Which one of the following structural formulae of two organic compounds is correctly

identified with its related function?

1. A - triglyceride major - a source of energy

2. A - Lecithin - a component of cell membrane 

3. B - Adenine - forms nucleotides of the nucleic acids

4. Both 2. and 3.

Which one of the following pairs is wrongly matched?

1. Detergents - Lipase

2. Alcohol - Nitrogenase

3. Fruit juice - Pectinase

4. Textile - Amylase

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?

(A) Easily translocated 

(B) Chemically non-reactive

(C) Easily digested by animals

(D) Osmotically inactive

(E) Synthesized during photosynthesis

The useful properties are 

1. (B) and (C)

2. (B) and (D)

3. (A), (C) and (E)

4. (A) and (E)

Which one of the following pairs of nitrogenous bases of nucleic acids, is wrongly matched

with the category mentioned against it?

1. Thymine, Uracil         - Pyrimidines

2. Uracil, Cytosine         - Pyrimidines

3. Guanine, Adenine      - Purines

4. Adenine, Thymine     - Purines

A competive inhibitor of succinic dehydrogenase is

1. malonate                 

2. oxaloacetate

3. $\mathrm{\alpha }$-ketoglutarate       

4. malate

An organic substance bound to an enzyme and essential for its activity is called:

1. coenzyme                   

2. holoenzyme

3. apoenzyme                 

4. isoenzyme

The enzyme amylase belongs to the class

1. hydrolase                       

2. isomerase

3. transferase                     

4. lyases

Cobalt is present in the molecule of

1. vitamin B₆

2. vitamin B₁₂

3. vitamin B₂

4. vitamin B₁

DNA has deoxyribose as the constituent sugar. The position where the sugar lacks oxygen is

1. 1

2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

The linkage that joins two adjacent nucleotides in RNA is

1. phosphate ester                 

2. phosphodiester

3. phosphate anhydride         

4. N-glycoside