This document contains questions about biomolecules like carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and nucleic acids. It tests understanding of topics like monosaccharides, disaccharides, properties of important biomolecules and their structures. The questions cover different types of biomolecules, their structures, functions and chemical properties.
This document contains questions about biomolecules like carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and nucleic acids. It tests understanding of topics like monosaccharides, disaccharides, properties of important biomolecules and their structures. The questions cover different types of biomolecules, their structures, functions and chemical properties.
This document contains questions about biomolecules like carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and nucleic acids. It tests understanding of topics like monosaccharides, disaccharides, properties of important biomolecules and their structures. The questions cover different types of biomolecules, their structures, functions and chemical properties.
This document contains questions about biomolecules like carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and nucleic acids. It tests understanding of topics like monosaccharides, disaccharides, properties of important biomolecules and their structures. The questions cover different types of biomolecules, their structures, functions and chemical properties.
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BIO MOLECULE
1. A disaccharide is formed when two monosaccharides are bonded together by a bond.
a) glycosidic b) peptide c) ionic d) phosphodiester
2. Sucrose is a _____ chemical, and the hydrolysis product combination is ______in nature.
a) dextrorotatory; dextrorotatory b) laevorotatory; laevorotatory c) laevorotatory;
dextrorotatory d) dextrorotatory; laevorotatory
3. Which of the following statements about maltose is incorrect?
a) It consists of two glucopyranose units b) It is a disaccharide c) Glycosidic
bond between C1 of one unit and C4 of the other unit d) It is a non-reducing sugar
4. Which of the following statements about starch is incorrect?
a) It gives blue colour with iodine b) It is a polymer of α-D-glucose c) It is a
reducing carbohydrate d) It consists of branched chains
5. RNA lacks the nitrogen base of _______
a) Thymine b) Cytosine c) Uracil d) Adenine
6. Which of the following polymer is stored in the liver of animals?
(a) Amylose (b) Cellulose (c) Amylopectin (d) Glycogen 7. Sucrose (cane sugar) is a disaccharide. One molecule of sucrose on hydrolysis gives (a) 2 molecules of glucose (b) 2 molecules of glucose + 1 molecule of fructose (c) 1 molecule of glucose + 1 molecule of fructose (d) 2 molecules of fructose 8. Proteins are found to have two different types of secondary structures viz. α-helix and β-pleated sheet structure. α-helix structure of protein is stabilised by: (a) Peptide bonds (b) van der Waals forces (c) Hydrogen bonds (d) Dipole-dipole interactions 9. In disaccharides, if the reducing groups of monosaccharides i.e. aldehydic or ketonic groups are bonded, these are non-reducing sugars. Which of the following disaccharide is a non-reducing sugar?
10. Which of the following acids is a vitamin?
(a) Aspartic acid (b) Ascorbic acid (c) Adipic acid (d) Saccharic acid 11. Dinucleotide is obtained by joining two nucleotides together by phosphodiester linkage. Between which carbon atoms of pentose sugars of nucleotides are these linkages present? (a) 5′ and 3′ (b) 1′ and 5′ (c) 5′ and 5′ (d) 3′ and 3′ 12. Nucleic acids are the polymers of (a) Nucleosides (b) Nucleotides (c) Bases (d) Sugars 13. Which of the following statements is not true about glucose? (a) It is an aldohexose. (b) On heating with HI it forms n-hexane. (c) It is present in furanose form. (d) It does not give 2,4-DNP test. 14. Each polypeptide in a protein has amino acids linked with each other in a specific sequence. This sequence of amino acids is said to be– (a) primary structure of proteins. (b) secondary structure of proteins. (c) tertiary structure of proteins. (d) quaternary structure of proteins. 15. DNA and RNA contain four bases each. Which of the following bases is not present in RNA? (a) Adenine (b) Uracil (c) Thymine (d) Cytosine 16. Which of the following B group vitamins can be stored in our body? (a) Vitamin B1 (b) Vitamin B2 (c) Vitamin B6 (d) Vitamin B12 17. Which of the following bases is not present in DNA? (a) Adenine (b) Thymine (c) Cytosine (d) Uracil 18. Which of the following reactions of glucose can be explained only by its cyclic structure? (a) Glucose forms pentaacetate. (b) Glucose reacts with hydroxylamine to form an oxime. (c) Pentaacetate of glucose does not react with hydroxylamine. (d) Glucose is oxidised by nitric acid to gluconic acid. 19. On oxidation with a mild oxidising agent like Br2/H2O, the glucose is oxidized to
(a) Vitamin A (b) Pyridoxine (c) Riboflavin ( d) Thiamine
28.Which sugar is present in RNA?
