Quiz_Viruses

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

 
 
 
 

2. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

3. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

8. 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:

 
 
 
 

9. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

10. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

11. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

12. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

19. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

20. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

21. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

22. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

23. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

24. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

25. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

26. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

27. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

28. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

29. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

30. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

31. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

33. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

36. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

37. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

39. 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:

 
 
 
 

40. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

41. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

45. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

46. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

48. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

49. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

50. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

51. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

52. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

57. Smallpox is caused by: