CHEMISTRY WORK SHEET – CHAPTER : BIO MOLECULES

Q.No QUESTION ANSWER

1 Which of the two components of starch is
water soluble?
2 What is the basic structural difference
between glucose and fructose?
3 Write the products obtained for hydrolysis
of lactose.
4 Write the product obtained when D-
glucose reacts with H2N─OH.
5 Define the following term: Anomers.
6 What are the products of hydrolysis of
sucrose?
7 What is a glycosidic linkage?
8 Name two components of starch.
9 Write a reaction which shows that all the
carbon atoms in glucose are linked in a
straight chain.
10 What is meant by invert sugars?
11 Give an example each of reducing and non-
reducing sugars.
12 What are monosaccharides?
13 What is meant by reducing sugars?
14 Amino acids show amphoteric behavior.
Why?
15 What are biocatalysts? Give an example.
16 What are enzymes?
17 Define a peptide linkage.
18 Write the name of the linkage joining two
amino acids.
19 What type of bonding helps in stabilizing
the α-helix structure of proteins?
20 What are the different types of RNA
molecules which perform different
functions?
21 Name the deficiency diseases resulting
from lack of Vitamin A and E in the
diet.
22 What is the biological effect of
denaturation of proteins?
23 How are hormones and vitamins different
in respect of their source and
functions?
24 Write the full forms of DNA and RNA.
25 Of the two bases named below, which one
is present in RNA and which one is
present in DNA? (i) Thymine (ii) Uracil
26 Where does the water present in the egg go
after boiling the egg?
27 The deficiency of which vitamin causes the
disease, pernicious anemia?
28 Explain what is meant by
(i) Pyranose structure of glucose?
(ii) Glycosidic linkage?
29 Write such reactions and facts about
glucose which cannot be explained by its
open chain structure.
30 What is essentially the difference between
the α-form of glucose and β-form of
glucose? Explain.
31 Write chemical reactions to show that open
structure of D-glucose contains the
following.
(i) Straight chain
(ii) Five alcohol groups
(iii)Aldehyde as carbonyl group
32 Answer the following questions:
 (i) Why are vitamin B and vitamin C
essential for us?
(ii) What is the difference between a
nucleoside and a nucleotide?
33 Write the structural and functional
differences between DNA and RNA.
34 Write the main structural difference
between DNA and RNA. Of the two bases,
thymine and uracil, which one is present in
DNA?
35 Explain the meaning of the following
terms:
(i) Polypeptide
(ii) Enzymes
36 Write the main structural difference
between DNA and RNA. Out of the four
bases name those which are common to
both DNA and RNA.
37 Describe what do you understand by
primary and secondary structure of
proteins?
38 Name the bases present in RNA. Which
one of these is not present in
DNA?
39 What are vitamins? Deficiency of which
vitamins cause convulsions and
pernicious anemia?
40 What is meant by denaturation of proteins?

41 What happens when D-glucose is treated

with the following reagents
(i) Br2 water
(ii) HCN
(iii) (CH3CO)2O
42 Differentiate between following:
(i) Amylose and amylopectin
(ii) Globular protein and fibrous protein
(iii)Nucleotide and nucleoside
43 What is glycogen? How is it different from
starch? How is starch structurally
different from cellulose?
44 How are vitamins classified? Name the
vitamin responsible for the coagulation
of blood.
45 What are essential and non-essential amino
acids? Give two examples of each.
46 (i) What is the difference between native
protein and denatured protein?
(ii) Which one of the following is a
disaccharide: Glucose, Lactose, Amylose
and
Fructose?
(iii)Write the name of the vitamin
responsible for the coagulation of blood.
47 Write the product when D-glucose reacts
with conc.HNO3.
48 Why vitamin C cannot be stored in our
body?
49 What are enzymes? Describe their
functions. Name two diseases which are
caused due to deficiency of enzymes.
50 (i) Deficiency of which vitamin causes
night blindness?
(ii) Glucose on reaction with HI gives n-
hexane. What does it suggest about the
structure of glucose?
51 Define the following term
(i) Invert sugar