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प्रश्न
Name the sugar present in milk. How many monosaccharide units are present in it? What are such oligosaccharides called?
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उत्तर
Lactose is commonly known as milk sugar since this disaccharide is found in milk. It is composed of β-D-galactose and β-D-glucose. The linkage is between C1 of galactose and C4 of glucose.

Lactose
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Glucose or sucrose are soluble in water but cyclohexane or benzene (simple six membered ring compounds) are insoluble in water. Explain.
Write two main functions of carbohydrates in plants.
The number of primary and secondary hydroxyl groups in ribose are -
(a) 1, 3
(b) 2, 3
(c) 3, 1
(d) 3, 2
The two functional groups present in a typical carbohydrate are:
Monosaccharides usually contains ____________ carbon atoms.
A carbohydrate that cannot be hydrolysed into simpler units is called ____________.
Glucose can’t be classified as ____________.
Which of the following reagent cannot distinguish between glucose and fructose?
The pair of compounds in which both the compounds give the positive test with Tollen’s reagent is:
Three cyclic structures of monosaccharides are given below which of these are anomers.
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Structure of a disaccharide formed by glucose and fructose is given below. Identify anomeric carbon atoms in monosaccharide units.

Which of the following monosaccharides are present as five membered cyclic structure (furanose structure)?
(i) Ribose
(ii) Glucose
(iii) Fructose
(iv) Galactose
Monosaccharides contain carbonyl group hence are classified, as aldose or ketose. The number of carbon atoms present in the monosaccharide molecule are also considered for classification. In which class of monosaccharide will you place fructose?
Which monosaccharide units are present in starch, cellulose and glucose and which linkages link these units?
Account for the following:
Glucose is a reducing sugar

Reagent X is:
The following questions are case-based questions. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
| Carbohydrates are optically active polyhydroxy aldehydes and ketones. They are also called saccharides. All those carbohydrates which reduce Fehling's solution and Tollen's reagent are referred to as reducing sugars. Glucose, the most important source of energy for mammals, is obtained by the hydrolysis of starch. Vitamins are accessory food factors required in the diet. Proteins are the polymers of α-amino acids and perform various structural and dynamic functions in the organisms. Deficiency of vitamins leads to many diseases. |
Answer the following:
(a) The penta-acetate of glucose does not react with Hydroxylamine. What does it indicate? (1)
(b) Why cannot vitamin C be stored in our body? (1)
(c) Define the following as related to proteins: (2)
- Peptide linkage
- Denaturation
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(c) Define the following as related to carbohydrates: (2)
- Anomers
- Glycosidic linkage



