Carbohydrates MCQs
- 1. Non-digestible carbohydrates which serve as dietary fibers.
A. Glucose
B. Fructose
C. Cellulose
D. Maltose
ANSWER: C - 2. Which of the following carbohydrates are involved in detoxification?
A. Glucuronic acid
B. Glycogenic acid
C. Uronic acid
D. None of these
ANSWER: A - 3. Which of the following is an example of branched glycan?
A. Glucose
B. Starch
C. Cellulose
D. Glycogen
ANSWER: D - 4. When aldoses oxidize under proper conditions, they may form.
A. Aldonic acid
B. Saccharic acids
C. Uronic acid
D. All of these
ANSWER: D - 5. Carbohydrates with properties of crystalline nature, water soluble and sweet to taste called.
A. Monosaccharides
B. Disaccharides
C. Oligosaccharide’s
D. Polysaccharides
ANSWER: B - 6. Non-reducing disaccharides with no free aldehyde or keto group.
A. Sucrose
B. Fructose
C. Glucose
D. All of these
ANSWER: A - 7. Sucrose is hydrolyzed to fructose and glucose by an enzyme which called_______________.
A. Hydrolase
B. Phosphorylase
C. Ligase
D. Invertase
ANSWER: D - 8. When polysaccharides contain two or more different types of monosaccharide units or their derivatives called_____________.
A. Heteroglycans
B. Homoglycan
C. Starch
D. All of these
ANSWER: A - 9. Partial hydrolysis of starch by acids or α-amylase (enzyme) produces substances known as____________.
A. Dextrin
B. Starch
C. Glycogen
D. Pectin
ANSWER: A - 10. Which of the following polysaccharide not fermented by yeast and present in honey?
A. Agar
B. Chitin
C. Pectin
D. Dextrin
ANSWER: D - 11. Which carbohydrate cannot be digested and absorbed and has no food value unlike starch?
A. Cellulose
B. Glycogen
C. Agar
D. All of these
ANSWER: A - 12. ———— is a polymer of D-Fructose (Fructosans) linked together by β-(1 → 2) glycosidic linkage & hydrolyzed by inulinase.
A. GAG
B. Pectin
C. Starch
D. Inulin
ANSWER: D - 13. With the exception of hyaluronic acid, all the Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) contain ———- group.
A. Sulfate
B. Phosphate
C. Both a & b
D. None of these
ANSWER: A - 14. Proteoglycans contain more than ———- carbohydrate as compare to glycoproteins.
A. 1%
B. 2%
C. 3%
D. 4%
ANSWER: D - 15. Almost all the plasma proteins of humans are glycoproteins, except.
A. Hemoglobin
B. Fibrinogen
C. Thrombin
D. Albumin
ANSWER: D