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MCQs on Viruses and Viroids For Medical Exams & Pharmacist Exam
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Viruses and Viroids MCQs Quiz
1. Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) has a protein coat and a genetic material which is__
(1) single stranded DNA
(2) double stranded DNA
(3) single stranded RNA
(4) double stranded RNA
Ans. (3)
2. Viroids’ differ from Viruses in being___
(1) naked RNA molecules only
(2) naked DNA molecules only
(3) naked DNA packaged with viral genome
(4) satellite RNA packaged with viral genome
Ans. (1)
3. The genetic material in viruses is________
(1) in some viruses both DNA and RNA
(2) only RNA
(3) only DNA
(4) in some viruses only DNA and in some only RNA
Ans. (4)
4. Bacteriophage is made up of________
(1) DNA
(2) nucleoprotein
(3) carbon and sulphur
(4) protein only
Ans. (2)
5. Which of the following has protein_______?
(1) Provirus
(2) Prophage
(3) Viroid
(4) Virion
Ans. (4)
6. Prions are infectious particles consisting of only proteins without nucleic acid. They cause diseases like_______
(1) Scrapie
(2) Kuru
(3) Mad Cow disease
(4) all of the above
Ans. (4)
7. What is common among TMV, HIV and Hepatitis-B viruses ?
(1) Reverse transcriptase
(2) RNA
(4) Sheath of lipoprotein
(3) DNA
Ans. (2)
8. Which of the following animal virus contains double stranded DNA ?
(1) Polio virus
(2) Mumps virus
(3) Influenza virus
(4) None of the above
Ans. (4)
9. Which of the following statements is suitably applicable to viruses?
(1) Viruses are genes, enclosed in a protein coat
(2) Viruses are chromatids, which have escaped from the cell
(3) Viruses are border-line entities between living beings and non-living matter
(4) All the above
Ans. (4)
10. Phages that show lysogenic cycle are called_________
(1) temperate phages
(2) virulent phages
(3) avirulent phages
(4) lytic phages
Ans. (3)