Quiz_Viruses

1. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

4. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

6. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

8. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

11. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

13. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

14. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

15. 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:

 
 
 
 

16. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

17. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

18. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

19. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

20. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

22. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

25. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

27. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

28. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

30. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

31. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

36. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

38. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

39. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

40. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

41. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

43. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

44. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

45. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

46. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

47. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

48. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

51. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

53. 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:

 
 
 
 

54. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

57. Kuru, a human disease is caused by: