carbohydrate

1. Rotation of the plane of polarized light is caused by solutions of all of the following monosaccharides except

a. Glucose

b. Glyceraldehyde

c. Fructose

d. Dihydroxyacetone

e. None of the above

2. Ascorbic acid is an example of

a. Sugar acid

b. Sugar alcohol

c. Sugar phosphate

d. Deoxy-sugar

e. Amino sugar

3. An invert sugar is

a. An equimolar mixture of glucose and fructose

b. An equimolar mixture of a-glucose and 13-glucose

c. An equimolar mixture of a-fructose and 13-fructose

d. The sugar which changes its optical activity from levo- to dextrorotatory

e. None of the above

4. A disaccharide formed of two glucose units is

a. Lactose

b. Maltose

c. Sucrose

d. Amylose

e. Amylopectin

5. Milk sugar is

a. Cellobiose

b. Maltose

c. Sucrose

d. Lactose

e. None of the above

6. Cane sugar is

a. Cellobiose

b. Maltose

c. Sucrose

d. Lactose

e. None of the above

7. Malt sugar is

a. Cellobiose

b. Maltose

c. Sucrose

d. Lactose

e. None of the above

8. Starch is an example of

a. Galactosans

b. Mannosans

c. Glucosaminans

d. Glucosans

e. Fructosans

9. Glycogen is an example of

a. Glucosans

b. Galactosans

c. Mannosans

d. Glucosaminans

e. Fructosans

10. Starch is an example of

a. Structural polysaccharides present in animals

b. Structural polysaccharides present in plants

c. Nutrient polysaccharides present in animals

d. Nutrient polysaccharides present in plants

e. None of the above

11. Which of the following has a free anomeric carbon atom

a. Glucose

b. Mannose

c. Lactose

d. Sucrose

e. Fructose

12. A polysaccharide indigestible by man is

a. Cellobiose

b. Glycogen

c. Amylopectin

d. Cellulose

e. Amylose

13. A branch component of starch is

a. Glucose

b. Amylopectin

c. Amylose

d. Maltose

e. None of the above

14. Which of the following statements characterizes glucose

a. It usually exists in the furanose form

b. It is a ketose

c. Carbon 2 is the anomeric carbon atom

d. It forms part of the disaccharide sucrose

e. It is oxidized to form sorbitol

15. Which of the following contains ketone group

a. Ribulose

b. Glucose

c. Mannose

d. Galactose

e. Lactose

16. Which of the following is non fermentable sugar?

a. Maltose

b. Sucrose

c. Glucose

d. Fructose

e. Lactose

17. Hydrolysis of sucrose yields

a. Two moles of glucose

b. Glucose and fructose

c. Galactose and fructose

d. Glucose and mannose

18. Ribitol is

a. Deoxy sugar

b. Amino sugar

c. Sugar alcohol

d. Sugar acid

19. Inulin is a simple polysaccharide built up of

a. Glucosamine

b. Galactose

c. Fructose

d. Aldose

20. The end products of glycogen hydrolysis by acid is

a. Dextrin

b. Maltose

c. Amylose

d. Glucose

21. The richest site for fructose in the body is

a. Mammary gland

b. Seminal fluid

c. Thyroid gland

d. Prostate

22. D-glucose and D-mannose are epimers with respect to carbon atom number

a. 3

b. 2

c. 5

d. 1

23. Which of the following polysaccharides is not a polymer of glucose

a. Amylose

b. Glycogen

c. Inulin

d. Amylopectin

24. Reduction of glucose produces

a. Mannitol

b. Sorbitol

c. Dulcitol

d. Glucuronic acid

25. Gluconic acid, saccharic acid and glucuronic acid are produced from glucose by

a. Reduction

b. Treatment with acids

c. Oxidation

d. Treatment with bases

26. Galactose is present in the structure of

a. Sucrose

b. Lactose

c. Lecithin

d. Glycogen

27. Which statement is incorrect

a. Glucose and mannose are Epimers

b. α- and β-glucose are Anomers

c. Glucose and galactose are Anomers

d. Ribose and xylose are epimers

28. The invert sugar is

a. Maltose

b. Sucrose

c. Hydrolytic products of sucrose

d. Hydrolytic products of maltose

29. Sorbitol is

a. A sugar alcohol

b. Obtained from glucose

c. Obtained from fructose

d. All of the above

30. By complete acid hydrolysis of starch we obtain

a. Maltose

b. α-glucose

c. β-glucose

d. All of the above

31. The blood sugar is

a. Glucose

b. Fructose

c. Ribose

d. Galactose

32. Ribulose is an example of

a. Aldopentose

b. Ketohexose

c. Ketopentose

d. Deoxy sugar

e. Sugar alcohol

33. Cellulose is

a. Formed of β-glucose

b. Not digested in human intestine

c. A simple polysaccharide

d. All of the above

34. Dextrose is

a. An aldopentose

b. An aldohexose

c. A ketohexose

d. A ketopentose

35. Sorbitol can be obtained from fructose by

a. Oxidation

b. Reduction

c. Hydrolysis

d. Acetylation

36. A reducing disaccharide is

a. Glucose

b. Mannose

c. Maltose

d. Fructose

37. Glucose and mannose are epimers, this means that

a. They are mirror image to each other

b. One is aldose, the other is a ketose

c. They differ only in the configuration to one carbon

d. One is pyranose the other is furanose

38. Starch is

a. A heterogeneous polysaccharide

b. Composed of β-glucose

c. Not digested by amylase

d. All of the above

e. None of the above

39. The grape sugar is

a. Fructose

b. Sucrose

c. Glucose

d. Mannose

40. Lactose is

a. A non-reducing sugar

b. Formed of α-glucose and β-fructose

c. both (a) and (b)

