Multiple Choice Questions

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Assertion : Carboxypeptidase is an exopeptidase.

Reason : It cleaves the N-terminal bond.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

  • If assertion is true but reason is false

  • If both assertion and reason are false.


C.

If assertion is true but reason is false

Carboxypeptidase is an exopcpticlase because it breaks the peptide chain at terminal ends. Carboxypepticlasc cleaves carboxy-terminal amino acids that have aromatic or branched aliphatic side chains.


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The number of amino acids and number of peptide bonds in a linear tetrapeptide (made of different amino acids) are respectively

  • 4 and 4

  • 5 and 5

  • 5 and 4

  • 4 and 3


Vitamin C is

  • citric acid

  • lactic acid

  • paracetamol 

  • ascorbic acid


Assertion : Activity of an enzyme is pH dependent.

Reason : Change in pH affects the solubility of the enzyme in water.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If both assertion and reason are false.


In aqueous solution glucose remains as:

  • only in the open-chain form

  • only in the pyranose form

  • only in furanose form

  • in all three forms in equilibrium


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Subunits present in haemoglobin are

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5


Assertion : Glycosides are hydrolysed in acidic conditions.

Reason : Glycosides are acetals.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If both assertion and reason are false.


Which one is not a constituent of nucleic acid?

  • Uracil

  • Guanidine

  • Phosphoric acid

  • Ribose sugar


Assertion: DNA molecules and RNA molecules are found in the nucleus of a cell.
Reason: On heating, the enzymes do not lose their specific activity.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is a correct explanation of the assertion.

  • If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion.

  • If the assertion is true but the reason is false.

  • If both the assertion and reason are false.


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In DNA, the consecutive deoxynucleotides are connected via

  • phosphodiester linkage

  • phosphomonoester linkage

  • phosphotriester linkage

  • amide linkage


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