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(1) How many dsRNA segments are present in the reovirus genome?
[A] 1
[B] 3
[C] 50
[D] 10
Answer: 10
(2) Which of the following viruses possess an envelope?
[A] Herpesvirus
[B] Reovirus
[C] Tobacco mosaic virus
[D] Papillomavirus
Answer: Herpesvirus

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(3) Which of the following viruses have a complex symmetry?
[A] Alphavirus
[B] Mobillivirus
[C] Orthopoxvirus
[D] Parvovirus
Answer: Orthopoxvirus
(4) For the cultivation of viruses the fertile chicken eggs should be incubated for how many day(s)?
[A] 1
[B] 2-4
[C] 5-12
[D] 2-7
Answer: 5-12
(5) Which of the following method is used for the production of vaccines against yellow fever?
[A] tissue-culture method
[B] chick-embryo method
[C] through susceptible animals
[D] through appropriate media
Answer: chick-embryo method
(6) Viruses range in size from:
[A] 1-100 nm
[B] 25-300 nm
[C] 10-100 μm
[D] 400-1000 nm
Answer: 25-300 nm
(7) Enteroviruses differ from rhinoviruses mainly in their:
[A] Type of nucleic acid
[B] Size
[C] Capsid shape
[D] Ability to survive acidic conditions
Answer: Ability to survive acidic conditions
(8) Outer viral 'proteins' also act as
[A] Antibody
[B] Receptor
[C] Antigen
[D] Coat
Answer: Antigen
(9) Infectious particles that composed solely of proteins is known as
[A] Virion
[B] Prions
[C] Phage
[D] Bacteriophages
Answer: Prions
(10) 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: 27000-30000
(11) Prions' are remarkably resistant to formaldehyde and
[A] Acids
[B] Nucleases
[C] Bases
[D] Buffers
Answer: Nucleases
(12) 'Viroid' lacks
[A] DNA
[B] RNA
[C] Envelop
[D] Cell membrane
Answer: Envelop
(13) When capsomeres are arranged in 20 triangles, resulting structure is called as
[A] Helical
[B] Icosahedral
[C] Spiral
[D] Triangular
Answer: Icosahedral
(14) Number of capsid in a virus of common cold is
[A] 252
[B] 535
[C] 250
[D] 525
Answer: 252
(15) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a human disease caused by
[A] Virus
[B] Viroid
[C] Prion
[D] Phage
Answer: Prion
(16) Size range of 'virus' is
[A] 20-300 nm
[B] 50-300nm
[C] 40-300nm
[D] 80-350nm
Answer: 20-300 nm
(17) Viruses that contain host cell 'DNA' instead of viral 'DNA' is known as
[A] Virion
[B] Prion
[C] Bacteriophages
[D] Pseudoviruses
Answer: Pseudoviruses
(18) All helical viruses are enclosed in 'nucleocapsid' known as
[A] Cell wall
[B] Cell membrane
[C] Envelop
[D] Boundary
Answer: Envelop
(19) Disease of vascular lesions in epithelial layers of ectodermal tissues are formed in mouth or skin is known as
[A] Herpes simplex
[B] Influenza
[C] Polio
[D] Mumps
Answer: Herpes simplex
(20) Virus depend on other plants and animals for its synthesis, that's why it is called as
[A] obligatory intracellular parasite
[B] obligatory extracellular parasite
[C] obligatory parasite
[D] intracellular parasite
Answer: obligatory intracellular parasite

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