CLASS XI – BIOLOGY – WORKSHEET – 09

CH9. BIOMOLECULES

I MCQs

1. Which kinds of structures of proteins are shown in the figures given below

a) A = 1° structure, B = 2° structure, C = 3° structure, D = 4° structure

b) A = 4° structure, B = 2° structure, C = 3° structure, D = 1° structure
c) A = 1° structure, B = 4° structure, C = 3° structure, D = 2° structure
d)A = 4° structure, B = 3° structure, C = 2° structure, D = 1° structure

2. Lipids are found in acid insoluble fraction during the analysis of chemical composition of
tissues. Given the reason
a) It has very high molecular weight
b) It is polymer
c) It has low molecular weight
d) On grinding, the biomembranes are broken into pieces and form insoluble vesicles

3. Which statement regarding coenzyme is incorrect?

a) Every coenzyme is a cofactor and every cofactor is a coenzyme
b) Every coenzyme is a cofactor but every cofactor is not a coenzyme
c) Most of the coenzymes are nucleotides and are composed of vitamins
d) Coenzymes are the active constituents of enzymes

4. Acidic amino acids carry two ― COOH and one ―NH2 groups per molecule. Keeping this in
mind, select the correct pair of acidic amino acid
a) Lysine and arginine b) Aspartic acid and glutamic acid
c) Glycine and alanine d) Both (a) and (b)

5. Read the two reaction A and B given below and select the correct option accordingly
A. ADP + Pi → ATP B. ATP → ADP + Pi
a) A-Endergonic; B-Exergonic b) A-Exergonic; B-Endergonic
c) A-Endergonic; B-Endergonic d) A-Exergonic; B-Exergonic

6. The pyrimidine base, which confers additional stability to DNA over RNA, is
a) Adenine b) Guanine c) Cytosine d) Thymine
7. Which of the following is the molecular formula of Palmitic acid?
a) CH3(CH2)2COOH b) CH3(CH2)14COOH
c) CH3(CH2)16COOH d) CH(CH2)18COOH

8. Pigments are considered as the secondary metabolites, having some particular functions.
Which of the following is an example of pigments?
a) Carotenoids b) Codeine c) Concanavalin-A d) Curcumin

9. Select the wrong statement.

a) The building blocks of lipids are amino acids
b) Majority of enzymes contain a non-protein part called the prosthetic group
c) The thylakoids are arranged one above the other like a stack of coins forming a granum
d) Crossing over occurs at pachytene stage of meiosis-I

10. Name the amino acids 𝐴 ― 𝐶 correctly

a) A-Glycine, B-Serine, C-Alanine b) A-Alanine, B-Glycine, C-Serine

c) A-Serine, B-Glycine, C-Alanine d) A-Serine, B-Alanine, C-Glycine

II ASSERTION AND REASON QUESTIONS

In the following questions a statement of assertion followed by a statement of reason is

given. Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.
(a) Assertion and reason both are correct statements and reason is correct explanation for
assertion.
(b) Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason is not correct explanation
for assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct statement but reason is wrong statement.
(d) Assertion is wrong statement but reason is correct statement.

1. Assertion: In living system, all the metabolic conversions are aided by catalyst.
Reason: The catalyst which hasten the rate of a given metabolic conversion are not proteins.
2. Assertion: Human diet should compulsorily contain glycine, serine and tyrosine.
Reason: Essential amino acids cannot be synthesized in the human body.

3. Assertion: Palmitic acid has 20 carbon atoms including carboxyl carbon.

Reason: Arachidonic acid has 16 carbon atoms including carboxyl carbon.

4. Assertion: Glycosidic bonds are formed by dehydration.

Reason: In polysaccharides, individual monosaccharide is linked by glycosidic bond.

5. Assertion: Enzyme becomes inactive below minimum temperature.

Reason: The inactivity of the enzymes is due to denaturation.

6. Assertion: The protein part of the enzyme is called apoenzyme and non-protein part of the
enzyme is called co-factor.
Reason: Zinc is a co-factor for the proteolytic enzyme carboxypeptidase.

7. Assertion: Enzymes lower the activation energy.

Reason: A substrate molecule can be acted upon by a particular enzyme.

8. Assertion: Hydrolases are the enzymes which catalyse the hydrolysis of ester, ether,
peptide, glycosidic, C – C or P – N etc. bonds.
Reason: Lyases are the enzymes catalysing the linking together of 2 compounds like
joining of C – O, C – N, P – O etc. bonds.

9. Assertion: Each enzyme has a substrate binding site in its molecule which forms highly
reactive enzyme-substrate complex.
Reason: The enzyme-substrate complex is long-lived and dissociates into its product and
unchanged enzyme.

10. Assertion: The heterocyclic compounds in nucleic acid are the nitrogenous bases.
Reason: Adenine and guanine are substituted pyrimidines while uracil, cytosine and
thymine are substituted purines

III SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Select an appropriate chemical bond among ester bond, glycosidic bond, peptide bond and
hydrogen bond and write against each of the following.
a) Polysaccharide ________________
b) Protein _________________
c) Between nitrogen base and sugar in a nucleotide ________________
d) between two nitrogen bases in a DNA____________________
2. a) Many organic substances are negatively charged e.g., acetic acid, while others are positively
charged e.g., ammonium ion. An amino acid under certain conditions would have both positive
and negative charges simultaneously in the same molecule. Name such a form of amino acid.
b) Amino acids, as the name suggests, have both an amino group and a carboxyl group in their
structure. In addition, all naturally occurring amino acids (those which are found in proteins) are
called L-amino acids. From this, can you guess from which compound can the simplest amino
acid be made?

3. Formation of enzyme-substrate complex (ES) is the first step in catalysed reactions. Describe
the other steps till the formation of product.

4. What is the difference between a nucleotide and nucleoside? Give examples of each.

5. a) What is activation energy?

b) How are prosthetic groups different from cofactors?

IV LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. What are nucleic acids? Describe the structure of DNA.

2. a) Differentiate between cofactors, coenzymes & prosthetic group.

b) What is metabolism? Mention the role of enzymes is metabolism?

3. What are the different classes of enzymes? Explain with the type of reaction they catalyse.

4. a) What are essential and non-essential amino acids? Give two examples of each type.
b) Amino acids are amphoteric in nature. Explain.

5. Differentiate between the following:

(a) Secondary and tertiary structure of protein
(b) α-helix and β-pleated sheet structure of protein
(c) Fibrous and globular protein