Description : Milk is a good source of (A) Proteins, calcium and iron (B) Proteins, calcium and ascorbic acid (C) Proteins, lactose and retinol (D) Proteins, lactose and essential fatty acids
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Sodium is involved in the active uptake of (A) D-Glucose (B) D-Galactose (C) L-Amino acids (D) All of these
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Calcium absorption is inferred by (A) Fatty acids (B) Amino acids (C) Vitamin D (D) Vitamin B12
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : ___ amino acids are commonly found in milk proteins, including the essential amino acids. a) 7 b) 12 c) 14 d) 19
Last Answer : d) 19
Description : Phosphorous is an essential component of a. Nucleotides b. Nucleic acids c. Phospholipids and Heichoic acids d. All the above
Last Answer : Ans: D
Description : Amino acid residues which are essential for the biological activity of PTH are (A) N-terminal 34 amino acids (B) N-terminal 50 amino acids (C) C-terminal 34 amino acids (D) C-terminal 50 amino acids
Description : The essential amino acids (A) must be supplied in the diet because the organism has lost the capacity to aminate the corresponding ketoacids (B) must be supplied in the diet because the ... amino acids which cannot be synthesized by the organism at a rate adequate to meet metabolic requirements
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : The number of nutritionally essential amino acids for man is (A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12
Description : Phrynoderma is a deficiency of (A) Essential fatty acids(B) Proteins (C) Amino acids (D) None of these
Description : Increased serum alanine during fasting is due to (A) Breakdown of muscle proteins (B) Decreased utilization of non essential amino acids (C) Leakage of aminoacids to plasma (D) Impaired renal function
Description : The essential amino acids (A) Must be supplied in the diet because the organism has lost the capacity to aminate the corresponding ketoacids (B) Must be supplied in the diet because the ... amino acids which cannot be synthesized by the organism at a rate adequate to meet metabolic requirements
Description : Marasmus occurs from deficient intake of (A) Essential amino acids (B) Essential fatty acids (C) Calories (D) Zinc
Description : Egg is poor in (A) Essential amino acids (B) Carbohydrates (C) Avidin (D) Biotin
Description : Non essential amino acids (A) Are not components of tissue proteins (B) May be synthesized in the body from essential amino acids (C) Have no role in the metabolism (D) May be synthesized in the body in diseased states
Description : Name the semi-essential amino acids.
Last Answer : Histidine and arginine.
Description : Name any three essential amino acids.
Last Answer : Isoleucine, leucine, threonine.
Description : Are non-essential amino acids necessary for the body?
Last Answer : They are also necessary for protein synthesis, but they can be synthesized by the body and need not be essentially present in the diet
Description : How many amino acids are essential?
Last Answer : Eight amino acids are essential; two are semi-es- sential and the rest 10 are non-essential.
Description : What are essential amino acids?
Last Answer : They cannot be synthesized in the body; and so, they are to be provided in the diet.
Last Answer : (B) May be synthesized in the body from essential amino acids
Description : All of the following statements about aspartate are true except (A) It is non-essential amino acid (B) It is a dicarboxylic amino acid (C) It can be synthesized from pyruvate and glutamate (D) It can be converted into asparagine
Description : The amino acids present in pulses can supplement the limiting amino acids of (A) Cereals (B) Milk (C) Fish (D) Nuts and beans
Description : Cerebrosides are composed of (A) Sphingosine, fatty acids, glycerol and phosphoric acid (B) Sphingosine, fatty acids, galactose (C) Glycerol, fatty acids, galactose (D) Glycerol, fatty acids, galactose, sphingol
Description : Among the given nutrients, milk is a poor source of which of the following? (1) Vitamin 'C' (2) Calcium (3) Protein (4) Carbohydrate
Last Answer : (1) Vitamin 'C' Explanation: Milk is a poor source of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C). It contains about 1 mg ascorbate per 100 g. Even the little Vitamin C is usually destroyed when the milk ... The richest sources of ascorbic acid are fruits and vegetables. Milk is a good source of retinol and thiamin.
