Quiz_Viruses

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

 
 
 
 

2. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

3. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

6. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

11. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

12. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

15. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

19. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. 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:

 
 
 
 

22. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

25. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

26. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

27. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

28. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

30. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

31. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

33. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

35. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

36. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

37. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

38. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

41. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

43. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

44. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

45. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

46. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

47. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

49. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

50. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

53. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

54. 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:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

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