Quiz_Viruses

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

6. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

7. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

9. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

10. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

11. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

12. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

13. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

14. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

15. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

16. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

17. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

18. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

19. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

22. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

27. 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:

 
 
 
 

28. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

29. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

30. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

31. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

32. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

35. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

37. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

39. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

40. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

41. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

42. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

44. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

45. 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:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

49. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

51. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

52. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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