Fructose reduces Tollen's reagent due to:
1. | Primary alcoholic group |
2. | Secondary alcoholic group |
3. | Enolisation of fructose followed by conversion to aldehyde by base |
4. | Asymmetric carbon |
The correct statements regarding "Denaturation" are:
(a) | Denaturation of proteins causes the loss of secondary and tertiary structures of the protein. |
(b) | Denaturation leads to the conversion of a double strand of DNA into a single strand. |
(c) | Denaturation affects the primary structure which gets distorted. |
1. (a), (b) and (c)
2. (b) and (c)
3. (a) and (c)
4. (a) and (b)
-D-glucose and β-D-glucose are:
1. Epimers
2. Anomers
3. Functional isomers
4. Chain isomers
The structure that represents the peptide chain is:
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Deficiency of which vitamin causes osteomalacia ?
1. | Vitamin A | 2. | Vitamin D |
3. | Vitamin K | 4. | Vitamin E |
The reaction of concentrated sulphuric acid with carbohydrates (C12H22O11) is an example of:
1. Dehydration
2. Oxidation
3. Reduction
4. Sulphonation
Reducing sugars are -
1. | Carbohydrates that reduce Fehling’s solution and Tollen’s reagent. |
2. | Carbohydrates that reduce only Tollen’s reagent. |
3. | Carbohydrates that reduce only Fehling’s solution . |
4. | Carbohydrates that reduce HI |
α-helix structure of proteins is stabilized by :
1. | H-bonds formed between the −SH and C=O group. |
2. | H-bonds formed between the −NH and C=O group. |
3. | Ionic bonds formed between the −SH and C=O group. |
4. | Ionic bonds formed between the −NH and C=O group. |
Amino acids exhibit amphoteric behavior as:
1. They can act both as an acid and as a base.
2. They can act only as an acid but not as a base.
3. They can act only as a base but not an acid.
4. None of the above.
Monosaccharides are:
1. | Carbohydrates that can't be hydrolysed further to give simpler units of polyhydroxy aldehyde or ketone. |
2. | Classified on the basis of the number of carbon atoms and the functional group present in them. |
3. | The monomers of carbohydrates. |
4. | All of the above. |