Discuss all the viral classes as per the Baltimores classification, outlining the mode of their metabolism.

Also write down examples of each viral class.

In your opinion, why is there a necessity of viral classification system?

What are phylogenetic trees? What is their significance?

How do the rooted phylogenetic trees differ from the unrooted ones?

Discuss the modern system of viral classification, outlining the various levels of classification along with a
suitable example.

What is the role of ICTV.

How do the members of viruses of class VI and class VII differ from each other? Give examples of each.

Discuss the work of some of the important scientists in the field of virology.

Who coined the term virus?

What is capsid? What is capsomere? What is protomer?

What is a naked virus? Give example.

Discuss the viral morphologies which can be found in enveloped viruses?

Discuss the viral symmetries.

Discuss various end modifications in viral genomes?

What is DTR? How does it differ from ITR? Explain both.

Discuss some methods which can be used to assay viral infectivity.

How do quantitative assays differ from quantal assays? Discuss both.

How can you plot the viral one step growth curve?

Discuss the various stages of viral one step growth curve. What is the m.o.i during such experiments?
Why?

What is burst size?

What are the possible roles of the microscopic techniques in the field of virology?

You want to cultivate a given phage Z. Design an experiment for its cultivation, isolation and
purification.
Some workers prefer to use embryonated eggs than animal for cultivating viruses. Why?

What are continuous cell lines? give example. How can you produce continuous cell lines?