d. None of the above

41. Honey is the natural example for

a. Sucrose

b. Maltose

c. Invert sugar

d. Lactose

42. Reducing property of monosaccharide is tested by

a. Seliwanoff's test

b. Molisch’s test

c. Fehling test

d. Rothera’s test

e. Shape of osazone crystals

43. Inulin is a polymer of

a. Glucose

b. Levulose

c. Galactose

d. Mannose

44. α.glucose is present in structure of

a. Dextrins

b. Dextran

c. Glycogen

d. All of the above

45. Amylase enzyme can hydrolyse

a. Starch

b. Dextrins

c. Glycogen

d. All of the above

46. Glucose and lactose are similar to each other in that both are

a. Reducing

b. Able to give the same osazone

c. Present in milk

d. All of the above

47. Which of the following is a disaccharide?

a. Starch

b. Cellulose

c. Glycogen

d. Ribose

e. Lactose

48. Which carbohydrate will you find in greatest abundance in potatoes?

a. Starch

b. Cellulose

c. Sucrose

d. Glycogen

e. Lactose

49. D-glucuronic acid is an example of

a. Aldonic acid

b. Aldaric acid

c. Uronic acid

d. Saccharic acid

e. None of the above

50. Reduction of monosaccharides yields

a. Sugar alcohols

b. Sugar acids

c. amino sugars

d. Deoxy-sugars

e. None of the above

51. Hydrogen gas in presence of a metal can reduce fructose to

a. Mannitol

b. Ribitol

c. Glycerol

d. Glucose

e. None of the above

52. Cellulose is made up of the molecules of

a. alpha Glucose

b. Beta Glucose

c. Both of above

d. None of the above

53. The epimer of glucose is:

a. Fructose

b. Galactose

c. Ribose

d. Deoxyribose

54. Alpha and Beta forms of D-glucose are referred to as:

a. Epimers

b. Anomers

c. Enediols

d. Tautomers

55. Which of the following does not give a positive test for a reducing sugar?

a. Ribose

b. Galactose

c. Maltose

d. Sucrose

56. Cellulose is a:

a. Branched polymer containing or 1 —> 4 and on 1 —> 6 glycosidic linkages

b. Straight chain polymer consisting of B 1 —> 4 glycosidic units

c. Polymer containing glucose, galactose and glucosamine

d. Mucopolysaccharide

57. In order that a compound possesses optical activity it must be:

a. Colored

b. Symmetrical

c. Inorganic

d. Asymmetric

58. Hydrolysis of sucrose yields:

a. Galactose and glucose

b. Maltose and glucose

c. Fructose only

d. Fructose and glucose

59. Starch and glycogen are both polymers of:

a. Fructose

b. Glucose-1-phosphate

c. Mannose

d. Glucose

60. Which of the following is not a CHO?

a. Amylose

b. Hyaluronic acid

c. Heparin

d. Palmitic acid

61. The predominant carbohydrate of muscle

a. D-fructose

b. D-glucose

c. Lactose

d. Glycogen

62. Lactose is also called:

a. Blood sugar

b. Invert sugar

c. Milk sugar

d. Animal starch

63. An example of pentose is:

a. Galactose

b. Mannose

c. Ribose

d. Fructose

64. An example of Hexose is:

a. Ribose

b. Ribulose

c. Xylulose

d. Mannose

65. A mucopolysaccharide with blood anticoagulant activity is:

a. Chondroitin sulphate B

b. Chondroitin sulphate D

c. Keratan sulphate II

d. Heparin

66. Beta 1-4 glycosidic bond is present in

a. Maltose

b. Lactose

c. Sucrose

d. None of the above

67. Number of stereo-isomers of glucose is :

a. 4

b. 8

c. 16

d. none of the above

68. A homopolysaccharide made up of fructose is :

a. inulin

b. dextrin

c. cellulose

d. glycogen

69. In fructofuranose ,the anomeric carbon is

a. carbon 1

b. carbon 2

c. carbon 3

d. carbon 4

70. A carbohydrate found in the DNA :

a. ribose

b. ribulose

c. deoxyribose

d. all of the above

71. Ribulose is a :

a. ketotetrose

b. aldotetrose

c. ketopentose

d. aldopentose

72. In D-glyecraldehyde, -OH group is present on the right hand side of carbon atom number :

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 1,2 & 3

73. A disaccharide made up of two glucose units :

a. maltose

b. sucrose

c. dextrin

d. lactose

74. A carbohydrate found only in milk :

a. glucose

b. lactose

