BiologyMDCAT

Biology Diversity (acellular life/ variety of life) MCQs

164

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

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

Question 1 of 56

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

Question 2 of 56

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

Question 3 of 56

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

Question 4 of 56

5. 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 5 of 56

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

Question 6 of 56

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

Question 7 of 56

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

Question 8 of 56

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

Question 9 of 56

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

Question 10 of 56

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

Question 11 of 56

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

Question 12 of 56

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

Question 13 of 56

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

Question 14 of 56

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

Question 15 of 56

16. Poliomyelitis affects
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 16 of 56

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

Question 17 of 56

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

Question 18 of 56

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

Question 19 of 56

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

Question 20 of 56

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

Question 21 of 56

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

Question 22 of 56

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

Question 23 of 56

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

Question 24 of 56

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

Question 25 of 56

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

Question 26 of 56

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

Question 27 of 56

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

Question 28 of 56

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

Question 29 of 56

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

Question 30 of 56

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

Question 31 of 56

32. 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 32 of 56

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

Question 33 of 56

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

Question 34 of 56

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

Question 35 of 56

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

Question 36 of 56

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

Question 37 of 56

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

Question 38 of 56

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

Question 39 of 56

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

Question 40 of 56

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

Question 41 of 56

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

Question 42 of 56

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

Question 43 of 56

44. 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 44 of 56

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

Question 45 of 56

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

Question 46 of 56

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

Question 47 of 56

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

Question 48 of 56

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

Question 49 of 56

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

Question 50 of 56

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

Question 51 of 56

52. Viruses are
a.
b.
c.
d.

Question 52 of 56

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

Question 53 of 56

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

Question 54 of 56

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

Question 55 of 56

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

Question 56 of 56


 

164
© Copyright 2026, All Rights Reserved  |  GOTEST PRO
Back to top button