DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, VINDHYANAGAR

QUESTION BANK CLASS-12 SUBJECT-CHEMISTRY

CHAPTER NAME- BIO MOLECULES Chptr no—14 MM=70

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MCQ questions (1 mark)

1. Which of the following carbohydrates are branched polymer of glucose?
a) Amylose b)Amylopectin c)Cellulose d)Glycogen
2. Lysine is a
a) Alpha amino acids b) basic amino acid c) amino acids synthesized in body d) beta amino
acids
3. Which of the following are purine bases?
a)Guanine b)Adenine c)Thymine d)Uracil

4. In fibrous proteins, polypeptide chains are held together by

a) Vander Waal’s forces b)disulphide linkage c)hydrogen bonds d)electrostatic force of attraction

5. Which of the following options are correct about enzyme ?

a)Proteins b)Dinucleotide c)Nucleic acid d)Bio-catalyst

VSA-1 type questions (1 mark)

1.What is meant by reducing sugar ? They reduce Fehling solution and Tollen's reagent

2.Write the structure of the product obtained when glucose is oxidized with nitric acid.

3.Where does the water present in the egg go after boiling the egg ?
water present in it is absorbed by the coagulated protein through H-bonding
4.Name a water soluble vitamin which is a powerful antioxidant. Vitamin C
The two monosaccharides are joined together by an oxide linkage formed by the
5.What is a glycosidic linkage ? loss of a water molecule. Such a linkage between two monosaccharide units
through an oxygen atom is called glycosidic linkage
6.Name a oil soluble vitamin which is a powerful antioxidant and give its one natural source. Vitamin E

directing the process of protein

7.Mention one important function of nucleic acids in our body. synthesis, they determine the inherited
characteristics of every living thing

8.Which component of starch is branched polymer of alpha glucose and insoluble in water?

9.Define a peptide linkage ?

10.Write the products of hydrolysis of lactose.

VSA-II Type questions (2 mark)

1.Name two water soluble vitamins,their sourses and the diseases caused due to their
deficiency in diet ?

2.Explain the terms i) Invert sugar ii) Polypeptides

3.What are known as nucleotides and nucleosides ? Explain.

4.Describe what do you understand by primary ad secondary structure of proteins.

5.Write the reactions and facts about glucose which cannot be explained by its open chain
structure .

6.Write down the names and structure of the products formed when D-glucose is treated with

i) Hydroxylamine ii) Acetic anhydride

7. During milk curdling, what happens to the sugar present in it?

8. α Helix is a secondary structure of proteins formed by twisting the polypeptide chain

into right-handed screw-like structures. Which type of interactions is responsible for
making the α -helix structure stable?

9. Which sugar is called invert sugar? Why is it called so?

10. Describe what you understand by primary structure and secondary structure of
proteins.

SA-1 type questions (3 marks)

1.Differentiate between fibrous protein and globular proteins.What is meant by denaturation

of protein ?

2.Which monosaccharide units are present in starch, cellulose and glucose and which linkages
link these units?

3.How will you distinguish 1° and 2° hydroxyl groups present in glucose? Explain with reactions.

4.Coagulation of egg white on boiling is an example of the denaturation of protein. Explain it in

terms of structural changes.
5. (a) Write the structural and functional differences between DNA and RNA
(b) Name two components of starch.

6. (a) Give two differences between globular and fibrous proteins.

(b) What change occurs in the nature of egg protein on boiling?

7. (a) How are hormones and vitamins different in respect of their source and functions?
(b) Give one example each of
(i) Globular protein
(ii) Fibrous protein

8. a) What are essential and non-essential amino acids? Give two examples of each.
(b) How are nucleosides different from nucleotides?

9.(i ) Deficiency of which vitamin causes night-blindness?

(ii) Name the base that is found in nucleotide of RNA only.
(iii) Glucose on reaction with HI gives n-hexane. What does it suggest about the structure of
glucose?

10. (i) Write the name of two monosaccharides obtained on hydrolysis of lactose sugar.
(ii) Why Vitamin C cannot be stored in our body?
(iii) What is the difference between a nucleoside ’ and nucleotide?

LA Type questions ( 5 marks)

1. . Write the structures of fragments produced on the complete hydrolysis of DNA. How
are they linked in DNA molecules? Draw a diagram to show the pairing of nucleotide
bases in the double helix of DNA.

2. Explain the terms primary and secondary structure of proteins. What is the difference
between the alpha-helix and beta-pleated sheet structure of proteins?

3. Enumerate the reactions of D-Glucose, which its open-chain structure cannot

explain.

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