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Name the sugar present in milk. How many monosaccharide units are present in it? What are such oligosaccharides called?

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### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Identify the Sugar Present in Milk**: - The sugar found in milk is called **lactose**. It is commonly referred to as "milk sugar". 2. **Determine the Number of Monosaccharide Units in Lactose**: - Lactose is classified as a **disaccharide**, which means it is composed of **two monosaccharide units**. The two monosaccharides that make up lactose are **beta-D-galactose** and **beta-D-glucose**. ...
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NCERT EXEMPLAR ENGLISH-BIOMOLECULES -Short Answer Type Questions
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  2. How do you explain the presence of all the six carbon atoms in glucose...

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  3. In nucleoside, a base is attached at 1' position of sugar moiety. Nucl...

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  4. Name the linkage connecting monosaccharide units in polysaccharides.

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  5. Under what condtions glucose is converted to gluconic acid and sacchar...

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  6. Monosaccharides contain carbonyl group hence are classified, as aldose...

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  7. The letters 'D' or 'L' before the name of a stereoisomer of a compound...

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  8. Aldopentoses named as ribose and 2-deoxyribose are found in nucleic ac...

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  9. Which sugar is called invert sugar? Why is it called so?

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  10. Amino acids can be classified as alpha-,beta-,gamma-,delta-and so depe...

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  11. alpha-helix is a secondary structure of proteins formed by twisting of...

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  12. Some enzymes are named after the reaction, where they are used. What n...

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  13. During curdling of milk, what happens to sugar present in it?

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  14. How do yout explain the presence of five -OH groups in glucose molecul...

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  15. Why does compound (A) given below not forman oxime?

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  16. Why must vitamin C be supplied regularly in diet?

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  17. Sucrose is dextrorotatory but the mixture obtained after hydrolysis is...

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  18. Amino acids behave like salts rather than simple amines or carboxylic ...

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  19. Structure of glycine and alanine are given below. Show the peptide lin...

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