Chapter Biochemistry: Important Multiple Choice Questions
Chapter Biochemistry: Important Multiple Choice Questions
Chapter Biochemistry: Important Multiple Choice Questions
1) Carbohydrates are of
a) Two types
b) Three types
c) Four types
d) Five types
Solution:
Carbohydrates are classified into three classes which are given below:
1. Monosaccharides
2. Oligosaccharides
3. Polysaccharides
2) Carbohydrates are
a) Monosaccharides
b) Oligosaccharides
c) Polysaccharides
d) All of them
Solution:
Carbohydrates are classified into three classes which are given below:
1. Monosaccharides
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2. Oligosaccharides
3. Polysaccharides
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a) Glucose
b) Fructose
c) Galactose
d) All of them
Solution:
Complex carbohydrates are the polymers of monosaccharides (monomers e.g. glucose, fructose
and galactose). Therefore, the answer is all of them.
a) Peptide bond
b) Glycosidic bond
c) Phosphodiester bond
d) None of the above
Solution:
The monomers (monosaccharides e.g. glucose, fructose and galactose are linked together by a
glycosidic bond. Therefore the answer is glycosidic bond.
5) Monosaccharides give
d) Cannot be hydrolyzed
6) Disaccharides give
Solution:
Disaccharides belong to the oligosaccharide class of carbohydrates.
On hydrolysis, they split up into two monosaccharides.
For example, sucrose is a monosaccharide that splits up into two monomers glucose and
fructose on hydrolysis.
Similarly, lactose is a disaccharide that splits up into two monomers glucose and galactose
on hydrolysis.
Maltose is also a disaccharide that splits up into two monomers glucose and glucose on
hydrolysis.
Therefore, the answer is two monomers on hydrolysis.
The reaction schemes and their mechanisms are illustrated below.
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7) Oligosaccharides give
Solution:
Oligosaccharide is the class of carbohydrates, which splits up into 2-10 monosaccharides
on hydrolysis.
The oligosaccharides, split up into two monosaccharides on hydrolysis are called
disaccharides.
Oligosaccharides split up into three monosaccharides on hydrolysis are called
trisaccharides.
Oligosaccharides split up into four monosaccharides on hydrolysis are called
tetrasaccharides.
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8) Polysaccharides give
Solution:
Polysaccharide is the class of carbohydrates.
They are complex carbohydrates e.g. starch and cellulose, insoluble in water and on
hydrolysis they split up into 100-1000 monosaccharides on hydrolysis.
Therefore, the answer is 100-1000 monosaccharides on hydrolysis.
a) Monosaccharides
b) Oligosaccharides
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c) Polysaccharides
d) All of them
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a) Monosaccharide
b) Oligosaccharide
c) Polysaccharides
d) Both monosaccharides and oligosaccharides
Solution:
The two water-soluble classes of carbohydrates e.g. monosaccharides and oligosaccharides
are sweet in taste.
While the third class of carbohydrates e.g. oligosaccharide (non-soluble in water) is
tasteless.
Therefore, the answer is both monosaccharides and oligosaccharides.
a) (CnH2nO)n
b) Cn(H2n+2O)n
c) (CH2O)n
d) None of them
Solution:
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a) Sucrose
b) Lactose
c) Maltose
d) All of them
Solution:
We know that we call disaccharides to those carbohydrates which split up into two
monosaccharides on hydrolysis.
Sucrose, lactose and maltose all are disaccharides because on hydrolysis each one splits up
into two monosaccharides.
For example, sucrose splits up two monosaccharides, glucose and fructose on hydrolysis.
Lactose splits up into two monosaccharides, glucose and galactose on hydrolysis.
And maltose also splits up into two monosaccharides, glucose and glucose on hydrolysis.
Therefore the answer is all of them.
The reaction schemes and their mechanisms are illustrated below:
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a) C6H12O6
b) C12H22O11
c) C18H32O16
d) None of them
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a) Sucrose
b) Lactose
c) Maltose
d) All of them
Solution:
Sucrose is a table sugar.
It contains twelve C, twenty-two H, and eleven O atoms.
So, according to this composition the formula will be C12H22O11.
Therefore, the answer is sucrose.
a) Glucose
b) Fructose
c) Galactose
d) All of them
Solution:
Glucose, fructose and galactose are monosaccharides.
Each of the three sugars, glucose, fructose, and galactose, has six C, twelve H, and eleven
O atoms.
So, according to this composition the formula of all of these three will be C6H12O6.
Therefore, the answer is all of them.
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a) Galactose
b) Raffinose
c) Maltose
d) All of them
Solution:
Raffinose is a trisaccharide and it composed of eighteen C-atoms, thirty two H-atoms and
sixteen O-atoms.
So, according to this composition the formula of raffinose will be C18H32O16.
Therefore, the answer is Raffinose.
17) Raffinose is a
a) Monosaccharide
b) Disaccharide
c) Trisaccharide
d) Polysaccharide
Solution:
Raffinose is a trisaccharide because on hydrolysis it splits up into three monosaccharides.
Therefore, the answer is trisaccharide.
The reaction scheme and mechanism of hydrolysis of raffinose is illustrated below.
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a) Levorotatory
b) Dextrorotatory
c) Dextrose
d) Both dextrorotatory and dextrose
Solution:
The monosaccharides which rotate plane polarized light clockwise are called
dextrorotatory sugars or dextrose sugars.
Therefore the answer is both dextrorotatory and dextrose.
clockwise is
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Solution:
The monosaccharides which rotate plane polarized light anti-clockwise are called
levorotatory sugars.
Therefore the answer is levorotatory.
a) Monosaccharides
b) Oligosaccharides
c) Polysaccharides
d) None of them
Solution:
Monosaccharides with three C-atoms are called trioses.
Monosaccharides with four C-atoms are called tetroses.
Monosaccharides with five C-atoms are called pentoses.
While, monosaccharides with six C-atoms are called hexoses.
Therefore, the answer is monosaccharides.
a) Glucose
b) Manose
c) Galactose
d) All of them
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a) Water
b) CO2
c) Sun-light
d) All of them
Solution:
Photosynthesis requires three main raw materials to initiate.
The main raw materials are water, CO2 and sun-light.
Therefore, the answer is all of them.
a) Sucrose
b) Lactose
c) Maltose
d) All of them
Solution:
The rich source of sucrose (common table sugar) is sugarcane. Therefore, the answer is sucrose.
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Solution:
Sucrose is the standard term for the table sugar that most of us use in the kitchen to sweeten tea
and other baked goods. So, sucrose is the appropriate option.
a) 10.5 kJ energy
b) 15.6 KJ energy
c) 16.5 KJ energy
d) None of them
Solution:
Carbohydrates are the source of energy.
1g of glucose (monosaccharide) gives 15.6 KJ energy to our body.
Therefore, the answer is 15.6 KJ energy.
a) Sucrose
b) Maltose
c) Lactose
d) None of them
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Solution:
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a) Sucrose
b) Maltose
c) Lactose
d) All of them
Solution:
The rich source of lactose (disaccharide) is milk. Therefore, the answer is lactose.
a) Monosaccharides
b) Oligosaccharides
c) Polysaccharides
d) None of them
Solution:
Cellulose and starch have complex large structures, insoluble in water and are tasteless.
These, characteristics belong to polysaccharides.
Therefore, the answer is polysaccharides.
a) Proteins
b) Carbohydrates
c) Lipids
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d) None of them
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a) Glycosidic bond
b) Peptide bond
c) Phosphodiester bond
d) None of them
Solution:
In proteins the amino acids are linked together by peptide bond.
The bond created by removing the proton (H+) from one amino acid NH2 group and the
hydroxyl (OH-) from the carboxyl (COOH) group of another amino acid is called peptide
bond.
Peptide linkage holds two amino acids together in proteins.
Therefore the answer is peptide bond.
Solution:
In proteins the amino acids are linked together by peptide bond.
The bond formed by removing the proton (H+) from one amino acid NH2 group and the
hydroxyl (OH-) from the carboxyl (COOH) group of another amino acid is called peptide
bond.
Therefore the answer is H atom from one amino acids amino group and OH from another
amino acids carboxyl group
Peptide linkage holds two amino acids together in proteins.
a) R group, carboxyl group, amino group and H atom bounded to central C atom
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b) R group, carboxyl group, ester group and H atom bounded to central C atom
c) R group, aldehyde group, amino group and H atom bounded to central C atom
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Solution:
The structure of amino acid have a one central C-atom. To this central C-atom, four components
are attached. The four components attached to central C-atom are written below:
1. R group
2. Carboxyl group
3. Amino group
4. H atom
Therefore, the answer is R group, carboxyl group, amino group and H atom bounded to central C
atom
a) Carbohydrates in nature
b) Proteins in nature
c) Lipids in nature
d) None of them
Solution:
Enzymes are made up of proteins. Therefore, the answer is protein in nature.
Solution:
Enzymes work as biological catalysts.
Because they catalyze the biological reactions that’s why they are named as biological
catalysts.
Therefore, the answer is enzymes.
a) Carbohydrates
b) Proteins
c) Lipids
d) All of them
Solution:
A special type of protein called keratin is present in our nails, hairs and skin.
Moreover defense cells of our body called antibodies are also made up of proteins.
Therefore, the answer is proteins.
a) Carbohydrates
b) Proteins
c) Lipids
d) None of them
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a) Carbohydrates
b) Proteins
c) Lipids
d) None of them
Solution:
We know that lipids are non-polar and insoluble in water.
Fat and oil are also non-polar and insoluble in water.
However, obviously yes they are lipids.
Therefore, the answer is lipids.
Solution:
A lipid which is solid at room temperature is called fat.
Fat is non-polar and insoluble in water which confirms that yes, fat is a lipid and solid at
room temperature also.
Therefore, the answer is solid at room temperature.
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Solution:
A lipid which is liquid at room temperature is called oil.
Oil is non-polar and insoluble in water which confirms that yes, oil is a lipid and liquid at
room temperature also.
Therefore, the answer is liquid at room temperature.
a) Amino acid
b) Protein
c) Lipid
d) DNA
Solution:
The DNA (nucleic acid) is found in each and every living cell and work as control center for a cell.
Therefore the answer is DNA.
a) Starch
b) Lipids
c) Proteins
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d) Amino acids
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42) Glucose is a
a) Tetrose
b) Pentose
c) Disaccharide
d) Hexose
Solution:
Glucose is a monosaccharide.
And we know that monosaccharides having six C-atoms are called hexoses.
Glucose contains six C-atoms therefore it is a hexose.
And the answer is hexose, therefore.
a) Glucose
b) Manose
c) Galactose
d) Fructose
Solution:
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Glucose, manose, and galactose are the monosaccharides, which rotate plane polarized
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light clockwise.
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And the monosaccharides which rotate plane polarized light clock wise are called
dextrorotatory sugars or dextrose sugar.
While fructose is a levorotatory sugar (which rotate plane polarized light anti-clock wise)
not dextrorotatory.
Therefore the answer is fructose.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 3-9
Solution:
Raffinose is a trisaccharide.
Because on hydrolysis it gives three monosaccharides.
Therefore the answer is 3.
a) Wheat
b) Rice
c) Cotton
d) Potato
Solution:
Wheat, rice and cotton are rich sources of starch.
While potato is not.
Therefore, the answer is potato.
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a) Gelatin
b) Antibodies
c) Enzymes
d) Cholesterol
Solution:
We know that antibodies and enzymes are protein in nature.
And when we heat bones, we also get a protein called gelation.
While cholesterol is a lipid not protein.
Therefore, the answer is cholesterol.
a) Proteins
b) Carbohydrates
c) Fat and oils
d) All of these
Solution:
Soap and detergents are made from fat and oil. Therefore the answer is fat and oil.
a) Deoxyribose sugar
b) Ribose sugar
c) Phosphate unit
d) Nitrogenous base
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The difference between DNA and RNA is only due to the type of pentose sugar.
If the pentose sugar is ribose then it will be RNA while, if the pentose sugar is deoxyribose
then it will be DNA.
So, in DNA pentose sugar deoxyribose is present. Therefore the answer is ribose sugar.
a) Monosaccharide
b) Disaccharide
c) Oligosaccharide
d) Polysaccharide
Solution:
We know that oligosaccharides on hydrolysis gives 2-10 monosaccharides.
Therefore the oligosaccharides which give three monosaccharides on hydrolysis are called
trisaccharides.
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Because on hydrolysis, raffinose gives three monosaccharide like; glucose, galactose and
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Therefore raffinose is an oligosaccharide (trisaccharide).
Therefore the answer is oligosaccharide
The reaction scheme is illustrated below showing, hydrolysis of raffinose gives 3C6H12O6,
means three monomers.
50) Ghee is
a) Saturated in nature
b) Un-saturated in nature
c) Super-saturated in nature
d) None of the above
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51) Oil is
a) Saturated in nature
b) Un-saturated in nature
c) Super-saturated in nature
d) None of the above
Solution:
Oil is saturated in nature because in oil only single covalent bonds are present between C-
atoms.
Therefore the answer is saturated in nature.
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a) Carbohydrates
b) Proteins
c) Lipids
d) Nucleic acids
Solution:
Nucleotides are building blocks of nucleic acids.
Or we can say that nucleic acids are the polymers of nucleotides.
Therefore the answer is nucleic acids.
a) Sheldon
b) Brown Hooke
c) J. Watson and Francis Crick
d) None of them
Solution:
Structure of DNA was proposed by J. Watson and Francis Crick.
Therefore the answer is J. Watson and Francis Crick.
a) Pentose sugar
b) Nitrogenous bases
c) Phosphate group
d) All of them
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a) Deoxyribose sugar
b) Nitrogenous bases
c) Phosphate group
d) All of them
Solution:
DNA is made up of nucleotides. Or we can say that DNA is a polymer of nucleotide.
However the nucleotide of DNA is made up of deoxyribose sugar, nitrogenous bases, and
phosphate group.
Therefore the answer is all of them.
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a) Ribose sugar
b) Nitrogenous bases
c) Phosphate group
d) All of them
Solution:
RNA is made up of nucleotides.
