NEET 1998 · Class 12

Human Health and Disease

Human immuno deficiency virus (HIV) has a protein coat and a genetic material which is (1998)

  1. (A)double stranded RNA
  2. (B)double stranded DNA
  3. (C)single stranded DNA
  4. (D)single stranded RNA

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

AIDS is caused by the Human Immuno deficiency Virus (HIV), a member of a group of viruses called **retrovirus**, which have an envelope enclosing the RNA genome (Figure 7.6).

Chapter
Human Health and Disease
Section
7.3 AIDS
Page
11
Words matched
29 of 29

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states HIV has 'an envelope enclosing the RNA genome,' which conclusively identifies it as having RNA genetic material, making option D correct.

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