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Read the following statements and selec the correct option
Statement 1: Virsuses are inert crystalline structure outside a living cell.
Statement 2 : Virsus are cellular organisms.

A

Both statements 1 and 2 are correct.

B

Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect.

C

Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is correct.

D

Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect.

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The correct Answer is:
B
Virus (L. poison) is a non-cellalar, infectious, nucleoprotein entiry enclosed within a protein covering or coat. Viruses are characterised by having an inert crystalline structure outside the livin cell.
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