TOPIC: Virus
1. A virus is made up of: Protein and DNA/RNA
2. Small pox is caused by: Variola
3. What is the name of that does not have cellular organisation?
Virus
4. Who received Nobel prize for the discovery of Prions?
Prusiner.
5. Any temperate bacteriophage existing in latent
form inside the bacterial cell is called: Prophage
6. What is another name of genomes of virus
minichromosome? : XV-40
7. A virus infecting a bacterium is called:
Bacteriophage
8. A substance by the host in response to viral
infection is called: Interferon
9. Plant viruses that multiply within their insect
vectors are called: Propagative
10.When a virus attacks a bacterium the material
that enters that host is: Nucleic acid
11. Prions have: Protein
12. The phrase “Contagium Vivum Fluidum” was
proposed by: Beijerinck
13.The virus responsible for AIDS is an example of:
Retro virus.
14.Plant virus was first crystallized by: Stanley
15. Cyanophages from India were discovered for the
first time by: R.N. Singh and P.L. Singh.
16. Cyanophages were discovered by: Safferman and Morris.
17.The viral capsid is made up of: Proteins.
18.The genetic material of the retrovirus is: Single
stranded RNA
19.The bacteriophage contains an enzyme known as:
Lysozyme.
20.Cyanophage is a virus that attacks: Blue green
algae.
