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Virology Questions and Answers | Virology MCQs

(1) Interferon is a
[A] Protein
[B] Lipid
[C] Polysaccharide
[D] All of the above
Answer: Protein
(2) Which of the following is false about bacteriocins ?
[A] It is a highly specific antibiotic like substance
[B] It is active against other strains of bacteria.
[C] They are synthesised by bacteriophages.
[D] They are protein in nature
Answer: They are synthesised by bacteriophages.

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(3) An example of an artificial virus is
[A] Vaccinia virus
[B] Rabies virus
[C] Mumps virus
[D] Revirus
Answer: Vaccinia virus
(4) Inclusion bodies of vaccinia are known as
[A] Guarnieri bodies
[B] Negri bodies
[C] Asteroid bodies
[D] Schuffner dots
Answer: Guarnieri bodies
(5) Which is the following virus does not belong to the herpes family ?
[A] Varicella
[B] Herpes simplex
[C] CMV
[D] Hepatitis B
Answer: Hepatitis B
(6) Epstein Barr virus causes all the following EXCEPT
[A] Burkitt’s lymphoma
[B] Infectious mononucleosis
[C] Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
[D] Cervical carcinoma
Answer: Cervical carcinoma
(7) Paul-Bunnell test is done in
[A] Melta fever
[B] Enteric fever
[C] Infectious mononuclesis
[D] Typhus fever
Answer: Infectious mononuclesis
(8) The most definitive diagnostic method for polio is
[A] Virus isolation from blood
[B] Virus isolation from CSF
[C] Virus isolation from feces of throat
[D] Serological diagnosis
Answer: Virus isolation from feces of throat
(9) Oral polio is vaccine is preferred over salk’s killed polio vaccine in epidemics for
[A] Easy administration
[B] Development of local immunity
[C] Passive immunisation of fellow children in community
[D] All of the above
Answer: All of the above
(10) Which is the following is true about influenza?
[A] Lare epidemics is due to antigenic drift
[B] Has double stranded RNA
[C] Nucleocapsid is protective
[D] Neuraminidase and hemagglutination are specific
Answer: Neuraminidase and hemagglutination are specific

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