Quiz_Viruses

1. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

2. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

3. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

15. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

16. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

17. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

18. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

19. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

20. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

21. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

22. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

23. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

25. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

26. 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:

 
 
 
 

27. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

28. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

29. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. 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:

 
 
 
 

32. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

33. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

34. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

35. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

39. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

40. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

41. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

42. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

44. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

45. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

46. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

48. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

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