STARS ENTRY TEST SYSTEM-2020 SESSION - MDCAT | NUMS: Test Code: B2 (Biological Molecules) Time Allowed: 40 Minutes 1. The inhibition caused by the competitive inhibitor can be overcome by: A) Increasing temperature of reaction C) Increasing concentration of substrate B) Decreasing temperature of reaction D) Decreasing concentration of substrate 2. Large RNA molecule displays more conformational changes than DNA double helices because. : A) Presence of triplex region C) Presence of unusual modified bases B) Occurrence of single stranded regions _D) Presence of ribose sugars 3. Which one of the following is best description of ATP? A) A specialized RNA nucleotide with a purine base B) A specialized DNA nucleotide with a purine base C) A specialized RNA nucleotide with a pyrimidine base D) A specialized DNA nucleotide with a pyrimidine base. 4, Which one of the following molecules is a carbohydrate? A) Ce:HosOe C) CeaH: 00050 B) CasHs4OsPN D) CzzHyeO10Ns5 5. What kind of glycosidic linkage is found in sucrose? A) 1,6 Cy2,6 B)1,4 D)1,2 6. Which one of the following molecules has the lowest molecular weight? A) Sucrose C) Glucose B) Lactose D) Cellulose 7% Which of the following has the greatest number of glycosidic bonds? A) Glucose C) Amylose B) DNA D) Vitamin A10. 11. Lecithin consists of, . A) Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid and choline B) Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid and ethanolamine C) Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid and inositol D) Glycerol, fatty acids, phasphoric acid and serine ‘Choline contains how many carbon and nitrogen atoms Ay41 C)&1 B) 3-1 D) 4-2 A peptide chain attains secondary structures through the formation of. A) lonic bonds C) Di-sulfide bond B) Hydrogen bonds D) Peptide bond Amylopectin is soluble in A) Hot water C) Soluble in both B) Cold water D) Not soluble in both12. Identify the given structural formulae and select the correct option. NHz é di-c* =N Me atoll Won A oO ll Cc Nae NH wl t n-SN A ~ NH c A B Cc A) Adenine Uracil Guanine B) Guanine Thymine Adenine C) Adenine Cytosine Guanine D) Cytosine Thymine Adenine NH Thymine Cytosine Thymine Guanine13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. The fatty acid that is present in phospholipids: A) Oleic acid C) Palmitic acid B) Stearic acid D) Both a &b An example of a saturated fatty acid is. : A) Palmitic acid C) Linoleic acid B) Oleic acid D) Erucie acid Proteins of hair, horns, feathers and other skin appendages is A) Storage protein C) Structural protein B) Enzymatic protein D) Hormonal protein The two chains of insulin are held together by ? A) Covalent bond C) Hydrogen bond B) lonic bond D) Di-sulfide bridges ‘Cholesterol is the basis of. - A) Starch C) Protein B) Carbohydrate D) Steroids Which of the following best describes the synthesis of a polymer? A) Amino acids taking up excess hydrogen ions B) Joining monosaccharides and removing water C) Forming water by combining an acid and a base D) Adding water to break a polypeptide into amino acids Which form head in phospholipids? A) Fatty acids C) Phosphoric acid B) Glycerol D) Phosphoric acid and nitrogen group20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. Listed below are certain proteins. Which of them are the only structural proteins? (i) Collagen (ii) Trypsin (iii) Keratin (iv) Actin (v) Albumin (vi) Tubulin A) (i) (ii). (wi) B) (il) (iv), (v), (vi) D) (i), (il). (iv). (v). (vi) A glucopyranose having hydroxyl group —OH, on carbon atom 1, below the ring is called: A) a glucose G) D glucose B) Bglucose D) L glucose One of the following chemical bonds is not involved in the folding of protein: A) Hydrogen bonds G) Peptide bonds. B) Hydrophobic bonds D) lonic bonds Which is an aldo sugar? A) Dihydroxyacetone C) Fructose B) Glyceraldehyde D) Ribulose Which of the following enzyme is non — protein in nature? A) Ribozyme C) Amylase B) Lipase D) Sucrase If an enzyme solution is saturated with substrate, the most effective way to obtain an even faster yield of products would be: A) Add more of the enzymes C) Add more substrate B) Add an allosteric inhibitor D) Add a non-competitive inhibitor The function of competitive inhibitors is defined by their ability to interact or bind to. A) The active site of an enzyme C) Non-competitive inhibitor B) Regulatory sub-units of an enzyme D) Enzyme cofactors27. 28. 29, 30. Which of the following options correctly identifies the structural formulae shown in figure? cHoH HOCH, OH Ho (OH -_ a on (OW A B A) A- Fructose, B - Ribose C) A—Glucose, B — Ribose B) A — Glucose, B - Deoxyribose D) A- Glucose, B — Fructose The detachable cofactor if it is an inorganic ion is called. A) Activator C) Prosthetic group , B) Coenzyme D) All of these Chymotrypsin has optimum PH A) 7.60 c) 6.80 B) 5.50 D) 7.00 - 8.00 Which of the following is covalently bounded cofactor? A) Prosthetic group C) NADP B) ATP D) Mg2+31. 32. 