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The simplest carbohydrates which cannot be decomposed into smaller products are known as monosaccharides. For details, consult section 2.
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DINESH PUBLICATION-BIOMOLECULES-N.C.E.R.T. EXERCISE
  1. What are monosaccharides?

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  2. What are reducing sugars ?

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  3. Write two major functions of carbohydrates in plants.

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  4. Classify the following into monosaccharides and disaccharides: Ribose,...

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  5. What do you understand by the term glycosidic linkage?

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  6. What is glycogen? How is it different from starch?

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  7. What are the hydrolysis products of (i) sucrose and (ii) lactose?

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  8. What is the basic structural difference between starch and cellulose?

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  9. What happenes when D-glucose is treated with the following reagents? ...

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  10. Enumerate the reactions of D-Glucose which cannot be explained by its ...

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  11. What are essential and non-essential amino acids ?

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  12. Defines the following as related to proteins: (i)Peptide linkage,(ii...

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  13. What are the common types of secondary structures fo proteins?

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  14. What types of bonding helps in stabilising the alpha-helix structure o...

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  15. Differentiate between globular and fibrous proteins.

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  16. How do you explain the amphoteric behaviour of amino acids?

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  17. What are enzymes ?

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  18. What is the effect of denaturation on the structure of proteins?

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  19. How are vitamins classified? Name the vitamin responsible for the coag...

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  20. Why are vitamin A and vitamin C essential for us? Give their important...

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