1. The most abundant biomolecule on earth is a.

Glucose
a. Biopolymers b. Fructose
b. Carbondioxide c. Lactose
c. Proteins
d. Sucrose
d. Carbohydrates
e. Autotrophs e. Ribose
2. The classification of sugar into either D- or
7. In the amylase fraction of starch the
L- configuration is based on resemblance to D-
or L- glycosidic bonds are
a. Ketose
a. β(1, 4)
b. Pyranose
c. Acetaldehyde b. α(1,4)
d. Glyceraldehyde c. α (4,1)
e. Aldehyde d. β(4,1)
e. α(1,6)
3. Cellulose is all these except
a. Polymer of β-D glucose 8. Which of the following compounds can
b. Water insoluble substance be formed by the oxidation of D-glucose at
c. Linear, unbranched C-6?
heteropolysaccharide
d. Consist of (β1->4) glycosidic bonds a. Glucaric acid
e. Can be found in plant cell wall b. Glucuronic acid
c. Gluconic acid
4.The difference between amylose and
d. Glucitol
amylopectin is that
e. Fructose
a. One is found in plants while the other is
9. In deoxyribose, oxygen is missing from
found in animals
D-ribose molecule at
b. One is a homopolymer while the other
is a heteropolymer a. Carbon 2
c. One is unbranched while the other is b. Carbon 3
branched c. Carbon 4
d. One is water soluble while the other is d. Carbon 1
insoluble in water e. Carbon 5
e. None of the above

5. All the following are disaccharides except

a. Maltose
b. Sucrose
c. Lactose
d. Amylose
e. Trehalose

6. All the followings are reducing sugars

except

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Use the options below to answer questions 16.The glycosidic linkage found in lactose is
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a. β(1, 4)
a. Enantiomers b. α(1,4)
b. Diastereoisomers c. α (4,1)
c. Epimers d. β(4,1)
d. Optical Isomers e. α(1,6)
e. Anomers
17. The following statements about glycogen
10. When two sugars differs only in the are true except
configuration around only one carbon,
they are called a. It’s a polysaccharide
b. Possession of α1,4-glycosidic linkages
11 . Sugars differing from one another only c. Possession of α1,6-glycosidic linkages
in configuration around the reducing d. Glycogen is an un-branched molecule
carbon are called e. All monosaccharides in glycogen are α-
D-glucose
12. Stereoisomers that are mirror images
of each other are 18. A non polymer of glucose

13. Stereoisomers that can be a. Amylose

distinguished by the use of a polarimeter b. Glycogen
c. Amylopectin
14. How many isomers do you expect an d. Cellulose
aldo-pentose sugar to possess? e. Inulin
a. 4 19. A racemic mixture is
b. 6
c. 8 a. Dextrorotatory
d. 2 b. Laevorotatory
e. 4 c. Optically active
d. Optically inactive
15. The smallest of the sugar found in e. None of the above
existence is
Use the options below to answer questions 20-
a. tetrose 22
b. erythrose
c. triose a. Fischer projection
d. mannose b. Haworth projection
e. glucose c. Chair conformation
d. Boat conformation
e. A&B

20. The cyclic ways of depicting sugars is called

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21. The linear representation of sugars is called 28. In a nucleotide, the pyrimidine base forms
a bond with the sugar moiety at position
22. The most stable conformer of glucose is
a. 1
23. Sialic acid is a __________ sugar b. 2
a. 5 Carbon c. 3
b. 6 Carbon d. 4
c. 7 Carbon e. 9
d. 8 Carbon 29. The backbone of DNA is held together by
e. 9 Carbon
a. Covalent bond
24. An example of a ketose sugar is b. Salt bridge
a. Maltose c. Hydrogen Bond
b. Ribulose d. Vander Waals
c. Fructose e. Phosphodiester Bond
d. Sucrose 30. The linkage found in the nucleoside is
e. Xylose
a. O-glycosidic linkage
25. Which of these saccharides contains largest
number of glucose? b. N-glycosidic linkage
c. α(1,4) glycosidic linkage
a. Maltose d. β(1,4) glycosidic linkage
b. Ribulose e. Disulphide linkage
c. Glycogen
d. Sucrose 31. The Watson-Crick model of DNA structure
e. Allose shows:

26. In living cell, the principal energy carrier a. A triple stranded structure
b. A double stranded structure running
are synthesized from in opposite direction
a. AMP c. A double stranded structure running
b. GMP in both direction
c. GDP d. Single stranded structure
d. ATP e. None of the above
e. UDP

27. The linkage in the nucleoside is

a. O-glycosidic linkage
b. N-glycosidic linkage
c. α(1,4) glycosidic linkage
d. β(1,4) glycosidic linkage
e. Disulphide linkage

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32. Chargaff's rule states that the molar ratio c. Nucleotidase
of A to T and of G to C is d. Phosphodiesterase
e. None of the above
a. almost always approximately two in a
DNA molecule 36. The molecule without the phosphate group
is called
b. almost always approximately doubles in
a DNA molecule 37. Guanosine is a

c. almost always approximately equal in a 38. Cytidylate is a

DNA molecule
39. Uric acid is a
d. remains unchanged in a DNA molecule
40. The base found in DNA but not present in
e. none of the above RNA is

