Biomolecules VVI Questions
Biomolecules Subjective Questions
Q.1. Name the element present in Hemoglobin.
Ans – Iron is the main element found in hemoglobin. Other elements are oxygen, carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen.
Q.2. What are Amino acids ?
Ans – Amino derivatives of aliphatic carboxylic acids are called Amino acid. Hydrogen atom of alkyl group is displaced by amine group. This way, Amino acid are organic compounds, whose molecules contain both (-NH2) group and carboxylic (-COOH) group.
Q.3. Name two vitamins and their deficiency diseases.
Ans – Vitamin A : Vitamin A deficiency can cause keratomalacia.
Vitamin B : Vitamin B deficiency can cause beriberi and korsakoff syndrome.
Biomolecules Objective Questions
Q.1. Formula of sucrose is –
(a) C12H22O12
(b) C12H22O11
(c) C12H24O11
(d) C12H22O10
Ans – (b) C12H22O11
Q.2. Carbohydrate which yields three to ten mono saccharide units on hydrolysis is called –
(a) Monosaccharide
(b) Disaccharide
(c) Oligosaccharide
(d) Polysaccharide
Ans – (c) Oligosaccharide
Q.3. Sweetest of all sugars is –
(a) Glucose
(b) Lactose
(c) Sucrose
(d) Fructose
Ans – (d) Fructose
Q.4. Enzyme is –
(a) Carbohydrate
(b) Lipid
(c) Proteins
(d) None of these
Ans – (c) Proteins
Q.5. Which is able to form Zwitterion ?
(a) CH3NO2
(b) CH3COOH
(c) CH3CH2NH2
(d) H2NCH2COOH
Ans – (d) H2NCH2COOH
Q.6. The number of chiral carbon in glucose is –
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 1
Ans – (b) 5
Q.7. Which of the following is carbohydrate ?
(a) Thiamine
(b) Lactose
(c) Glycerol
(d) Insulin
Ans – (b) Lactose
Q.8. In DNA, thymine is held by two hydrogen bonds with the base –
(a) Adenine
(b) Cytosine
(c) Thymine
(d) Guanine
Ans – (a) Adenine
Q.9. Adenosine is an example of –
(a) Nucleotide
(b) Pyrimidine base
(c) Nucleoside
(d) Purine base
Ans – (d) Purine base
Q.10. Which of the following is not a pyrimidine base ?
(a) Uracil
(b) Cytosine
(c) Thymine
(d) Guanine
Ans – (d) Guanine