TASK 1 :SOLUTIONS

TOPICS : LIVING WORLD & BIOMOLECULES

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1)All carbon containing compounds in living organisms are called
1)Mineral nutrients
#2)Biomolecules
3)organic compounds
4)Cellular pool
Note : in your text book ONLY CARBON COMPOUNDS are given as Biomolecules though
living organisms possess both organic and inorganic compounds …
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2)Which one is a micro biomolecule which doesn’t forms polymer and present in acid
insoluble pool ?
#1)Lipid
2)polysaccharides
3)Proteins
4)Nucleic acid
Note : Lipid of plasma membrane on disruption form a clump of vesicles and hence present
in acid insoluble fraction though it is not a macromolecule /polymeric..
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3)Statement A :Taxonomic groups / categories are distinct biological entities and not mere
morphological aggregates …
Statement B : The taxonomic class insecta has distinct morphological characteristics (jointed
legs ,segmented body )and at the same time include organisms like mosquitoes,flies and
beetles ..
#1)Both are right
2)Both are wrong
3)Only A is right
4)Only B is right
Note : any taxonomic category has some distinct morphological characteristics apart from
being living entities
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4)Which bio macromolecule generally form homopolymer?
#1)Polysaccharide
2)Protein
3)Lipid
4)Nucelic acid
Note : except for peptidoglycan and heparin generally polysaccharide are homopolymers
…(Mostly monomers of them is glucose except for inulin which is fructose ..)
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5)How many classes in IUB classification catalase transfer of groups in between substrates
?
1)1
#2)2
3)3
4)4
Note : oxidoreductases and transferase ..
There are two classes which catalyse breakdown of substrates (hydrolyses ,lyases )
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6)The monomers are amino sugars (complex polysaccharide)in the walls of
#1)Fungi & bacteria
2)Cork cells
3)Xylem
4)Sclerenchyma
Note : Chitin is made of two amino sugars namely NAG and NAM
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7)Family to which a species belong is mentioned along with common name English name
and date of collection in
#1)Herbaria
2)Botanical garden
3)Monograph
4)All
Note : In botanical gardens only scientific name and family is mentioned on the name plate
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8)Which is a wrong match ?
#1)Flora : taxonomic category
2)Species : smallest category
3)Phylum : Animal division
4)Latin : binomial nomenclature
Note : Flora is taxonomic aid exclusive for plants (alone with herbaria and botanical gardens
)
Museums ,Manual and monographs are both for plants and animals …
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9)Statement A : Amylose in starch and glycogen possess 1,4 alpha glucose units with helical
straight units ..
Statement B : Amylopectin in both starch and cellulose has both straight chain (1,4 alpha
)and several side chains (1,6 alpha units )
1)Both are right
2)Both are wrong
#3)Only A is right
4)Only B is right
Note : Cellulose is a linear molecule and never possess any helixes so do not respond to
iodine test ..Both amylose and amylopectin are absent in cellulose and it has 14 beta
linkages .. It is the most abundant organic substance in biosphere (RUBISCO is most
abundant protein in biosphere )
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10)Assertion: Consciousness is most obvious and technically complicated feature of
organisms ..
Reason : Different organisms may respond differently to the same stimulus
#1)R explain A
2)R doesn’t explain A
3)R alone is right
4)A alone is right
Note :some plants grow well in high light intensity whereas some like shady climates ..
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11)Assertion : Oils are liquid in room temperature(groundnut ,mustard ,sunflower )
Reason : They have low melting point due to unsaturated fatty acid ..
#1)R explain A
2)R doesn’t explain A
3)A alone is present
4)R alone is present
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12)Which is incorrect pair ?
1)Convolvulaceae :polimoniales
2)Mango : Sapindales
#3)Maize : Rosales
4)Rice : poales
Note : Rosales is the order of fabaceae
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13)Two fatty acid ,phosphate group , glycerol and choline is seen in
1)Neural tissues
2)ATP
3)Cholesterol
#4)Lecithin
Note : It is a major lipid in plasma membrane..It is like water in
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and present towards the inner side of tertiary structure of a protein ?
#1)Valine
2)Glycine
3)Serine
4)Aspartic acid
Glycine is simplest sweetest amino acid …Aspartate is acidic amino acid
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15)How many water molecules are lost in the production of tripeptide ?
1)1
2)2
3)3
4)4
Note : Tripeptide possess three amino acids so two water molecules are lost as two peptide
bonds are formed ....
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16)Assertion : Peptide bond is a CN bond ..
Reason : COOH group of previous amino acid bonds to NH2 of next amino acids …
#1)R explain A
2)R doesn’t explain A
3)R alone is right
4)A alone is right
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17)How many tertiary proteins are present in a quaternary protein of haemoglobin ?
1)1
2)2
3)3
#4)4
Note : Two alpha and two beta ..
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18)Which bonds don’t get denatured on heating in a tertiary protein ?
1)Covalent bond
2)Ionic bond
#3)Peptide bond
4)Hydrophobic interactions
Note : Primary structure never get denatured on heating unlike other bonds …
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19)What is NOT true about taxonomic aid?
1)They may possess both living and non living species ..
