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BIOMOLECULES & CARBOHYDRATES
Q.1. The IUPAC name of the ketotriose is
Q.2. The number of chiral centres in the cyclic hemiacetal form of glucose is
Q.3. Find isoelectric point of given amino acid.

H3C CH COOH (pKa = 2.2)

NH3 (pKb = 4.4)

Q.4. In D-erythrose, the configuration at C-2 and C-3 are respectively

Q.5. Consider the following structures.
CH2OH CH2OH CH2OH CH2OH

C O C O C O C O

H OH H OH HO H HO H

HO H HO H H OH H OH

HO H H OH H OH HO H

CH2OH CH2OH CH2OH CH2OH

I II III IV
Which of the following pairs represent D-and L-fructose respectively?
Q.6. Monocaccharides are assigned D-and L-configuration depending upon whether its standard Fischer
formula has a right or left orientation respectively of the hydroxyl group at the

Q.7. Molisch test is performed for the detection of

Q.8. What is isoelectric point?

Q.9. The optical rotation of -form is +150.7, that of -form is +52.8. After equilibrium of these anomers.
The optical rotation of mixture is +80.2. What is the percentage of -form in equilibrium mixture?
HNO3
Q.10. D  Glucos e 
 A

Q.11. Glucose is treated with excess of HIO4. How many moles of HIO4 will be consumed per mole of the
sugar?
Q.12. Which of the following reagents is used to distinguish between glucose and cane sugar?
Q.13. Rapid interconversion of -D-glucose and -D-glucose in solution is known as
Q.14. Among the following which is not a disaccharide?
Sucrose, Mannose, Lactose, Maltose
Q.15. Which of the following is a a non-reducing sugar?
Glucose, Mannose, Fructose, Sucrose
Q.16. D-glucose is treated with an excess of acetic anhydride in the presence of pyridine. Identify the
products formed
Q.17. An aldose is converted into its next higher homologue by……………………….

Q.18. Match List – I and List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the
lists.
List – I List – II
(A) -and -Glucose 1. Mutarotation
(B) (+) and () glucose 2. Enantiomers
(C) D- and L-notations 3. Anomers
(D) α - Form    ope n - chain form    β - form 4. Configurational relationship

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Q.19. -D-glucose and -D-glucose differ from each other with respect to be
Q.20. D-() Erythrose and D-() threose are separately reduced with NaBH4 to give the products (A) and (B)
respectively. Which of the following statements is correct about (A) and (B)?

ANSWERS
1. 1, 3 – dihydropropanone

2. 5

3. 5.9

4. 2R, 3R

5. III and I

6. Bottom most asymmetric carbon

7. Carbohydrates

9. Glucaric acid

10. 2

11. 5

12. Fehling’s solution

13. Mutarotation

14. Mannose

15. Sucrose

16. CH2OAc CH2OAc

O OAc
O
OAc OAc

OAc OAc OAc

OAc
OAc

17. Killianis reaction

18. (A) – (3); (B) – (2); (C) – (4); (D) – 1)

19. Configuration at C-1.

20. (A) will be optically inactive but (B) will be optically active

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