Carbohydrates

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Carbohydrates: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Importance of Carbohydrates, Biochemistry, Structure of Cellulose & Mutarotation etc.

Important Questions on Carbohydrates

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The simplest carbohydrates which cannot be hydrolysed to smaller molecules are known as

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Which of the following carbohydrate is a reducing sugar?

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The Glycosidic linkages and Peptide linkages are present in:

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Number of compounds from the following which will not produce orange red precipitate with Benedict solution is........
Glucose, maltose, sucrose, ribose,2-deoxyribose, amylose, lactose

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Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Morphine is a narcotic analgesic. It helps in relieving pain without producing sleep.

Statement II: Morphine and its derivatives are obtained from opium poppy.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

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The statement/s which are true about antagonists from the following is/are:
A. They bind to the receptor site.
B. Get transferred inside the cell for their action.
C. Inhibit the natural communication of the body.
D. Mimic the natural messenger.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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X+H2OGlucose + Fructose

How many oxygen atoms are present in X?

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How many sugars (or sugar derivatives) are reducing in nature?

(i) α-D-Glucopyranose
(ii) Fructose
(iii) Sucrose
(iv) Lactose
(v) Maltose
(vi) β-D-Glucopyranose
(vii) Starch
(viii) ATP
(ix) DNA
(x) Methyl α-D-glucopyranoside

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Select the correct statement about invert sugar.

(Given: specific rotations of +-sucrose, + -maltose, L-- -glucose and L+-fructose in aqueous solution are +66°,+140°,-52° and+92°, respectively)

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Raffinose is an example of 

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A disaccharide consisting of two α-D-glucose units in which C1 of one glucose is linked to C4 of another glucose unit is

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Hydrolysis of sucrose is called:

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The corresponding order of names of four aldoses with configuration given below, respectively is:

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What does 'D' and (+) signifies in D-(+)-glucose?

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Which of the following is incorrect about sucrose?

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Invert sugar on hydrolysis forms equimolar mixture of

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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 carbon are C4 epimers.

(d) All the three disaccharides undergo mutarotation.

 

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Lactose consists of:

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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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The compound which does not contain chiral carbon atom is