Practice Test


Q1) Which of the following carbohydrates is not monosaccharide? Show Answer


Q2) Which of the following is a polysaccharide? Show Answer


Q3) Maltose is hydrolysed in the presence of maltase to: Show Answer


Q4) The disaccharide present in milk is: Show Answer


Q5) Which of the following is a ketohexose? Show Answer


Q6) Which of the following has maximum sweetness? Show Answer


Q7) Which of the following does not give silver mirror with Tollen's reagent? Show Answer


Q8) Glucose is oxidised to carbon dioxide and water with oxygen in the presence of enzyme: Show Answer


Q9) The change in optical rotation of a freshly prepared solution of glucose with time is called: Show Answer


Q10) Alanine is: Show Answer


Q11) Glycine reacts with nitrous acid to give: Show Answer


Q12) Which of the following carbohydrate is found most abundantly in nature? Show Answer


Q13) Hydrolysis of sugar is called: Show Answer


Q14) Structurally, cellulose is a linear polymer of: Show Answer


Q15) Starch is changed into disaccharide in the presence of: Show Answer


Q16) The peptide linkage is: Show Answer


Q17) Eye disease is caused by the deficiency of vitamin: Show Answer


Q18) Vitamin C is chemically known as: Show Answer


Q19) Iodine deficiency in diet causes: Show Answer


Q20) Which of the following contains cobalt? Show Answer


Q21) Which of the following base is found only in RNA and not in DNA? Show Answer


Q22) The three dimensional structure of DNA was elucidated by: Show Answer


Q23) Which of the following is not present in DNA? Show Answer


Q24) An emample of disaccharide is: Show Answer


Q25) Proteins on complete hydrolysis give: Show Answer


Q26) Vitamin A is known as: Show Answer


Q27) Insulin is secreted from: Show Answer


Q28) The number of amino acids in insulin is: Show Answer


Q29) In nucleic acids, the individual nucleotides are linked through: Show Answer


Q30) RNA is: Show Answer


Q31) Invert sugar is: Show Answer


Q32) Enzymes belong to a category of: Show Answer


Q33) The enzyme which converts protein into amino acids during digestion is: Show Answer


Q34) Which of the following is not present in RNA? Show Answer


Q35) Lipases are enzymes that hydrolyse: Show Answer


Q36) The chemical change in DNA molecule that could lead to synthesis of proteins with an altered amino acid sequence is called: Show Answer


Q37) Which of the following is a fat soluble vitamin? Show Answer


Q38) The component of blood responsible for blood clotting is: Show Answer


Q39) Deficiency of Vitamin D leads to disease: Show Answer


Q40) White blood cells act: Show Answer


Q41) The chemical passengers produced in ductless glands are called: Show Answer


Q42) Which of the following vitamin is synthesised by sun rays? Show Answer


Q43) Which of the following enzyme breaks up starch readily? Show Answer


Q44) Carbohydrates are stored in the body as: Show Answer


Q45) The pairs of bases in DNA are held together by: Show Answer


Q46) Which of the following carbohydrate is an essential constituent of plant cell? Show Answer


Q47) Amino acids are least soluble: Show Answer


Q48) Which of the following does not refer to the principle forms of carbohydate present in our food? Show Answer


Q49) Which of the following is regarded as the energy currency of the cell? Show Answer


Q50) Cobalamine is: Show Answer


Q51) The excess glucose is stored in the liver as: Show Answer


Q52) The pH of human blood lies between: Show Answer


Q53) The non-protein component in enzymes which is necessary for its biological activity is: Show Answer


Q54) In glycine the basic group is: Show Answer


Q55) The sequence in which amino acids are linked to one another in a protein is called its: Show Answer


Q56) Milk sugar is commonly known as: Show Answer


Q57) The bond that determines the secondary structure of a protein is: Show Answer


Q58) Which of the following is not an essential amino acid? Show Answer


Q59) An example of fibrous protein is: Show Answer


Q60) The coenzymes are derived from: Show Answer


Q61) The peptide bond is a key feature inL Show Answer


Q62) Complete hydrolysis of starch gives: Show Answer


Q63) Cellulose is a: Show Answer


Q64) Vitamin C is called: Show Answer


Q65) Which of the following is vitamin? Show Answer


Q66) Vitamin E is known as: Show Answer


Q67) Starch is composed of: Show Answer


Q68) Which vitamin gets destroyed on heating? Show Answer


Q69) Oxygen is carried away from lungs by blood mainly because of the presence of: Show Answer


Q70) The number of ATP molecules consumed during formation of one mole of glucose is: Show Answer


Q71) An example of a disaccharide made up of two units of the same monosaccharides is: Show Answer


Q72) Deficiency of Vitamin E causes: Show Answer


Q73) Biuret test is used for the detection of: Show Answer


Q74) Which of the following is present in cod liver oil? Show Answer


Q75) An example of a protein which acts as structural material is: Show Answer


Q76) The metal ion present in haemoglobin and is responsible for oxygen uptake is: Show Answer


