NEET 2000 Biology question

Virus are living, because :

(1)They multiply in host cellsCorrect
(2)Carry anaerobic respiration
(3)Carry metabolic activity
(4)Cause infection

Answer: (1)

Solution

Viruses are regarded as living only when inside a host cell, where they use the host machinery to replicate their nucleic acid and multiply (reproduction is a defining property of life). Outside the

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