Description : X-ray crystallographic analysis of an optically active compound determines its (A) Optical rotatory dispersive power (B) Absolute configuration (C) Relative configuration (D) Optical purity
Last Answer : (B) Absolute configuration
Description : The amino acid which is not optically active is (A) Alanine (B) Glycine (C) Glutamine (D) Lysine
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : Which of the following statements is false about glyceraldehyde? (a) Its IUPAC name is 1,2-dihydroxypropanal (b) It is isomeric with 1,3-dihydroxypropanone (c) It is optically active (d) It shows mutarotation
Last Answer : It shows mutarotation
Description : The fat of a common mussel-secretes a sticky glue that can be used to make heart implants. The unique chemical compound present in the glue is: (1) Amino phenyl alanine (2) Hydroxy phenyl alanine (3) Phenyl alanine (4) Dihydroxy phenyl alanine
Last Answer : (4) Dihydroxy phenyl alanine Explanation: The foot of the common mussel (Mytilus edulis) produces a sticky glue due to a unique compound called mussel adhesive protein, which contains a high ... be used as a tooth coating to prevent dental plaque, which is caused by bacterial infection.
Last Answer : Dihydroxy phenyl alanine
Description : Which of the following compounds will be optically active? (a) Succinic acid (b) meso-Tartaric acid (d) Lactic acid (d) Chloroacetic acid
Last Answer : Lactic acid
Description : Which one of the following metabolites is not directly produced in the hexose monophosphate pathway? (A) Fructose-6-phosphate (B) Dihydroxy acetone phosphate (C) CO2 (D) Erythrose-4-phosphate
Description : Statement-I: Optically active 2-idoibutane on treatment with `NaI` in acetone undergoes racemisation. Because Statement-II: Repeated Walden inversions
Last Answer : Statement-I: Optically active 2-idoibutane on treatment with `NaI` in acetone undergoes racemisation. ... Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true
Description : Which of the following will give acetic acid on acid-hydrolysis? (a) Ethyl acetate (b) Acetone (c) Methyl propionate (d) Lactic acid
Last Answer : Ethyl acetate
Description : Xylulose-5-phosphate serves as a donar of active glycolaldehyde, the acceptor is (A) Erythrose 4-phosphate (B) Ribose 5-phosphate (C) Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (D) Sedoheptulose 7-phosphate
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : On reduction with LiAlH4, which of the following compounds could yield an optically active compound? (a) Propanal (b) Propanone (c) Butanal (d) Butanone
Last Answer : Butanone
Description : An optically active compound (a) must contain atleast four carbons (b) when in solution rotate the plane of polarized light (c) must always contain an asymmetric carbon atom (d) in solution always give a negative reading in polarimeter
Last Answer : when in solution rotate the plane of polarized light
Description : All the following amino acids are optically active except (A) Tryptophane (B) Phenylalanine (C) Valine (D) Glycine
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : Optically active compounds are capable of (A) Different reactions (B) Rotating plane of polarized light (C) Showing same chemical properties (D) None of these
Description : All amino acids are optically active except (A) Glycine (B) Serine (C) Threonine (D) Tryptophan
Description : Which of the following is a true statement? (a) All chiral molecules possess a plane of symmetry. (b) All achiral molecules are meso. (c) All molecules which possess a single asymmetric center of the S configuration are levorotatory. (d) A mixture of achiral compounds will be optically inactive
Last Answer : A mixture of achiral compounds will be optically inactive
Description : Total number of optically active stereoisomers of tartaric acid is
Last Answer : Total number of optically active stereoisomers of tartaric acid is A. 2 B. 4 C. 3 D. 0
Description : Which of the following compounds will be optically active? (a) Propanoic acid (b) 3-Chloropropanoic acid (c) 2-Chloropropanoic acid (d) 3-Chloropropene
Last Answer : 2-Chloropropanoic acid
Description : meso-Tartaric acid is (a) sometimes optically active (b) always optically active (c) sometimes optically inactive (d) always optically inactive
Last Answer : always optically inactive
Description : Catecholamine hormones are (A) 3, 4-Dihydroxy derivatives of phenylethylamine (B) p-Hydroxy derivatives of phenylacetate (C) p-Hydroxy derivatives of phenylpyruvate (D) p-Hydroxy derivatives of phenyllactate
Description : Calcitriol is (A) 1-hydroxy cholecalciferol (B) 25-hydroxy cholecalciferol (C) 24, 25-dihydroxy cholecalciferol (D) 1, 25-dihydroxy cholecalciferol
Description : Following events occur in the cytoplasm and not inside storage vesicles, except (a) Conversion of tyrosine to dopa (b) Conversion of dopa to dopamine (c) Conversion of dopamine to norepinephrine (d) Conversion of dopamine to 3,4 dihydroxy phenyl acetic acid
Last Answer : Ans: C
Description : Heme is synthesized from (A) Succinyl-CoA and glycine (B) Active acetate and glycine (C) Active succinate and alanine (D) Active acetate and alanine
Description : The amino acids involved in the synthesis of creatin are (A) Arginine, glycine, active methionine (B) Arginine, alanine, glycine (C) Glycine, lysine, methionine (D) Arginine, lysine, methionine
Description : Total number of optically active stereoisomers of `CH_(3)-underset(overset(|)(CI))(C)H-CH=CH-underset(overset(|)(CI))(C)H-CH_(3)` are :
Last Answer : Total number of optically active stereoisomers of `CH_(3)-underset(overset(|)(CI))(C)H-CH=CH-underset(overset(|)(CI))(C)H-CH_(3)` are :
Description : Which of the following amine is optically active?1
Last Answer : Which of the following amine is optically active?1 A. `CH_(3)NH_(2)` B. `CH_(3)NHC_(2)H_(5)` C. D. sec-Butylamine
Description : Optically active amine having molecular formula `C_(5)H_(13)N` on reaction with `NaNO_(2)+HCI` produces, `3^(@)` optically inative alcohol. Find out s
Last Answer : Optically active amine having molecular formula `C_(5)H_(13)N` on reaction with `NaNO_(2)+HCI` produces, ` ... out structures of amines: A. B. C. D.
