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Important Questions on Biological Classification

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Which of the following is correct about viroids?
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Viruses have
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A location with luxuriant growth of lichens on the trees indicates that the:
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The proteinaceous infectious particle which can cause some serious animal diseases are called:
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A pathogan which cannot be cultured in an artificial medium is:
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The capsid of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) has capsomere numbering ___.
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Which of the following shows coiled RNA strand and capsomeres?
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Which one of the following statements is true about viruses?
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What is the genetic material of Ebola virus?
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Viroids differ from viruses in having:
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What is the order of events that occur in a bacteriophage lytic cycle?
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Select the wrong statement.
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Which of the following statements related to viruses are incorrect?

I. Antibiotics can kill viruses

II. Viruses are inactive outside the cell

III. Genes involved in viral metabolism are located in the viral genome

IV. Phages can multiply by two alternative mechanism, the lytic and the lysogenic cycle

The incorrect combination is:

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Identify the parts labelled 1,2,3,4 in the given figure

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Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease CJD is a transmissible disease caused by a
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Leaf extract from an infected plant was passed through a filter with a pore size of 0.05μm diameter. The infectious agent was detected in the filtrate. Which ONE of the following is the likely infectious agent?
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Match the following lists:

  List I   List II
A) No sex organs, dikaryotic exogenous spores I) Gonyaulax
B) Infectious agents without nucleic acids II)  Trichodesmium
C) Differentiated cytoplasm bloom in polluted water bodies III) Slime moulds
D) Fruiting bodies bearing spores survive many years IV) Basidiomycetes
    V) Prions

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Which of the following statements is incorrect?
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Which of the following are the most suitable indicators of SO2 pollution in the environment?
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Which of the following statements is wrong for viroids?