Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following would not give Fehling's test ?

  • Glucose

  • Sucrose

  • Fructose

  • Lactose


B.

Sucrose

Fehling's test is given only by reducing sugars. When Fehling's solution is added to any reducing sugar then a red precipitate is formed which shows that reduction has taken place. Sucrose does not give this test.


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Continuous bleeding from an injured part of body is due to deficiency of :

  • Vitamin A

  • Vitamin B

  • Vitamin K

  • Vitamin E


Assertion : Wounds heal slowly due to vitamin C deficiency.

Reason : Vitamin C is essential for collagen formation

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explantion of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If Assertion is false but Reason is true.


Starch is insoluble in water, yet it is accumulated in large quantities in potato tuber because :

  • it is useful for storage

  • tubers respire slowly

  • starch is synthesized in tubers

  • translocated sucrose is polymerized here


Which of the following is not a co-enzyme?

  • NAD

  • NADP

  • FAD

  • ATP


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Which of these are considered most essential in the origin of life?

  • Enzymes

  • Nucleic acids

  • Carbohydrates

  • Proteins


Assertion : Histamine is involved in allergic and inflammatory reactions.

Reason : Histamine is a vasodilator.

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

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

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If both the assertion and reason are false.


Coenzymes NAD and NADP contain the vitamins

  • Niacin

  • Biotin

  • Thiamine

  • Vitamin B12

  • Vitamin B12


Which of the following statements regarding fats is true?

  • Arachidonic acid has 20 carbons excluding the carboxyl carbon.

  • Glycerol is a trihydroxy propane.

  • Palmitic acid has 18 carbons including the carboxyl carbon.

  • Oils have higher melting points than fats.

  • Oils have higher melting points than fats.


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The vitamin nicotinamicle can be synthesized in our body from

  • tyrosine

  • tryptophan

  • valine

  • phenylalanine


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