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Viruses and Their Classification (GATE)

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In viral replication cycle, phage can be recovered by disrupting the infected bacterium at which of the following periods?

  1. Rise period

  2. Latent period

  3. Eclipse period

  4. Fall period


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

During eclipse period, phage can be recovered by disrupting the infected bacterium.

Haloarcula hispanica pleomorphic virus 1 has which of the following properties?

A. ds DNA virus B. Enveloped virus C. Pleomorphic virus D. Lytic virus

  1. A, B, C and D

  2. A, B and C

  3. B, C and D

  4. B and C


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A, B and C are correct. Haloarcula hispanica pleomorphic virus 1 is not a lytic virus.

Which among the following viruses have enzyme thymidine kinase present in them?

  1. Circoviridae

  2. Herpesviridae

  3. Poxviridae

  4. Reoviridae


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Thymidine kinase is an enzyme found in family Herpesviridae.

Which bacteriophages bypass the sheath contraction step of viral penetration in the host?

  1. T5

  2. T2

  3. T6

  4. PhiX174


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

T5 phages do not have contractile sheath.

Which of the following is a specific innate defence mechanism found especially in plants against viruses?

  1. Coagulation system

  2. RNA interferance

  3. Complement activation

  4. Pattern recognition receptors


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

RNA interference is an important innate defence against viruses.

Which of the following sentences is true about nucleic acid of viruses?

  1. All non-enveloped viruses are dsDNA virus.

  2. All enveloped viruses are dsDNA virus.

  3. Only ssDNA viruses are non-enveloped

  4. All dsRNA viruses are enveloped.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It is true. All dsRNA viruses are enveloped.

Which of the following is an example of icosahedral phage of E.coli?

  1. fd phage

  2. PhiX174

  3. f1 phage

  4. MS2


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

PhiX174 phage has icosahedral symmetry.

Which unit modifies phage DNA so that it can resist bacterial restriction enzymes after absorption?

  1. 5-Hydroxymethyltyrosine

  2. 5-Hydroxymethyl guanine

  3. 5-Hydroxymethyladenosine

  4. 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Delayed early genes code for 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, which destroys precursors of cytosine deoxynucleotides, so that no more bacterial cytosine will be incorporated into phage DNA.

Bacteriophages are host-specific. Which of the following is the host for SPO2 phage?

  1. E.coli

  2. Salmonella

  3. Pseudomonas

  4. Bacillus subtilis


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Bacillus subtilis is the host for SPO2 phage.

For isolation of phage phi6, the host organism used is

  1. E.coli

  2. Pseudomonas phaseolicola

  3. Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  4. Salmonella typhi


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Phage phi6 infects Pseudomonas phaseolicola.

In 1967, Bradley grouped bacteriophages into six morphological types. Which group contained phages like T-odd coliphages T1 and T5?

  1. Group A

  2. Group B

  3. Group C

  4. Group D


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Group B includes T-odd coliphages T1 and T3. 

In which bacteriophage is the phenomenon of terminal redundancy observed?

  1. Bacteriophage phi X 174

  2. Bacteriophage lambda

  3. Bacteriophage T4

  4. Bacteriophage M13


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Terminal redundancy is exhibited by bacteriophage T4 DNA. 

Which kind of recombination takes place between bacteriophage lambda and E.coli DNA?

  1. Site-specific recombination

  2. General recombination

  3. Replicative recombination

  4. Illegitimate recombination


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Site specific recombination takes place between bacteriophage lambda and E.coli DNA.

Which of the following organisms are infected by LPP phages?

  1. Fungi

  2. Algae

  3. Bacteria

  4. Insects


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

LPP phages are cyanophages. It infects cyanobacteria Lyngbya, Phormidium and Plectonema.

Which of the following sentences about mycophages is untrue?

  1. All mycophages of higher fungi possess dsRNA.

  2. Killer system in Saccharomyces cerevisae is induced by mycophages.

  3. Cytopathic effect is not produced by mycophages in Agaricus.

  4. Some viruses of lower fungi have dsDNA.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This is untrue. Mycophages do not produce cytopathic effect in many fungi.

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