Quiz_Viruses

1. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

4. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

6. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

7. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

8. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

9. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

10. 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:

 
 
 
 

11. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

12. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

13. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

15. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

18. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

19. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

20. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

22. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. 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:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

27. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

29. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

30. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

31. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

34. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

35. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

37. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

48. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

49. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

50. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

51. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

52. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

55. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

56. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

57. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is: