Chapter 14 Biomolecules MCQs

Q 41.: What is the linkage present between monomer units of Cellulose ?

(A) C1β– C4 glycosidic bond

(B) C1α – C6 glycosidic bond

(C) C1α – C4 glycosidic bond

(D) C2β – C1α glycosidic bond

Option – A

Q 42.: Find out which one is non-reducing sugar

(A) Sucrose

(B) Lactose

(C) Maltose

(D) Ribose

Option – A

Q 43.: Which statement is False ?

(A) All monosaccharides and oligosaccharides are sugars.

(B) All polysaccharides are non-reducing.

(C) All oligosachharides are reducing.

(D) All monosaccharides are reducing.

Option – C

Q 44.: What is the linkage present between two monomer units of Lactose ?

(A) C1α – C6 glycosidic bond

(B) C1β– C4 glycosidic bond

(C) C1α – C4 glycosidic bond

(D) C2β – C1α glycosidic bond

Option – B

Q 45.: Which of the following disaccharide give a ketose and an aldose upon hydrolysis ?

(A) Lactose

(B) Sucrose

(C) Maltose

(D) All of These

Option – B

Q 46.: Which is not a source of dextrose ?

(A) Sucrose

(B) Maltose

(C) Cellulose

(D) Ribose

Option – D

Q 47.: Which of the followings cannot form an oxime on reaction with hydroxyl amine ?

(A) Glucose

(B) Glucose pentaacetate

(C) Acetaldehyde

(D) Acetone

Option – B

Q 48.: What is the optical rotation of equilibrium mixture of α-D-glucose and β-D-glucose after mutarotation ?

(A) +111

(B) +19.2

(C) +52.5

(D) +54.2

Option – C

Q 49.: What is the linkage present between two monomer units of Maltose ?

(A) C1β– C4 glycosidic bond

(B) C1α – C6 glycosidic bond

(C) C2β – C1α glycosidic bond

(D) C1α – C4 glycosidic bond

Option – D

Q 50.: The number of chiral carbon in β-D-glucose is

(A) Five

(B) Four

(C) Six

(D) Three

Option – B

Q 51.: Inverted sugar is a title given to ________

Glucose

Maltose

Sucrose

Lactose

Option – C

Q 52.: What is the linkage present between two monomer units of Sucrose ?

(A) C2β – C1α glycosidic bond

(B) C1α – C4 glycosidic bond

(C) C1α – C6 glycosidic bond

(D) C1β– C4 glycosidic bond

Option – A

Q 53.: Which carbohydrate give deep blue colour with iodine and potassium iodide solution ?

(A) Sucrose

(B) Glycogen

(C) Cellulose

(D) Starch

Option – D

Q 54.: Which of the following has highly branched structure ?

(A) Glycogen

(B) Starch

(C) Cellulose

(D) Sucrose

Option – A

Q 55.: Which of the following has linear structure ?

(A) Glycogen

(B) Starch

(C) Cellulose

(D) Sucrose

Option – C

Q 56.: The only monosaccharide which has both pyranose and furanose structure is ____

(A) Glucose

(B) Ribose

(C) Glactose

(D) Fructose

Option – D

Q 57.: What is the linkage present between monomer units of Starch ?

(A) C1β– C4 glycosidic bond

(B) C1α – C6 glycosidic bond

(C) C1α – C4 glycosidic bond

(D) Both 2 and 3

Option – D

Q 58.: The monosaccharide which has only open structure not cyclic ______

(A) Dihydroxy acetone

(B) Glyceraldehyde

(C) Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

(D) Mannose

Option – C

Q 59.: How many stereoisomers of glucose are possible ?

