Glycogen is a homopolymer made of
1. Glucose units
2. Galactose units
3. Ribose units
4. Amino acids

The number of ends in a glycogen molecule
1. Equal to the number of branches plus one
2. Equal to the number of branch points
3. One
4. Two, one on the left side and another on the right side

A pure protein should normally have

Enzymes are biocatalysts. They catalyse biochemical reactions. In general they reduce activation energy of reactions. Many physic-chemical processes are enzyme mediated. Some examples of enzyme mediated reactions are given below. Tick the wrong entry
1. Dissolving CO2 in water
2. Untwining the two strands of DNA
3. Hydrolysis of sucrose
4. Formation of peptide bond

Which of the following is the best evidence for the 'Lock-and-key model' of enzyme action?                           
1. all isolated enzymes have been identified as proteins
2. compounds similar in structure to the substrate inhibit the reaction
3. enzymes are found in living organisms and speed up certain reactions
4. enzymes determine the direction of reaction

Carbohydrates are commonly found as starch in plant storage organs. Which of the following five properties of starch (a-e) make it useful as a storage material?
(1) easily translocated
(2) chemically non-reactive
(3) easily digested by animals
(4) osmotically inactive
(5) synthesized during photosynthesis
The useful properties are :

1. (1), (2) and (5)
2. (1) and (5)
3. (2) and (3)
4. (2) and (4)

The chitinous exoskeleton of arthropods is formed by the polymerisation of–
1. D- glucosamine
2. N- acetyl glucosamine
3. Lipoglycans
4. Keratin sulphate and chondroitin sulphate

Look at the graph given below. The reaction rate, of the reaction, can be increased beyond point C by:

1. increasing the amount of substrate
2. adding more water
3. increasing the temperature
4. decreasing enzyme concentration

What level of protein organization structure explains the 3-D shape of an enzyme?

Given below is a schematic metabolic pathway. In an experiment, the concentration of enzyme 1 was increased but the concentration of enzymes 2 and 3 were kept constant. What would happen to the rate of production of D?

1. it would go down
2. it would go up
3. it would stay the same
4. it would stop