33. When double stranded DNA is heated a. Adenine

b. Guanine
a. The absorption of UV increases c. Cytosine
b. The absorption of UV decreases d. Uracil
c. The absorption of UV remain e. Thymine
unchanged
d. The absorption of UV doubles 41. In the DNA structure the role of the
e. The absorption of UV is tripled
Deoxyribose sugar is
34. In living cells nucleotides serve as
a. Structural role
a. Precursors for nucleic acid synthesis b. Chemical role
b. Enzyme cofactors c. Skeletal role
c. Intracellular signals d. Store of information
d. Carriers of metabolic energy e. Both B and C
e. All of the above
42. A DNA sequence which gives the same
35. The nucleic acid bases: sequence when read in both 5’-3’ and 3’-5’
direction is a
a. Absorb UV (260 nm) light
b. Are roughly planar a. Cruciform
c. Are relatively hydrophobic b. Hairpins
d. Have all of the above characteristics c. Mirror repeats
e. Both B and C d. Palindrome
e. Complimentarity
Use the option below to answer question 36-
39

a. Nucleotide
b. Nucleoside

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43. The Watson-Crick structure is also referred 48. The following are functions of lipid
to as except
a) They serve as store of energy
a. A form DNA
b. B form DNA b) They are major component of the cell
c. C form DNA membrane
d. Z form DNA c) They act as electrical insulator
e. None of the above d) The also act as thermal insulator
e) None of the above
44. DNA template is utilized in which process?

a. Translation 49. _______is an example of simple Lipid

b. Amino acylation a) Wax
c. Transcription b) Fat
d. Glycosylation c) Oil
e. All of the above d) None of the above
45. If GGCACGTA is a nucletiode sequence in e) All of the above
DNA,which one of the following would be
compliment of the sequence 50. Complex lipids are esters of fatty acids
containing ___________in addition to an
a. CCCTGCAT
alcohol
b. CCGAGCAT
a) groups
c. CCGTGCCT
b) alcohol
d. CCGACATA
e. CCGTGCAT c) glycerol
d) Acetyl CoA
46. Lipids are soluble in the following e) None of the above
except____________ 51. Lipid containing phosphate groups are
a) Chloroform a) Spingolipids
b) Benzene b) Triglycerides
c) Ether c) Lipoproteins
d) Water d) Phospholipids
e) All of the above e) None of the above

47. Lipids are more related in their 52. Lipid containing both spingosine and
_____________properties? carbohydrate groups are called____
a) chemical a) isoprenoid
b) Physical b) glycolipid
c) structural c) phospholipid
d) Empirical d) terpene
e) All of the above e) All of the above

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53. Which of the following statements are c) Thromboxane
the most correct? d) Lipoxins
a) Fats are solid while oils are liquid e) Triglyceride
b) Fat contains saturated fatty acid and are
solid at room temperatures 58. ___________ is an essential fatty acid
c) Fats are solid at room temperature while a) Palmitic acid
oils are liquid b) Stearic acid
d) Both b and c c) Oleic acid
e) All of the above d) Linoleic acid
e) All of the above
54. Fatty acid without a carbon-carbon
double bond is classified as ________ 59. Plant fats are rich in _________fatty
a) Saturated acid
b) Steroid a) Unsaturated
c) Unsaturated b) Saturated
d) Isoprenoid c) Neutral
e) ) All of the above d) Complex
e) Sphingosine
55. The transport form of fatty acid found
in the plasma is known as ____ 60. Cholesterol has ________ carbon
a) Saturated fatty acid atoms
b) Free fatty acid a) 20
c) Esterified fatty acid b) 27
d) All of the above c) 30
e) None of the above d) 15
e) 10
56. Eicosanoids have __________carbon
atoms 61. Cholesterol belongs to ___________
a) 10 group of compounds
b) 18 a) Steroids
c) 21 b) Eicosanoids
d) 20 c) isoprenoids
e) 14 d) Fat-soluble vitamins
e) All of the above
57. ______ are examples of eicosanoids
except
a) Prostaglandins
b) Leukotriene

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62. The following are lipoproteins c) 3
except_______________ d) 4
a) LDL e) 5
b) HDL
c) VLDL 67. ______is an example of
d) Chylomicrons monosaturated fatty acid
e) Cholesterol a) Oleic acid
b) Arachidonic acid
63. Arachidonic acid is produced in human c) Palmitic acid
from _______________ d) Linolenic acid
a) Linolenic acid e) Linoleic acid
b) Linoleic acid
c) Cholesterol 68. Which of the following is a derived
d) Sphinegosine lipid?
e) None of the above a) Fats
b) Oils
64. Most natural fatty acids have an c) Steroids
_______carbon atoms d) Waxes
a) odd number e) All of the above
b) prime number
c) even number 69. All are non-essential fatty acids
d) Roman number except
e) Arabic number a) Palmitic acid
b) Linolenic acid
65) In most naturally occurring fat, the c) Oleic acid
presence of cis double bond introduces a d) Stearic acid
_______into the hydrocarbon chain of the e) Erucic acid
molecule
a) bend 70. Which of the following is a fatty acid
b) cut with 16 carbon atoms?
c) loop a) Palmitic acid
d) strain b) Linolenic acid
e) all of the above c) Oleic acid
d) Stearic acid
66) The number of double bonds in e) Erucic acid
arachudonic acid is_________
a) 1
b) 2