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Viruses From Animal and Plants problems


  • 1. Viral matrix proteins are

  • Options
  • A. exposed on the surface of the virus
  • B. found mainly on naked viruses
  • C. anchor the envelope of enveloped viruses
  • D. part of the nucleoprotein core of viruses
  • Discuss
  • 2. Fluorescence microscopy can be used for the diagnosis of

  • Options
  • A. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
  • B. Herpes simplex encephalitis
  • C. Rabies
  • D. All of these
  • Discuss
  • 3. Plant viruses penetrate host cells through transient ores called

  • Options
  • A. ectodesmata
  • B. endodesmata
  • C. cytodesmata
  • D. protodesmata
  • Discuss
  • 4. Icosahedral viruses are generally

  • Options
  • A. polio viruses
  • B. adeno viruses
  • C. both (a) and (b)
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 5. Negative strand ssRNA viruses need to have a preformed replicase when they invade a mammalian cell because they

  • Options
  • A. use it to terminate transcripts when they copy host cell mRNA
  • B. have to make a positive strand copy that can be translated
  • C. use it to modify host enzymes that are recruited for viral replication
  • D. none of the above
  • Discuss
  • 6. Which of the following virus is transmitted by genital route?

  • Options
  • A. Papillomaviruses
  • B. Herpes simplex virus type 2
  • C. Hepatitis B virus
  • D. All of these
  • Discuss
  • 7. Supercoiling refers to the extra turns in the structure of ds DNA due to the action of

  • Options
  • A. DNA gyrase
  • B. DNA pyrase
  • C. RNA gyrase
  • D. RNA pyrase
  • Discuss
  • 8. Which of the following virus is transmitted by the respiratory route?

  • Options
  • A. Rhinovirus
  • B. Coronavirus
  • C. Measles virus
  • D. All of these
  • Discuss
  • 9. Transfer of infection from cell to cell occurs mainly by direct transfer of virions via

  • Options
  • A. plasmodesmata
  • B. cytodesmata
  • C. protodesmata
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 10. The tissue structure deteriorates as the virus multiplies. This deterioration is called

  • Options
  • A. aneuploidy
  • B. protopathic effect
  • C. cytopathic effect
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss

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