Chapter # 02

1. Branch of biology which deals the biochemical basis of life is:

a. Anatomy
b. Physiology
c. Biochemistry
d. Pathology
2. Chemically, protoplasm contains:
a. 60 – 70 % of H2O
b. 90-95 % of H2O
c. 70-90% of H2O
d. 30-40% of H2O
3. If water is evaporated, the remaining dry weight of the cell consists of:
a. Carbon
b. Hydrogen
c. Nitrogen
d. Oxygen
4. Regarding chemical composition of cells, which combination is correct?
a. Water ……..95%
b. Protein …….18%
c. Lipids……….10%
d. Carbohydrates……1%
5. Percentage of elements by weight in human body ( in descending order )
a. Nitrogen Oxygen Hydrogen Carbon
b. Oxygen Hydrogen Nitrogen Carbon
c. Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Hydrogen
d. Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen Nitrogen
6. Which element constitutes highest percentage by weight in human body?
a. Oxygen
b. Carbon
c. Nitrogen
d. Hydrogen
7. Which element is necessary for protein synthesis, nucleic acids, hormones, co-enzymes?
a. Carbon
b. Oxygen
c. Hydrogen
d. Nitrogen
8. Biological molecules can be divided into how many main classe?
a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. Five
9. Regarding buffer :
a. It helps to increase Ph of a solution
b. It helps to prevent changes in Ph
 c. It helps to decrease the Ph of a solution
d. Water cannot act as buffer, as it is amphoteric
10. Water have slightly –ve end O2 atom and slightly +ve end H2 atom. That’s why water is:
a. Polar molecule
b. Non polar molecule
c. Bipolar molecule
d. Unipolar molecule
11. Water acts both as an acid or a base. This property of water is called:
a. Buffer
b. Amphoteric molecule
c. Polar molecule
d. Non polar molecule
12. Life activities occurs I cell due to:
a. Water
b. Vitamins
c. Proteins
d. Minerals
13. Huge and highly organized molecules that form the structure& carry out activities are called:
a. Monomers
b. Micromeres
c. Macromolecules
d. Micromolecules
14. The joining of two monomers is called:
a. Hydrolysis
b. Hybridization
c. Condensation
d. Dehydration
15. A process during which polymers are broken down into monomers by the addition of H2O is
called:
a. Hydrolysis
b. Hybridization
c. Condensation
d. Dehydration
16. Macromers are also called as:
a. Polymers
b. Monomers
c. Trimers
d. Tetramers
17. Macromolecules are divided into how many categories:
a. Three
b. Two
c. Four
d. Nine
18. Protein constitutes how much % of dry weight of cell?
a. More than 40
 b. Less than 40
c. More than 50
d. Less than 50
19. Proteins are the complex organic compounds having:
a. Only C,H, O
b. Only C,H,O & N
c. C & H only
d. C,H,O,N,P,S
20. How many structural levels of protein are there
a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. Five
21. Rigid and tubular helical structures of protein is characteristic of;
a. Primary protein
b. Secondary protein
c. Tertiary protein
d. Quaternary protein
22. Hemoglobin is an example of:
a. Primary protein
b. Secondary protein
c. Tertiary protein
d. Quaternary protein
23. The difference b/w one amino acid and other is found in:
a. Amino group
b. Carboxyl group
c. R-group
d. Peptide bond
24. Denaturation of protein is done by:
a. High temperature
b. Moderate temperature
c. Low temperature
d. High pressure
25. In carbohydrate, hydrogen & oxygen are mostly found in ratio of.
a. 1:2
b. 2:1
c. 3:1
d. 1:3
26. The general formula of monosaccharide is:
a. C2nHnOn
b. CnH2nOn
c. C2nHnO2n
d. CnH2nO
27. Most abundant hexose found in nature is:
a. Glucose
 b. Galactose
c. Fructose
d. Lactose
28. Glucose + Glucose form
a. Maltose
b. Lactose
c. Sucrose
d. Galactose
29. Sugar found in honey is:
a. Fructose
b. Galactose
c. Glucose
d. Lactose
30. Major components of cell wall is:
a. Starch
b. Glycogen
c. Cellulose
d. Fructose
31. Immediate source of energy is:
a. Protein
b. Carbohydrates
c. Lipids
d. Nucleic acid
32. Steroids, carotenoids and terpenes are important classes of:
a. Carbohydrates
b. Fats
c. Minerals
d. Terpenoids
33. Nucleic acid first isolated from:
a. Red blood cells
b. Nerve cells
c. Pus cells
d. Smooth muscle cells
34. Nucleotide is a molecule which consists of:
a. Pentose sugar molecule only
b. Pentose sugar + phosphoric acid
c. Pentose sugar + nitrogenous base
d. Pentose sugar + nitrogenous base + phosphoric acid
35. Nucleoside consists of:
a. Pentose sugar only
b. Pentose sugar + phosphoric acid
c. Pentose sugar + nitrogenous base
d. Pentose sugar + nitrogenous base + phosphoric acid
36. DNA contains:
a. Aadenine, guanine, cytosine only
 b. Adenine & cytosine only
c. Adenine, guanine, cytosine & thymine
d. Adenine, guanine, cytosine & uracil
37. Human sex hormones are classified as:
a. Protein
b. Triglyceride
c. Steroids
d. Carbohydrates
38. Common part in all nucleotides is:
a. Deoxyribose sugar
b. Phosphoric acid
c. Purine
d. Pyrimydine
39. Information from the nucleus to the ribosome is carried by:
a. mRNA alone
b. tRNA alone
c. rRNA alone
d. both mRNA & tRNA
40. which sugar is present in nucleotides:
a. ribose sugar
b. Deoxyribose sugar
c. Pentose sugar
d. Glucose
41. Sometimes two nucleotides are covalently bounded together to form compounds:
a. Polynucleotide
b. Dinucleotides
c. Polymers
d. Mononucleotide
42. Conjugated molecules include:
a. Glycogen
b. Lipids
c. Glycolipids
d. Nucleotide
43. The Ph of water is:
a. 6
b. 7
c. 8
d. 9
44. Carbon is an element
a. Bivalent
b. Trivalent
c. Tetravalent
d. Pentavalent
45. The group which replace the hydrogen atom of compound are called:
a. Radial groups
 b. Functional groups
c. Non functional groups
d. Ionic groups
46. The bond which is formed b/w an acid and alcohol by condensation is called:
a. Amide bond
b. Ester bond
c. Carboxylic bond
d. Aldehyde bond
47. The bond which is formed b/w an acid and amine group by condensation is called:
a. Amide bond
b. Ester bond
c. Carboxylic bond
d. Aldehyde bond
48. Proteins are composed of:
a. Amino acid
b. Benzoic acid
c. Alkyl acid
d. Keto acid
49. The name protein was suggested by:
a. Berzelius
b. Laveran
c. Nicholson
d. Singer
50. The amino acids are linked together by a bond, called:
a. Peptide linkage
b. Alkyl linkage
c. Tri linkage
d. Keto linkage
51. When two or more polypeptide chains are linked together into large sized molecule, it is
called:
a. Primary protein
b. Secondary protein
c. Tertiary protein
d. Quaternary protein
52. The carbohydrates which cannot be further changed into more simple forms are called:
a. Disaccharide
b. Oligosaccharide
c. Monosaccharide
d. Polysaccharide
53. The carbohydrates which are composed of two to ten sugar molecules are called:
a. Disaccharide
b. Oligosaccharide
c. Monosaccharide
d. Polysaccharide
54. Sucrose, maltose and lactose are the examples of:
 a. Disaccharide
b. Oligosaccharide
c. Monosaccharide
d. Polysaccharide
55. Glucose and fructose are:
a. Disaccharide
b. Oligosaccharide
c. Monosaccharide
d. Polysaccharide
56. Milk sugar is known as:
a. Maltose
b. Glucose
c. Fructose
d. Lactose
57. The sweetest sugar is known as:
a. Maltose
b. Glucose
c. Fructose
d. Lactose
58. Galactose, glucose and fructose are:
a. Trioses
b. Tetroses
c. Pentosis
d. Hexoses
59. Ribose is a:
a. Trioses
b. Tetroses
c. Pentosis
d. Hexoses
60. The animal starch is known as:
a. Cellulose
b. Glycogen
c. Stearin
d. Starch
61. Cellulose is present in:
a. Plant cell
b. Animal cell
c. Both plant and animal
d. Fungi
62. RNA takes part in:
a. Enzyme secretion
b. Energy production
c. Protein synthesis
d. Hormone secretion
63. DNA is present in the:
 a. Nucleus
b. Cytoplasm
c. Mitochondria
d. Ribosome
64. Uracil is present in:
a. DNA
b. RNA
c. Amines
d. Carbohydrates
65. The term lipid was proposed by:
a. Bloor
b. Dixon
c. Robert Brown
d. Darwin
66. The group of lipids based only on isoprenoid unit is called:
a. Terpenoids
b. Phospholipids
c. Waxes
d. Acylglycerol
67. The groups of lipid which produce special fragrance and may be used in perfumes, are called
a. Waxes
b. Phospholipids
c. Steroids
d. Terpenes
68. The lipids which consists of four rings, attached together with 17 carbon atoms are called:
a. Phospholipids
b. Waxes
c. Steroids
d. Terpenes
69. The cholesterol sex hormones are included in:
a. Steroids
b. Terpenoids
c. Lipids
d. Carotenoids
70. Solid fats are included in:
a. Saturated Acylglycerol
b. Unsaturated Acylglycerol
c. Waxes
d. Terpenes
71. Oils are included in:
a. Saturated Acylglycerol
b. Unsaturated Acylglycerol
c. Waxes
d. Terpenoids
72. ______is the animal fat;
 a. Stearin
b. Lanolin
c. Lincin
d. Lycine
73. The group of pigmented compounds producing different colors are called:
a. Steroids
b. Terpenes
c. Waxes
d. Carotenoids
74. Nucleic acid is discovered first time by:
a. F. Meischer
b. Robert Brown
c. Robert Hook
d. Singer and Nicholson
75. The basic unit of nucleic acid is:
a. Amino acid
b. Terpenes
c. Nucleotide
d. Amino group
76. ATP, the energy rich compound is considered as:
a. Mononucleotide
b. Dinucleotides
c. Trinucleotide
d. Polynucleotide
77. The hereditary material is considered as:
a. RNA
b. Protein
c. Lipids
d. DNA
78. The carrier of information is known as:
a. DNA
b. RNA
c. Terpenes
d. Lipids

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