KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN AHMEDABAD REGION

MODEL QUESTION PAPER -2022-23

Time: 3 hrs. Class: 12 Marks: 70
Subject: CHEMISTRY (BIOMOLECULE)
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General Instructions:
Read the following instructions carefully.
a. There are 35 questions in this question paper with internal choice.
b. SECTION A consists of 18 multiple-choice questions carrying 1 mark each.
c. SECTION B consists of 7 very short answer questions carrying 2 marks each.
d. SECTION C consists of 5 short answer questions carrying 3 marks each.
e. SECTION D consists of 2 case-based questions carrying 4 marks each.
f. SECTION E consists of 3 long answer questions carrying 5 marks each.

SECTION-A

1 Which of the following carbohydrates does not satisfy the formula Cx(H2O)y? 1
a) Fructose
b) Glucose
c) Deoxyribose
d) Lactose
2 Which of the following is not a polysaccharide? 1
a) Cellulose
b) Stachyose
c) Starch
d) Glycogen
3 Sucrose consists of which of the following monosaccharide units? 1
a) Fructose, galactose
b) Fructose, glucose
c) Galactose, glucose
d) Glucose, glucose
4 Nucleotides are joined together by 1
a) peptide linkage b) disulphide linkage c) glycosidic linkage d) phosphodiester linkage
5 Which of the following statement is not true for glucose? 1
a) The pentaacetate of glucose does not react with hydroxylamine to give oxime
b) Glucose gives Schiff's test for aldehyde
c) Glucose exists in two crystalline α and β forms
d) Glucose reacts with hydroxylamine to form oxime
6 Two monosaccharides are joined through a ______ bond to form a disaccharide. 1
a) ionic
b) peptide
c) glycosidic
d) phosphodiester
7 Which of the following is incorrect regarding maltose? 1
a) It consists of two glucopyranose units
b) It is a non-reducing sugar
c) Glycosidic bond between C1 of one unit and C4 of the other unit
d) It is a disaccharide
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 8 Proteins are polymers of ______ 1
a) α-amino acids
b) β-amino acids
c) γ-amino acids
d) δ-amino acids
9 Which of the following amino acids is optically inactive? 1
a) Glycine
b) Alanine
c) Lysine
d) Valine
10 Enzymes are regarded as ______ 1
a) biocatalysts
b) messengers
c) inhibitors
d) antibodies
11 Which of the following vitamin is soluble in water? 1
a) A
b) C
c) D
d) E
12 The following compound is a component of which of the following? 1

a) RNA
b) DNA
c) Adenine
d) Guanine
13 In nucleic acids, the sequence is: 1
a) Base - sugar - phosphate
b) Base - phosphate - sugar
c) Phosphate - sugar - base
d) Sugar - base – phosphate
14 Identify the saccharide from the Haworth projection shown below. 1

a) Lactose
b) Maltose
c) Sucrose
d) Trehalose

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 15 Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R) 1
Assertion :- Uracil is present in DNA
Reason :- DNA undergoes replication
Select the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is true but R is false.
d. A is false but R is true.
16 Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R) 1
Assertion :- Insulin is globular protein.
Reason :- Globular Proteins are water soluble.
Select the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is true but R is false.
d. A is false but R is true.
17 Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R) 1
Assertion :- D (+) – Glucose is dextrorotatory in nature.
Reason :- D’ represents its dextrorotatory nature.
Select the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is true but R is false.
d. A is false but R is true.
18 Given below are two statements labelled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R) 1
Assertion :- In presence of enzyme, substrate molecule can be attacked by the reagent
effectively
Reason :- Active sites of enzymes hold the substrate molecule in a suitable position.
Select the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is true but R is false.
d. A is false but R is true.
SECTION-B
19 What happens when D-glucose is treated with. the following reagents? 2
(i)HI (ii) Bromine water
20 What are essential and non-essential amino acids? Give one examples of each type? 2
21 How are vitamins classified? Give example of each type? 2
OR
Name the disease caused due to deficiency of Vitamin E and Ascorbic acid?
22 What are the hydrolysis products of (i) Maltose and (ii)lactose 2
OR
What is Zwitter ion? How is it formed?
23 What is glycogen? How is it different from starch? 2
24 Write the important two structural differences between DNA and RNA? 2
25 Differentiate between α- helical and β- pleated sheet structure of secondary protein? 2
SECTION-C
26 Enumerate the reactions of D-glucose which cannot be explained by its open chain structure? 3
27 (a)What is the biological effect of denaturation of proteins? 3
(b) What are enzymes?

