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Viruses are dead when it is outside a host cell. They are alive only inside a host cell.


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The correct option is A

True


Viruses do not have a cellular machinery. They behave as non-living particles outside their host cell. When they enter the host cell, they make use of the resources inside the host to survive and reproduce.


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