2)It can be exclusive for plants / animals ..
#3)They always possess taxonomic keys without exception
4)A single taxonomic aid can help in identifying of both plants and animals
Note : keys are present only in flora and monographs
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20)Which is a polymer which can be a secondary metabolite ?
1)Protein
2)DNA
3)RNA
#4)Celluose
Note : Secondary metabolites are absent in animals
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21)Which is a protein which act a transport protein ?
1)concanavaline
#2)GLUT 4
3)Abrin
4)Vinblastin
Note : Glut 4 help in facilitated diffusion …
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22)which is NOT secondary metabolites ?
1)Scents
2)Gums
3)Spices
#4)Sterols
Sterols are primary metabolites as they have identified functions unlike secondary
metabolites
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23)True regeneration is observed in
1)Earth worm
2)Tape worm
#3)Flat worm
4)Round worm
Note : Any separated part is capable of producing ENTIRE organism is called true
regeneration
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24)What is the most abundant organic component in cellular mass of a cell ?
1)Water
#2)Protein
3)Nucleic acid
4)Fats
Note : Water is most abundant compound but organic is protein ..
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25)Most variable group in amino acid ?
1)COOH
2)NH2
3)R group
4)All
Reason : Most variable group in R GROUP ..
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26)What is NOT true regarding binomial nomenclature?
1)Species name should follow genus name starting with a small letter …
2)Scientist name should follow species name starting with a capital letter ..
#3)Genus name is always written in capital letters ..
4)Scientist name is written in abbreviated form .
Note : Only the first letter in genus name is written on capitals ..
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27)Which posses phosphorus?
1)Lecithin
2)Adenylic acid
3)Ribozyme
#4)All the above
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28)Which is a cyclic lipid present in plasma membrane regulating fluidity with three six
carbon rings ,one five carbon ring and eight carbon linear chain ?
1)Phenyl alanine
2)Tyrosine
3)Tryptophan
#4)Cholesterol
Note : It regulated fluidity in plasma membrane ..Thst is the reason organisms in polar
regions accumulate more of fat ..
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29)What is the most abundant protein with three helical chains of amino acids discovered by
Ramachandran ?
#1)Collagen
2)Haemoglobin
3)Ribozyme
4)Lecithin
Note : Most abundant protein in biosphere Is RUBISCO
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30)R groups help in bond formation in
1)Primary structure
2)Secondary structure
#3)Tertiary structure
4)All
Note : In primary and secondary structure it is COOH and NH2 group which help in bond
formation (peptide and hydrogen bonds )
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31)The term systematics was coined by
#1)Linnaeus
2)Bentham and hooker
3)Aristotle
4)John ray
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32)Secondary structure is seen in all except
1)Protein
2)DNA
3)Starch
4)Glycogen
5)Keratin
#6)Cellulose
Note : Cellulose is a linear molecule
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33)Which doesn’t grow ?
1)plants
2)animals
3)Nonliving
#4)Dead
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34)Right end is reducing end and left end is a non reducing end in
#1)Glycogen
2)Protein
3)Fat
4)DNA
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35)Choline group of lecithin posses
#1)Nitrogen
2)Phosphorus
3)Sulphur
4)1&2
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36)Generally Nucleotides possess nitrogen and phosphorus but one of the following lipid
possess both of them though it it not a nucleotide..what is it ?
1)Ribozyme
2)Lectin
#3)Lecithin
4)DNA
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37)How many CH2 groups are present in palmitic acid ?
1)20
2)19
3)18
#4)14
Number of CH 2 groups is 14 in palmitic acid ..
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38)Which are present in plasma membrane ?
1)Lecithin
2)Cholesterol
3)Pumps
4)Glycoproteins
5)Glycolipids
#6)All the above
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38)Sugars form building blocks in
1)ATP
2)DNA
3)RNA
4)Cellulose
5)Chitin
6)Glycogen
7)Starch
#8)All the above
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39)Pick the correct statement
1)All chemical reactions in an organisms are catalysed (even co2 and water combine to from
carbonic acid in cytoplasm of cells )
2)All metabolites have a specific turn over and are in dynamic state
3)Energy released from breakdown of bonds is stored in ATP (nucleotide of RNA )
4)Living state is a non equilibrium steady state …
5)Without metabolism there isn no living state (both are synonymous)
6)Metabolic reactions generally do not occur in isolation but linked either in cyclic or linear
form ..
#7)All the above
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40)Pick the incorrect match
1)Glucose in blood : 4.5 to 6.1 mM
2)Hormones : nanograms /mL
3)Glycolysis : 10 metabolic steps
4)Carbonic enhydrase TON :600000
#5)Enzyme denaturation :below 10 degrees
6)Total amino acids in cell :350
7)Protein producing Amino-acids : 20
8)Palmatic acid carbons : 16
9)Arachidonic acid carbons : 20
10)Enzymes classes in IUB : 6
11)Enzyme sub classes in each class : 4-13
Note : Enzymes get inactivated as substrate can’t diffuse towards active site in low
temperature
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41)Coenzymes {NAD ,FAD ,TPP )are derived from
1)Hormones
#2)Vitamins
3)Aminaocids
4)Lipids
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