CHEMISTRY – XII, BIOMOLECULES ASSIGNMENT NO.

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Q1. What are carbohydrates? What are sugars and non sugars?
Q2. How is glucose prepared commercially?
Q3. Give one chemical test to justify that:- (a) glucose has five hydroxyl groups (b) glucose contains a
carboxyl gp.
(c) glucose contains one primary alcoholic gp. (d) In glucose all six C atoms are linked by a
linear chain.
Q4. How would you convert: - (a) glucose to gluconic acid (b) glucose to saccharic acid.
Q5. What does ‘D’ and ‘L’ signify? Draw Fischer projection formula of D(+) and L(+) glucose.
Q6. How does D-glucose react with excess of phenyl hydrazine?
Q7. Fructose doesn’t contain an aldehydic gp. yet it reduces fehling and tollen’s reagant in alkaline medium
why ?
Q8. What are anomers? Draw Haworth projection of -D (+) glucopyranose E--D(+) glucopyranoose.
Q9. What is meant by “inversion” of sugar?
Q10. Give the products of hydrolysis of: - (a) sucrose (b) lactose (c) maltose
Q11. What is composition of invert sugar?
Q12. Sucrose on hydrolysis produces glucose and fructose both of which reduce tollen’s’ and Fehling solun yet
sucrose doesn’t reduce tollen’s and Fehling solu. Why?
Q13 What is glycosidic linkage? Give example of substances constituting - glycosidic linkage and -
glycosidic linkage?
Q14. Why cellulose is not digestible?
Q15. Starch constitutes two polysaccharides, amylase and amyl pectin. What is the difference between the
two?
Q16. Why is glycogen called animal starch?
Q17. What forces hold -pleated structures? Why is it less stable than -helix structure?
Q18. Two samples of DNA; A and B have Tm 340 K and 380K respectively. What conclusion can be drawn
from its value regarding their base content?
Q19. How are nucleotides and nucleic acids related?
Q20. Classify the following as fibrous / globular proteins – insulin, haemoglobin, fibroin, collagen, albumin,
myosin.
Q21. Give terms used to describe the following:-
(a) A molecule with full positive & full negative charge on different parts of
molecule.
(b) A sub formed by condensing together of a number of amino acids.
(c) The change which occurs when a solution of protein is heated.
(d) Linkage that holds nucleotides together. (e) Sub. That sends message for
protein synthesis.
Q22. Construct the daughter strands that will be formed on the given DNA strands:-
Show clearly the bonds between the bases on the complementary strands;-