Quiz_Viruses

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

 
 
 
 

2. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

3. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

4. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

5. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

6. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

7. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

8. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

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. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

13. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

15. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

16. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

18. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

20. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

23. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

25. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

33. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

34. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

35. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

37. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

38. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

41. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

43. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

44. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

47. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

48. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

50. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

51. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

53. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

54. 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:

 
 
 
 

55. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

56. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

57. What is a vector?