MHT CET Medical202624 April 2026Morning ShiftBiologyBiological ClassificationActual
In the Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV), hereditary material is ________ .
Options
- Asingle stranded DNA
- Bsingle stranded RNA
- Cdouble stranded DNA
- Ddouble stranded RNA
Correct answer
B. single stranded RNA
Step-by-step solution
Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) is a plant virus that causes mosaic disease in tobacco and other members of the family Solanaceae. The genetic material of TMV is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA (ssRNA). Therefore, the hereditary material in TMV is single-stranded RNA. Answer: single stranded RNA