The given compound:
1. | is a storage product in archaea |
2. | is the source of energy in fungi |
3. | is present in the cell walls of gram negative bacteria |
4. | is a structural component of plasma membrane |
Statement I: | Lipids are present in the acid insoluble pool of a cell. |
Statement II: | Lipids are macromolecules. |
1. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct |
2. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect |
3. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct |
4. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect |
Identify the incorrect pair.
1. | Lectins - Concanavalin A | 2. | Drugs - Ricin |
3. | Alkaloids - Codeine | 4. | Toxin - Abrin |
Which of the following components is found in least amounts in an average cell?
1. | Carbohydrates | 2. | Fats |
3. | Nucleic acids | 4. | Proteins |
Regarding RuBisCO:
I: | It is the most abundant protein in the whole of the biosphere. |
II: | Mg2+ is its activator |
1. | Only I is correct |
2. | Only II is correct |
3. | Both I and II are correct |
4. | Both I and II are incorrect |
Sugars are technically called carbohydrates, referring to the fact that their formulae are only multiples of C(H2O). Hexose therefore has six carbons, twelve hydrogen and six oxygen atoms. Glucose is a hexose. Choose from among the following another hexose.
1. | Fructose | 2. | Erythrose |
3. | Ribulose | 4. | Ribose |
Assertion(A): | The iodine test for starch is positive when the sample turns blue-black upon addition of iodine solution. |
Reason(R): | Iodine molecules slip into the coil of the starch molecule, causing a color change due to the interaction between starch and iodine. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A) |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) does not correctly explain (A) |
3. | (A) is True, (R) is False |
4. | (A) is False, (R) is False |
1. | Thymine | 2. | Uracil |
3. | Adenine | 4. | Guanine |
1. | Glycine | 2. | Serine |
3. | Alanine | 4. | Methionine |
Statement I: | Palmitic acid has 16 carbons including carboxyl carbon. |
Statement II: | Arachidonic acid has 20 carbon atoms including the carboxyl carbon. |
Statement III: | Adenosine, guanosine, thymidine, uridine and cytidine are nucleosides. |
Statement IV: | Nucleic acids like DNA and RNA consist of nucleotides only. |
Statement I | Statement II | Statement III | Statement IV | |
1. | T | T | T | T |
2. | T | T | F | F |
3. | F | F | T | T |
4. | F | F | F | F |