Virology Questions and Answers | Virology MCQs

Questions
1 Interferon is a
A Protein
B Lipid
C Polysaccharide
D All of the above

Answer:Protein
2 Which of the following is false about bacteriocins ?
A It is a highly specific antibiotic like substance
B It is active against other strains of bacteria.
C They are synthesised by bacteriophages.
D They are protein in nature

Answer:They are synthesised by bacteriophages.

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3 An example of an artificial virus is
A Vaccinia virus
B Rabies virus
C Mumps virus
D Revirus

Answer:Vaccinia virus
4 Inclusion bodies of vaccinia are known as
A Guarnieri bodies
B Negri bodies
C Asteroid bodies
D Schuffner dots

Answer:Guarnieri bodies
5 Which is the following virus does not belong to the herpes family ?
A Varicella
B Herpes simplex
C CMV
D Hepatitis B

Answer:Hepatitis B
6 Epstein Barr virus causes all the following EXCEPT
A Burkitt’s lymphoma
B Infectious mononucleosis
C Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
D Cervical carcinoma

Answer:Cervical carcinoma
7 Paul-Bunnell test is done in
A Melta fever
B Enteric fever
C Infectious mononuclesis
D Typhus fever

Answer:Infectious mononuclesis
8 The most definitive diagnostic method for polio is
A Virus isolation from blood
B Virus isolation from CSF
C Virus isolation from feces of throat
D Serological diagnosis

Answer:Virus isolation from feces of throat
9 Oral polio is vaccine is preferred over salk’s killed polio vaccine in epidemics for
A Easy administration
B Development of local immunity
C Passive immunisation of fellow children in community
D All of the above

Answer:All of the above
10 Which is the following is true about influenza?
A Lare epidemics is due to antigenic drift
B Has double stranded RNA
C Nucleocapsid is protective
D Neuraminidase and hemagglutination are specific

Answer:Neuraminidase and hemagglutination are specific
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