CBSE Class 12 · 2019 · BiomoleculesVery Short Answer

The specific sequence in which amino acids are arranged in a protein is called its:

Classify the following sugars into monosaccharides and disaccharides: galactose, glucose, lactose and maltose.

Case study — Vitamins: certain organic compounds required in small amounts in our diet whose deficiency causes specific diseases. Most vitamins cannot be synthesised in our body, but plants can synthesise almost all of them; gut bacteria produce some. The term 'vitamin' was coine …

Case study — Vitamins (same passage as above).
OR (c) Why can't vitamin C be stored in our body? Name the disease caused by the deficiency of this vitamin.

Give the reaction of glucose with acetic anhydride. Which group's presence is confirmed by this reaction?

Give reasons for any three of the following observations:
a) The pentaacetate of glucose does not react with hydroxylamine.
b) Amino acids behave like salts.
c) Water-soluble vitamins must be taken regularly in the diet.
d) The two strands in DNA are complementary to each other.