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Question 11 Mark
With reference to which classification has the statement, “ranitidine is an antacid” been given?
Answer
The statement refers to the classification according to pharmacological effect of the drug because any drug which will be used to counteract the effect of excess acid in the stomach will be called antacid. Antacids are the medicinal agents which decreases the excess level of hydrochloric acid in stomach.
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Question 21 Mark
What products would be formed when a nucleotide from DNA containing thymine is hydrolysed?
Answer
The products obtained are 2-deoxy-D-ribose, Phosphoric acid and thymine.
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Question 31 Mark
Define the following as related to protein
Denaturation
Answer
In a biological system, a protein is found to have a unique 3-dimensional structure and a unique biological activity. In such a situation, the protein is called native protein. However, when the native protein is subjected to physical changes such as change in temperature or chemical changes such as change in pH, its H-bonds are disturbed. This disturbance unfolds the globules and uncoils the helix. As a result, the protein loses its biological activity. This loss of biological activity by the protein is called denaturation.
During denaturation, the secondary and the tertiary structures of the protein get destroyed, but the primary structure remains unaltered. One of the examples of denaturation of proteins is the coagulation of egg white when an egg is boiled.
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Question 51 Mark
Why cannot vitamin C be stored in our body?
Answer
Vitamin C cannot be stored in our body because it is water soluble. As a result, it is readily excreted in the urine.
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Question 61 Mark
The melting points and solubility in water of amino acids are generally higher than that of the corresponding halo acids Explain.
Answer
The amino acids exist as zwitter ions, H3N+ — CHR-COO-. Due to this dipolar salt like character, they have strong dipole-dipole attractions. Therefore, their melting points are higher than corresponding haloacids which do not have salt like character.
Due to salt like character, amino acids intereact strongly with water. As a result, their solubility in water is higher than corresponding haloacids which do not have salt like character.
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Question 71 Mark
What are the different types of RNA found in the cell?
Answer
  1. Messenger RNA (m-RNA)
  2. Ribosomal RNA (r-RNA)
  3. Transfer RNA (t-RNA)
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Question 81 Mark
What are the common types of secondary structure of proteins?
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Secondary structure of protein: The secondary structure of protein refers to the shape in which a long polypeptide chain exist. They are found exist in two different types of structures viz. $\alpha$ - helix and β - pleated sheet structure. It arises due to the regular folding of the backbone of the polypeptide chain due to intermolecular hydrogen bonding between the carboxyl and amino group. In an $\alpha$ - helix, the peptide chain coils and the turns of the coil are held together by hydrogen bonds. In contrast to this, another type of secondary structure is possible in which the protein chains are stretched out and is known as β - structures.
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Question 91 Mark
Write IUPAC name of the following compounds and classify them into primary, secondary and tertiary amines.
C6H5NHCH3
Answer
N - Methylbenzamine or N - methylaniline(2° amine)
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Question 101 Mark
What type of bonding helps in stabilising the $\alpha$ - helix structure of protins.
Answer
In the $\alpha$ - helix configuration, a polypeptide chain forms all possible hydrogen bonds by twisting into a right handed screw (helix) with -NH group of each amino acid residue hydrogen  to the bonded $ \ \ \ \ \ \text{O}\\ \ \ \ \ \ ||\\ -\text{C}-$of an adjacent turn of the helix.
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Question 111 Mark
How do you explain the amphoteric behaviour of amino acids?
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In aqueous solution, the carboxyl group of an amino acid can lose a proton and the amino group can accept a proton to give a dipolar ion known as zwitter ion.
$ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{O} \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{O}\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ || \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ||\\\text{R}-\text{CH}-\text{C}-\text{O}-\text{H}\leftrightarrows\text{R}-\text{CH}-\text{C}-\text{O}^-\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ |\\ \ \ \ \ \ :\text{NH}_2 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ^+\text{NH}_3\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (\text{Zwitter ion})$
Therefore, in zwitter ionic form, the amino acid can act both as an acid and as a base. Thus, amino acids show amphoteric behaviour.
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Question 121 Mark
The two strands in DNA are not identical but are complementary. Explain.
Answer
In the helical structure of DNA, the two strands are held together by hydrogen bonds between specific pairs of bases. Cytosine forms hydrogen bond with guanine, while adenine forms hydrogen bond with thymine. As a result, the two strands are complementary to each other.
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Question 131 Mark
What are the expected products of hydrolysis of lactose?
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Upon hydrolysis, lactose gives equivalent amounts of D (+) glucose and D (+) galactose.
$\text{C}_{12}\text{H}_{22}\text{O}_{11}+\text{H}_2\text{O}\xrightarrow[]{\text{Hydrolysis}}\text{C}_6\text{H}_{12}\text{O}_6\$+)-\text{Lactose} \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{D}-(+)-\text{Glucose}\\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ +\text{C}_6\text{H}_{12}\text{O}_6\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{D}-(+)-\text{galactose}$
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Question 141 Mark
Define the following as related to proteins:
Peptide linkage.
Answer
Peptide linkage: In peptide linkage amide formed between -COOH groups of one molecule of an amino acid and -NH2 group of another molecule of the amino acid by the elimination of a water molecules.

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Question 151 Mark
How do you explain the absence of aldehyde group in the pentaacetate of D-glucose?
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D-glucose reacts with hydroxylamine (NH2OH) to form an oxime because of the presence of aldehydic (CHO) group or carbonyl carbon. This happens as the cyclic structure of glucose forms an open chain structure in an aqueous medium, which then reacts with NH2OH to give an oxime.
$\text{CHO} \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{CH}=\text{N}-\text{OH}\\ \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ | \$\text{CHOH})_4\xrightarrow[]{\text{NH}_4\text{OH}} \ \ (\text{CHOH})_4\\ \ \ \ \ | \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ |\\\text{CH}_2\text{OH} \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{CH}_2\text{OH}\\\text{Glucose} \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{Oxime}$
But pentaacetate of D-glucose does not react with NH2OH. This is because pentaacetate does not form an open chain structure.

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Question 161 Mark
Glucose or sucrose are soluble in water but cyclohexane or benzene (simple six membered ring compounds) are insoluble in water. Explain.
Answer
The solubility of a solute in a given solvent follows the rule ‘Li ke dissolves like’.Glucose contains five and sucrose contains eight -OH groups. These -OH groups form H-bonds with water. As a result of this extensive intermoleeular H-bonding, glucose and sucrose are soluble in water.On the other hand, benzene and cyclohexane do not contain -OH bonds and hence do not form H-bonds with water. Moreover, they are non-polar molecules and hence do not dissolve in polar water molecules.
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Question 171 Mark
What are enzymes?
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Enzymes are proteins that catalyze biological reaction. They are very specific in nature and catalyze only a particular reaction for a particular substrate. Enzymes are usually named after a particular. For example, the enzyme used to catalyses  the hydrolysis of maltose in glucose is named as maltase.
$\text{C}_{12}\text{H}_{22}\text{O}_{11}\xrightarrow[]{\text{Maltase}}2\text{C}_6\text{H}_{12}\text{O}_6\\\text{maltose} \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{glucose}$
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Question 181 Mark
Where does the water present in the egg go after boiling the egg?
Answer
Denaturation of proteins is a process in which physical and biological properties of protein without changing the chemical composition of protein. In an egg denaturation of protein is the coagulation of albumin present in the white of an egg. When egg is boiled in water, the globular proteins present in it changes to a rubber like insoluble mass which absorbs all water present in the egg.
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Question 191 Mark
Define the following as related to protein:
Primary structure.
Answer
Primary structure: The primary structure of protein refers to the specific sequence in which various amino acids are present in it, i.e., the sequence of linkages between amino acids in a polypeptide chain. The sequence in which amino acids are arranged is different in each protein. A change in the sequence creates a different protein.
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Question 201 Mark
What is the effect of denaturation on the structure of proteins?
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Denaturation of proteins: Proteins are very sensitive to the action of heat, change of pH, presence of electrolytes and radiations (particularly of short wavelength). Whenever proteins are subjected to such changes in the surroundings, they undergo some structural changes leading to disruption of three dimensional structure. This causes permanent loss of activity to proteins. Disruption of the native conformation of protein, by changing its environment, resulting in loss of its biological activity, is known as denaturation of proteins.
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Question 211 Mark
 What are monosaccharides?
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Monosaccharides are carbohydrates Which cannot be hydrolysed to smaller molecules.Their general formula is (CH20)n Where n = 3 - 7 These are of two types: Those which contain an aldehyde group (-CHO) are called aldoses and those which contain a keto (C = O) group are called ketoses.
They are further classified as trioses, tetroses ,pentoses, hexoses and heptoses according as they contain 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 carbon atoms respectively For example.

