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CHAPTER NO : 5 Acellular life

1. Viruses may not replicate in:
a) Blood Plasma c) Skin cell
b) A plant cell d) Hepatocytes
2. Nucleic acid is the only component of:
a) Virus c) Viroid
b) Virion d) Prion
3. It is false for viruses:
a) Viruses contain both DNA and RNA c) Viruses are non-cellular
b) No independent metabolic d) Tiny and infectious agent
activities
4. In prions, information is carried further through:
a) DNA c) RNA
b) Proteins d) Glycoproteins
5. The filterable agents were first purified in 1935, when Stanley was successful in
crystallizing the virus:
a) Polio c) Tobacco mosaic virus
b) Hepatitis d) Influenza
6. Viruses cannot be grown on artificial culture media because they are
a) Facultative parasites c) Endoparasites
b) Obligate parasites d) Ectoparasites
7. It is present in all the viruses:
a) DNA c) RNA
b) Capsid d) Envelop
8. The component responsible for determination of shape of virus is:
a) Kind of nucleic acids c) Protein subunits
b) Kind of hosts d) Viral envelop
9. Which of the following is not essential part of virus?
a) Nucleic acid c) Capsid
b) Envelope d) None of these
10.A virion is a:
a) Virus c) Capsid
b) Viral lysozyme d) Viral gene
11.______________capsomeres are present in capsid of herpes virus.
a) 52 c) 162
b) 252 d) 262
12.Members of which of the following group are all parasites?
a) Viruses c) Fungi
b) Bacteria d) Protozoa
13.Polio viruses are :
a) Tadpole shaped c) Rod shaped viruses
b) Spherical viruses d) spring like
14.The genome of most of the animal viruses contain:
a) DNA c) Protein
b) RNA d) Both DNA and RNA

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15.TMV are:
a) Tadpole shaped c) Rod shaped viruses
b) Helical shaped d) Spherical viruses
16.Volume of bacteriophage is about of ___________host:
a) 1/10 Volume c) 1/100 times
b) 1/100 d) 1/1000
17.The enzyme involved in viral replication are synthesized:
a) By the host cell d) On the interior surface
b) On the viral ribosomes of viral coat
c) On the interior surface of viral membrane
18.In lytic cycle of life cycle of bacteriophage, the phage is regarded as:
a) Master c) Inducer
b) Guest d) Slave
19.The part of bacteriophage that enters the host cell is:
a) Protein sheath c) Genome
b) Protein coat d) Tail
20.The bacteriophage attaches itself by its tail to the cell wall of bacterium at:
a) Anywhere on the cell c) Adhering surface
b) Receptor site d) Binding site
21.When a virus is in the lysogenic cycle, which of these will occur ?
a) Viral DNA becomes incorporated into the host DNA
b) Host cell produces many new viruses before it breaks apart
c) The viral DN viral DNA replicates and it separated by the cell's spindle
apparatus
d) Antiviral defences of the cell expel the viral DNA
22.Most commonly, lesions can be seen around mouth, lips and at other skin sites
in
a) Influenza c) Polio
b) Mumps d) Herpes
23.Viral inflammation of parotid gland is commonly associated with:
a) Mumps c) Smallpox
b) Herpes simplex d) Influenza
24.All of the following are viral diseases except:
a) Influenza c) Polio
b) Mumps d) Tetanus
25.Hepatitis A virus is:
a) RNA c) ss RNA
b) DNA d) ss DNA
26.HAV is transmitted through:
a) Blood c) Serum
b) Faecal-oral route d) Syringes
27.Virus that attack on spinal cord is:
a) Rabies b) Toga virus

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c) HIV d) Poliovirus
28.Poliomyelitis affects:
a) Sensory neuron c) Brain
b) Motor neuron d) Muscles
29.Which one is not RNA virus?
a) Small pox virus c) Mumps and Measles
b) Influenza virus virus
d) Polio virus
30.Small Pox is caused by Pox virus which is:
a) DNA Naked Virus c) RNA Enveloped Virus
b) RNA Naked Virus d) DNA Enveloped Virus
31.Mad cow disease is caused by:
a) Virus c) Virion
b) Viroid d) Prion
32.Hepatitis C is also known as:
a) Infections Hepatitis c) Serum Hepatitis
b) Infusion Hepatitis d) Delta Hepatitis
33.Pigs are reservoir for:
a) Hepatitis A c) Hepatitis B
b) Hepatitis C d) Hepatitis E
34.Retroviruses contain:
a) Single stranded RNA c) Double stranded RNA
b) Single stranded DNA d) Double stranded DNA
35.Major Cells that are infected by HIV are:
a) B-lymphocytes c) T-Helper cells
b) Natural cells d) T-Lymphocytes
36.It acts as a template strand for reverse transcriptase:
a) Viral DNA c) Host DNA
b) Viral RNA d) T-lymphocytes
37.The phenomenon of transcription in HIV life cycle occurs in:
a) Nucleus c) Inside viral capsid
b) Cytoplasm d) None of these
38.Attachment of HIV DNA with host DNA is done via action of:
a) Integrase c) Reverse transcriptase
b) Protease d) Nuclease
39.HIV can be transmitted by all of the following sources except:
a) Intimate sexual contact c) Contact with blood
b) Breast feeding d) Saliva
40.Uncoating of HIV virion occurs:
a) Outside the cell c) In cytoplasm
b) In nucleus d) At any place
41.The major cell infected by the HIV is:
a) Leucocyte c) Helper T-lymphocyte
b) Monocyte d) B-lymphocyte

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42.Chemically, viruses are made up of:
a) Nucleic acid only c) Nucleic acid and protein
b) Protein only d) Core and coat
43.In HIV viruses, reverse transcriptase converts single-stranded RNA into double
stranded viral DNA. This process is called:
a) Translation c) Replication
b) Duplication d) Reverse Transcriptase
44.Reverse transcriptase is used to make DNA copies of:
a) Host RNA c) Host DNA
b) Viral RNA d) Viral DNA
45.Which of the following cells are mainly infected by HIV?
a) T-killer lymphocytes c) B-plasma cells
b) T-helper lymphocytes d) B-memory cells
46.HIV is classified as:
a) Bacteriophage c) Retrovirus
b) Oncovirus d) Icosahedral virus
47.AIDS is caused by:
a) Bacteria c) Fungi
b) Virus d) Algae
48.Cilia and flagella are absent in:
a) Viruses c) Higher plants
b) Bacteria d) Lower animals
49.In viruses, a combined structure formed by core (Nucleic Acid) and capsid is:
a) Nucleocapsid c) Capsomeres
b) Envelope d) Prions
50.Taxonomy includes the arrangement of organisms into different taxa. Which of
the following represents the correct hierarchy of various taxa of classification?
a) Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum
b) Order, family, class, phylum, kingdom
c) Species, genus, order, family, class, phylum
d) Species, genus, family, class, order, phylum

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