(a) Glucose
(b) Fructose
(c) D-Ribose
(d) D-2-Deoxyribose 29.Which of the following amino acid is neutral?
(a) Aspartic acid
(b) Glycine
(c) Lysine
(d) Arginine
30.Vitamin A is
(a) Retinol
(b) Ascorbic acid
(c) Thiamine
(d) Calciferol
31.Which of the following is/are example(s) of denaturation of protein?
(a) Coagulation of egg white
(b) Curding of milk
(c) Clotting of blood
(d) Both (a) and (b)
32.Nucleotides are joined together by
(a) Glycosidic linkage
(b) Peptide linkage
(c) Hydrogen bonding
(d) Phosphodiester linkage
33.A secondary structure of protein is stabilized by
(a) H-bond
(b) peptide bond
(c) ionic bond
(d) disulphide bond
34.Scurvy is caused due to deficiency of
(a) Vitamin B1
(b) Vitamin B2
(c) Ascorbic acid
(d) Glutamic acid
35. How many amino acids are present in insulin?
(a) 25
(b) 20
(c) 51
(d) 52
36. Which of the following reagents does not react with glucose?
(a) NH2OH
(b) HCN
(c) 2,4–DNP reagent
(d) Br2 water
37. Which among the following is a water-soluble vitamin?
(a) Vitamin C
(b) Vitamin D
(c) Vitamin A
(d) Vitamin E
38. What are the hydrolysis products of lactose?
(a) β–D-galactose and β –D-Glucose
(b) α –D-Glucose and α –D-Glucose
(c) α –D-Glucose and β –D-Fructose
(d) None of these
39. Which of the following carbohydrates does not satisfy the formula C x(H2O)y? a) Fructose b) Glucose c) rhamnose d) galactose
40. Identify the correct formula for the carbohydrate rhamnose?
a) C5H10O5 b) C6H12O5 c) C6H12O6 d) C12H22O11
41. Which of the following carbohydrates is not a sugar?
a) Glucose b) Fructose c) Lactose d) Cellulose
42. Identify the monosaccharide from the following.
a) Deoxyribose b) Sucrose c) Maltose d) Fructose
43. Which of the following disaccharides gives two same monosaccharide units on hydrolysis? a) Maltose b) Sucrose c) Lactose d) Lactulose
44. Which of the following is a non-reducing sugar?
a) Galactose b) Glucose c) Fructose d) Sucrose
45. Which of the following is a aldohexose?
(a) Glucose (b) Fructose (c) Starch (d) Sucrose
46. What is meant by 'reducing sugars'?
47.What are monosaccharides?
48. Write the structure of the product obtained when glucose is oxidised with nitric acid. Answer:
49.Write a reaction which shows that all the carbon atoms in glucose are linked in a straight chain.
50.Name a water soluble vitamin which is a powerful antioxidant. Give its one natural source. Answer:
1. Water soluble vitamin: Vitamin C
2. Natural source: Amla
51.Name one oil soluble vitamin which is a powerful antioxidant and give its one natural source. Answer: Oil soluble Vitamin: Vitamin D Natural source: Fish liver oil, butter, milk, eggs etc.
52.Which of the two components of starch is water soluble?
Answer: Amylose is water soluble component of starch.
53.Which component of starch is a branched polymer of a-glucose and insoluble
in water? Answer: Amylopectin.
54.Define a 'Peptide linkage'.
Answer: Peptide linkage: It is an amide linkage formed between -COOH group of one a- amino acid and NH2 group of the other a-amino acid by loss of a molecule of water. CO-NH-bond is called Peptide linkage.
55.What are enzymes ?
Answer: Enzymes are protein molecuies which act as catalyst in biochemical reaction.
56.Explain the following terms:
(i) Invert sugar (ii) Polypeptides Answer: (i) Invert sugar: An equimolar mixture of glucose and fructose obtained by hydrolysis of sucrose in presence of an acid such as dil. HCl or the enzyme invertase or sucrase is called invert sugar.
(ii) Polypeptides: They are formed when several molecules of a-amino acids are joined together by peptide bonds.
57.What are essential and non-essential amino acids in human food? Give one example of each type.
58.Describe what you understand by primary structure and secondary structure
of proteins.
59.Define denaturation of proteins?
60. Draw structure of pentose sugar structure of DNA and RNA?
