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Cellular Macromolecules

Description: Test on basic information on proteins, monosaccharides and nucleic acids
Number of Questions: 15
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What does the secondary structure of proteins mean?

  1. Linear sequence of amino acids belonging to a peptide chain

  2. Folding of linear polypeptide chain into specialised coiled structure

  3. The arrangement and interrelationship of twisted chains into specific loops and bends

  4. Presence of more than one polypeptide chain

  5. Integration of a prosthetic group in the polypeptide chain


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 
 

What is the structure of haemoglobin?

  1. Primary

  2. Helical

  3. Tertiary

  4. Quaternary

  5. Amorphous


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Due to the presence of two polypeptide chains, hemoglobin has a quaternary structure which is a characteristic of many multi-subunit globular proteins.

 
 

Which of the following components is not present in nucleoside?

  1. Purines

  2. Pyrimidines

  3. Sugar

  4. Nitrogen

  5. Phosphate group


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

 
 

What is dihydroxyacetone?

  1. A tetrose sugar

  2. A pentose sugar

  3. A hexose sugar

  4. A triose sugar

  5. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 
 

What is an invert sugar?

  1. An isomer of sucrose

  2. An equimolar mixture of glucose and fructose

  3. Fructose

  4. Racemic mixture

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 
 

Which of the following proteins acts as a carrier of oxygen in humans?

  1. Lipo-protein

  2. Phosphoprotein

  3. Haemoglobin

  4. Flavoprotein

  5. Actin


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 
 

Which of the following biomolecules is referred to as the building blocks of living organisms?

  1. Protein

  2. Carbohydrates

  3. Fats

  4. Nucleic acids

  5. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Proteins are building blocks of living organisms as it forms structural components of all the cell components. They repair, wear and tear and build new tissues.

 
 

Where are the scleroproteins found?

  1. Egg yolk

  2. Hair

  3. Salmine

  4. Bone

  5. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 
 

What is the basic unit of r RNA?

  1. Deoxyribonucleotide

  2. Ribonucleoside

  3. Deoxyribonucleoside

  4. Ribonucleotide

  5. Amino acids


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 
 

Which of the following are wheat proteins?

  1. Actin and myosin

  2. Histone and nucleoprotein

  3. Glutelin and gliadin

  4. Collagen and keratin

  5. Casein and phosphoproteins


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 
 

Where is Ramachandran's plot used?

  1. Determination of the structure of nucleic acids

  2. Determination of orientation of groups in amino acids

  3. Determination of the structure of proteins

  4. Determination of the structure of DNA

  5. Determination of the structure of carbohydrates


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 
 

Who amongst the following first reported nucleic acids?

  1. Altman

  2. Friedrich Miescher

  3. J. D. Watson

  4. Berzelius

  5. Bloor


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 
 

Which molecule controls the basic functions of a cell?

  1. Fats

  2. Carbohydrates

  3. Proteins

  4. Nucleic acids

  5. Vitamins


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 
 

Ribose and deoxyribose sugars found in RNA and DNA, respectively, belong to which of the following classes?

  1. Pentoses

  2. Hexose

  3. Heptose

  4. Triose

  5. Tetrose


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 
 

Which of the following statements about RNA is NOT true?

  1. The total number of purines may not be equal to the total number of pyrimidines.

  2. It can replicate.

  3. It is not hereditary material.

  4. It contains uracil as its base.

  5. It is single stranded.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 
 

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