33. 35. 36, 37. 38. 39. Which of the following is most unstable? A) Product C) Enzyme-substrate complex B) Substrate D) None of these An inhibitor that changes the overall shape and chemistry of an enzyme is known as. A) Anti-steric inhibitor C) Competitive inhibitor B) Non- Steric inhibitor D) Non-competitive inhibitor At high temperature the rate of enzyme action decreases because the increased heat: A) Changes the pH of the system C) Alters the active site of the enzyme B) Neutralize acids and bases in the system D) Increases the concentration of enzymes A fatty acid is a compound made of a chain of carbon atoms and 7 A) An acid group at one end C) Acid group at both ends B) An amine group D) Amino group at both ends. rotein has quaternary structure. A) keratin C) Hemoglobin B) Silk D) Fibrin Which bond provides stability to complex carbohydrates? A)N-C c)P-0-c B)C-O-C D)C-O-N Blood contains percent of glucose. A) 0.8 % C) 0.06% B) 0.08% D) 6% Most common acyl glycerol is. A) Animal fats C) Triacyciglycerol B) Plant fats D) Diacyiglycerol The basic unit of nucleic acid is. A) Pentose sugar C) Nucleoside B) Nucleoid D) Nucleotide Which of the following nucleotide sequences contains 4 pyrimidine bases? A) GATCAATGC C) UAGCGGUAA B) GCUAGACAA D) Both (b) and (c).M41. 42. 45. Which of the following groups are all polysaccharides? A) Sucrose, glucose and fructose C) Maltose, lactose and fructose B) Glycogen, sucrose and maltose D) Glycogen, cellulose and starch Lactose is composed of. A) Glucose + galactose C) Fructose + galactose B) Glucose + fructose D) Glucose + glucose Which of the following categories includes all others in the list? A) Monosaccharide C) Disaccharide B) Carbohydrate D) Polysaccharide Which of the following statements concerning unsaturated fats is true? A) They are more common in animals than in plants B) They have double bonds in the carbon chains of their fatty acids C) They generally solidify at room temperature D) They contain more hydrogen than do saturated fats having the same number of carbon atoms The structural level of a protein least affected by a disruption in hydrogen bonding is . A) Primary level C) Secondary level B) Quaternary level D) All structural levels Enzymes that break down DNA catalyze the hydrolysis of the covalent bonds that join nucleotides together. What would happen to DNA molecules treated with these enzymes? A) The two strands of the double helix would separate B) The phosphodiester linkages of the polynucleotide backbone would be broken C) The purines would be separated from the deoxyribose sugars D) The pyrimidines would be separated from the deoxyribose sugars47. 50. 51. 52. 53. The molecular formula for glucose is CsH1z0s. What would be the molecular formula for a polymer made by linking ten glucose molecules together by dehydration reactions? A) CeoHiz0060 C) Ceo 11O5: B) CeoH1000s0 D) CeoHi0205+ Which of the following pairs of base sequences could form a short stretch of a normal double helix of DNA? A) 5"-purine-pyrimidine-purine-pyrimidine-3" with 3"-purinepyrimidine-purine-pyrimidine-5" B) S'-AGCT-3" with 5"-TCGA-3" C) S"-GCGC-3" with "-TATA-3" D) 5"-ATGC-3" with 5"-GCAT-3" lodine gives a red colour with: A) Starch C) Glycogen B) Dextrin D) Inulin Each turn of a-helix contains the amino acid residues (number): A) 36 0) 4.2 B) 3.0 D)4.5 All the following statements about pepsin are correct except: A) It is smaller than pepsinogen B) Its optimum pH is 1.0-2.0 C) It is formed by the action of HCI on its precursor D) It hydrolyses the C-terminal and N-terminal peptide bonds of proteins Protection against sudden thermal change is carried out by the help of: A) Water C) lons B) Salt D) Bonds Percentage of water in an average brain cell is. A) 5% C) 55% B) 85% D) 80%55. 56. 57. 58. 59. Which property of lipids is significant for structural role of plasma membrane? A) Hydrophilic C) Catenation B) Hydrophobic D) Conjugation A bacterial cell contains of water. A) 60% C) 80% B) 70% D) 90% Two molecules belonging to different categories and combine with each other? A) Macromolecules C) Conjugated molecules B) Heteromolecules D) None The discovery about the presence of equal amount of adenine and thymine, also guanine and cytosine in DNA was elucidated by: A) Erwin Chargaff C) James Watson B) Fred Sanger D) Francis erick Which makes the protein active and globular / Which structure provides specific shape and function to the protein? A) Primary structure C) Tertiary structure B) Secondary structure D) Sulphide bonds and peptide bonds The ‘lock and key’ model of enzyme action illustrates that a particular enzyme molecule A) May be destroyed and resynthesized several times B) Interacts with a specific type of substrate molecule C) Reacts at identical rates under all conditions D) Forms a permanent enzyme — substrate complex60. Which one of the graphs shows the effect of pH on the enzymatic activity (EA)? A ga B) Ae