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1.

Protein shell that encapsulates viral genome is called

A. coat
B. viral cover
C. cell membrane
D. capsid
Answer» E.
2.

The phage components begin to assemble into mature phages only after the synthesis of

A. structural protein
B. nucleic acid
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. amino acids
Answer» D. amino acids
3.

Which of the following viruses are relatively thermostable?

A. Human immunodeficiency virus
B. Rubella virus
C. Hepatits A virus
D. Influenza virus
Answer» D. Influenza virus
4.

Hollow coil like arrangement of 'capsomeres' that looks like a rod shaped is known as

A. Helical
B. Icosahedral
C. Spiral
D. Triangular
Answer» B. Icosahedral
5.

Which of the following is continuous cell line?

A. HeLa
B. HEp-2
C. KB
D. All of these
Answer» E.
6.

'Viroid' lacks

A. DNA
B. RNA
C. Envelop
D. Cell membrane
Answer» D. Cell membrane
7.

'capsid' proteins and nucleic acid 'genome' combines to form

A. Capsid
B. Capsomere
C. Nucleocapsid
D. Nucleic acid
Answer» D. Nucleic acid
8.

Which of the following bacteriophage is said to have banal symmetry?

A. T2
B. T4
C. T6
D. all of these
Answer» E.
9.

Which of the following is not true of virions?

A. Reproduce independently
B. Contain DNA
C. Contain RNA
D. Are extracellular
Answer» B. Contain DNA
10.

Viruses largely lack metabolic machinery of their own to generate energy or to synthesize

A. protein
B. carbohydrate
C. alcohol
D. all of these
Answer» B. carbohydrate
11.

The most efficient way to enclose a space is within a/an

A. sphere
B. cube
C. icosahedron
D. helix
Answer» D. helix
12.

Individual protein subunits of a capsid are called

A. spikes
B. glycoproteins
C. capsomeres
D. capsid units
Answer» D. capsid units
13.

The yield of phage per bacterium is called the

A. eclipse size
B. latent size
C. burst size
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
14.

Which of following features most plant viruses have?

A. circular genome
B. ssDNA genome
C. DNA genome
D. rRNA genome
Answer» E.
15.

What does 'H' in HINI virus signify?

A. Hyalomma
B. hen
C. hanta
D. hemagglutinin
Answer» E.
16.

A single 'glycoprotein' that is present in prion, having an approximate molecular weight ranges from

A. 27000-30000
B. 2500-3000
C. 3000-3500
D. 4000-4500
Answer» B. 2500-3000
17.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a human disease caused by

A. Virus
B. Viroid
C. Prion
D. Phage
Answer» D. Phage
18.

Which family has received most interest in their development as a biological control agent against insects?

A. Reoviridae
B. Baculoviridae
C. Iridoviridae
D. Poxviridae
Answer» C. Iridoviridae
19.

Which of the following is the correct sequence of events in replication by bacterial phage?

A. adsorption,pinning,DNA injection,sheath contraction
B. adsorption,pinning,sheath contraction,DNA injection
C. adsorption,absorption,sheath contraction,pinning
D. absorption,adsorption,DNA injection
Answer» C. adsorption,absorption,sheath contraction,pinning
20.

Which of the following enzymes transcribe late genes?

A. ligases
B. nucleases
C. RNA polymerase
D. restriction enzymes
Answer» D. restriction enzymes
21.

Envelop of virus, a lipoprotein membrane, composed of derivatives of lipid, from host cell membrane and protein, known to be a

A. Virus-specific
B. Host specific
C. Neutral
D. Capsid
Answer» B. Host specific
22.

The temperate phage that have no site specificity for insertion and may even be able to insert multiple copies of their DNA into a single bacterial chromosome is

A. λ phage enzyme
B. λ DNA
C. Phage Mu
D. Phage Mn
Answer» D. Phage Mn
23.

Which of the coxsackieviruses can cause herpangina?

A. Group A
B. Group B
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of these
Answer» B. Group B
24.

The viral DNA is removed from the host's chromosomes and the lytic cycle occurs. The process is called

A. spontaneous induction
B. inductive infection
C. resultant induction
D. spontaneous infection
Answer» B. inductive infection
25.

Intracytoplasmic inclusions are found in chicken pox, herpes, and the polyhedra diseases of insects.

A. True
B. False
C. May be
D. Can't say
Answer» C. May be
26.

The delayed early genes codes for which of the following enzymes?

