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Multiple Choice Questions- Chemistry of Carbohydrates-set-3
Q.1-Which of the following is a simple sugar or monosaccharide?
a) Galactose
b) Lactose
c) Maltose
d) Sucrose
Q.2- What is the molecular formula of Glucose?
a) CH3OH
b) C6H1206
c) C12H22O11
d) C6H12O5
Q.3- Maltose is composed of which two sugars?
a) Glucose and Glucose
b) Glucose and Galactose
c) Glucose and Fructose
d) Fructose and Galactose
Q.4- In which form is Glucose stored in animals?
a) Starch
b) Glycogen
c) Dextrins
d) Cellulose
Q.5-All are glucosans (polymers of glucose) except-
a) Glycogen
b) Inulin
c) Starch
d) Cellulose
Q.6- Choose the Aldose sugar out of the following-
a) Sucrose
b) Ribulose
c) Fructose
d) Ribose
Q.7- Choose the keto triose-
a) Glyceraldehyde
b) Erythrose
c) Dihydroxyacetone
d) Arabinose
Q.8- A pentose sugar present in the heart muscle is-
a) Xylose
b) Lyxose
c) Xylulose
d) Aldose
Q.9- α-D Glucose and β- D glucose are-
a) Epimers
b) Keto- Aldose Isomers
c) Anomers
d) Optical isomers
Q.10- All tests are negative for sucrose except-
a) Benedict
b) Seliwanoff
c) Barfoed
d) Osazone
Q.11- Glucose can have ————- isomers due to the presence of 4 asymmetric carbon atoms-
a) 4
b) 12
c) 8
d) 16
Q.12- Galactose and Glucose are-
a) Epimers
b) Isomers
c) Anomers
d)Ketose- Aldose isomers
Q.13- The compounds having same structural formula but differing in configuration around one carbon atom are called-
a) Optical isomers
b) Stereo isomers
c) Anomers
d) Epimers
Q.14- What does the following equation represent?
α-D Glucose +112ο→+52.5ο→ +19οβ- D glucose
a) Stereo isomerism
b) Mutarotation
c) Optical isomerism
d) Epimerization
Q.15- The carbohydrate of blood group substance is-
a) Fucose
b) Xylose
c) Lyxose
d) Fructose
Q.16- Dulcitol is a –
a) Sugar acid
b) Amino sugar
c) Deoxysugars
d) Sugar alcohol
Q.17- Which of the following is a non reducing sugar-
a) Arabinose
b) Erythrose
c) Trehalose
d) Ribulose
Q.18- A Polysaccharide formed by β1→4 Glycosidic linkages is-
a) Starch
b) Dextrin
c) Glycogen
d) Cellulose
Q.19-Invert sugar is-
a) Starch
b) Glucose
c) Fructose
d) Hydrolytic product of Sucrose
Q.20- The Polysaccharide found in the exoskeleton of insects is-
a) Hyaluronic acid
b) Cellulose
c) Chitin
d) Chondrosamine
Q,21- Which of the following is a polymer of fructose?
a) Inulin
b) Dextrin
c) Cellulose
d) Glycogen
Q.22- A disaccharide produced on hydrolysis of starch is called-
a) Sucrose
b) Lactose
c) Maltose
d) Trehalose
Q.23-The typical cyclical structure of Glucose is α and β D-
a) Glucopyranose
b) Glucoside
c) Glucofuranose
d) Glucosamine
Q.24- Which test can be undertaken to differentiate between Glucose and Fructose?
a) Benedict
b) Molisch
c) Seliwanoff
d) Osazone
Q.25- Which of the following molecules is a carbohydrate?
a) C3 H7O2N
b) C13H26O2
c) C6H12O6
d) C20H40O2
Q.26- Which of the following monosaccharides is not an aldose?
a) Ribose
b) Fructose
c) Glucose
d) Glyceraldehyde
Q.27-Which of following is an anomeric pair?
a) D-glucose and L-glucose
b) α-D-glucose and β-D-glucose
c) D-glucose and D-fructose
d) α-D-glucose and β-L-glucose
Q.28- Which of the following monosaccharides is not a carboxylic acid?
a) Glucuronate
b) Gluconate
c) Glucose
d) Muramic acid
Q.29- From the abbreviated name of the compound Gal (β 1 →4) Glc, we know that:
a) The glucose residue is the β anomer.
b) The galactose residue is at the non reducing end.
c) C-4 of glucose is joined toC-1 of galactose by a glycosidic bond.
d) The compound is in its furanose form
Q.30- The compound that consists of ribose linked by an N-glycosidic bond to N-9 of adenine is:
a) A purine nucleotide.
b) A pyrimidine nucleotide.
c) Adenosine.
d) AMP
Key to answers
1)-a, 2)-b, 3)-a, 4)-b, 5)-b, 6)-d, 7)-c, 8)-b, 9)-c, 10)-b, 11)-d, 12)-a, 13)-d, 14)-b, 15)-a, 16)-d, 17)-c, 18)-d, 19)-d, 20)-c, 21)-a, 22)-c, 23)-a, 24)-c, 25)-c, 26)-b, 27)-b, 28)-c, 29)-c, 30)-c.