Description : Petroleum (A) Is optically active (B) Constitutes mainly of olefins (C) Does not contain asphalt (D) Does not contain aromatics
Last Answer : (A) Is optically active
Description : 2-Butanol is optically active because it contains : (a) an asymmetric carbon (b) a plane of symmetry (c) a hydroxyl group (d) a centre of symmetry
Last Answer : (a) an asymmetric carbon
Description : Enantiomers have which of the following characteristics? (a) rotate ordinary light (b) have the same melting point (c) are superimposable mirror images (d) react with optically active molecules at the same rate
Last Answer : have the same melting point
Description : The optically inactive amino acid is (A) Glycine (B) Serine (C) Threonine (D) Valine
Description : Which amino acid is optically inactive?
Last Answer : Glycine.
Last Answer : (A) Glycine
Description : The first organic compound synthesized in the laboratory was - (1) Urea (2) Uric acid (3) Lactic acid (4) Glucose
Last Answer : (1) Urea Explanation: In 1828, German chemist Friedrish Wohler synthesized first organic compound, urea in the laboratory by heating ammonium cyanate (an inorganic compound).
Description : The first organic compound synthesised in the laboratory was (1) Urea (2) Uric acid (3) Lactic acid (4) Glucose
Last Answer : Urea
Description : Which of the following enzymes incorporates inorganic phosphate into the substrate? (A) Phosphoglycerate kinase (B) Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (C) Pyruvate kinase (D) Enolase
Description : Pentose phosphate pathway is of significance because it generates (A) NADPH for reductive synthesis (B) Regenerates glucose 6-phosphate (C) Generates fructose 6-phosphate (D) Forms glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate
Description : One of the enzymes regulating glycolysis is (A) Phosphofructokinase (B) Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (C) Phosphotriose isomerase (D) Phosphohexose isomerase
Description : Enzymes leading to the high energy phosphorylation of substrates during glycolysis include which of the following? (A) Phosphoglycerate kinase (B) Enolase (C) Pyruvate Kinase (D) Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
Description : In glycolytic pathway, iodacetate inhibits the activity of the enzyme: (A) Phosphotriose isomerase (B) Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (C) Pyruvate kinase (D) Phosphofructokinase
Description : Which of the following enzyme is not involved in HMP shunt? (A) Glyceraldehyde-3-p dehydrogenase (B) Glucose-6-p-dehydrogenase (C) Transketolase (D) Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase
Last Answer : A
Description : Which of the following enzymes in Glycolytic pathway is inhibited by fluoride? (A) Glyceraldehyde-3-p dehydrogenase (B) Phosphoglycerate kinase (C) Pyruvate kinase (D) Enolase
Last Answer : D
Description : Which of the following is a substrate for aldolase activity in Glycolytic pathway? (A) Glyceraldehyde-3-p (B) Glucose-6-p (C) Fructose-6-p (D) Fructose1, 6-bisphosphate
Description : Fluoride inhibits ______ and arrests glycolysis. (A) Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (B) Aconitase (C) Enolose (D) Succinate dehydrogenase
Last Answer : C
Description : Dihydroxyacetone phosphate and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate are intercoverted by CARBOHYDRATES AND CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM 13 (A) Triose isomerase (B) Phosphotriose isomerase (C) Diphosphotriose isomerase (D) Dihydroxyacetone phosphorylase
Last Answer : B
Description : Which of the following is/are optically inactive? (a) a 50-50 mixture of R and S enantiomers (b) a meso compound (c) a racemic mixture (d) all the above
Last Answer : all the above
Description : A meso compound : (a) is an achiral molecule which contains chiral carbons (b) contains a plane of symmetry or a centre of symmetry (c) is optically inactive (d) is characterized by all of the above
Last Answer : ) is characterized by all of the above
Description : Physiologically active configuration of amino acids: (A) L (B) D (C) For some amino acids it is either of two (D) Neither L nor D
Description : The active substance present in 'dettol’ is (a) acetone (b) hydrogen peroxide (c) DDT (d) chloroxylenol
Last Answer : Ans:(d)
Description : All the following statements regarding ketone bodies are true except (A) They may result from starvation (B) They are formed in kidneys (C) They include acetoacetic acid and acetone (D) They may be excreted in urine