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

 
 
 
 

2. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

3. 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:

 
 
 
 

4. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

5. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

6. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

7. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

13. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

16. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

17. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

22. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

25. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

26. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

27. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

28. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

29. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

32. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

33. 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:

 
 
 
 

34. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

35. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

36. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

37. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

38. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

40. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

43. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

44. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

48. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

55. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

57. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 


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