NEET 2009 · Class 11

Biological Classification

T.O. Diener discovered a (2009)

  1. (A)free infectious DNA
  2. (B)infectious protein
  3. (C)bacteriophage
  4. (D)free infectious RNA

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

In 1971, T.O. Diener discovered a new infectious agent that was smaller than viruses and caused potato spindle tuber disease.

Chapter
Biological Classification
Section
2.6 VIRUSES, VIROIDS, PRIONS AND LICHENS
Page
11
Words matched
42 of 42

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states 'It was found to be a free RNA' which conclusively identifies the discovery as free infectious RNA, matching option D.

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