MCQs on Bacteriophage
Q. T. O. Diener discovered
(a) free infectious RNA
(b) bacteriophage
(c) infectious protein
(d) free infectious DNA
Answer: : (a)
Q. Transfer of genetic material from one bacterium to another in the process of transduction is by
(a) conjugation between bacteria of opposite strains
(b) physical contact between donor and recipient
(c) special organ for conjugation
(d) bacteriophages
Answer: : (d)
Q. Bacteriophages with tail are
(a) motile in water
(b) motile on plant leaves
(c) non-motile
(d) motile on bacterial surface
Answer: : (d)
Q. Viruses which cause lysis of bacteria are known as
(a) lysogenic
(b) lytic
(c) lipolytic
(d) lysozymes
Answer: : (b)
Q. Transduction involves
(a) bacteria obtaining DNA from the external environment
(b) bacteria obtaining DNA from the mother cell
(c) transfer of genome by conjugation
(d) transfer of genetic material through virus
Answer: : (d)
Q. Hershey and Chase proved that DNA is the genetic material. They worked on
(a) bacteriophages
(b) viroid
(c) fungus
(d) bacterium
Answer: : (a)
Q. Which of the following is used as a vector in genetic engineering?
(a) Bacteriophage
(b) Plasmid
(c) Plasmodium
(d) Both (a) and (b)
Answer: : (d)
Q. When the viral genome gets inserted into bacterial host it is termed as
(a) replication
(b) lytic cycle
(c) lysogenic cycle
(d) capsid formation
Answer: : (c)
Q. Which of the following may contain satellite RNAs?
(a) Plant viruses
(b) Bacteriophages
(c) Prions
(d) Viroids
Answer: : (a)
Q. Transduction is mediated by
(a) F-factors
(b) cosmids
(c) phage vectors
(d) plasmid vectors
Answer: : (c)
