1.

Which of the following statements about C) Cellulose

carbohydrates is correct? D) Sucrose
A) Carbohydrates are composed of 7. Which of the following is a reducing
carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen sugar?
atoms in a ratio of 1:2:1. A) Sucrose
B) Carbohydrates are composed of B) Maltose
carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen C) Fructose
atoms in a ratio of 1:2:1. D) Lactose
C) Carbohydrates are composed of 8. Which of the following is an example of
carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen a complex carbohydrate?
atoms in a ratio of 1:2:1. A) Glucose
D) Carbohydrates are composed of B) Fructose
carbon, oxygen, and sulfur C) Lactose
atoms in a ratio of 1:2:1. D) Starch
2. Which of the following is a primary 9. Which enzyme is responsible for
function of carbohydrates in living breaking down complex carbohydrates
organisms? in the human digestive system?
A) Energy storage A) Protease
B) Facilitating cell communication B) Amylase
C) Building cell membranes C) Lipase
D) Carrying out enzymatic D) Sucrase
reactions 10. What is the chemical formula for
3. Which of the following statements about glucose?
monosaccharides is true? A) C6H12O2
A) They are the simplest form of B) C6H12O6
carbohydrates. C) C12H22O11
B) They consist of two sugar units D) C6H10O5
joined together. 11. Which of the following is not a function
C) They are insoluble in water. of carbohydrates in living organisms?
D) They are primarily found in animal A) Providing structural support
tissues. B) Acting as a precursor for nucleic
4. Which of the following is an example of acids
a disaccharide? C) Serving as an energy source
A) Glucose D) Facilitating cell communication
B) Fructose 12. Which carbohydrate is commonly
C) Lactose known as table sugar?
D) Starch A) Glucose
5. Which polysaccharide is the primary B) Sucrose
energy storage molecule in animals? C) Fructose
A) Glycogen D) Maltose
B) Cellulose 13. Which of the following is an example of
C) Chitin a hexose sugar?
D) Amylose A) Glucose
6. What is the main structural component B) Ribose
of plant cell walls? C) Galactose
A) Cholesterol D) Fructose
B) Lactose
14. Which of the following is a common 18. Which carbohydrate is commonly found in
function of carbohydrates in plants? the exoskeleton of arthropods?
A) Acting as structural components in cell A) Glycogen
membranes
B) Cellulose
B) Storing genetic information
C) Chitin
C) Providing insulation and protection
D) Amylose
D) Facilitating nerve impulse transmission
19. Which of the following is a complex
15. Which of the following is an example of a carbohydrate found in plants?
reducing sugar?
A) Maltose
A) Sucrose
B) Lactose
B) Lactose
C) Amylose
C) Maltose
D) Fructose
D) Cellulose
20. Which type of carbohydrate cannot be
16. Which type of carbohydrate is characterized digested by humans due to the lack of specific
by a ring structure? enzymes?
A) Monosaccharide A) Cellulose
B) Disaccharide B) Maltose
C) Polysaccharide C) Lactose
D) Oligosaccharide D) Fructose
17. Which enzyme is responsible for breaking 21. Which of the following is a storage
down starch into smaller glucose units during polysaccharide in plants?
digestion?
A) Glycogen
A) Amylase
B) Cellulose
B) Protease
C) Starch
C) Lipase
D) Chitin
D) Sucrase
22. Which of the following is an example of a
18. Which of the following is a non-reducing branched polysaccharide?
disaccharide?
A) Cellulose
A) Maltose
B) Starch
B) Lactose
C) Chitin
C) Sucrose
D) Lactose
D) Fructose
23. Which of the following is a reducing sugar 28. Which of the following carbohydrates is
commonly found in milk? found in honey?
A) Glucose A) Glucose
B) Lactose B) Sucrose
C) Maltose C) Maltose
D) Sucrose D) Lactose
24. Which carbohydrate is used by plants to 29. Which type of carbohydrate is composed of
transport energy from leaves to other parts of the 3 to 10 sugar units joined together?
plant?
A) Monosaccharide
A) Starch
B) Disaccharide
B) Cellulose
C) Oligosaccharide
C) Sucrose
D) Polysaccharide
D) Glycogen
30. Which of the following is a storage
25. Which of the following is a common polysaccharide in animals?
sweetener used as a sugar substitute?
A) Starch
A) Lactose
B) Cellulose
