Quiz_Viruses

1. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

2. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

8. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

11. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

13. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

15. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

16. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

17. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

19. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

20. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

21. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

23. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

24. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

25. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

26. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

27. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

28. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

30. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

31. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

32. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

33. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

34. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

35. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

37. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

38. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

42. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

44. 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:

 
 
 
 

45. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

47. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

50. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

51. 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:

 
 
 
 

52. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

53. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

57. Who discovered cyanophages?