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NCERT Exemplar · Class 12 · Chemistry

Chapter 14: Biomolecules

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Questions

19 questions
Q11Written answer

Each polypeptide is a protein that has amino acids linked with each other in a

specific sequence. This sequence of amino acids is said to be ____________.

(i) primary structure of proteins.

(ii) secondary structure of proteins.

(iii) the tertiary structure of proteins.

(iv) quaternary structure of proteins.

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Option (i) is the answer.

Q12Multiple choice

DNA and RNA contain four bases each. Which of the following bases is not

present in RNA?

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Correct option: C
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Option (iii) is the answer.

Q13Multiple choice

Which of the following B group vitamins can be stored in our body?

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Correct option: D
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Option (iv) is the answer.

Q14Multiple choice

Which of the following bases is not present in DNA?

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Correct option: D
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Option (iv) is the answer.

Q15Multiple choice

Three cyclic structures of monosaccharides are given below, which of these are anomers.

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Correct option: A
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Option (i) is the answer.

Q16Multiple choice

Which of the following reactions of glucose can be explained only by its cyclic

structure?

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Correct option: C
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Option (iii) is the answer.

Q17Multiple choice

Optical rotations of some compounds, along with their structures, are given below. Which of them has a D configuration?NCERT Exemplar Solutions of Class 12 Chemistry Chapter 14 Biomolecules-4

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Correct option: A
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Option (i) is the answer.

Q18Written answer

Structure of a disaccharide formed by glucose and fructose is given below.

Identify anomeric carbon atoms in monosaccharide units.

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(i) ‘a’ carbon of glucose and ‘a’ carbon of fructose.

(ii) ‘a’ carbon of glucose and ‘e’ carbon of fructose.

(iii) ‘a’ carbon of glucose and ‘b’ carbon of fructose.

(iv) ‘f’ carbon of glucose and ‘f ’ carbon of fructose.

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Option (iii) is the answer.

Q19Multiple choice

Three structures are given below in which two glucose units are linked. Which

of these linkages between glucose, units are between C1 and C4 and which

linkages are between C1 and C6?

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Correct option: C
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Option (iii) is the answer.