MCQs of Biology – Viruses

Which of the following is an acellular organism?

Which of the following is an exception to cell theory?

‘Virus’ a latin world means:

Virology is the study of:

Viruses can e considered as living b because they:

Which one of the following statements about viruses is correct?

All viruses are entirely:

Which of the following is true of viruses?

Viruses are no more” alive” than isolated chromosomes because:

Which of the following statements is true for viruses?

What is true about viruses?

Tissue culture has been extensively used as a research method in all of the following fields of biology except:

Virus replicates on:

Which statement is not true for viruses?

Virus cannot reproduce on its own because:

Most of the antibiotics have no effect on the virus because:

In which of these characteristics, viruses resemble living organisms?

Bacterium differs from virus in the presence of:

Viruses were discovered by:

Who called virus as ” contagium vivum fluidum”?

Viruses were extracted in pure form and crystallized by:

Which one of the following was used by Hershey and Chase to prove that DNA is the chemical basis of heredity

A viral DNA can be made radioactive:

For the successful study of the morphology of viruses, the microscope useful is:

What is usual size range of viruses?

The smallest viruses are:

The largest virus is:

Enzymes are generally absent in:

Which one of the following enzymes is found in the bacteriophage?

Name the lytic enzyme present in the capsid of a viruses:

Structurally complete virus particle is known as:

Nucleic acid present in virus is:

Viruses possess:

A chemical component that is found in all viruses is:

The inner core of the virus with genetic material is made up of:

Viruses have a ________ and __________.

The virus is constituted by:

A structural component found in all viruses is:

The protein coat of a viruses is called:

Viruses synthesize their protein coats:

The capsid of virus is synthesized on:

A stage following infection of a cell by virus during which the presence of virus particles cannot be made out:

In agar plate medium having bacteriophages and bacteria there are clear transparent areas called:

In phage ( plaque ) culture;

Which of the following is not used for classification of viruses?

Which of the following is not RNA virus?

Viruses that can remain latent (usually in neurons) for many years are most likely:

Enteroviruses differ from rhinoviruses mainly in there

The abbreviation TMV Is used for a :

The virus first discovered was: