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Lipids, Fats, and Biochemistry

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Lipids, fats, and biochemistry explore the structure and function of biological molecules. This includes fatty acids, cholesterol, trans-fats, and cellular membranes. Questions on this topic frequently appear in science sections of competitive government exams.

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Lipids, Fats, and Biochemistry Questions

Multiple choice

What is the end product of proteins in the human body?

  1. Fatty acid

  2. Amino acid

  3. Glucose

  4. Glycerol
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The nutrients which we intake are not directly absorbed by blood. They need to be broken down into simpler forms so that they can be used by the human body. Carbohydrates break down into glucose, proteins into amino acids and fats into fatty acids and glycerol.

Multiple choice

Paraffin wax is a/an

  1. ester

  2. acid

  3. monohydric alcohol

  4. cholesterol

  5. -
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Paraffin wax is a white or colourless soft solid derivable from petroleum, coal or oil shale that consists of a mixture of hydrocarbon molecules containing between twenty and forty carbon atoms. It is primarily an ester.

Multiple choice

Inulin is

  1. a polysaccharide

  2. a lipid

  3. a protein

  4. human insulin

  5. -
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Inulin belongs to a class of dietary fibers known as fructans. These are polysaccharides.

Multiple choice

A company marketing food products advertises that its items do not contain trans-fats. What does this campaign signify to the customers?

  1. The food products are not made out of hydrogenated oils.
  2. The food products are not made out of animal fats/oils.
  3. The oils used are not likely to damage the cardiovascular health of the consumer.

Which of the statements given above is/ correct?

  1. 1 only

  2. 2 and 3 only

  3. 1 and 3 only

  4. 1, 2 and 3
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Many of the random compounds created when oils are hydrogenated are "trans fats". These are unnatural compounds, which are known to be detrimental to cardiovascular health. On the other hand animal fats are relatively good for health.

Multiple choice

If the ester bonds of a triacylglycerol molecules are broken, what kind of water soluble molecule will be formed?

  1. Fatty acid

  2. Steroid

  3. Glycogen

  4. Glycerol

  5. Amylopectin
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Glycerol is a simple polyol (sugar alcohol) compound. It is a colorless, odorless, viscous liquid that is widely used in pharmaceutical formulations. Glycerol has three hydroxyl groups that are responsible for its solubility in water and its hygroscopic nature.

Multiple choice

Which of the given compounds can play an important role in keeping lipids in solution and transporting them to the brush border of the intestinal epithelial cells?

  1. Cholagogues

  2. Micelles

  3. Cholecystokinin

  4. Lecithin

  5. Cholesterol
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The free fatty acids and monoglycerides form micelles that migrate towards the brush border membrane. The micelle permits fat components to be soluble in water. Because bile salts have a hydrophobic or water repelling region and a hydrophilic or water attracting region, the micelle is formed with bile salts arranged around the outside with hydrophobic ends facing inside and hydrophobic fatty acids, monoglycerides, phospholipids and cholesterol as well as the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K in the centre.