c. galactose

d. maltose

75. A carbohydrate ,known commenly as invert sugar :

a. lactose

b. sucrose

c. fractose

d. glucose

76. The homopolysaccharide among the following is :

a. heparin

b. hyaluronic acid

c. dermatan sulphate

d. cellulose

77. The heteropolysaccharide among the following is :

a. inulin

b. starch

c. heparin

d. cellulose

78. In straight chain structure of D-glucose, -OH group is present on the left hand side of carbon atom number :

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

d. 5

79. The following causes levorotation :

a. D-fructose

b. L-glucose

c. both of them

d. None of them

80. The carbon atom which becomes asymmetric when the straight chain form of monosaccharide changes into ring form is called :

a. anomeric carbon atom

b. epimeric carbon atom

c. isomeric carbon atom

d. none of the above

81. In straight chain structure of D-ribose, -OH group is present on the right hand side of carbon atom number :

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

d. all of the above

82. In glucopyranose the anomeric carbon atom is number:

a. 2

b. 1

c. 5

d. 6

83. In alpha-D glucopyranose, -OH groups projecting below the plane of the ring, are attached to carbon atoms of numbers:

a. 1,2 & 3

b. 1,2 & 5

c. 1,2 & 4

d. 2,3 & 4

84. Sugar present in DNA is

a. ribose

b. xylulose

c. Arabinose

d. deoxyribose

85. Sugar present in RNA is:

a. Ribose

b. Xylulose

c. Arabinose

d. Deoxyribose

86. Sugar present in seminal fluid is:

a. glucose

b. fructose

c. galactose

d. maltose

87. All the following polysaccharides have glucose as their monomer EXCEPT

a. Starch

b. dextrin

c. Inulin

d. glycogen

88. End product of starch on acid hydrolysis is

a. glucose

b. fructose

c. maltose

d. dextrin

89. End product of enzyme hydrolysis of starch is

a. glucose

b. fructose

c. maltose

d. dextrin

90. Beta 1,4 glycosidic linkages are present in

a. Glycogen

b. starch

c. cellulose

d. inulin

91. All the following are homopolysaccharides EXCEPT

a. Cellulose

b. starch

c. glycogen

d. heparin

92. All the following are heteropolysaccharides EXCEPT

a. Hyaluronic acid

b. chondroitin sulphate

c. Inulin

d. Heparin

93. Which of the following poly saccharine is a naturally occurring anti coagulant?

a. Hylauronic acid

b. chondroitin sulphate

c. heparin

d. keratosulphate

94. One of the following carbohydrates is not digested in the human intestinal tract

a. Starch

b. cellulose

c. lactose

d. sucrose

95. Amylopectin differ from amaylose by

a. alpha 1,4 glycosidic linkage

b. beta 1,4 glycosidic linkage

c. alpha 1,4 glycosidic linkage at branching

d. alpha 1,6 glycosidic linkage at branching

96. One of the following polysaccharides is called animal starch:

a. glucose

b. heparin

c. dextrin

d. glycogen

97. Glucose on oxidation with H2O2 gives:

a. Hyaluronic acid

b. Glucuronic acid

c. Glucaric acid

d. Mucic acid

98. Sorbitol is:

a. A sterol

b. An amino alcohol

c. A sugar alcohol

d. A glycerol derivative

99. The functional group responsible for the reducing property of glucose is present on which carbon atom?

a. 6

b. 5

c. 2

d. 1

Answers

1. D

2. A

3. A

4. B

5. D

6. C

7. B

8. D

9. A

10. D

11. C

12. D

13. B

14. D

15. A

16. E

17. B

18. C

19. C

20. D

21. B

22. B

23. C

24. B

25. C

26. B

27. B

28. C

29. D

30. B

31. A

32. C

33. D

34. B

35. B

36. C

37. C

38. E

39. C

40. D

41. C

42. C

43. B

44. D

45. D

46. A

47. E

48. A

49. C

50. A

51. A

52. B

53. B

54. B

55. D

56. B

57. D

58. D

59. D

60. D

61. D

62. C

63. C

64. D

65. D

66. D

67. C

68. A

69. B

70. C

71. C

72. B

73. A

74. B

75. B

76. D

77. C

78. B

79. C

80. A

81. D

82. B

83. B

84. D

85. A

86. B

87. C

88. A

89. C

90. C

91. D

92. C

93. C

94. B

95. D

96. D

97. B

98. C

99. D

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