B) Maltose
C) Glycogen
C) Xylitol
31. Which type of bond is formed between two
D) Cellulose monosaccharides to create a disaccharide?
26. Which of the following is an example of a A) Peptide bond
pentose sugar?
B) Ionic bond
A) Glucose
C) Glycosidic bond
B) Fructose
D) Hydrogen bond
C) Ribose
32. In cellulose, the monosaccharides are linked
D) Galactose together by which type of bond?
27. Which carbohydrate is used as a structural A) Peptide bond
component in the exoskeleton of insects?
B) Ionic bond
A) Chitin
C) Glycosidic bond
B) Glycogen
D) Phosphodiester bond
C) Cellulose
33. Which type of bond is broken during
D) Starch hydrolysis of a polysaccharide into individual
monosaccharide units?
A) Peptide bond 38. When glucose reacts with oxygen in the
presence of enzymes, what type of reaction takes
B) Ionic bond
place?
C) Glycosidic bond
A) Oxidation
D) Covalent bond
B) Reduction
34. The main storage polysaccharide in animals,
C) Esterification
glycogen, is formed by which type of glycosidic
bond? D) Dehydration synthesis
A) α-1,4-glycosidic bond 39. Which type of reaction occurs when a
reducing sugar reacts with an amino group to
B) β-1,4-glycosidic bond
form a glycosidic bond?
C) α-1,6-glycosidic bond
A) Hydrolysis
D) β-1,6-glycosidic bond
B) Esterification
35. Which type of bond allows amylose and
C) Oxidation
amylopectin to form branched structures in
starch? D) Maillard reaction
A) Peptide bond 40. When starch is heated in the presence of
water, what type of reaction occurs to break it
B) Ionic bond
down into smaller sugar units?
C) Glycosidic bond
A) Oxidation
D) Phosphodiester bond
B) Esterification
36. When a monosaccharide reacts with an
C) Hydrolysis
alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst, what
type of reaction occurs? D) Dehydration synthesis
A) Hydrolysis 41. Cellulose is a polymer made up of repeating
units of which monosaccharide?
B) Esterification
A) Glucose
C) Oxidation
B) Fructose
D) Reduction
C) Galactose
37. Which type of reaction occurs when a
disaccharide is broken down into its constituent D) Maltose
monosaccharides?
42. Cellulose is a major component of which
A) Dehydration synthesis part of plant cells?
B) Hydrolysis A) Cell membrane
C) Polymerization B) Vacuole
D) Isomerization C) Nucleus
D) Cell wall
43. The glycosidic bonds in cellulose are D) Alternating chains of glucose and fructose
predominantly of which type? units.
A) α-1,4-glycosidic bonds 48. What is the primary difference in structure
between amylose and amylopectin?
B) β-1,4-glycosidic bonds
A) Amylose is a branched chain polymer, while
C) α-1,6-glycosidic bonds
amylopectin is a linear chain polymer.
D) β-1,6-glycosidic bonds
B) Amylose is a linear chain polymer, while
44. Which of the following enzymes is involved amylopectin is a branched chain polymer.
in breaking down cellulose in certain
C) Amylose contains glucose units, while
microorganisms and animals?
amylopectin contains fructose units.
A) Cellulase
D) Amylose has a helical structure, while
B) Amylase amylopectin forms a globular shape.

C) Lipase 49. Which type of carbohydrate has a highly

branched structure with many α-1,4-glycosidic
D) Protease bonds and occasional α-1,6-glycosidic branch
45. Cellulose is indigestible by humans due to points?
the lack of which enzyme required to break its A) Cellulose
glycosidic bonds?
B) Starch
A) Cellulase
C) Glycogen
B) Amylase
D) Chitin
C) Lipase
50. The structure of chitin, a polysaccharide
D) Protease found in the exoskeleton of arthropods, is
46. Which of the following best describes the similar to:
structure of a monosaccharide? A) Starch, with a linear chain of glucose units.
A) Two sugar units joined together B) Cellulose, with a branched chain of glucose
B) Branched chains of sugar units units.

C) A single sugar unit C) Glycogen, with a highly branched structure

of glucose units.
D) Multiple sugar units arranged in a helical
structure D) Amylose, with a helical arrangement of
glucose units.
47. The structure of cellulose is characterized
by:
A) Linear chains of glucose units connected by
α-1,4-glycosidic bonds.
B) Branched chains of glucose units connected
by α-1,6-glycosidic bonds.
C) Helical structures formed by fructose units.