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Biology Diversity (acellular life/ variety of life) MCQs

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Biology Diversity (acellular life/ variety of life) MDCAT Test Preparation MCQs

1. How is HIV transmitted from one person to another?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 1 of 56

2. HIV is classified as a retrovirus because its genetic information is carried in.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 2 of 56

3. The HIV primarily infects
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 3 of 56

4. All viruses can reproduce within living organisms only, so they are known as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

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5. Prions are made up of
a.
b.
c.
d.

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6. The process which cannot take place in the absence of virus is
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 6 of 56

7. In a newly discovered virus you might fin
a.
b.
c.
d.

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8. Viruses are
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 8 of 56

9. Bacteriophage releases lysozyme during.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 9 of 56

10. RNA retroviruses have a special enzyme that
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 10 of 56

11. AIDS is due to.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 11 of 56

12. HIV is classified as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 12 of 56

13. In HIV viruses, reverse transcriptase converts single-stranded RNA into double stranded viral DNA. This process is called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 13 of 56

14. Viral disease that is wide spread and caused by enveloped RNA virus is
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 14 of 56

15. Enveloped virus enters into host cells by.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 15 of 56

16. Number of capsomers present in herpes virus are
a.
b.
c.
d.

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17. Viroids differ from viruses in having.
a.
b.
c.
d.

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18. Common cold is caused by
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 18 of 56

19. All viruses are made up of
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 19 of 56

20. Helicalerontractile sheath occurs in
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 20 of 56

21. HIV attaches to
a.
b.
c.
d.

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22. Which of these is true statement?
a.
b.
c.
d.

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23. The bacteriophage contains an enzyme known as.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 23 of 56

24. Animal viruses have.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 24 of 56

25. Which of the following characteristic of viruses is not like that of living things
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 25 of 56

26. Which of the following statements is correct
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 26 of 56

27. ________ was formerly called as infectious hepatitis:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 27 of 56

28. Which one is true for Pox-viruses?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 28 of 56

29. Reverse transcription is used to make DNA copies of:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 29 of 56

30. Poliomyelitis affects
a.
b.
c.
d.

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31. Which one of the following diseases caused by enveloped RNA virus and spread in epidemic form?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 31 of 56

32. Bacteriophage consists of or made up of.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 32 of 56

33. Viruses are considered nonliving because
a.
b.
c.
d.

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34. A Virus is a.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 34 of 56

35. When a bacteriophage in its lytic phase carries some of the bacterium's partially digested chromosome with it to another host cell the process is called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 35 of 56

36. Hepatitis D is caused by
a.
b.
c.
d.

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37. The best known phages are T phages that Infect:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 37 of 56

38. Give below is the diagram of a bacteriophage. In which one of the options all the four part A,B,C and are correct.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 38 of 56

39. Which statement is not true about fungi
a.
b.
c.
d.

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40. Which part of an animal virus is not reproduced in multiple copies?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 40 of 56

41. Certain RNA viruses carry a gene for synthesis of DNA. This enzyme is: an enzyme that uses viral RNA as a template in the
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 41 of 56

42. How are HIV and AIDS different?
a.
b.
c.
d.

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43. which of the at any in the ot true for retroviruses
a.
b.
c.
d.

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44. Induction is a process in which a viral DNA
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 44 of 56

45. Why can't a person with AIDS make antibodies against HIV?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 45 of 56

46. Mumps and measles viruses belong to group paramyxoviruses which are the viruses:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 46 of 56

47. Which step in the lytic cycle follows cell? attachment of virus and release of DNA into the
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 47 of 56

48. The latest view for the origin of viruses is.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 48 of 56

49. The genetic material of retroviruses (AIDS virus) is.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 49 of 56

50. Which of these are found in all viruses?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 50 of 56

51. Which one of the following cells are mainly infected by HIV?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 51 of 56

52. Which of the following illness is caused by a retrovirus?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 52 of 56

53. How does a virus cause disease?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 53 of 56

54. The complete mature and Infectious particle is known as
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 54 of 56

55. Jenner used material for vaccination from cowpox lesions and successfully vaccinated_____persons:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 55 of 56

56. What is the sequence of steps in which a bacteriophage attacks bacteria and injects its
DNA?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 56 of 56


 

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