UPSC Prelims 2025 · GS Paper 1 · Q49
Science & Technology
Medium · Microbiology / Virology
With reference to viruses, consider the following statements:
1. Certain viruses can survive and remain infectious in ocean water for extended periods.
2. Bacteriophages are viruses capable of infecting bacteria.
3. Viruses can hijack a host cell's own transcription machinery to replicate themselves.
Which of the statements given above are correct?