(A) 32

(B) 16

(C) 12

(D) 08

Option – B

Q 60.: Anomers are not formed by _________

(A) Dihydroxy acetone

(B) Glucose

(C) Ribose

(D) Fructose

Option – A

Q 61.: Sucrose on treatment with conc. HCl produce :

(A) Glucose 

(B) Fructose 

(C) Glucose + Fructose

(D) Laevunilic acid

Option – D

Q 62.: Maltose on hydrolysis produces :

(A) Glucose 

(B) Fructose 

(C) Mannose 

(D) Galactose 

Option – A

Q 63.: The carbohydrate which is an essential constituent of plant cell is :

(A) Sucrose 

(B) Starch 

(C) Cellulose 

(D) Vitamins

Option – C

Q 64.: Which of the following reaction establishes difference between glucose and fructose ?

(A) Tollen’s reagent reaction

(B) Phenyl hydrazine

(C) P/HI

(D) Conc. HNO3

Option – D

Q 65.: A certain compound gives negative test with ninhydrin and positive test with Benedict’s solution, it is

(A) Amino acid 

(B) Monosaccharide

(C) Lipid

(D) Protein

Option – B

Q 66.: Glucose and mannose are

(A) Anomers

(B) Epimers

(C) Ketohexoses

(D) Disaccharides

Option – B

Q 67.: Iodine value is related to

(A) Fats and oils

(B) Alcohols 

(C) Ethers

(D) Esters

Option – A

Q 68.: Which one of the following statements is not true regarding (+) lactose

(A) (+)-lactose contains 8-OH groups

(B) On hydrolysis (+)-lactose gives equal amount of D-(+)-glucose and D-(+)-galactose 

(C) (+)-lactose is  a β-glycoside formed by the union of molecule of D-(+)-glucose and a molecule of D-(+)-galactose 

(D) (+)- lactose is reducing sugar and does not exhibit mutarotation.

Option – D

Q 69.: What is the nature of glucose-glucose linkage in starch that makes its so susceptible to acid hydrolysis ?

(A) Starch is hemiacetal

(B) Starch is a acetal

(C) Starch is polymers

(D) Starch contains only few molecules of glucose.

Option – B

Q 70.: How glucose is related with fructose ?

(A) Functional group isomerism

(B) Rotamers

(C) Position isomerism

(D) Geometrical isomerism 

Option – A

Q 71.: How can you say that glucose is cyclic compound ?

(A) Glucose undergoes Tollen’s reaction

(B) Glucose reacts with phenyl hydrazine

(C) Glucose fails to react with sodium hydrogen sulfite

(D) Glucose reacts with nitric acid.

Option – C

Q 72.: Which of the following does not exhibit the phenomenon of mutarotation ?

(A) (−)-Fructose

(B) (+)-Lactose

(C) (+)-Sucrose

(D) (+)-Maltose

Option – C

Q 73.: Hydrolysis of sugar is called _______

(A) Inversion

(B) Esterification

(C) Hydration

(D) Saponification 

Option – A

Q 74.: The change in optical rotation of freshly prepared solution of grapes sugar with time is known as

(A) Specific rotation

(B) Mutarotation

(C) Inversion

(D) Rotary motion 

Option – B

Q 75.: Glucose reacts with ‘X‘ number of molecules of phenyl hydrazine to yield osazone. The value of ‘X‘ is :

(A) One 

(B) Two

(C) Three

(D) Four

Option – C

Q 76.: Glucose on reaction with Fehling solution gives :

(A) Cupric oxide

(B) Cuprous oxide

(C) Saccharic acid

(D) Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

Option – B

Q 77.: Which of the following is trisaccharide ?

(A) Stachyose

(B) Sucrose

(C) Maltose

(D) Raffinose

Option – D

Q 78.: When sucrose is heated with concentrated nitric acid the product formed is :

(A) Sucrose nitrate

(B) Adipic acid

(C) Oxalic acid

(D) Citric acid

Option – C

Q 79.: Glucose forms many derivatives. The derivative which will help to prove the furanose structure is :

(A) Osazone

(B) Benzoyl

(C) Acetyl 

(D) Isopropylidene

Option – D

Q 80.: Carbohydrate is treated with α−naphthol and concentrated sulphuric acid, colour developed at the junction of the two liquid is

(A) Violet

(B) Blue 

(C) Green

(D) Red

Option – A