Quiz_Viruses

1. 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:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

7. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

8. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

9. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

10. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

13. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

14. 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:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

19. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

22. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

25. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

26. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

27. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

32. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

33. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

36. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

37. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

38. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

39. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

40. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

41. The first to isolate a plant virus was:

 
 
 
 

42. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

43. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

44. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

45. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

47. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

48. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

49. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

51. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

55. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

56. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

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