Q77) The only vitamin with a metal atom in it is: Show Answer


Q78) The metal present in blood is: Show Answer


Q79) Protein is a polymer of: Show Answer


Q80) Which of the following is an example of zwitter ion? Show Answer


Q81) Reducing sugar can reduce: Show Answer


Q82) Which of the following is true about vitamins? Show Answer


Q83) Guanine is held by three hydrogen bonds with the base: Show Answer


Q84) Invert sugar is a mixture of: Show Answer


Q85) Structure of a DNA molecule is: Show Answer


Q86) Enzymes in the living systems: Show Answer


Q87) The functional group which is found in amino acid is: Show Answer


Q88) The reason for double helical structure of DNA is operation of Show Answer


Q89) Complete hydrolysis of cellulose gives Show Answer


Q90) Insulin production and its action in human body are responsible for the level of diabetes. This compound belongs to which of the following categories? Show Answer


Q91) Which base is present in RNA but not in DNA? Show Answer


Q92) In both DNA and RNA, heterocyclic base and phosphate esters linkages are at Show Answer


Q93) The two forms of D-glucopyranose obtained from the solution of D-glucose are called Show Answer


Q94) The pyrimidine bases present in DNA are Show Answer


Q95) The secondary structure of a protein refers to: Show Answer


Q96) Which of the following has magnesium? Show Answer


Q97) The hormone which controls the processes of burning of fats, proteins and carbohydrates to liberate energy in the body is Show Answer


Q98) Which amino acid is achiral? Show Answer


Q99) Which of the following is not a sex hormone? Show Answer


Q100) In polysaccharides, the linkage connecting monosaccharide is called: Show Answer


Q101) Scurvy is caused due to deficiency of vitamin: Show Answer


Q102) An example of water soluble vitamin is: Show Answer


Q103) Which is correct? Show Answer


Q104) Which statement is incorrect about peptide bond? Show Answer


Q105) A nucleotide consists of Show Answer


Q106) Cellulose is a polymer of: Show Answer


Q107) Enzymes are made up of Show Answer


Q108) A triglyceride can have how many different acyl groups? Show Answer


Q109) Oils converted into fats by: Show Answer


Q110) Enzymes with two sites are called Show Answer


Q111) Phospholipids are esters of glycerol with Show Answer


Q112) Chargoff's rule states that in an organism Show Answer


Q113) Subunits present in haemoglobin are: Show Answer


Q114) Among the following achiral amino acid is Show Answer


Q115) Which of the following represents a peptide chain Show Answer


Q116) A sequence of how many nucleotides in messenger RNA makes a codon for an amino acid? Show Answer


Q117) The helical structure of proteins is stabilized by Show Answer


Q118) The nucleic acid base having two possible building sites is Show Answer


Q119) An alteration in the base sequence of nucleic acid molecule is Show Answer


Q120) Carbohydrates are stored in human body as the polysaccharide Show Answer


Q121) Mark the wrong statement about denaturation of proteins Show Answer


Q122) Which functional group participates in disulphide bond formation in proteins? Show Answer


Q123) The cell membranes are mainly composed of Show Answer


Q124) Which of the following amino acid is optically inactive? Show Answer


Q125) Glucose has difference from fructose in that it Show Answer


Q126) Which one of the following biomolecules is insoluble in water? Show Answer


Q127) Which of the following is / are true?
(a) Sucrose is non reducing sugar
(b) Glucose is oxidised by bromine water
(c) Glucose rotates plane polarized light in clockwise direction
(d) Fructose is oxidised by bromine water.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below: Show Answer


Q128) The group linkage present in fats is Show Answer


Q129) Sucrose on reacting with conc. Sulphric acid gives Show Answer


Q130) Which one of the following is a peptide harmone? Show Answer


Q131) The human body does not produce: Show Answer


Q132) RNA and DNA are chiral molecules, their chirality is due to: Show Answer


Q133) Which one of the following vitamins is water soluble? Show Answer


Q134) In DNA, the complementary bases are: Show Answer


Q135) Which one of the following is an amine hormone? Show Answer


Q136) Which of the following hormone contains iodine? Show Answer


Q137) The segment of DNA which acts as the instrumental manual for the synthesis of the protein is: Show Answer


Q138) The transfer RNA anticodon for the messenger RNA codon G - C - A is Show Answer


Q139) Which one of the following metal ions is essential inside the cell for the metabolism of glucose / synthesis of proteins? Show Answer


Q140) In aqueous solution, an amino acid exists as Show Answer


Q141) The secondary structure of proteins is derrived from Show Answer


Q142) The source of energy in a cellular reaction is Show Answer


Q143) Nitrogenous base that is found in RNA but absent in DNA is Show Answer


Q144) Which one of the following metal is required as cofactor by all enzymes utilizing ATP in phosphate transfer? Show Answer


Q145) Secondary structure of protein is mainly governed by Show Answer


Q146) Which one of the following does not exhibit the phenomenon of mutarotation? Show Answer


Q147) Which one of the following statements is not true regarding (+) Lactose? Show Answer