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

13. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

15. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

16. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

18. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

19. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

25. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

26. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

27. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

28. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

33. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

34. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

36. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

37. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

41. 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:

 
 
 
 

42. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

43. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

44. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

47. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

48. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

49. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. 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:

 
 
 
 

57. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 


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