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Chapter 22

Biomolecules

ASSIGNMENT
Single Choice Type Questions

1. Which of the following is incorrect about isoelectric point of amino acid?

(1) At this point amino acid is present in the form of zwitter ion

(2) At this point amino acid is electrically neutral

(3) If pH > isoelectric point amino acid will move toward anode

(4) If pH > isoelectric point amino acid will move towards cathode

2. A tripeptide is composed equally of L-valine, L-tyrosine and L-alanine (one molecule of each). How many
isomeric tripeptides of this kind may exist?

(1) 3 (2) 4

(3) 6 (4) 8

3. Which of the following is basic amino acid?

(1) Lysine (2) Valine

(3) Aspartic acid (4) Glycine

4. Mutarotation in aqueous solution is shown by

(1) Glycogen (2) Sucrose

(3) Cellulose (4) Maltose

5. Which of the following is not an amino acid?

(1) Glycine (2) Alanine

(3) Histidine (4) Benzidine

6. Glucose and Galactose are having identical configuration in all the positions except position.

(1) C – 2 (2) C – 5

(3) C – 3 (4) C – 4

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7. A, B and C are three biomolecules. The results of the tests performed on them are given below

Molishe’s Test Barfoed test Biuret test

A Positive Negative Negative

B Positive Positive Negative

C Negative Negative Positive

A, B and C are respectively

(1) A = Lactose, B = Fructose, C = Alanine (2) A = Lactose, B = Glucose, C = Alanine

(3) A = Glucose, B = Fructose, C = Albumin (4) A = Lactose, B = Glucose, C = Albumin

8. Which of the following is correct structure of -anomer of maltose?

(1) (2)

(3) (4)

9. Seliwanoff test and Xanthoproteic test are used for the identification of _______and _____ respectively.

(1) Ketoses, aldoses (2) Proteins, ketoses

(3) Ketoses, proteins (4) Aldoses, ketoses

10. Which of the following is correct structure of tyrosine?

(1) (2)

(3) (4)

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11. Treatment of -D-galactopyranose with acetone and sulphuric acid catalyst leads to formation of a compound
with formula C12H20O6, that contains a primary alcohol. The product C12H20O6 formed, undergoes the following
series of reactions

TsCl NaI 1%H SO

C12H20 O6 ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
→ A ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
→ B ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
2 4 →C
Py 60°C Acetone 125°C

Product C will be

(1) (2)

(3) (4)

12. Consider the structure of carbohydrates

(I) (II) (III)

Select the correct statement

(1) I and II are C–4 epimer

(2) II and III are anomer

(3) II and III are C–4 epimer

(4) I and II are –D–Glucose and –D Galactose respectively

13. A tripeptide contains Glycine, Alanine and Valine. On complete hydrolysis of tripeptide, it form x –amino acid
that has chiral carbon and y -amino acid that are categorised into essential amino acid. The value of (x + y)
is

(1) 1 (2) 2

(3) 3 (4) 4

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14. Select the incorrect statement about proteins.

(1) Fibrous proteins are generally water insoluble

(2) Globular proteins are generally water insoluble

(3) Insulin is example of Globular protein

(4) Myosin is example of Fibrous proteins

15. DNA and RNA both contain pentose sugar but composition of sugar may be different. Two pentose sugar A

and B are given below

Correct statement is

(1) Sugar A is present in DNA while sugar B is present in RNA

(2) Sugar A is present in RNA while sugar B is present in DNA

(3) Sugar B is present in both RNA and DNA

(4) Sugar A is present in both RNA and DNA

16. Which of the following DNA base does not contain amide group/Linkage?

(1) Adenine

(2) Guanine

(3) Cytosine

(4) Thymine

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Numerical Value Type Questions

17. The total number of basic groups in the given structure are

18. If the following aldohexose exist in its D-form, then the total number of stereoisomer in its pyranose form are

19. The total number of distinct naturally occurring amino acids obtained by complete acidic hydrolyses of the

polypeptide shown below is/are

20. The structure of peptide is given below

If the absolute values of the net charge of the peptide at pH = 2, pH = 6 and pH = 11 are |z 1|, |z2| and |z3|,

respectively, then what is |z 1| + |z2| + |z3|?

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21. A Linear peptide synthesized by the reactions of one molecule each of Glycine, Leucine, Aspartic acid and

Histidine will have _____ peptide linkages.

22. In alanylglycylleucylalanyvaline, the number of peptide linkages is __________.,

23. The number of oxygens present in a nucleotide formed from a base, that is present only in RNA is ________.

24. In a linear tetrapeptide (constituted with different amino acids) – (number of peptide bonds) is _____.

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