Or we can say that RNA is a polymer of nucleotide.
However the nucleotide of RNA is made up of ribose sugar, nitrogenous bases, and
phosphate group.
Therefore the answer is all of them.
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a) DNA
b) RNA
c) Both DNA and RNA
d) None of them
Solution:
DNA send messages to RNA in the form of codes, RNA read the message and then start
synthesizing new protein.
Therefore the answer is RNA.
58) DNA is
a) Single stranded
b) Double stranded
c) Both single and double stranded
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d) None of them
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59) RNA is
a) Single stranded
b) Double stranded
c) Both single and double stranded
d) None of them
Solution:
The structure of RNA is single stranded. Therefore the answer is single stranded.
a) 1951
b) 1952
c) 1953
d) 1954
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61) Two strands of DNA are spiral over each other with the help of
a) Covalent bond
b) Hydrogen bond
c) Ionic bond
d) Wander Waal forces
Solution:
The structure of DNA is double stranded and both the strands are spiral over each other’s
with the help of H-bonding.
Therefore the answer is hydrogen bonding.
a) C. Eijkman
b) Casmir funk
c) Watson
d) Francis
Solution:
A polish biochemist Casmir funk was the first scientist who used the word vitamin for the
first time in 1912.
Therefore the answer is Casmir funk.
a) Two types
b) Three types
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Solution:
On the basis of solubility vitamins are classified into two classes which are given below:
a) Fat soluble vitamins
b) Water soluble vitamins
a) Vitamin A, B and C
b) Vitamin A, D, E and K
c) Vitamin D, B and C
d) All of them
Solution:
Vitamin-A, Vitamin-D, vitamin-E and vitamin-K are soluble in fat not in water.
Therefore the answer is Vitamin A, D, E and K.
a) Vitamin A and B
b) Vitamin B and C
c) Vitamin D and E
d) Vitamin E and K
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a) Vitamin-A
b) Vitamin-B
c) Vitamin-C
d) Vitamin-D
Solution:
Vitamin-A found in our eyes and helps us in sight. Therefore the answer is vitamin-A.
a) Vitamin-B, and C
b) Vitamin-E and K
c) Vitamin-A and B
d) Vitamin-D and K
Solution:
Vitamin-A and vitamin-B both are found in our skin. Therefore the answer is vitamin-A and B.
a) Vitamin-A
b) Vitamin-B
c) Vitamin-C
d) Vitamin-D
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a) Vitamin-A
b) Vitamin-C
c) Vitamin-E
d) Vitamin-K
Solution:
Vitamin-K helps in clotting of blood. Therefore the answer is vitamin-K.
a) Vitamin-A
b) Vitamin-B
c) Vitamin-E
d) Vitamin-K
Solution:
Vitamin-E used as an antioxidant. Therefore the answer is vitamin-E.
a) Vitamin-K
b) Vitamin-D
c) Vitamin-A
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d) Vitamin-C
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a) Night blindness
b) Dryness of skin
c) Scurvy
d) Both night blindness and dryness of skin
Solution:
Deficiency of vitamin-A causes night blindness and dryness of skin.
Therefore the answer is both night blindness and dryness of skin.
a) Skin diseases
b) Anemia , Bleeding of gums
c) Inflammation of tongue
d) All of the above
Solution:
Deficiency of vitamin-B cause skin diseases, anemia, bleeding of gums, and inflammation
of tongue.
Therefore the answer is all of the above.
a) Rickets
b) Scurvy
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Solution:
Scurvy is a disease caused due to deficiency of vitamin-C. Therefore the answer is scurvy.
a) Sterility
b) Rickets
c) Osteomalacia
d) Both rickets and osteomalacia
Solution:
Rickets and osteomalacia are the diseases caused due to deficiency of vitamin-D.
Therefore the answer is both rickets and osteomalacia.
a) Sterility
b) Delayed in blood clotting
c) Haemolysis of red blood cells (RBC’s)
d) Both sterility and haemolysis of red blood cells (RBC’s)
Solution:
The diseases e.g. sterility and haemolysis of red blood cells (RBC’s) are caused due to
deficiency of vitamin-E.
Therefore the answer is both sterility and haemolysis of red blood cells (RBC’s).
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Solution:
Haemorrhage (delayed in blood clotting) is the disease caused due to deficiency of vitamin-
K.
Therefore the answer is Haemorrhage (delayed in blood clotting).
78) Milk, butter, eggs and fish oil are the sources of
a) Vitamin-A
b) Vitamin-B
c) Vitamin-D
d) Both vitamin-A and vitamin-D
Solution:
Milk, butter, eggs, and fish oil contain vitamin-A and Vitamin-D.
Therefore the answer is both vitamin-A and vitamin-D.
a) Vitamin-A
b) Vitamin-B
c) Vitamin-C
d) All of the above
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