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Which set of the terms correctly identifies the carbohydrate shown?

(i) Pentose                  (ii) Hexose               (iii) Aldose

(iv) Ketose                  (v) Pyranose             (vi) Furanose

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Important Questions on Biomolecules

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A violet colour is obtained when dilute CuSO4 solution is added in alkaline solution of proteins. This test is known as
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A certain compounds give negative test with ninhydrin and positive test with benedict's solution. The compound is
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Select the incorrect statements from the following:

(a) Glucose exists in 2 different crystalline forms, α-D-glucose and β-D-glucose.

(b) α-D-glucose and β-D-glucose are enantiomers.

(c) Cellulose is a straight-chain polysaccharide, made of only β-D-glucose units.

(d) Starch is a mixture of amylose and amylopectin both contain unbranched chain on α-D-glucose units.

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Which of the following processes/reactions will give a diastereomeric pair in the resulting solution?

(a) Mutarotation of glucose

(b) Ekenstein rearrangement of D-mannose

(c) Acidic hydrolysis of cane sugar

(d) Open form of D-glucose with HCN

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Given: specific rotation of (+) sucrose, (+) maltose, L(-) glucose, L(+) fructose in aqueous, solution are +66°,+140°,-52°and+92°respectively. For 'invert sugar', the correct statements are?

(a) 'Invert sugar' is prepared by acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of maltose

(b) 'Invert sugar' is an equimolar mixture of D(+) glucose and D(-) fructose

(c) Specific rotation of  'invert sugar' is (-20°)

(d) On reaction with Br2 water ' invert sugar' forms saccharic acid as one of the products.

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Analyse the following reactions and identify incorrect statements where X and Y are two different aldohexoses and Z is a ketohexoses.

Disaccharide (A)H2O/H+X+Z

Disaccharide (B)H2O/H+2X

Disaccharide (C)H2O/H+X+Y

(a) A, B and C are reducing sugars.

(b) B and C have C1-C4 glycosidic linkage between two monosaccharide units.

(c)The two monosaccharide units of disaccharide 'C' are C4 epimers.

(d) All the three disaccharides undergo mutarotation.