BIOMOLECULES

QUESTIONS
1. How many naturally occurring amino acids in proteins exist? How many of tese
can be synthesized by the body?
2. How do anomers differ from epimers?
3. Are functioning systems of antibodies present in new born babies ?
4. Why are carbohydrates generally optically active ?
5. What is the difference between DNA and RNA on the basis of bases they
contains?
6. What are the polysaccharides tat make up starch and what is the difference
between them ?
7.
Is a diet consisting mainly of rice an adequate diet? Why or why not ?
8. What anticodon sequences on the mRNAs are coded for by the mRNAs in the
following base sequence: CUU AUG GCU UGG CCC - UAA
9.
State differences between primary and secondary structure of proteins.
10. Which -amino acid can cross link peptide chains ?
11. State the use of interferon and insulin in medicines.
12. What type of bonds hold a DNA double helix together ?
13. What are the main functions of the hormone adrenaline ?
14. Which enzyme is present in saliva? What in its function?
15. What is the action of nitrous acid on glycine ?
16. Which of the following is not an -amino acid? Cysteine, Tyrosine, Trypsin,
Proline, Serine.
17. Which group in phospholipids is hydrophilic ?
18. How are hormones transported to the target tissues?
19. Explain how reactions involving gain in free energy are carried out in living
systems.
20. How are nucleosides, nucleotides and nucleic acids related?
21. Why is glucose given to patients under exhaustion?
22. What is the function of enzyme present in liver?
23. Fresh tomatoes are a better source of vitamin C than those present in tomatoes
which have been stored for some time.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following is not a monosaccharide?
(a) Glucose
(b) Fructose
(c) Cellulose
(d) Ribose
2. Glucose is
(a) aldopentose
(b) aldohexose
(c) ketopentose
(d) Ribose
3. The monomer units are of starch are
(a) -glucose
(b) -glucose
pyranose
(d) galactose
4. The amino acids are the end products of the digestion of
(a) fats
(b) lipids
proteins
(d) enzymes.

5. Which of the following is the sweetest?

(a) glucose
(b) fructose
maltose
(d) sucrose
6. Nucleic acids are polymers of
(a) nucleosides
(b) globulins
nucleons
(d) sucrose
7. Nucleic acids are polymers of
(a) -D-glucose
(b) D-fructose
-D-glucose and -D- glucose
(d) glucose and fructose
8. The three dimensional structure of DNA was elucidated by
(a) James Watson
(b) M.Wilkins
Dalton
(d) fracklin
9. The sequence in which amino acids arranged in a protein is called
(a) primary structure
(b) secondary structure
tertiary structure
(d) tedrahedral structure
10. Which of the following is not present in DNA?
(a) Adenine
(b) Guanine
Uracil
(d) Thymine
11. The number of amino acids in insulin is
(a) 21
(b) 574
51
(d) 5733
12. The chemical change in DNA molecule that could lead to synthesis of proteins
with an altered amino acids sequence is called
(a) Replication
(b) Lipid formation
Cellular membrane
(d) Mutation
13. In nucleic acids, the individual nucleotides are linked through
(a) peptide linkage
(b) phosphate group
glycosidic linkage
(d) hydrogen bonds.
14. The relation between the nucleotides triplets and the amino acids is called
(a) gene
(b) genetic code
replication
(d) enzymes
15. Enzymes are regarded as
(a) biocatalysts
(b) activators
messengers
(d) antibodies
16. Which of the following contains cobalt
(a) vitamin A
(b) vitamin C
vitamin B12
(d) vitamin K
17. Thymine is a
(a) Pyrimidine
(b) Purine
Carbohydrate
(d) vitamin
18. Peptides upon hydrolysis give
(a) Amines
(b) Amino acids
Amonia
(d) None of these
19. Fructose is a
(a) Aldose
(b) Ketose

 Both aldose and ketose

(d) None of these
20. Metabolic activities of cells are controlled by
(a) Proteins
(b) DNA
RNA
(d) Fat
21. Which one is the complementary base of adenine in one strand to that in other
strand of DNA?
(a) guanine
(b) cytocine
thymine
(d) uracil
22. Which amino acids are essential building units of proteins?
(a) -amino acids
(b) -amino acids
-amino acids
(d) none of these
23. The chemical messengers produced in ductless glands are called:
(a) Lipids
(b) Cellular membrane
Hormones
(d) Antibodies
24. The hormone which is secreted in the pancreas and controls the metabolism of
glucose in the body is:
(a) thyroxine
(b) oxytocin
insulin
(d) cortisone
25. deficiency of vitamin D leads to increase
(a) rickets
(b) beri-beri
scurvy
(d) night- blindness
26. Night- blindness may be caused by the deficiency of vitamin
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
27. Vitamin A is called
(a) Ascorbic acid
(b) retinol
calciferol
(d) none of these