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NCERT Based Questions (Biology)

Topic:- Biomolecules
1. All the carbon compound that we get from living tissue are called
(a) Biomolecules (b) Inorganic compounds
(c) Elements (d) Compounds

2. Organic compound containing an amino group an acidic group as

substituents on the same carbon are
(a) Fatty acids (b) Amino acids
(c) Polypeptides (d) Nucleic acids

3. The amino acid with R-group as a hydrogen is

(a) Alanine (b) Phenylalanine
(c) Glycine (d) Serine

4. Which of the following amino acid exist as zwitterionic form ?

R R
 
(a) (b)
H N  CH  COOH H N  CH  COO 
3 3
R

(c) (d) none

NH 2  CH  COOH

5. Which of the following is a basic amino acid?

(a) Glutamic acid (b) Valine
(c) Lysine (d) Tyrosine

6. Which of the following fatty acid has 16 carbons?

(a) Arachidonic acid (b) Palmitic acid
(c) Oleic acid (d) Stearic acid

7. Arachidonic acid has

(a) 20 carbons including carboxyl carbon
(b) 20 carbons excluding carboxyl carbon
(c) 18 carbons including carboxyl carbon
(d) 16 carbons excluding carboxyl carbon

8 Which of the following is a phospholipid ?

(a) Triglyceride (b) Lecithin
(c) Lysine (d) Phenylalanine
9. Match some secondary metabolites:-

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(a) Polymeric substance (p) Morphine

(b) Pigment (q) cellulose
(c) Alkaloids (r) Anthocyanins
(d) Lectins (s) concanavalin A
(a) 1-p,2-q,3-s,4-s (b) 1-q,2-s,3-r,4-p
(c) 1-q,2-r,3-p,4-s (d) 1-p,2-q,3-r,4-s

10 A protein molecule is a
(a) Homopolymer of amino acids
(b) Heteropolymer of monosaccharids
(c) Heteropolymer of amino acids
(d) Homopolymer of fatty acids
(e)
11. Match the following proteins and their function:-
(a) Collagen (p) Fights infectious agents
(b) Antibody (q) Intercellular ground substance
(c) GLUT -4 (r) Glucose transports into cell
(d) Trypsin (s) enzyme
(a) 1-p,2-q,3-r,4-s (b) 1-q,2-p,3-r,4-s
© 1-s,2-p,3-q,4-r (d) 1-r,2-s,3-p,4-q

12. The most abundant protein in animals world is –

(a) Insulin (b) Chondrin
(c) Collagen (d) Keratin

13 The most abundant protein in the whole of the biosphere

(a) PEPcase (b) RUBISCO
(c) Collagen (d) Chitin

14 Inulin is a polymer of
(a) Amino acid (b) Fructose
(c) Glucose (d) Glycine

15. Which of the following is a heteropolymer ?

(a) Cellulose (b) Starch
(c) Chitin (d) Inulin

16. In the polysaccharide chain like glycogen , the right end is

(a) Non-reducing end (b) Reducing end
(c) Without monosaccharide (d) With fructose

17. Starch gives blue colour with I2 but cellulose does not because

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(a) Starch form helical secondary structures & hence can hold I2 but cellulose
does not
(b) Starch has branched structure
(c) Starch exist as amylase as well as amylopectin
(d) Cellulose is a linear polymer & from helix

18. Exoskeletons of arthropods have complex polysaccharide called

(a) Hemicellulose (b) fructan
(c) Chitin (d) Inulin

19. The building blocks of nucleic acids are

(a) Nucleosides (b) Nucleotides
(c) Nitrogen base (d) Cytidine

20 A nucleotide has three chemically distinct components .which one is not its
part?
(a) Phosphoric acid (b) A monosccharide
(c) A heterocyclic compound (d) Amino-sugars

21 The sugar found in polynucleotides may be

(a) Glucose (b) Ribose
(c) 2’ deoxyribose (d) both (b) & (c)

22. In a polypeptide chain, first amino acid is at

(a) N-terminal (b) C – terminal
(c) Carboxylic terminal (d) None of these

23. In proteins, which kind of helices are observed?

(a) Left – handed (b) Right – handed
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Irregular

24. Specificity of a protein depends upon:-

(a) Primary structure (b) 2ndary structure
(c) Tertiary structure (d) Quaternary structure

25. In a polypeptide, amino acids are linked by

(a) Glycosidic bond (b) Peptide bond
(c) Ester bond (d) Phosphodiester bond

26. The bond between the phosphate and hydroxyl group of sugar is
(a) Glycosidic bond (b) Ester bond
(c) Peptide bond (d) Phosphate bond

