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  • Question
  • Which capsid symmetry is exhibited by most of the phages?


  • Options
  • A. Helical
  • B. Icosahedral
  • C. Complex
  • D. None of these

  • Correct Answer
  • Icosahedral 


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    • 1. Which of the following properties is due to lysogenic conversion by phages?

    • Options
    • A. Toxin production in Corynebacterium diphtheriae
    • B. Toxin production in Clostridium botulinum types C and D
    • C. Antigenic variation in Salmonella anatum
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. Starch is an energy storage material characteristic of

    • Options
    • A. chlorophyta
    • B. chrysophyta
    • C. phaeophyta
    • D. rhodophyta
    • Discuss
    • 3. The number of members of the division Phaeophyta that live in freshwater habitats

    • Options
    • A. is greater than the number of members of the division Chloro-phyta that live in freshwater habitats
    • B. is lesser than the number of members of the division Chlorophyta that live in freshwater habitats
    • C. is equal to the number of members of the division Chlorophyta that live in freshwater habitats
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. The __________ is the vegetative body of algae.

    • Options
    • A. mycelium
    • B. plasmodium
    • C. pseudoplasmodium
    • D. thallus
    • Discuss
    • 5. All algae possess

    • Options
    • A. nuclei
    • B. chloroplasts
    • C. Both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. The filamentous bacteriopohage infect male E. coli cells by attaching to

    • Options
    • A. lipopolysaccharide
    • B. the cell wall
    • C. the tip of the pilus
    • D. the cell membrane
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following is/are synthesized from late mRNA?

    • Options
    • A. Phage structural proteins
    • B. Proteins that help with phage assembly without becoming part of the virion structure
    • C. Proteins involved in cell lysis and phage release
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. __________ is specifically able to have a long-term relationship with the host known as lysogeny.

    • Options
    • A. Temperate virus
    • B. Adsorbed virus
    • C. RNA phage
    • D. DNA phage
    • Discuss
    • 9. Contractile sheath of the tail is present in which of the following phages?

    • Options
    • A. T3
    • B. T2
    • C. P22
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. The procapsid is assembled with the aid of __________ proteins.

    • Options
    • A. ladder
    • B. framing
    • C. scaffolding
    • D. form
    • Discuss


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