Select the wrong statement:

1. The viroids were discovered by D.J lvanovsky.
2. W.M. Stanley showed that viruses could be crystallized.
3. The term 'contagium vivum fluidum' was coined by MW Beijerinck.
4. Mosaic disease in tobacco and AIDS in human beings are caused by viruses.

Subtopic:  Virus, Viroids & Prions |
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Which of the following shows coiled RNA strand and capsomeres?

1. Poliovirus 2. Tobacco mosaic virus
3. Measles virus 4. Retrovirus
Subtopic:  Virus, Viroids & Prions |
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Viruses have:
1. DNA enclosed in a protein coat
2. Prokaryotic nucleus
3. Single chromosome
4. Both DNA and RNA

Subtopic:  Virus, Viroids & Prions |
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Which statement is wrong for viruses?
1. All are parasites
2. All of them have helical symmetry
3. They have the ability to synthesize nucleic acids and proteins 
4. Antibiotics have no effect on them

Subtopic:  Virus, Viroids & Prions |
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AIPMT - 2012
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Virus envelope is known as:
1. capsid
2. virion
3. nucleoprotein
4. core

Subtopic:  Virus, Viroids & Prions |
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Infectious proteins are present in:
1. geminiviruses
2. prions
3. viroids
4. satellite viruses

Subtopic:  Virus, Viroids & Prions |
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Given below is the diagram of a bacteriophage. In which one of the options, all the four parts A, B, C and D are correct?

 

A B C D
1. Sheath Collar Head Tail fibres
2. Head Sheath Collar Tail fibres
3. Collar Tail fibres Head Sheath
4. Tail fibres Head Sheath Collar
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T.O. Diener discovered a:
1. free infectious RNA
2. free infectious DNA
3. infectious protein
4. bacteriophage

Subtopic:  Virus, Viroids & Prions |
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The causative agent of mad-cow disease is a:

1. bacterium

2. prion

3. worm

4. virus

Subtopic:  Virus, Viroids & Prions |
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