BM-2

Those metabolites that are formed during growth phase as a result of energy metabolism are called as ________

• Primary metabolites

• Secondary metabolites

• Tertiary metabolites

• Quaternary metabolites

Polysaccharides are formed by _______ linkage

Which among the following is incorrect about polysaccharides?

• Cellulose can’t be digested by mammals unless they contain microbes that digest cellulose in their gut

• Amylopectin has α-1, 4-linkage and 1, 6-glycosidic linkage

• Starch comprises of two forms, namely, amylose (water insoluble) and amylopectin (water soluble)

• Polysaccharides mainly act as the food storage or structural materials

Which of these enzymes are not proteinaceous?

• Kinases

• Endonucleases

• Ribozymes

• Ligases

If the formation of carbonic acid is uncatalyzed, how many product molecules are formed every hour?

• 25

• 50

• 100

• 200

Palmitic acid has:

• 16 carbon including carboxyl carbon

• 15 carbon including carboxyl carbon

• 17 carbon including carboxyl carbon

• 16 carbon excluding carboxyl carbon

Lipids are classified as fats and oils based on

• Boiling point

• Melting point

• Saturation or unsaturation

• Presence or absence of phosphorous

Assertion: Palmitic acid has 20 carbon atoms including carboxyl carbon.

Reason: Arachidonic acid has 16 carbon atoms including carboxyl carbon.

• 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 both Assertion and Reason are false.

• If Assertion is true but Reason is false.

Assertion: The long protein chain folds upon itself like a hollow ball giving rise to the tertiary structure.

Reason : Protein thread is folded in the form of a helix or in the sheet form in the secondary structure.

• 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.

An alpha helix represents _____ structure of protein