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27. The backbone of DNA is formed by

(a) N- bases (b) Sugar molecules
(c) Sugar – phosphate chain (d) Pentose sugar

28. In Watson – Crick model of DNA, the rise per base pair would be
(a) 34 A0 (b) 3.4 A0
(c) 20 A0 (d) .34 A0

29. A crevice or pocket of enzyme into which the substrate fits is called
(a) Apoenzyme (b) Active site
(c) Allostearic site (d) Coenzyme

30. Carbonic anhydrase enzyme accelerates reaction rate by about ……

(a) 10 times (b) 10 thousand times
(c) 10 million times (d) 10 billion times

31. Each enzyme shows the optimum temperature. At this that shows……
(a) Lowest activity (b) Highest activity
(c) Average activity (d) No activity

32. Which of the following is an example of competitive inhibition?

(a) CN inhibition
(b) Succinate dehydrogenase by melonate
(c) Hexokinase by ATP
(d) PFK by G – 6 – P

33. Enzyme catalysing hydrolysis of ester belong to class :-

(a) Lyases (b) Hydrolases
(c) Hexokinase by ATP (d) Ligases

34. Non – protein constituent bound to the enzyme to make enzyme catalytically
active is called
(a) Cofactor (b) Apoenzyme
(c) Holoenzme (d) Active site

35. The protein portion of an enzyme is :-

(a) Apoenzme (c) Prosthetic group
(c) Coenzyme (d) Cofactor

36. Which of the following enzyme belong to 6th class of enzymes?

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(a) Succinate dehydrogenase (b) Trypsin

(c) Amylase (c) DNA ligase

37. Non – proteinous organic compound of an enzyme

(a) Cofactor (b) Coenzyme
(c) metalion (d) Holoenzme

38. Biosynthetic pathways in the body are

(a) Catabolic (b) Anabolic
(c) Metabolic (d) Catalytic

39. Standard amino acids found in proteins are

(a) 22 (b) 20
(c) 18 (d) 25

40. Parcentage of proteins in cells on average is

(a) 50% (b) 10 – 15%
(c) 5 – 7% (d) 2 – 3%

41. Which of the following is correct?

(a) Acid soluble pool is also called retentate
(b) filtrate is acid-insoluble fraction.
(c) In tissue analysis grinding is done in Cl3CCOOH.
(d) Acid soluble fraction contains only organic compounds.

42. Identify the odd metabolite?

(a) cellulose (b) morphine
(c) lemon grass oil (d) amino acids

43. Identify wrong match:-

(a) Polymeric substance → Rubber (b) Lectin → Concanavalin A
(c) Collagen →  -pleated sheet (d) Alkaloid →Codeine

44. In polysaccharide chain (say glycogen), the right end is called

(a) Reducing end (b) N-terminal
(c) Non-reducing end (d) None

45. Consider following statements:-

(1) Cellulose does not contain complex helices & hence cannot hold I 2.
(2) In starch, branching point exhibit  (1  4) glycosidic bond
(3) In amylose, glucose residues are attached with each other through  (1  6)
linkage

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(4) Starch-I2 is blue in colour due to helical secondary structure of starch.

Choose correct combination:
(a) 1 and 4 only (b) 1, 2 and 3 only
(c) 2, 3 and 4 only (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4 only

46. A polypeptide is imagined as a line, the left end represented by:-

(1) First amino acid (3) Last amino acid
(3) N- terminus (4) C- terminus
Choose correct combination:-
(a) 1, 2 and 3 only (b) 1and 3 only
(c) 2 and 4 only (d) 1 and 4 only

47. Which of the following is correct?

(a) A protein chain is folded upon itself like a hollow woollen ball forming
secondary structure
(b) Tertiary structure is absolutely necessary for the many biological activities
of proteins.
(c) In proteins, quaternary structure has more than four subunits.
(d) Hb molecules represent only quaternary structure, not primary, secondary
& tertiary.

Answer key
1 a 2 b 3 c 4 b 5 c
6 b 7 a 8 b 9 c 10 c
11 b 12 c 13 b 14 b 15 c
16 b 17 a 18 c 19 b 20 d
21 d 22 a 23 b 24 a 25 b
26 b 27 c 28 b 29 b 30 c
31 b 32 b 33 b 34 a 35 a
36 d 37 b 38 b 39 b 40 b
41 c 42 d 43 c 44 a 45 a
46 b 47 b

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