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NEET (2017-19 Batch) TW TEST MARKS: 180 (+4,-1)

TIME: 45 min TOPIC: BIOMOLECULES DATE:

1. The two strands of DNA are:

(1) Similar in nature and complementary (2) Antiparallel and complementary
(3) Parallel and complementary (4) basically different in nature
2. What is NOT TRUE with respect to RNA ?
(1) It is a genetic material in TMV
(2) Non genetic RNA are of three types
(3) They occur in linear, circular or hair pin shape
(4) They are found in some animal viruses
3. Refer to the properties given below and find out the substances exhibiting it :-
(i) High molecular weight (iv) Most abundant organic component in a cell
(ii) Cell specific (v) Composed of C, H, O, N.
(iii) Macromolecule
(1) Nucleic acid (2) Carbohydrates (3) Proteins (4) Lipids
4. Which of these possess least number of oxygen?
(1) Heteropolysaccharides (2) Enzymes
(3) Proteins (4) Lipids
5. An organic compound having 3-6 carbon atoms which are crystalline, water soluble and sweet to
taste are
(1) Simple lipid (2) Polysaccharide (3) Monosaccharide (4) Proteins
6. Find the INCORRECT statement.
(1) Fats containing unsaturated fatty acids which are liquid at room temperature are called oils.
(2) Enzymes act as biocatalyst which can alter the rate of reaction but are not used during reaction.
(3) The quantity of DNA in a diploid cell varies from cell to cell.
(4) Most of the enzymes are proteins but all proteins are not enzymes.
7. Which of these process/ pathway will consume ATP?
(1) Formation of thyroxine (2) Breakdown of starch
(3) Conversion of Glycogen into glucose (4) Release of amino acids from complex proteins
8. Find the INCORRECT statement.
(1) Enzyme urease can act on urea and uric acid while invertase acts upon sucrose only
(2) Co-enzymes are organic molecules loosely bound to apoenzyme.
(3) Colloids are mixtures of two components i.e. a dispersed particle and a dispersion medium
(4) According to the lock and key hypothesis, enzyme is the lock and substrate is the key.
9. Find the CORRECT match.
(1) Tetrose – Ribose (2) Pentose – Erythrose
(3) Triose – Glyceraldehyde (4) Hexose – Sucrose
10. Which of these are TRUE for nucleic acids?
(i) Nucleic acids are polymers of nucleotides (ii) Nucleic acids are found only in nucleus
(iii) It is of two types DNA & RNA (iv) Nucleic acids always have a pentose sugar
(1) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) (2) (i), (iii), (iv) (3) (i), (ii), (iv) (4) (i), (iii)

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11. Which among the following is INCORRECT?
(1) Polysaccharides are amorphous, tasteless and soluble in water
(2) Cellulose, starch and glycogen are homopolysaccharides
(3) The general formula of polysaccharides is (C6H10O5)n where ‘n represent the number of
monosaccharide units
(4) A polysaccharide may contain one or different types of monosaccharides
12. Nucleic acids are acidic in nature due to presence of
(1) Phosphoric acid (2) carboxylic acid (3) Cholic acid (4) citric acid
13. Identify the INCORRECT statement for enzyme
(1) Enzymes initiate and accelerate the rate of reaction.
(2) Enzymes are amphoteric in nature and specific in action.
(3) All enzymes are colloidal in nature to provide greater surface area for reaction
(4) Molecule of an enzyme is larger than that of a substrate molecule
14. During elongation of a polypeptide chain
(1) a new amino acid is added at N–terminal
(2) a new amino acid is added at C–terminal
(3) a new peptide is added at either N–terminal or C–terminal
(4) a new amino acid is added at either N–terminal or C–terminal
15. Which of these fatty acid has no double bond?
(1) Oleic acid (2) Stearic acid (3) Palmitoleic acid (4) Linoleic acid
16. bond joins monosaccharide units and it is a type of bond.
(1) Glycosidic, ionic (2) Ester, ionic (3) Peptide, glycosidic (4) Glycosidic, covalent
17. Identify the property INCORRECT for an enzyme
(1) Enzymes are protein, hence amphoteric in nature
(2) A single enzyme acts upon a single substrate or a group of closely related substrates.
(3) Most of the enzymes remain active within a particular range of pH
(4) The rate of enzymatic reaction rises exponentially with the increase in substrate concentration.
18. Nucleic acid is a polymer of and its each monomer is formed of a nitrogenous base,
phosphoric acid and .
(1) Nucleotide, Pentose sugar (2) Nucleoside, Pentose sugar
(3) Nucleotide, Hexose sugar (4) Nucleoside, Hexose sugar
19. Most common constituents of organic compounds found in organisms are _____
(1) C, H, O, P (2) C, H, O (3) C, H, N, P (4) C, O, N, P
20. The non protein constituents that makes enzyme catalytically active is
(1) Co–enzyme (2) Co–factor (3) Apo–enzyme (4) Prosthetic group
21. Inhibitors are chemicals that shuts enzymatic activity. What is not true for inhibitor?
(1) They always closely resemble the substrate in its molecular structure
(2) They compete with substrate to bind with enzyme.
(3) Competitive inhibitors are often used in the control of bacterial pathogens
(4) Poisons like cyanide bind at prosthetic group of enzyme to inhibit enzymatic activity
22. From the list of given compounds, find out how many of them are secondary metabolites.
(1) Carbohydrates (2) Alkaloids (3) Lectins (4) Proteins
(5) Vinblastine (6) Concanavalin A (7) Lipids (8) Polymers like gums

(1) 3 (2) 2 (3) 4 (4) 5

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23. Select the INCORRECT statement.
(1) Molecules having a molecular weight below 800 Da are called micromolecules.
(2) Derivatives of Vinca roseus plant is a secondary metabolite.
(3) Secondary metabolites are not found in animal tissues.
(4) Lipids have a molecular weight > 800 Da.
24. What is the function of GLUT-4 in human body?
(1) Catabolism of Glycogen (2) Glucose transport into cells
(3) Glycogen formation (4) Binding of glucose
25. Find the CORRECT set of characteristic w.r.t. Inulin:
(1) Heteroplymer- Glucose, Galactose, Fructose (2) Homopolymer- Glucose
(3) Homopolymer- Fructose (4) Homopolymer- Galactose
26. Why are amino acids also called α-amino acids?
(1) They have α-carbon with amino and acid group.
(2) They are rotated clockwise.
(3) They are rotated anti-clockwise.
(4) They rotate the plane of polarized light to the right.
27. The statement which isn’t correct amongst the following is
(1) Starch is a homopolymer of glucose containing amylose and amylopectin.
(2) Maltose is a disaccharide formed from two glucose molecules.
(3) Cellulose is a trisaccharide formed from 3 units of glucose.
(4) Oligosaccharides are made of few monosaccharide units.
28. A polysaccharide which can act as a reducing sugar has
(1) Free aldehyde group on right side (2) Free aldehyde group on left side
(3) Free ketone group on left side (4) All of these
29. Which type of structure is essential for functional proteins?
(1) Primary (2) Secondary (3) Tertiary (4) Quaternary
30. The group of aromatic amino acids from the following is
(1) Valine, serine, isoleucine (2) Phenylalanine, leucine and isoleucine
(3) Tyrosine, tryptophan, phenylalanine (4) Phenylalanine, alanine, tyrosine
31. Find the CORRECT statement:
(1) There are total 20 amino acids that forms proteins.
(2) A structural protein needs a quaternary structure.
(3) All hormones are proteinaceous in nature.
(4) Enzymes contain only essential amino acids.
32. The branching in glycogen occurs by which bond?
(1) α 1-1 glycosidic bond (2) α 1-6 glycosidic bond
(3) β 1-6 glycosidic bond (4) β 1-4 glycosidic bond
33. Arrange the following fatty acids in the decreasing number of double bonds present in their molecule
(Linoleic acid (LA), Arachidonic acid (AA), Linolenic acid (LnA), Oleic acid OA)
(1) AA-LA-LnA-OA (2) LA-LnA-OA-AA (3) AA-LnA-LA-OA (4) OA-LA-LnA-AA
34. Gingely oil remains as oil in winters because
(1) they have higher melting point (2) they have lower melting point
(3) they have higher boiling point (4) they have lower boiling point
35. Identify the group that includes nucleotides
(1) Adenosine, guanosine, cytidine (2) Adenylic acid, adenosine, uridine
(3) Adenylic acid, uridylic acid, guanylic acid (4) Adenosine, thymidine, uridine

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36. The rise per base pair in a DNA strand is
(1) 34 A0 (2) 3.4 A0 (3) 34 nm (4) 3.4 nm
37. Which of the following statement is INCORRECT?
(1) Living state is a non-equilibrium steady state to be able to perform work.
(2) Living process is a constant effort to prevent falling into equilibrium.
(3) In living organisms, steady state is an equilibrium state.
(4) Metabolism provides a mechanism for the production of energy.
38. Similarity between DNA and RNA is that both
(1) Are nucleotide polymers (2) Have similar pyrimidines
(3) Have similar sugar (4) Are double stranded
39. Match column I with Column II
Column I Column II
(1) Adenine (p) Single ring nitrogenous base
(2) Adenosine (q) A nucleotide
(3) Pyrimidine (r) A nitrogenous base
(4) Adenylic acid (s) A nucleoside
(1) A-r, B-q, C-p, D-s (2) A-r, B-s, C-p, D-q
(3) A-q, B-r, C-s, D-p (4) A-p, B-r, C-s, D-q
40. Holoenzyme is
(1) Apoenzyme + cofactor + prosthetic group (2) Prosthetic group + cofactor
(3) Apoenzyme + apoenzyme (4) Apoenzyme + cofactor
41. Choose which of the following is NOT false?
(1) High Km indicates low affinity.
(2) Km is constant in case of competitive inhibition just like the Vmax.
(3) Km is low while Vmax rises in case of competitive inhibition.
(4) None of these.
42. In case of competitive inhibition,
(1) malonate resembles succinate, reducing the activity of succinate dehydrogenase.
(2) cyanide inhibits activity of cytochrome oxidase.
(3) malonate resembles fumarate, reducing the activity of fumarate dehydrogenase
(4) Stoppage of hexokinase activity by glucose-6-phosphate.
43. The graph below is a representation of Potential energy (Y axis) Vs Progression of structural
transformation (X axis).
What are the A-E in the graph?
(1) A-transition state, B-activation energy without the enzyme,
C- activation energy with the enzyme, D-substrate, E-product
(2) A- transition state, B- activation energy with the enzyme,
C- activation energy without the enzyme, D-product, E-substrate
(3) A- transition state, B- activation energy with the enzyme,
C- activation energy without the enzyme, D-substrate, E-product
(4) A-transition state, B-activation energy without the enzyme, C- activation energy with the
enzyme, D-product, E-substrate
44. ______ catalyse bonding of two chemicals with the help of energy obtained from ATP.
(1) isomerases (2) ligases (3) oxidoreductases (4) hydrolases
45. When any tissue is homogenized in an acid, the acid soluble pool represents
(i) Cytoplasm (ii) Cell membrane (iii) Nucleus (iv) Mitochondria
(1) Only i (2) Only i and ii (3) Only iv (4) i, iii and iv

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