Quiz_Viruses

1. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

2. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

3. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

4. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

5. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

8. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

9. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

10. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

11. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

14. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

15. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

16. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

18. 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:

 
 
 
 

19. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

23. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

24. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

29. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

32. 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:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

34. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

37. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

38. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

39. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

40. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

42. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

43. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

45. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

47. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

48. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

51. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

52. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

53. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

54. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

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