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 28 Differentiate between following 3
(i) Globular protein and Fibrous protein
(ii) Nucleotide and Nucleoside

29 What information do we get when D-glucose reacts with following reagent, write the 3
reaction also
(a)Hydroxylamine (iii)acetic anhydride (iii) nitric acid

30 (a)What are reducing and non-reducing sugar? Give example of each? 3

(b)What are anomers?
OR
(a)Explain the formation of peptide linkage in protein?
(b)What are the two types of protein on the basis of molecular shape?
SECTION-D
31 Read the text carefully and answer the questions: 4
When a protein in its native form, is subjected to physical changes like change in temperature
or chemical changes like change in pH, the hydrogen bonds are disturbed. Due to this, globules
unfold and helix gets uncoiled and protein loses its biological activity. This is called the
denaturation of protein. The denaturation causes change in secondary and tertiary structures
but primary structures remain intact. Examples of denaturation of protein are coagulation of
egg white on boiling, curdling of milk, formation of cheese when an acid is added to milk.

(a) Phospholipids form a thin layer on the surface of an aqueous medium. Give reason.
(b) Which structure of proteins remains intact during the denaturation process?
(c ) What type of structure is α -helix and β-pleated structures of proteins?
OR
Why do amino acids have high molar masses comparable to ionic solids?
32 Read the text carefully and answer the questions: 4
The activity of an enzyme can be affected by a change in the conditions which can alter the
tertiary structure of the protein. These include temperature, pH, and change in substrate
concentration or binding of specific chemicals that regulate its activity.Enzymes generally
function in a narrow range of temperature and pH. Each enzyme shows its highest activity at a
particular temperature and pH called the optimum temperature and optimum pH. Activity
declines both below and above the optimum value. Low temperature preserves the enzyme in
a temporarily inactive state whereas high temperature destroys enzymatic activity because
proteins are denatured by heat. Concentration of Substrate With the increase in substrate
concentration, the velocity of the enzymatic reaction rises at first. The reaction ultimately
reaches a maximum velocity (Vmax) which is not exceeded by any further rise in concentration
of the substrate. This is because the enzyme molecules are fewer than the substrate molecules
and after saturation of these molecules, there are no free enzyme molecules to bind with the
additional substrate molecules.
(a) Name a chemical compound or molecule which is responsible for decrease or stop the
enzyme activity by binding to an enzyme?
(b) Give reason – why most of the enzymes get destroyed above optimum temperature?
(c) Explain the relation between substrate concentration and enzymatic activity?
OR
What are co-enzyme and co-factor ?
SECTION E
33 (a)Write the name and molecular formula of nitrogenous bases present in DNA and RNA? 5
(b) What are different types of RNA found in the cell?
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 (c ) write two important functions of nucleic acid?
34 (a) Write functional difference between DNA and RNA? 5
(b) What is the basic structural difference between starch and cellulose?
OR
(a) Which form of glucose is obtained by crystallization from hot and saturated aqueous
solution at 371K?
(b) What is chemical formula of glyceraldehyde?
( c) What are oligosaccharides?
(d) The molecular formula of a compound is C2(H2O)2? Is it a carbohydrate, explain your
answer?
35 (a) Name the various sugars present in RNA & DNA? 5
(b)Explain Cyclic structure of Fructose?
OR
(a)Explain the cyclic structure of Glucose?
(b)How Nucleotides are joined together in DNA molecule?

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