Quiz_Viruses

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

 
 
 
 

2. 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:

 
 
 
 

3. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

6. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

7. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

8. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

9. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

13. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

16. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

18. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

19. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

22. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

25. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

27. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

28. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

32. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

34. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

35. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

38. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

39. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

40. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

41. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

42. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

43. 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:

 
 
 
 

44. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

45. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

47. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

48. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

50. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

51. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

53. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

54. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

57. Viruses have: