Chemistry of Carbohydrates- Viva Questions

Q.1- Choose the odd one out

Heparin, Heparan, Dermatan, Dextran                                

(Dextran)

Q.2- Choose the odd one out

Starch, Glycogen, Chitin, Inulin                                         

(Chitin)

Q.3- Which out of the following dextrins do not give color with iodine

Achrodextrins, Erythrodextrins, Amylodextrins                            

(Achrodextrins)

Q.4- Name a non-sulfated Heteropolysaccharide                

(Hyaluronic acid)

Q.5- Which heteropolysaccharide is used as an anticoagulant       

(Heparin)

Q.6- Which sugar acid is used for the detoxification of the foreign compounds?

(Glucuronic acid)

Q.7- Which monosaccharide is used as the preferred source of energy for the brain cells?

  (Glucose)

Q.8- Which monosaccharide is used as a source of energy for the spermatozoa?

(Fructose)

Q.9- Which disaccharide is an intermediate in the hydrolysis of starch?

(Maltose)

Q.10- Which monosaccharide is optically inactive?             

(Dihydroxyacetone)

Q.11- What is odd out of the following four

Glucose, Galactose, Mannose, and Fructose                        

(Fructose)

Q.12- Choose the ketopentose-

Ribose, Xylose, Xylulose and Arabinose                              

(Xylulose)

Q.13- Name a six-membered sugar alcohol              

(Sorbitol, Mannitol or Galactitol)

Q.14- Name a sugar acid                                        

(Gluconic acid)

Q.15- Name an amino sugar-acid                             

(Neuraminic acid)

Q.16- Name an intracellular polysaccharide              

(Heparin)

Q.17- D and L isomers differ from each other by orientation around which C atom?

(Penultimate carbon, farthest from the most oxidized C atom)

Q.18- Alpha and Beta anomers differ in orientation around 5 th carbon atom in a hexose- True or false?                                                                 

(False)

Q.19- Malt sugar is————————?                      

(Maltose)

Q.20-Out of Lactase and Cellulase which enzyme is absent in human beings?

(Cellulase)

Q.21- Mucic acid is produced from—-?                   

(Galactose)

Q.22- Give an example of Glycosylamine                           

(Ribosylamine)

Q.23- Name a sugar alcohol with five carbon atoms           

(Ribitol)

Q.24- Powder-puff shaped crystals are formed by——        

(Lactose)

Q.25- Name two nonreducing sugars                               

(Sucrose and Trehalose)

Q.26- Which test is used to differentiate between aldohexose and ketohexose?                                                                             

(Seliwanoff test)

Q.27- Benedict’s test is more sensitive than the Fehling test. True or false?

 (True)

Q.28- Glycogen is stored mainly in muscles. True or false?   

(False)

Q.29- Name a Cardiac Glycoside                              

(Digitalis)

Q.30- What is milk sugar?                                               

(Lactose)

Q.31- Name the product of the reaction of strong acid on a pentose

(Furfural)

Q.32- What are enediols?                    

(Double bonded carbon atoms each having OH group attached)

Q.33- Name 7 Carbon atoms containing ketose sugar     

(Sedoheptulose)

Q.34- Name the alcohol produced from the reduction of Glyceraldehyde.

(Glycerol)

Q.35- How many isomers of Glucose are found in the biological system?

(32, including anomers)

Q.36- Glucuronic acid produced from the reduction or oxidation of Glucose?

 (Oxidation)

Q.37- Dextrin or Dextran, which out of the two is used as a plasma expander?

(Dextran)

Q.38- Which one is a branched polymer out of the two-

Amylose or Amylopectin?                                        

(Amylopectin)

Q.39- Reddish-brown color with iodine is given by which carbohydrate?

  (Glycogen)

Q.40- Which sugar is called as Invert sugar?             

(Sucrose)

Q.41- Agar is a homo or heteropolysaccharide?                 

(Homopoysaccharide)

Q.42- Keratan or Heparan Sulfate which out of the two does not contain a sugar acid?

(Keratan sulfate)

Q.43- Name an epimer of Sorbitol                                     

(Mannitol)

Q.44- Name an epimer of Glucuronic acid                         

(Iduronic acid)

Q.45- How are galactose and fructose related to each other?

(Isomers)

Q.46- What is Aglycon?             

(Non-carbohydrate component in a glycoside)

Q.47- Maltose is composed of what kind of monosaccharides?

(Glucose – glucose)

Q.48- Name a pentose sugar present abundantly in heart muscle           

(Lyxose)

Q.49- Name a deoxysugar                                               

(Deoxyribose)

Q.50- Name the polysaccharide present in the exoskeleton of insects

(Chitin)

Q.51- What type of linkage is present between Galactose and Glucose in Lactose?

β (1→4) glycosidic linkage

Q.52- The compounds having the same structural formula but differing in configuration around one carbon atom are called-                                  

(Epimers)

Q.53- What type of linkages are present in Glycogen?

(α(1→4) in the chain and α(1→6) at the branch point

Q.54- Name a fructosan                                         

(Inulin)

Q.55- Name a Galactosan                                       

(Agar)

Q.56- Name the test for detection of carbohydrates in a solution

(Molisch test)

Q.57- When a hexose is made to react with a strong acid, what is the product called?

  (Hydroxymethyl furfural)

Q.58- How are Mannose and Glucose related to each other?

(C-2 epimers)

Q.59- When both aldehyde and primary alcoholic groups are oxidized in mannose, what is the product called?                                      

(Mannaric acid)                

Q.60- Dulcitol is produced from the reduction of which sugar?

 (Galactose)

Q.61- Name two amino sugars                               

(Glucosamine and Galactosamine)

Q.62- Out of Mucic acid and Muramic acid which one is an amino sugar-acid?

(Muramic acid)

Q.63- Name a sugar ester                             

(Glucose 6 phosphate)

Q- 64- Which out of the following will give Bial’s test positive

Glucose, Fructose, ribose                              

(Ribose)

Q.65- All except one will exhibit mutarotation?

Sucrose, Maltose, Glucose, Galactose            

(Sucrose)

Q.66- Out of Pyranose and Furanose ring which one is commonly formed by the Fructose ?

 (Furanose)

Q.67- Which out of the two has more carbohydrate content?

Proteoglycan or Glycoproteins                       

(Proteoglycan)

Q.68- Name the storage polysaccharides                 

(Glycogen, Starch, Inulin, etc )

Q.69- Cornea is rich in which type of mucopolysaccharides?

(Keratan sulfate)

Q.70 -Name C-4 epimers                              

(Glucose and Galactose)

Q.71- Name a keto triose                             

(Dihydroxyacetone)

Q.72- Name the alcohol produced from the reduction of Fructose

(Sorbitol and Mannitol)

Q. 73- Glucose is the only source of energy for what kind of cells?

 ( Red blood cells and the cells which lack mitochondria )

Q.74- How is Aldonic acid produced from a monosaccharide        

(By the oxidation of aldehyde group of an aldose sugar)

Q.75- What type of linkages are present between glucose residues in Cellulose?

(Beta 1, 4 Glycosidic linkages)

Q.76- Out of all the biologically important mucopolysaccharides which one is the most negatively charged?                                            

(Heparin)

Q.77- Which monosaccharide is present as a structural component of RNA?

 (Ribose)

Q.78- What is dextrose?                               

(D- Glucose)

Q.79- What is table sugar?                                      

(Sucrose)

Q.80- What is animal starch?                         

( Glycogen )

Q.81- What is Mutarotation ?

Carbohydrates can change spontaneously between alpha and beta configurations through intermediate open-chain formation, this leads to a process known as Mutarotation.

Q.82- Which hexose is an important component of glycoproteins?

(Mannose)

Q.83- When an equal amount of dextrorotatory and levorotatory isomers are present in a mixture, the mixture is said to be——?                           

(Racemic )

Q.84- Glucose when treated with bromine water produces ——?

(Gluconic acid)

Q.85- Name a glycoside which is an inhibitor of Sodium Potassium ATPase pump.

(Ouabain)

Q.86- What is the storage form of glucose in plants?

(Starch)

Q.87 – Name an amino sugar-acid that is present in gangliosides.

(NANA- N -acetyl Neuraminic acid)

Q.88- Deoxyribose is synthesized from ribose by removal of oxygen around which carbon atom?                                                                      

( C-2)

Q.89- The carbohydrate of blood group substance is—–?

(Fucose)

Q.90- Which of the following is not a polymer of Glucose?

Cellulose, Inulin. Glycogen, Dextrins                        

(Inulin)

Q.91- Which of the following is an anomeric pair?

a) D-glucose and L-glucose         b) α-D-glucose and β-D-glucose            

(α-D-glucose and β-D-glucose)

Q.92- Choose the odd one out-

Muramic acid, Mucic acid. Mannaric acid, Mannonic acid     

(Muramic acid)

Q.93- The cyclical structure of Glucose is represented by-

Glucopyranose, Glucofuranose or Glucoside                      

(Glucopyranose)

Q.94- What kind of monosaccharides will be produced by lactose hydrolysis?

 (Glucose and Galactose)

Q.95- Name a keto hexose                                                         

(Fructose)

Q.96- What is an asymmetric carbon atom?

(A carbon atom with all the four different attachments is called as an asymmetric carbon atom)

Q.97- How many isomers of glyceraldehyde are possible?

 (D and L)

Q.98- How are Ribose and Ribulose related to each other?

 (Aldose, ketose isomers)

Q.99- What is the repeating disaccharide unit in Hyaluronic acid?

(D-glucuronate + GlcNAc) n

Q.100- Name an Aldotetrose which is an intermediate of the HMP pathway?

 (Erythrose-4 P )

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