Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Carbohydrates, Glucose, Biomolecules, Biochemistry, Cellulose, Glycogen, Starch, Classification of Carbohydrates, Sucrose, Fructose, Lactose, Monosaccharides, Structure of Sucrose, Maltose and, Oligosaccharides
Important Questions on Carbohydrates
The simplest carbohydrates which cannot be hydrolysed to smaller molecules are known as
Which of the following carbohydrate is a reducing sugar?
Which of the following reactions and facts of D-glucose cannot be explained by its open chain structure?
(i) Despite having the aldehyde group, glucose does not give Schiff test and 2, 4-DNP test.
(ii) Glucose does not react with sodium hydrogen sulphite to form addition product.
(iii) The pentaacetate of glucose does not react with hydroxyl amine showing the absence of free-CHO group.
The Glycosidic linkages and Peptide linkages are present in:
The optically active tartaric acid is named as tartaric acid because it has a positive
The reagent used as Tollen's reagent for the detection of sucrose is _____.
The result obtained in Fehling's test for the detection of glucose is _____.
How will you differentiate sucrose from glucose?
Assertion (A) : Sucrose is a non-reducing sugar.
Reason (R) : Sucrose has glycosidic linkage.
What are ketoses and how are they classified?
Ketoses are monosaccharides containing an aldehyde group.
