Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Importance of Carbohydrates, Biochemistry, Structure of Cellulose & Mutarotation etc.
Important Questions on Carbohydrates
The simplest carbohydrates which cannot be hydrolysed to smaller molecules are known as

Which of the following carbohydrate is a reducing sugar?

The Glycosidic linkages and Peptide linkages are present in:

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

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

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:


How many sugars (or sugar derivatives) are reducing in nature?
(i) -Glucopyranose
(ii) Fructose
(iii) Sucrose
(iv) Lactose
(v) Maltose
(vi) -Glucopyranose
(vii) Starch
(viii) ATP
(ix) DNA
(x) Methyl -glucopyranoside

Select the correct statement about invert sugar.
(Given: specific rotations of -sucrose, -maltose, - -glucose and -fructose in aqueous solution are and respectively)


A disaccharide consisting of two glucose units in which of one glucose is linked to of another glucose unit is


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


Which of the following is incorrect about sucrose?

Invert sugar on hydrolysis forms equimolar mixture of

Analyse the following reactions and identify incorrect statements where and are two different aldohexoses and is a ketohexoses.
Disaccharide
Disaccharide
Disaccharide
(a) and are reducing sugars.
(b) and have glycosidic linkage between two monosaccharide units.
(c)The two monosaccharide units of disaccharide carbon are epimers.
(d) All the three disaccharides undergo mutarotation.


Given: specific rotation of sucrose, maltose, glucose, fructose in aqueous, solution are andrespectively. 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 glucose and fructose
(c) Specific rotation of 'invert sugar' is
(d) On reaction with water ' invert sugar' forms saccharic acid as one of the products.

The compound which does not contain chiral carbon atom is
