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WorksheetsCorona virus
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is Corona virus?
It is a large family of viruses
It belongs to the family of Nido virus
Both A and B are correct
a) Only A is correct
COVID-19 is a
Air-borne disease
Water-borne disease
Droplet-borne disease
All of the above
The coronaviruses, in general, survive in the weather for around
30 minutes
30 hours
30 days
Can’t say
According to the Chinese government, the first COVID-19 case originated in
2017
2018
2019
2020
Which of the following countries has been recorded to have more number of patients with the COVID-19?
Greenland
Italy
India
Nigeria
Which of the following is an unusual feature of the replication cycle in corona viruses?
The RNAs all terminate in a common 3´ and produce nested set transcripts
They take advantage of recombination with the long RNA genome
They are not highly mutable
They use capped cellular mRNA's
Which of the following corona viruses has caused thousands of deaths around the world as an 'emergent' virus?
MERS
SARS
OC43
HKU1
Describe the corona virus structure.
Club shaped glycoprotein spikes protrude through a lipid bilayer
An icosahedral structure with an envelope
An icosahedral large pleomorphic virus
Large regimented barrel shaped virus
SARS is described as a zoonotic virus - what does this mean?
Such viruses are confined to animals
They do not cause disease in humans
They emerge from animals to cross the species barrier infrequently
They cause pandemics
MERS has four special characteristics and here we have one exception - which is it?
Spread by faecal oral route
Aerosol droplet transmission
Reservoir in bats
A conduit to humans via camels
