Biochemistry

Online study of the chemical processes in living organisms deals with the structures and functions of cellular components such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and other biomolecules

25 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A/An ______ binds to a site different from the substrate binding site in an enzyme.

  1. uncompetitive inhibitor
  2. non competitive inhibitor
  3. competitive inhibitor
  4. suicide inhibitor
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The functional part of a gene is called

  1. exon
  2. cistron
  3. axon
  4. recon
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Penicillin was discovered by

  1. Alexander Fleming
  2. Erlenmeyer
  3. H.Khorana
  4. Beadle and Tatum
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A hollow spherical structure formed due to folding of a lipid bilayer on itself is a

  1. lipid bilayer
  2. Liposome
  3. Lysosome
  4. Miscelles
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Non hexose precursers are converted into glucose in the process of

  1. Glycolysis
  2. Gluconeogenesis
  3. PP pathway
  4. Citric acid cycle
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

________ disease is characterized by the inability of the intestinal enzymes to digest certain water-insoluble proteins of wheat

  1. Beri-Beri
  2. Pancreatis
  3. Celiac disease
  4. Phenylketonuria
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The major human serum immunoglobulin is

  1. IgM
  2. IgA
  3. IgD
  4. IgG
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Alpha and beta glucose are

  1. anomers
  2. epimers
  3. isomers
  4. oligomers
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

____________ is bound to enzyme protein by a covalent bond

  1. Holoenzyme
  2. Cofactor
  3. Prosthetic group
  4. Apoenzyme
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The carbon -fixation in photosynthesis occurs during the

  1. light reaction
  2. dark reaction
  3. photorespiration
  4. photophosphorylation
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a reducing sugar?

  1. Glucose
  2. Sucrose
  3. Galactose
  4. Mannose
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The backbones of DNA and RNA are

  1. amphipathic
  2. hydrophilic
  3. hydrophobic
  4. non-polar
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a nucleotide molecule the phosphate group is esterified at the _______ carbon atom of pentose sugar.

  1. 5
  2. 5-prime
  3. 1
  4. 1-prime
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which nitrogenous base is present in RNA?

  1. Cytidine
  2. Thymine
  3. Uracil
  4. Methionine
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Interconversion of the alpha and beta forms of glucose in an aqueous solution is called

  1. Anomerisation
  2. Mutarotation
  3. Aldolation
  4. Glycosidation
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Degradation of glucose or other organic nutrients into different products under anaerobic conditions, to obtain ATP is called

  1. Fermentation
  2. Glycolysis
  3. PPpathway
  4. C-4 cycle
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

_________ is characterized by absorbtion at wavelengths of 260 nm.

  1. Amino acids
  2. Nucleic acids
  3. Phosphoric acids
  4. Cholesterols
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The non reducing sugar is

  1. sucrose
  2. lactose
  3. mannose
  4. maltose
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A typical eukaryotic cell contains about

  1. 40,000genes
  2. 30,000genes
  3. 50,000 genes
  4. 70,000genes
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Z-form and the B-form of DNA differ in the former being a

  1. right handed helix
  2. straight
  3. unpaired
  4. left handed helix
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Amplification of specific DNA sequences by in vitro DNA synthesis is

  1. Polymerase chain reaction
  2. Transcription
  3. Amplification
  4. Translation
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Movement of solute from the region of higher concentration to the lower one, across a barrier is

  1. facilitated diffusion
  2. active transport
  3. simple diffusion
  4. passive transport
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Watson -Crick DNA structure is also referred to as

  1. A-form
  2. Z-form
  3. B-form
  4. H-form
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Antibodies produced by a single clone and directed against a single antigenic determinant are called

  1. Monoclonal antibodies
  2. IgG
  3. HPRT
  4. macrophages
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following cannot be used in DNA cloning?

  1. Plasmids
  2. Cosmids
  3. Bacteriophages
  4. Amoeba