1.

An example of a hydroxy fatty acid is

(A) Ricinoleic acid (B) Crotonic acid (C) Butyric acid (D) Oleic acid
2. An example of a saturated fatty acid is
(A) Palmitic acid (B) Oleic acid (C) Linoleic acid (D) Erucic acid
3. If the fatty acid is esterified with an alcohol of high molecular weight instead of glycerol, the resulting compound is
(A) Lipositol (B) Plasmalogen (C) Wax (D) Cephalin
4. A fatty acid which is not synthesized in the body and has to be supplied in the diet is
8. In humans, a dietary essential fatty acid is
(A) Palmitic acid (B) (C) Linolenic acid (D)
5. Essential fatty acid:
(A) Linoleic acid (B) (C) Arachidonic acid (D)
Lauric acid Palmitoleic acid
Linolenic acid All these
9. A lipid containing alcoholic amine residue is
(A) Phosphatidic acid (B) Ganglioside (C) Glucocerebroside (D) Sphingomyelin
10. Cephalin consists of
(A) Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid and choline
(B) Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid and ethanolamine
(C) Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid and inositol
(D) Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid and serine
11. In mammals, the major fat in adipose tissues is
6. The fatty acid present in cerebrosides is
(A) Lignoceric acid (B) Valeric acid (C) Caprylic acid (D) Behenic acid
7. The number of double bonds in arachi- donic acid is
(A) Phospholipid (C) Sphingolipids
(B) Cholesterol (D) Triacylglycerol
(A) (B) (C) (A)1 (B)2 (D)
(C) 4 (D) 6
(A) Palmitic acid (C) Oleic acid
(B) Stearic acid (D) Linoleic acid
12. Glycosphingolipids are a combination of
Ceramide with one or more sugar residues Glycerol with galactose
Sphingosine with galactose
Sphingosine with phosphoric acid
13. The importance of phospholipids as constituent of cell membrane is because they possess
(A) Fatty acids
(B) Both polar and nonpolar groups
(C) Glycerol
(D) Phosphoric acid
14. In neutral fats, the unsaponificable matter includes
(A) Hydrocarbons (C) Phospholipids
(B) Triacylglycerol (D) Cholsesterol
15. Higher alcohol present in waxes is
(A) Benzyl (B) (C) Ethyl (D)
16. Kerasin consists of
(A) Nervonic acid (B) (C) Cervonic acid (D)
Methyl Cetyl
Lignoceric acid Clupanodonic acid
17. Gangliosides are complex glycosphin- golipids found in
(A) Liver (C) Kidney
(B) Brain (D) Muscle
18. Unsaturated fatty acid found in the cod liver oil and containing 5 double bonds is
(A) Clupanodonic acid
(B) Cervonic acid
(C) Elaidic acid
(D) Timnodonic acid
19. Phospholipid acting as surfactant is
(A) Cephalin (B) Phosphatidyl inositol (C) Lecithin (D) Phosphatidyl serine
20. An oil which contains cyclic fatty acids and once used in the treatment of leprosy is
(A) Elaidic oil (B) Rapeseed oil
(C) Lanoline (D) Chaulmoogric oil