Viruses lack cellular machinery and hence do not show any characteristics of life until they enter a living body/host and use the host cell to multiply.

Mitochondria

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Nucleus

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Solution

The correct option is B
Explanation of the correct option:
Viruses do not have a cellular machinery.
They behave as non-living particles outside their host cell but start reproducing and multiplying once they enter their host.
Hence, they form the bridge between living and non-living.
Explanation of the incorrect option:
Mitochondria are double membrane bound cell organelles found in the cell that store energy in the form of ATP.
Mitochondria are called as 'Powerhouse of the cell'.
Final answer: The correct answer is Nucleus.

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Q. Viruses lack cellular machinery until they enter a living host and multiply.

Statement 1: Viruses are dead when they are outside the host body.
Statement 2: Viruses do not have a cellular organisation.

With respect to the given statements, choose the correct option.
Statement 1: Viruses are inactive when they are outside the host body.
Statement 2: Viruses do not have a cellular organisation.

Q. Viruses are non-cellular organisms but replicate themselves once they infect the host cell. To which of the following kingdom do viruses belong to?

Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about viruses?

i. Viruses are neither living or non-living organisms.

ii. Viruses can live freely.

iii. Viruses use the host cell to reproduce.

iv. Viruses do not have DNA or RNA.

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