Biomolecules carbohydrates monosaccharides oligosaccharides and classification - One Line Questions
1.
What is a glycosidic bond? —
A bond formed between the anomeric carbon of one monosaccharide and a hydroxyl group of another.
2.
What does the term 'triose' refer to in carbohydrate nomenclature? —
A carbohydrate with three carbon atoms.
3.
Glucose is an example of which type of monosaccharide? —
An aldose
4.
Which functional group is characteristic of ketoses? —
Ketone group
5.
What is the primary classification of carbohydrates based on their hydrolysis products? —
Monosaccharides, Disaccharides, and Polysaccharides
6.
What is the difference between amylose and amylopectin? —
Amylose is linear with α-1,4 linkages, amylopectin is branched with α-1,4 and α-1,6 linkages.
7.
Fructose is an example of which type of monosaccharide? —
A ketose
8.
In the Haworth projection of a cyclic monosaccharide, the oxygen atom is typically shown: —
At the top left
9.
What is the molecular formula of glucose? —
C6H12O6
10.
What is the molecular formula of fructose? —
C6H12O6
11.
What is the main structural component of the cell walls of fungi and the exoskeletons of arthropods? —
Chitin
12.
Which polysaccharide serves as a reserve food material in animals? —
Glycogen
13.
What is the empirical formula for most carbohydrates? —
Cx(H2O)y
14.
What is the primary difference between ribose and deoxyribose? —
Deoxyribose has one less oxygen atom at the C-2 position.
15.
Which class of carbohydrates yields only one monosaccharide unit upon complete hydrolysis? —
Monosaccharides
16.
The cyclic forms of monosaccharides exist as α and β anomers, which are: —
Diastereomers
17.
Glucose and galactose are examples of: —
Epimers
18.
Starch is a polymer of which monosaccharide? —
Glucose
19.
What is the common name for α-D-glucopyranose? —
Glucose
20.
Which monosaccharide is also known as fruit sugar? —
Fructose
21.
Which monosaccharide has the formula C5H10O5? —
Ribose
22.
Which of the following is a non-reducing sugar? —
Sucrose
23.
What is the common name for β-D-fructofuranose? —
Fructose
24.
Which of the following is a pentose monosaccharide? —
Ribose
25.
What are the constituent monosaccharides of sucrose? —
Glucose and Fructose
26.
What are the constituent monosaccharides of lactose? —
Galactose and Glucose
27.
What are the constituent monosaccharides of maltose? —
Glucose and Glucose
28.
What is the defining characteristic of a monosaccharide? —
It cannot be hydrolyzed into simpler carbohydrates.
29.
Which functional group is characteristic of aldoses? —
Aldehyde group
30.
Which disaccharide is commonly known as table sugar? —
Sucrose
31.
Which disaccharide is known as malt sugar? —
Maltose
32.
Sucrose is an example of which type of carbohydrate? —
Disaccharide
33.
Lactose is an example of which type of carbohydrate? —
Disaccharide
34.
What is the term for a carbohydrate that is a polymer of more than two monosaccharide units, but not necessarily a very large polymer? —
Oligosaccharide
35.
Which class of carbohydrates yields between two to ten monosaccharide units upon complete hydrolysis? —
Oligosaccharides
36.
Which type of carbohydrate is generally not sweet and is often insoluble in water? —
Polysaccharides
37.
A carbohydrate that gives a positive test with Benedict's reagent is called a: —
Reducing sugar
38.
All monosaccharides are: —
Reducing sugars
39.
Epimers are stereoisomers that differ in configuration at: —
Only one chiral center
40.
Glycogen is the storage form of glucose in which organisms? —
Animals and Fungi
41.
Which of the following is a common hexose monosaccharide? —
Glucose
42.
Which of the following is a hexose monosaccharide? —
Fructose
43.
Deoxyribose is a pentose sugar found in: —
DNA
44.
Which of the following is NOT a polysaccharide? —
Sucrose
45.
What is the primary structural polysaccharide in plants? —
Cellulose
46.
Which polysaccharide is indigestible by most animals due to its β-1,4 glycosidic linkages? —
Cellulose
47.
Ribose is a pentose sugar found in: —
RNA and ATP
48.
Which disaccharide is commonly known as milk sugar? —
Lactose
49.
What is the anomeric carbon in a monosaccharide? —
The carbon atom bonded to two oxygen atoms in the cyclic form.
50.
What type of linkage is typically found between glucose units in starch? —
α-1,4 glycosidic linkage