Multiple choice

Which of the the following statements about sucrose is/are correct?

  1. It is an α-D-glycoside.
  2. It undergoes mutarotation.
  3. It does not have a free aldehydic or ketonic group.
  4. Invert sugar, obtained by the hydrolysis of sucrose by enzyme, has negative rotation.

  1. 1, 2, and 3

  2. 1, 3, and 4

  3. 2, 3, and 4

  4. 1, 2, and 4

  5. All are correct
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B Correct answer
Explanation

This option is correct,  because sucrose being a non-reducing sugar, does not undergoes mutarotation. Therefore, statements 1, 3 and 4 are correct.

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