Description : Among the given nutrients, milk is a poor source of which of the following ? (1) Vitamin ‘C’ (2) Calcium (3) Protein (4) Carbohydrate
Last Answer : Vitamin ‘C’
Description : All the following statements about recognition of a codon on mRNA by an anticodon on tRNA are correct except (A) The recognition of the third base of the codon is not very precise (B) ... degeneracy of the genetic code (D) Wobble results in incorporation of incorrect amino acids in the protein
Description : All of the following statements about nonsense codons are true except (A) They do not code for amino acids (B) They act as chain termination signals (C) They are identical in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA (D) They have no complementary anticodons
Description : All the following statements about proopiomelanocortin are true except (A) It is made up of 285 amino acids (B) It is synthesised in pars intermedia and anterior lobe of pituitary gland ... ) It is the precursor of corticotropin like intermediate lobe peptide and endorphins 218 MCQs IN BIOCHEMISTRY
Description : All of the following intermediates of citric acid cycle can be formed from amino acids except (A) α-Ketoglutarate (B) Fumarate (C) Malate (D) Oxaloacetate
Description : All the following amino acids are nonessential except (A) Alanine (B) Histidine (C) Cysteine (D) Proline
Description : All the following amino acids are optically active except (A) Tryptophane (B) Phenylalanine (C) Valine (D) Glycine
Description : Side chains of all following amino acids contain aromatic rings except (A) Phenyl alanine (B) Alanine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : All α-amino acids have one asymmetric carbon atom except (A) Arginine (B) Glycine (C) Aspartic acid (D) Histidine
Description : Most amino acids are substrates for transamination except (A) Alanine (B) Threonine (C) Serine (D) Valine
Description : The following 4 amino acids are required for completion of urea cycle except (A) Aspartic acid (B) Arginine (C) Ornithine (D) Glycine
Description : All amino acids have one asymmetric carbon atom, except (A) Arginine (B) Aspargine (C) Histidine (D) Glycine
Description : Side chains of all amino acids contain aromatic rings except (A) Pheynl alanine (B) Alanine (C) Tyrosine (D) Tryptophan
Description : All the standard amino acids except the following have one chiral ‘c’ atom: (A) Threonine, Isoleucine (B) Isoleucine, Alanine (C) Threonine, Alanine (D) Alanine, Glutamine
Description : All amino acids are optically active except (A) Glycine (B) Serine (C) Threonine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Bence-Jones proteins possess all the following properties except (A) They are dimers of light chains (B) Their amino acids sequences are identical (C) Their N-terminal halves have variable amino acid sequences (D) Their C-terminal halves have constant amino acid sequences
Description : All the following are branched chain amino acids except (A) Isoleucine (B) Alanine (C) Leucine (D) Valine
Description : All the following are sulphur containing amino acids found in proteins except (A) Cysteine (B) Cystine (C) Methionine (D) Threonine
Last Answer : (D) Threonine
Description : Galactose is a main constituent of (A) Milk sugar (B) Honey (C) Cane sugar (D) Chitin
Last Answer : A
Description : A carbohydrate found only in milk is (A) Glucose (B) Galactose (C) Lactose (D) Maltose
Last Answer : C
Description : The sugar found in milk is (A) Galactose (B) Glucose (C) Fructose (D) Lactose
Last Answer : D
Description : Egg is rich in all of the following except (A) Cholesterol (B) Saturated fatty acids (C) Ascorbic acid (D) Calcium
Description : Cerebrosides contain all the following except (A) Galactose (B) Sulphate (C) Sphingosine (D) Fatty acid
Description : Renal ricket is caused by renal tubular defect (usually inherited) which interferes with reabsorption of (A) Calcium (B) Phosphorous (C) Sodium (D) Chloride
Description : A high concentration of PTH in blood causes (A) Increase in plasma calcium and inorganic phosphorous (B) Decrease in plasma calcium and inorganic phosphorous (C) Increase in plasma calcium ... in plasma inorganic phosphorous (D) Decrease in plasma calcium and increase in plasma inorganic phosphorous