A. phage enzymes
B. RNA polymerase
C. nucleases
D. oxidases
Answer» B. RNA polymerase
27.

Human pathogen, of a family 'togaviruses' is

A. Rotavirus
B. Rubella virus
C. Poliovirus
D. Papilloma virus
Answer» C. Poliovirus
28.

Inclusion bodies of measles virus are

A. intracytoplasmic
B. intranuclear
C. both (a) and (b)
D. none of these
Answer» D. none of these
29.

All of the following viruses are enveloped except

A. Hepatitis A virus
B. Hepatitis B virus
C. Hepatitis C virus
D. Hepatitis D virus
Answer» B. Hepatitis B virus
30.

Which of the following are said to have binal symmetry?

A. M13
B. T4
C. T7
D. MV-L2
Answer» C. T7
31.

Which of following allows phages to coexist with bacteria and allow their replication without host disruption?

A. virulent cycle
B. lytic cycle
C. infectious cycle
D. lysogenic cycle
Answer» E.
32.

Which of following is an example of a double-stranded DNA virus?

A. herpes
B. hiv
C. rhinovirus
D. flavivirus
Answer» B. hiv
33.

The first step in infection of a host bacterial cells by a phage is

A. adsorption
B. absorption
C. penetration
D. replication
Answer» B. absorption
34.

The envelope of an enveloped virus is derived from

A. the mitochondrion of the cell
B. the cell membrane
C. the endoplasmic reticulum of the cell
D. none of these
Answer» C. the endoplasmic reticulum of the cell
35.

A vaccine cannot be derived from which of following?

A. dead pathogen
B. attenuated pathogen
C. surface proteins on the pathogen
D. live pathogen
Answer» E.
36.

Animal and plant viruses contain both DNA and RNA in the same virion.

A. True
B. False
C. May be
D. Can't say
Answer» C. May be
37.

Adenoviruses exhibit which of the following symmetry?

A. helical symmetry
B. circular symmetry
C. icosahedral symmetry
D. complex structure symmetry
Answer» D. complex structure symmetry
38.

The fringes on animal viruses like influenza virus is made up of ______________

A. lipoproteins
B. glycoproteins
C. cellulose
D. polysaccharides
Answer» C. cellulose
39.

The envelope surrounding the nucleocapsid of some animal viruses is made up of which of the following structures?

A. lipoproteins
B. lipopolysaccharides
C. peptidoglycan
D. chitin
Answer» B. lipopolysaccharides
40.

Rubella vaccines contain viruses are isolated only in African green monkey cells.

A. True
B. False
C. May be
D. Can't say
Answer» C. May be
41.

Which of the following symmetry is exhibited by rod-shaped viruses?

A. icosahedral
B. helical
C. complex
D. circular
Answer» C. complex
42.

For which viral disease, vaccine has been recently developed through the use of tissue culture?

A. Measles
B. Mumps
C. Rabies
D. S mallpox
Answer» B. Mumps
43.

Yellow fever virus can be attenuated by serial passage on cultures of ________________________

A. embryonated eggs
B. tissue
C. chick embryo tissue
D. pig embryo tissue
Answer» D. pig embryo tissue
44.

Effective poliomyelitis vaccines were developed by culturing the virus of poliomyelitis on the kidney cells of which animal?

A. cow
B. monkey
C. giraffe
D. pig
Answer» C. giraffe
45.

Word 'filo' used in name of a family filoviruses, resembles with

A. Thread
B. Whip
C. Round
D. Wrinkle
Answer» B. Whip
46.

Symmetry of 'arenavirus' is

A. Spiral
B. Icosahedral
C. Helical
D. Round
Answer» D. Round
47.

Diameter of 'herpesviruses' is

A. 75 nm
B. 100 nm
C. 55 nm
D. 23 nm
Answer» C. 55 nm
48.

What is estimated diameter of Caliciviruses ?

A. 38 nm
B. 75 nm
C. 22 nm
D. 45 nm
Answer» B. 75 nm
49.

Outer viral 'proteins' also act as

A. Antibody
B. Receptor
C. Antigen
D. Coat
Answer» D. Coat
50.

Translation of mRNA into proteins takes place in the ________________

A. host cell nucleus
B. host cell cytoplasm
C. viral nucleus
D. viral cytoplasm
Answer» C. viral nucleus