Thursday, March 26, 2020

MCQs part 2 on Virology

Virus MCQs part 2 These are MCQs on "Virology" for Entrance examination like CBSE NEET etc
MCQs 2 on Virology
1. Epidemic pleurodynia and mycarditis are both caused by:
  • Group B Coxsackievirus
  • Polymavirus
  • RSV
  • Reovirus
  • CMV





2. All the following are acceptable specimens for the isolation enterovirus EXCEPT ONE:
  • Feces
  • CSF
  • Throat secretions
  • Urine
  • Skin lesion





3. An important defense function of cytotoxic T lymphocytes in viral infection is When infectious mononucleosis is suspected, all the following tests can be useful EXCEPT ONE:
  • IgM antibody to EB-VCA
  • IgG antibody to EB-VCA
  • Antibody to EB-NAs
  • Culture
  • Hetrophil antibody





4. Which of the following statements best describes rotavirus?
  • It is an RNA virus
  • Tests for detection of antigen are rarely useful
  • Culture is the routine method of confirming infection
  • It is rarely a nosocomial pathogen
  • Person-to-person transmission is rare





5. Infectious mononucleosis is characterized by which of the following statements?
  • It is most prevalent in children less than 12 years old
  • It is cause by rhabdovirus
  • The causative pathogen is an EBV
  • Affected person respond to treatment with the production of heterophil antibodies
  • Ribavirin is the treatment of choice





6. Certain viruses have been associated with birth defects, these teratogenic viruses include all the following EXCEPT:
  • Rubella virus
  • CMV
  • VZV
  • Parvovirus B19
  • Rhinovirus








7. The most sensitive method of detecting infection by CMV in the newborn is:
  • Isolation of virus
  • Identification of characteristic cells in gastric secretions
  • Detection of IgM antibody by IF
  • Direct detection of antigen by ELISA
  • Detection of complement fixing antibodies





8. Which of the following is a segmented ds-RNA virus?
  • Togavirus
  • HAV
  • Arenavirus
  • Rotavirus
  • Parvovirus





9. All the following statements about cytomegalovirus infection are true EXCEPT:
  • It can cultured from the RBCs of infected persons
  • It can be transmitted transplacently
  • It can be activated by immunosuppressive agents
  • It will rarely cause clinically apparent disease in immunocompetent hosts
  • It can cause retinitis





10. All the following statements about human rotaviruses are true EXCEPT that they:
  • Produce an infection that is seasonally distributed peaking in fall and winter
  • Produce cytopathic effects in many conventional cell culture systems
  • Are non-enveloped-RNA viruses possessing a double shelled capsid
  • Can be sensitively and rapidly detected in stools by the ELISA technique
  • Have been implicated as a major etiologic agent of infantile gastroenteritis.


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