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Question 231 Mark
What are reducing sugars?
Answer
Carbohydrates which reduces Fehling's solution to red precipitate of Cu20 or Tollen's reagent to metallic Ag are called reducing sugars. All monosaccharides (both aldoses and ketoses) and disaccharides except sucrose are reducing sugars. Thus, D - (+) - glucose, D-(-)-fructose, D - (+) - maltose and D - (+) - lactose are reducing sugars.
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Question 241 Mark
Write IUPAC name of following and classify them into primary, secondary, tertiary amines:
CH3(CH2)2NH2
Answer
CH3(CH2)2NH2
1 - amino propane(primary)
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Question 281 Mark
What is meant by ‘reducing sugars’?
Answer
Carbohydrates which reduce Tollen’s reagent or Fehling solution are called reducing sugars which have free aldehydic group.
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Question 291 Mark
Write two main functions of carbohydrates in plants.
Answer
  1. Structural support.
  2. Storage molecules.
  3. Constituent of cell wall.
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Question 341 Mark
Arrange the following compounds in an increasing order of their solubility in water:

C6H5NH2, (C2H5)2NH, C2H5NH2.

Answer
C6H5NH< (C2H5)2NH < C2H5NH2.
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Question 351 Mark
Write the products obtained after hydrolysis of lactose.
Answer
Lactose is composed of $\beta-\text{D}$ galactose and $\beta-\text{D}$ glucose. Thus, on hydrolysis, it gives $\beta-\text{D}$ galactose and $\beta-\text{D}$ glucose.
$\text{C}_{12}\text{H}_{22}\text{O}_{11}\ \ \ +\ \ \ \text{H}_2\text{O}\ \ \ \xrightarrow{\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ }\ \ \ \text{C}_6\text{H}_{12}\text{O}_6\ \ \ \ \ +\ \ \ \ \text{C}_6\text{H}_{12}\text{O}_6\\ \ \ \text{Lactose}\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{Water}\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{D}-\text{Glucose}\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \text{D}-\text{Galactose}$
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Question 371 Mark
What is the basic structural difference between glucose and fructose?
Answer
Both Glucose and Fructose are hexose sugars with six carbon atoms but, Glucose is an aldohexose and Fructose is ketohexose which means the functional group present in glucose is aldehyde and the functional group in fructose is ketone.

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Question 401 Mark
Why are carbohydrates generally optically active?
Answer
Carbohydrates have chiral or asymmetric carbon atom.
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Question 411 Mark
Write IUPAC name of the following compounds and classify them into primary, secondary and tertiary amines.
(CH3CH2)2NCH3
Answer
(CH3CH2)2 NCH3
N - Ethyl - N - methylethanamine (3° amine)
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Question 421 Mark
What is the structural feature characterising reducing sugars?
Answer
The main structural feature of reducing sugars is the presence of an aldehyde group (-CHO) such as in glucose, mannose, galactose, etc. or a-ketol group (-CO- CH2OH) as present in fructose.
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Question 461 Mark
Give an example each of essential and non-essential amino acids.
Answer
Valine is an essential amino acid whereas glycine is a non-essential amino acid.
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Question 501 Mark
Answer the following questions.
Name two fat storing tissues in human body.
Answer
Liver and adipose tissue.
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