Quiz_Viruses

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. TMV was isolated in crystalline form by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. Genetic material of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

7. First animal pathogenic virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

8. 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:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. Enzymes are absent in:

 
 
 
 

11. What is a vector?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

13. Virion refers to:

 
 
 
 

14. Viruses are considered to be:

 
 
 
 

15. In a bacteriophage, DNA is present in:

 
 
 
 

16. Viruses are commonly transmitted in plants through:

 
 
 
 

17. In Herpes virus DNA is:

 
 
 
 

18. Viruses have:

 
 
 
 

19. Which is an exception to cell theory?

 
 
 
 

20. Who discovered cyanophages?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

23. Detailed study of bacteriophage was made by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

29. The genetic material of poxvirus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. Smallpox is caused by:

 
 
 
 

32. Kuru, a human disease is caused by:

 
 
 
 

33. Who among the following discovered virus?

 
 
 
 

34. Viroids have:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

36. Infective part of virus was discovered by:

 
 
 
 

37. The lambda phase is a:

 
 
 
 

38. Virus and bacteriophage are made-up of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

40. Bacteriophage consists of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

42. Bacteriophages have been used as:

 
 
 
 

43. Number of capsomeres forming capsid of TMV is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. Interferon is a:

 
 
 
 

47. Longest known virus is:

 
 
 
 

48. Which of the following is true for viruses?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

50. Who named prion?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. Bacteria differ from viruses in being sensitive to:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. 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:

 
 
 
 

55. The truncated cone of HIV consists of:

 
 
 
 

56. Cyanophage is a virus that attacks:

 
 
 
 

57. The first to isolate a plant virus was: