Cellular Macromolecules

Test on basic information on proteins, monosaccharides and nucleic acids

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What does the secondary structure of proteins mean?

  1. Linear sequence of amino acids belonging to a peptide chain
  2. Folding of linear polypeptide chain into specialised coiled structure
  3. The arrangement and interrelationship of twisted chains into specific loops and bends
  4. Presence of more than one polypeptide chain
  5. Integration of a prosthetic group in the polypeptide chain
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the structure of haemoglobin?

  1. Primary
  2. Helical
  3. Tertiary
  4. Quaternary
  5. Amorphous
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following components is not present in nucleoside?

  1. Purines
  2. Pyrimidines
  3. Sugar
  4. Nitrogen
  5. Phosphate group
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is dihydroxyacetone?

  1. A tetrose sugar
  2. A pentose sugar
  3. A hexose sugar
  4. A triose sugar
  5. None of these
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is an invert sugar?

  1. An isomer of sucrose
  2. An equimolar mixture of glucose and fructose
  3. Fructose
  4. Racemic mixture
  5. None of these
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following proteins acts as a carrier of oxygen in humans?

  1. Lipo-protein
  2. Phosphoprotein
  3. Haemoglobin
  4. Flavoprotein
  5. Actin
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following biomolecules is referred to as the building blocks of living organisms?

  1. Protein
  2. Carbohydrates
  3. Fats
  4. Nucleic acids
  5. None of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where are the scleroproteins found?

  1. Egg yolk
  2. Hair
  3. Salmine
  4. Bone
  5. None of these
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the basic unit of r RNA?

  1. Deoxyribonucleotide
  2. Ribonucleoside
  3. Deoxyribonucleoside
  4. Ribonucleotide
  5. Amino acids
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following are wheat proteins?

  1. Actin and myosin
  2. Histone and nucleoprotein
  3. Glutelin and gliadin
  4. Collagen and keratin
  5. Casein and phosphoproteins
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where is Ramachandran's plot used?

  1. Determination of the structure of nucleic acids
  2. Determination of orientation of groups in amino acids
  3. Determination of the structure of proteins
  4. Determination of the structure of DNA
  5. Determination of the structure of carbohydrates
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who amongst the following first reported nucleic acids?

  1. Altman
  2. Friedrich Miescher
  3. J. D. Watson
  4. Berzelius
  5. Bloor
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which molecule controls the basic functions of a cell?

  1. Fats
  2. Carbohydrates
  3. Proteins
  4. Nucleic acids
  5. Vitamins
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Ribose and deoxyribose sugars found in RNA and DNA, respectively, belong to which of the following classes?

  1. Pentoses
  2. Hexose
  3. Heptose
  4. Triose
  5. Tetrose
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements about RNA is NOT true?

  1. The total number of purines may not be equal to the total number of pyrimidines.
  2. It can replicate.
  3. It is not hereditary material.
  4. It contains uracil as its base.
  5. It is single stranded.