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WorksheetsQuiz on Carbohydrates
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
Carbohydrates are generally classified as:
Amino acids
Polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones
Long-chain hydrocarbons
Triacylglycerols
Which is the smallest unit of carbohydrates?
Disaccharide
Oligosaccharide
Monosaccharide
Polysaccharide
The Fischer projection shows horizontal lines as:
Behind the plane
In the plane
Out of the plane
Curved bonds
Interconversion between α- and β- forms of monosaccharides is called:
Oxidation
Mutarotation
Reduction
Condensation
A six-membered ring structure of monosaccharides is called:
Pyranose
Furanose
Acetal
Ketal
The glycosidic bond is formed between:
Two amino acids
Anomeric carbon and an alcohol group
Fatty acid and glycerol
Two phosphate groups
Glycogen is the storage form of carbohydrate in:
Plants
Animals
Bacteria
Fungi
Which carbohydrate provides structural rigidity in plants?
Glycogen
Cellulose
Chitin
Starch
The ABO blood group classification is based on:
Different amino acids
Different oligosaccharides
Different phospholipids
Different fatty acids
The Haworth projection in its most stable conformation is in the:
Chair form
Planar form
Boat form
Open-chain form
Carbohydrates are hydrophobic in nature.
Epimers differ at only one chiral center.
Polysaccharides may be branched or unbranched.
Mutarotation does not occur in disaccharides where the anomeric carbon is bound.
Chitin is a carbohydrate present in the plant cell wall.
The sugar unit with 5 carbons
(a)
The carbohydrate storage form in plants
(a)
The acid formed when the C-1 of an aldose is oxidized
(a)
The enzyme recognition markers on cell surfaces
Short carbohydrates with a few monosaccharides
Five-membered sugar ring
(a)
A complex carbohydrate composed of sulfated glycosaminoglycans covalently linked to proteins
(a)
Types of monosaccharides according to functional group:
Forms of glucose ring structure:
Functions of polysaccharides in living organisms:
Examples of polysaccharides with structural function:
Examples of glycoconjugates:
Storage polysaccharides:
Complex carbohydrates involved in cell adhesion and recognition:
Examples of biological importance of carbohydrates:
Carbohydrates are:
Hydrocarbons
Polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones
Amino acids
Fatty acids
Which is the smallest unit of carbohydrates?
Polysaccharide
Oligosaccharide
Monosaccharide
Disaccharide
In a Fischer projection, horizontal bonds project:
Behind the plane
Out of the plane
Along the plane
None of the above
Interconversion between α- and β- anomers is called:
Oxidation
Reduction
Mutarotation
Condensation
A five-membered sugar ring is known as:
Pyranose
Furanose
Hemiacetal
Acetal
The glycosidic bond links:
Amino acids
A fatty acid to glycerol
Two monosaccharides
DNA nucleotides
Which is the storage form of carbohydrate in animals?
Starch
Glycogen
Cellulose
Chitin
Which carbohydrate provides structural rigidity in plants?
Starch
Glycogen
Cellulose
Amylose
Mutarotation is not possible in a disaccharide when:
The glycosidic bond involves the anomeric carbon
It is in open chain form
The sugar is oxidized
It is a reducing sugar
The most stable Haworth conformation of glucose is:
Boat
Planar
Chair
Open chain
The oxidation of C-1 of aldose produces:
Uronic acid
Aldonic acid
Acetal
Alcohol
The oxidation of C-6 of aldose produces:
Aldonic acid
Uronic acid
Acetal
Ketal
Which carbohydrate derivative serves as the exoskeleton in insects?
Cellulose
Starch
Chitin
Glycogen
Glycoproteins and glycolipids function mainly in:
Energy production
Cell adhesion and recognition
Hormone secretion
Protein folding
ABO blood group types are determined by:
Amino acids
Lipids
Oligosaccharides
Nucleotides
Sugar unit containing 5 carbons
(a)
Storage form of carbohydrate in plants
(a)
The simplest carbohydrate unit
(a)
Acid formed when C-6 of aldose is oxidized
(a)
Six-membered sugar ring
(a)
Short carbohydrate chain of a few monomers
(a)
The reducing end of a disaccharide
Complex carbohydrate composed of protein + glycosaminoglycan
(a)
Complex carbohydrate with sphingolipid + sugar
Storage polysaccharide in animals
(a)
Structural polysaccharide in plant cell wall
(a)
Structural carbohydrate in crustacean shells
(a)
Ring-chain interconversion in sugars
(a)
Most stable conformation of glucose ring
(a)
Projection model used to represent sugars
