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Viruses are made up of -

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Protein & lipids
  2. Nucleic acid & protein
  3. Lipids & Carbohydrate
  4. Carbohydrate & Nucleic acid

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Nucleic acid & protein

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: B) Nucleic acid & protein šŸ“š Explanation: Viruses are non-cellular, microscopic infectious agents composed structurally of a core of nucleic acid (either DNA or RNA) enclosed within a protective outer shell made of protein, known as a capsid. They do not possess cell organelles or a cytoplasm and can only replicate inside a living host cell. This simple composition places them on the borderline between living and non-living entities.