Botany-Viruses & Viroids
NEET Botany Viruses & Viroids Match the Following Question
Type: Match the Following-match the column-Easy-Class 11
Match Column-I with Column-II.
Column-I Column-II (a) Virus (i) Infectious living fluid (b) Viroid (ii) Smaller than bacteria (c) Dmitri Ivanowsky (iii) Crystallized structure (d) W.M. Stanley (iv) RNA without protein coat
Choose the correct matching:
A
a-i, b-iv, c-ii, d-iii
B
a-ii, b-i, c-iii, d-iv
C
a-iii, b-ii, c-i, d-iv
D
a-iv, b-iii, c-i, d-ii
Correct Answer
Option A
Detailed Explanation
Viruses were named by M.W. Beijerinck as 'Contagium vivum fluidum' (infectious living fluid) and are larger than viroids which are simply RNA without a protein coat. Dmitri Ivanowsky recognized viruses as smaller than bacteria, while W.M. Stanley showed they could be crystallized.
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