1.

The hormone that helps in the conversion of glucose to glycogen in

(1) Adrenaline (2) Insulin (3) Cortisone (4) Bile acids
2. The base present in DNA, but not in RNA is (1) Guanine (2) Adenine (3) Uracil (4) Thymine
3. Nucleic acid is a polymer of (1) Nucleosides (2) -amino acids (3) Nucleotides (4) Glucose
4. The pair of compounds in which both the compounds give positive test with Tollen’s reagent is:
(1) Glucose and Sucrose (2) Fructose and Sucrose (3) Acetophenone & Hexanal (4) Glucose & Fructose
5. The two forms of D-glucopyranose obtained from the solution of D-glucose are called:
(1) Isomers (2) Anomers (3) Epimers (4) Enantiomers
6. Complete hydrolysis of cellulose gives – (1) D-glucose (2) L-glucose (3) D-fructose (4) D-ribose
7. In both DNA and RNA, heterocylic base and phosphate ester linkages are at –
(1) C2 ' & C5 ' respectively of the sugar molecule (2) C5 ' & C2 ' respectively of the sugar molecule
(3) C5 ' & C1 ' respectively of the sugar molecule (4) C1 ' & C5 ' respectively of the sugar molecule
8. The pyrimidine bases present in DNA are – (1) cytosine and guanine (2) cytosine and thymine
(3) cytosine and uracil (4) cytosine and adenine
9. The secondary structure of a protein refers to – (1) -helical backbone (2) hydrophobic interactions
(3) sequence of -amino acids (4) fixed configuration of the polypeptide backbone
10. Which of the vitamins given below is water soluble? (1) Vitamin D (2) Vitamin E (3) Vitamin K (4) Vitamin C
11. Starch is composed of two polysaccharides – (1) Amylopectin and glycogen (2) Amylose and glycogen
(3) Amylose and amylopectin (4) Cellulose and glycogen.
12. Glucose+ Br2 water ⎯⎯⎯⎯→ Product is
(1) Hexanoic acid (2) Gluconic acid (3) Saccharic acid (4) Bromohexane.
13. Glycogen is a branched chain polymer of -D-glucose units in which chain is formed by C-1 – C-4 glycosidic
linkage whereas branching occurs by the formation of C-1 – C-6 glycosidic linkage. Structure of glycogen is
similar to (1) Amylose (2) Amylopectin (3) Cellulose (4) Glucose
14. Complete hydrolysis of DNA / RNA yields – (1) a pentose sugar (2) phosphoric acid
(3) base (Nitrogen containing heterocyclic compounds) (4) All of the above
15. Which of the following statement is correct about fructose?
(1) It is dextrorotatory compound. (2) It exists as six membered ring.
(3) It exists in the two cyclic forms which is obtained by the addition of OH at C-5 to the group.
(4) It is named as furanose as it contain one oxygen and six carbon atom.
16. Which of the following acids is a vitamin ? (1) Aspartic acid (2) Ascorbic acid (3) Adipic acid (4) Saccharic acid
17. Which of the following diseases is not correctly matched with the vitamins mentioned with it ?
(1) Vitamin B2 - Cracking of lips (2) Vitamin C - Bone deformities
(3) Vitamin D - Osteomalacia (4) Vitamin A - Night blindness
18. Which of the following statements is not true about glucose ? (1) It is an aldohexose
(2) On heating with HI it forms n-hexane (3) It is present in furanose form (4) It does not give 2, 4-DNP test.
19. Which of the following diseases is caused by deficiency of an enzyme ?
(1) Phenyl ketone urea (2) Cheilosis (3) Scurvy (4) Xerophthalmia
20. The cell membranes are mainly composed of – (1) Fats (2) Proteins (3) Phospholipids (4) Carbohydrates
21. The human body does not produce – (1) Vitamins (2) Hormones (3) Enzymes (4) DNA
22. Which of the following terms are correct about starch ?
(A) Proteins (B) Dinucleotides (C) Nucleic acids (D) Amylopectin
23. 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
24. Which of the following terms is correct about enzymes ?
(A) Proteins (B) Dinucleotides (C) Nucleic acids (D) Hormones
25. Which of the following is a disaccharide ?
(A) Starch (B) Maltose (C) Fructose (D) Glucose
26. Vitamin B 12 is also called : a) Riboflavin (b) Thiamine (c) Pyridoxine (d) Cyanocobalamine
27. Assertion (A) : Sucrose is a non-reducing sugar. Reason (R) : Sucrose has a glycosidic linkage.
28. Assertion (A) : D (+)-Glucose is dextrorotatory. Reason (R) :symbol D represents its dextrorotatory nature
29. Assertion (A) : Glucose gets oxidised to six carbon carboxylic acid on reaction with bromine water.
Reason (R) : Glucose contains a ketonic group
30. Assertion (A) : All monosaccharides are reducing sugars. Reason (R) :They reduce T.R and F.R
31. Assertion (A) : The backbone of DNA and RNA molecules is a chain consisting of heterocyclic base, pentose
sugar and phosphate group.
Reason (R) : Nucleotides and nucleosides mainly differ from each other in presence of phosphate group.
32. -pleated sheet structure in proteins refers to (a) primary structure (b) secondary structure
(c) tertiary structure (d) quaternary structure
33. Assertion (A) : Vitamin C cannot be stored in our body.
Reason (R) : Vitamin C is fat soluble and is excreted from the body in urine.
34. 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 pyranose form. (d) It gives 2, 4 DNP test.
35. Assertion (A) : Proteins are polymers of -amino acids connected by a peptide bond.
Reason (R) : A tetrapeptide contains 4 amino acids linked by 4 peptide bonds.
36. Hydrolysis of sucrose is called (a) inversion (b) hydration (c) esterification (d) saponification
37. The deficiency of which of the following vitamin cause RICKETS
(a) Vitamin A (b) Vitamin B (c) Vitamin D (d) Vitamin C
38. On hydrolysis, which of the following carbohydrates gives glucose and galactose ?
(a) Sucrose b) Maltose c) lactose d) Cellulose
39. The deficiency of which of the following vitamins causes Scurvy ?
(a) Vitamin A (b) Vitamin B6 (c) Vitamin C (d) Vitamin B12
40. On hydrolysis, which of the following carbohydrates gives glucose and fructose ?
(a) Sucrose (b) Starch (c) Lactose (d) Maltose
41. Deficiency of which of the following vitamins causes Pernicious anaemia ?
(a) Vitamin B1 (b) Vitamin B2 (c) Vitamin B6 (d) Vitamin B12
42. On hydrolysis, which of the following carbohydrates gives only glucose ?
(a) Maltose (b) Sucrose (c) Lactose (d) Galactose
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44. Deficiency of Vitamin B causes : (a) rickets (b) muscular weakness (c) scurvy (d) beri-beri
45. In the ring structure of glucose, the anomeric carbon is : (a) C-2 (b) C-3 (c) C-4 (d) C-1
46. Helical structure of proteins is stabilized by :
(a) ionic bond (b) covalent bond (c) hydrogen bond (d) Van der Waals forces
47. A vitamin which plays a vital role in the clotting of blood is : (a) Vitamin A (b) Vitamin K (c) Vitamin D (d)
Vitamin B
48. Which of the following vitamins is water soluble ? (a) Vitamin A (b) Vitamin D (c) Vitamin E (d) Vitamin C
49. When D-glucose reacts with HI, it forms (a) Gluconic acid (b) n-hexane (c) Saccharic acid (d) Iodohexane
50. Proteins are polymers of (a) Nucleic acids (b) Amino acids (c) Monosaccharides (d) Amines
51. An -helix is a structural feature of (a) Sucrose (b) Polypeptides (c) Nucleotides (d) Starch
52. The glycosidic linkage involved in linking the glucose units in amylase part of starch is :
(a) C1- C6  linkage (b) C1- C6 - linkage (c) C1 -C4  linkage (d) C1- C4 - linkage
53. Which of the following is a non-reducing sugar ? (a) Sucrose (b) Maltose (c) Glucose (d) Lactose
54. Oligosaccharides on hydrolysis could yield : (a) 3 to 9 monosaccharides (b) 4 to 10 monosaccharides
c) 2 to 10 monosaccharides d) all the above
55. What are monosaccharides?
56. What are reducing sugars?
57. Write two main functions of carbohydrates in plants.
58. What do you understand by the term glycosidic linkage?
59. What is glycogen? How is it different from starch?
60. What are the hydrolysis products of (i) sucrose and (ii) lactose?
61. What is the basic structural difference between starch and cellulose
62. What happens when D-glucose is treated with the following reagents? (i) HI (ii) Bromine water (iii) HNO 3
63. What are essential and non-essential amino acids? Give two examples of each type
64. Define the following as related to proteins (i) Peptide linkage (ii) Primary structure (iii) Denaturation
65. What type of bonding helps in stabilising the α-helix structure of proteins?
66. Differentiate between globular and fibrous proteins.
67. What is the effect of denaturation on the structure of proteins?
68. How are vitamins classified? Name the vitamin responsible for the coagulation of blood.
69. Why are vitamin A and vitamin C essential to us? Give their important sources.
70. The two strands in DNA are not identical but are complementary. Explain
71. Why cannot vitamin C be stored in our body?
72. What products would be formed when a nucleotide from DNA containing thymine is hydrolysed?