NEET Biomolecules — Set 13

Question 1

How many carbon atoms are present in an aldotetrose?

Accepted Answer

An aldotetrose is a monosaccharide with an aldehyde group and four carbon atoms.

Question 2

Which of the following is a ketohexose?

Accepted Answer

A ketohexose is a monosaccharide with six carbon atoms and a ketone group. Fructose has a ketone group at carbon 2 and six carbons, making it a ketohexose.

Question 3

Which type of bond is broken during the hydrolysis of sucrose?

Accepted Answer

Hydrolysis of sucrose breaks the glycosidic bond between glucose and fructose, yielding the two monosaccharides.

NEET Chemistry: Biomolecules — Practice Set 13

Q1. How many carbon atoms are present in an aldotetrose?

Q2. Which of the following is a ketohexose?

Q3. Which type of bond is broken during the hydrolysis of sucrose?

Q4. Which nucleic acid is single-stranded and involved in transcription?

Q5. Which vitamin deficiency causes poor blood clotting?

Q6. What is the number of chiral carbons in the open chain form of fructose?

Q7. Which vitamin is required for the metabolism of amino acids?

Q8. Which vitamin is involved in blood clotting?

Q9. Which enzyme catalyzes the hydrolysis of maltose into glucose?

Q10. What is the product when glucose reacts with nitric acid?