Which of the following is an incorrect match?
Purines – Adenine, guanine
Pyrimidines – Cytosine, thymine
Structural polysaccharides – insulin
Storage polysaccharides – starch
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Which of the following biomolecules contains a phosphodiester bond?
Nucleic acids
Proteins
Carbohydrates
Lipids
The ‘Repeating unit’ of glycogen is
Fructose
Mannose
Glucose
galactose
The storage form of glucose in plants is:
Glycogen
Cellulose
Chitin
Starch
Amylopectin, a component of starch, is characterized by:
Linear chains of β-D-glucose
Branched chains of α-D-glucose
Linear chains of fructose
Branched chains of N-acetylglucosamine
glycosidic bond is found in
Sucrose
Lactose
Maltose
Isomaltose
Which polysaccharide serves as the primary energy storage molecule in animals?
Starch
Cellulose
Glycogen
Chitin
Agar, a polysaccharide extracted from certain red algae, is widely used as a solidifying agent in microbiological media. Which of the following structural features contributes most to agar's gelling properties?
High degree of branching similar to glycogen.
Presence of β(1→4) glycosidic linkages exclusively.
The presence of sulfated galactose residues and the formation of double helices.
Its ability to form highly crystalline structures similar to cellulose.
Lactose is composed of following components
Glucose and fructose
Glucose and glucose
Glucose, fructose and galactose
Glucose and galactose
Which polysaccharide provides structural support to plant cell walls?
Starch
Glycogen
Inulin
Cellulose
Example of a typical homopolysaccharide is
Lignin
Suberin
Inulin
Starch
