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  • A. Lateral ventricle
  • B. Thalamus
  • C. Spinal cord
  • D. Hypothalamus

Explanation: The hypothalamus is a section of the brain that controls thermoregulation.

Correct answer: Hypothalamus
  • A. HBV
  • B. HAV
  • C. HCV
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Hepatitis C virus (HCV), is an enveloped single-stranded RNA virus which appears to be distantly related (possibly in its evolution) to…

Correct answer: HCV
  • A. Enveloped RNA.
  • B. DNA Virus.
  • C. RNA tumor.
  • D. Both B and C.

Explanation: b) DNA Virus: This is the correct option. Herpes simplex is caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV), which is a DNA virus.

Correct answer: DNA Virus.
  • A. Influenza
  • B. Herpes Simplex
  • C. Polio
  • D. Smallpox

Explanation: [A] Influenza is RNA based virus and enveloped also[B] Herpes is not caused by Enveloped RNA virus[C] Polio is caused by non-enveloped RNA…

Correct answer: Influenza
  • A. DNA virus
  • B. RNA enveloped virus
  • C. DNA enveloped virus
  • D. RNA virus

Explanation: Influenza is caused by an enveloped RNA virus.

Correct answer: RNA enveloped virus
  • A. Hepatitis
  • B. Cholera
  • C. Influenza
  • D. Candidiasis

Explanation: Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C are blood borne diseases, which can be transferred to other individuals by blood contact.

Correct answer: Hepatitis
  • A. Landing → Tail contraction → Penetration → DNA Injection
  • B. Penetration → Landing → Tail contraction → DNA Injection
  • C. Tail contraction → Landing → DNA Injection → Penetration
  • D. Landing → Penetration → Tail contraction → DNA Injection

Explanation: The phage first attaches itself by its tail to the cell wall of bacterium at a point called receptor site.

Correct answer: Landing → Tail contraction → Penetration → DNA Injection
  • A. Ectoparasites
  • B. Endoparasites
  • C. Obligative Intracellular Parasites
  • D. Facultative Intracellular Parasites

Explanation: Intracellular obligate parasites depend on the host not only for nutrition but also for reproduction.

Correct answer: Obligative Intracellular Parasites
  • A. Mycoplasma
  • B. Escherichia coli
  • C. Herpes virus
  • D. Diplococcus

Explanation: Herpes virus is essentially a virus and since viruses do not fall under the category of cellular beings, herpes virus is a non-cellular…

Correct answer: Herpes virus
  • A. Without invading any cell.
  • B. In bacterial cell.
  • C. By Mitosis
  • D. By Meiosis

Explanation: Viruses are incapable of reproducing on their own, so they hunt for a host cell for hijacking.

Correct answer: In bacterial cell.
  • A. Transduction
  • B. Temperate phage cycle
  • C. Lytic cycle
  • D. Lysogenic phage cycle

Explanation: In the lytic cycle the phage infects a bacterium, hijacks the bacterium to make lots of phages, and then kills the cell by making it…

Correct answer: Lytic cycle
  • A. Nucleocapsid
  • B. Prion
  • C. Envelope
  • D. Capsomeres

Explanation: The capsid and nucleic acid together are known as the nucleocapsid.A prion is a type of protein that can trigger normal proteins in the…

Correct answer: Nucleocapsid
  • A. Enveloped Phage
  • B. Virulent Phage
  • C. Temperate phages
  • D. Bacteriophage

Explanation: Temperate phages are some bacteriophages which display a lysogenic life cycle.

Correct answer: Temperate phages
  • A. Capsid
  • B. Cosmid
  • C. Capsomere
  • D. Chromophore

Explanation: The outer protein coat of a virus is known as 'the capsid'. It consists of several oligomeric structural subunits made of a protein called…

Correct answer: Capsid
  • A. Heterogametic
  • B. Dieogametic
  • C. Homogametic
  • D. Both B and C

Explanation: Moths and butterflies, have a female heterogametic sex chromosome system, with most females having a ZW constitution while males are ZZ.

Correct answer: Homogametic
  • A. X-linked
  • B. Autosomal
  • C. Y-linked
  • D. X and Y-linked

Explanation: [A] X-linked traits are not only transmitted from father to son but can be also transmitted to her daughter[B] Autosomal disease can be…

Correct answer: Y-linked
  • A. XY
  • B. SRY
  • C. SYX
  • D. SXX

Explanation: Y chromosome has an SRY gene. It is the sex determining region Y gene. It is Y linked gene because it is found only on the Y chromosome.

Correct answer: SRY
  • A. Y-chromosome
  • B. X-chromosome
  • C. Autosome 7
  • D. Autosome 9

Explanation: Red- Green Color blindness is a sex-linked recessive disease which is passed down through the X chromosomes.

Correct answer: X-chromosome
  • A. Lymphocytes
  • B. RBC
  • C. T_Cell
  • D. B_ cells

Explanation: While HIV can infect other types of cells, including monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells, it has a particular affinity for…

Correct answer: T_Cell
  • A. 50 molecules per virion
  • B. 40 molecules per virion
  • C. 30 molecules per virion
  • D. 20 molecules per virion

Explanation: In summary, the specific number of reverse transcriptase molecules per HIV virion can vary due to factors like viral strain and infection…

Correct answer: 50 molecules per virion