1. The most abundant biomolecule on earth is a.
Glucose
a. Biopolymers b. Fructose
b. Carbondioxide c. Lactose
c. Proteins
d. Sucrose
d. Carbohydrates
e. Autotrophs e. Ribose
2. The classification of sugar into either D- or
7. In the amylase fraction of starch the
L- configuration is based on resemblance to D-
or L- glycosidic bonds are
a. Ketose
a. β(1, 4)
b. Pyranose
c. Acetaldehyde b. α(1,4)
d. Glyceraldehyde c. α (4,1)
e. Aldehyde d. β(4,1)
e. α(1,6)
3. Cellulose is all these except
a. Polymer of β-D glucose 8. Which of the following compounds can
b. Water insoluble substance be formed by the oxidation of D-glucose at
c. Linear, unbranched C-6?
heteropolysaccharide
d. Consist of (β1->4) glycosidic bonds a. Glucaric acid
e. Can be found in plant cell wall b. Glucuronic acid
c. Gluconic acid
[Link] difference between amylose and
d. Glucitol
amylopectin is that
e. Fructose
a. One is found in plants while the other is
9. In deoxyribose, oxygen is missing from
found in animals
D-ribose molecule at
b. One is a homopolymer while the other
is a heteropolymer a. Carbon 2
c. One is unbranched while the other is b. Carbon 3
branched c. Carbon 4
d. One is water soluble while the other is d. Carbon 1
insoluble in water e. Carbon 5
e. None of the above
5. All the following are disaccharides except
a. Maltose
b. Sucrose
c. Lactose
d. Amylose
e. Trehalose
6. All the followings are reducing sugars
except
1
Use the options below to answer questions [Link] glycosidic linkage found in lactose is
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a. β(1, 4)
a. Enantiomers b. α(1,4)
b. Diastereoisomers c. α (4,1)
c. Epimers d. β(4,1)
d. Optical Isomers e. α(1,6)
e. Anomers
17. The following statements about glycogen
10. When two sugars differs only in the are true except
configuration around only one carbon,
they are called a. It’s a polysaccharide
b. Possession of α1,4-glycosidic linkages
11 . Sugars differing from one another only c. Possession of α1,6-glycosidic linkages
in configuration around the reducing d. Glycogen is an un-branched molecule
carbon are called e. All monosaccharides in glycogen are α-
D-glucose
12. Stereoisomers that are mirror images
of each other are 18. A non polymer of glucose
13. Stereoisomers that can be a. Amylose
distinguished by the use of a polarimeter b. Glycogen
c. Amylopectin
14. How many isomers do you expect an d. Cellulose
aldo-pentose sugar to possess? e. Inulin
a. 4 19. A racemic mixture is
b. 6
c. 8 a. Dextrorotatory
d. 2 b. Laevorotatory
e. 4 c. Optically active
d. Optically inactive
15. The smallest of the sugar found in e. None of the above
existence is
Use the options below to answer questions 20-
a. tetrose 22
b. erythrose
c. triose a. Fischer projection
d. mannose b. Haworth projection
e. glucose c. Chair conformation
d. Boat conformation
e. A&B
20. The cyclic ways of depicting sugars is called
2
21. The linear representation of sugars is called
22. The most stable conformer of glucose is
23. Sialic acid is a __________ sugar
a. 5 Carbon
b. 6 Carbon
c. 7 Carbon
d. 8 Carbon
e. 9 Carbon
24. An example of a ketose sugar is
a. Maltose
b. Ribulose
c. Fructose
d. Sucrose
e. Xylose
25. Which of these saccharides contains largest
number of glucose?
a. Maltose
b. Ribulose
c. Glycogen
d. Sucrose
e. Allose
26. In living cell, the principal energy carrier
are synthesized from
a. AMP
b. GMP
c. GDP
d. ATP
e. UDP
