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GREATER VALLEY SCHOOL, GREATER NOIDA

Worksheet: Biomolecules

Class : XII
Subject: Chemistry

Q1What are carbohydrates? Give two functions of carbohydrates.

Q2 Define an aldose and a ketose.

Q3What are polysaccharides? Give one example.

Q4What are glycosidic linkages?

Q5 Name the constituent units of maltose, sucrose and lactose.


Q6 What are essential amino acids and non essential amino acids?

Q7What is peptide linkage?

Q8 State the differences between

a) α Helix and β pleated sheets

b) Primary and secondary proteins

Q9 What happens when D-glucose is treated with the following reagents?


a) HI

b) Bromine water
c) HNO3

Q10 How do you explain the amphoteric behavior of amino acids?

Q11 How are vitamins classified?

Q12 What are nucleic acids? Mention their two important functions.

Q13 Write the important structural and functional differences between DNA and RNA.
Q14 Name the deficiency diseases caused due to deficiency of Vitamin A, B12,C, B6.

Q15 What are enzymes? Explain the mechanism of enzyme action

Q16 What is invert sugar?

Q17 What is Denaturation of proteins?

Q18 Draw the cyclic forms of glucose and pyranose.

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