MCQs On

CARBOHYDRATES
Set 1
Dr. RUCHIKA YADU
 Q1. Carbohydrates are:

A. Polyhydroxy aldehydes and Phenols

B. Polyhydroxy aldehydes and Ketones
C. Polyhydroxy ketones and Phenols
D.Polyhydroxy Phenols and Alcohols
 Q2. Structural Polysaccharides include

A. Cellulose, Hemicellulose and Chitin

B. Cellulose, Starch and Chitin
C. Cellulose, Starch and Glycogen
D.Cellulose, Glycogen and Chitin
 Q3. Nutritional Polysaccharides are:

A. Starch and Glycogen

B. Starch and Chitin
C. Starch and Cellulose
D.Starch and Glucose
 Q4. Smallest carbohydrates are trioses. Which
of the following is a triose
A. Glucose
B. Ribulose
C. Ribose
D.Glyceraldehyde
 Q5. Compounds having the same structural formula but
differing in spatial configuration are known as

A. Stereoisomers
B. Epimers
C. Anomers
D.Optical isomers
 Q6. In polysaccharides, monosaccharide units
are joined by
A. Peptide bond
B. Glucose bond
C. Glycosidic bond
D.Covalent bond
 Q7. Sucrose is a

A. Monosaccharide
B. Disaccharide
C. Polysaccharide
D.Triose
 Q8. Lactose, a disaccharide consists of:

A. Glucose and Fructose

B. Glucose and Galactose
C. Glucose and sucrose
D.Glucose and Ribose
 Q9. Starch consists of

A. Unbranched amylose and branched amylopectin

B. Branched amylose and branched amylopectin
C. Unbranched amylose and Unbranched amylopectin
D.None of these
 Q10. Which of the following is not a
reducing sugar
A. Glucose
B. Fructose
C. Galactose
D.Sucrose
 Q11.When all monosaccharides in a polysaccharide
are same type than polysaccharide is called

A. oligosaccharide
B. glycogen
C. homoglycan
D.Heteroglycans
 Q12. Polysaccharides

A. Contain many monosaccharide units which may or may

not be of the same kind
B. Function mainly a storage or structural compounds
C. Are present in large amounts in connective tissue
D.All of these
Q13. Cellulose is made up of the molecules
of
A. Alpha glucose
B. Beta glucose
C. Both of the above
D.None of the above
 Q14.Condensation of two monosaccharides
yields
A. disaccharides
B. polysaccharides
C. large amino acid chains
D.large β sheets
 Q15. A carbohydrate found in DNA is

A. Ribose
B. Deoxyribose
C. Ribulose
D.All of these
 Q16. Milk sugar is made from

A. maltose and fructose

B. sucrose and fructose
C. glucose and fructose
D.glucose and galactose
 Q17. L and D are

A. epimers
B. enantiomers
C. both A and B
D.isomers
 Q18. Smallest carbohydrate is

A. glyceraldehyde
B. glucose
C. fructose
D.galactose
 Q19. α-D-glucose and β -D-glucose are

A. Stereoisomers
B. Anomers
C. Enantiomers
D.Epimers
Q20. In glucose the orientation of the —H and —OH groups
around the carbon atom 5 adjacent to the terminal primary
alcohol carbon determines

A. Epimers
B. D and L series
C. Dextro or levo rotatory
D.α And β isomers
 Q21. Alternative name for table sugar is

A. ribose
B. sucrose
C. pentose
D.glucose
 Q22. Monosaccharides are

A. Aldoses
B. Ketoses
C. Both
D.None
 Q23. Amylopectin has

A. β- 1-4 and β- 1-6 linkage

B. β- 1-2 linkage
C. α - 1-4 and α -1-6 linkage
D.α -1-2 linkage
 Q24. Chitin consists of

A. N- acetyl muramic acid

B. N- acetyl glucosamine
C. D- glucose units
D.N- acetyl muramic acid and N- acetyl glucosamine
 Q25. Cellulose is made up of

A. β- 1-4 linkage between D- Glucose units

B. β- 1-2 linkage between D- Glucose units
C. α - 1-4 linkage between D- Glucose units
D.α - 1-2 linkage between D- Glucose units
Ques. Option Answer
1 B Polyhydroxy aldehydes and Ketones
2 A Cellulose, Hemicellulose and Chitin 16 D glucose and galactose
3 A Starch and Glycogen
17 B enantiomers
4 D Glyceraldehyde
5 A Stereoisomers 18 A glyceraldehyde
6 C Glycosidic bond
19 B Anomers
7 B Disaccharide
20 B D and L series
8 B Glucose and Galactose
21 B sucrose
9 A Unbranched amylose and branched
amylopectin
22 C Both
10 D Sucrose
23 C α - 1-4 and α -1-6 linkage
11 C homoglycan
24 B N- acetyl glucosamine
12 D All of these
25 A β- 1-4 linkage between D- Glucose units
13 B Beta glucose

14 A disaccharides

15 B Deoxyribose