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BIO CHEMISTRY MCQs (PART 2) by General knowledge Solutions

BIO CHEMISTRY MCQs (PART 2)   by General knowledge Solutions

                                                                   










1. Depot fats of mammalian cells comprise mostly of 

  • (A) Cholesterol 
  • (B) Cholesterol esters 
  • (C) Triacyl glycerol 
  • (D) Phospholipids
Correct Answer:C

 2. When choline of lecithine is replaced by ethanolamine the product is

  • (A) Sphingomyelin 
  • (B) Cephalin 
  • (C) Plasmalogens 
  • (D) Lysolecithine 
Correct Answer:B

3. Which of the following is a hydroxy fatty acid?

  • (A) Oleic acid 
  • (B) Ricinoleic acid 
  • (C) Caproic acid 
  • (D) Stearic acid
Correct Answer:B

 4. Acrolein test is answered by

  • (A) Cholesterol 
  • (B) Glycerol 
  • (C) Glycosides 
  • (D) Sphingol 
Correct Answer:

5. The smell of fat turned rancid is due to

  • (A) Presence of vit E 
  • (B) Presence of quinones 
  • (C) Phenols 
  • (D) Volatile fatty acids
Correct Answer:D

 6. Phospholipids are important cell membrane components because 

  • (A) They have glycerol 
  • (B) They can form bilayers in water 
  • (C) They have both polar and non polar potions 
  • (D) They combine covalently with proteins 
Correct Answer:C

7. Which one of the following is not a phospholipid? 

  • (A) Lecithin 
  • (B) Plasmalogen
  •  (C) Lysolecithin 
  • (D) Gangliosides

Correct Answer:D


 8. A fatty acid which is not synthesized in human body and has to be supplied in the diet:

  • (A) Palmitic acid 
  • (B) Oleic acid 
  • (C) Linoleic acid 
  • (D) Stearic acid 
Correct Answer:C

9. In cephalin, choline is replaced by 

  • (A) Serine 
  • (B) Ethanolamine 
  • (C) Betaine 
  • (D) Sphingosine 


Correct Answer:B

10. The triacyl glycerol present in plasma lipoproteins are hydrolyzed by

  • (A) Linqual lipase 
  • (B) Pancreatic lipase
  • (C) Colipase 
  • (D) Lipoprotein lipase 
Correct Answer:D

11. Amphiphatic lipids are

  • (A) Hydrophilic 
  • (B) Hydrophobic 
  • (C) Both (A) and (B) 
  • (D) Lipophilic 
Correct Answer:C

12. Which of the following is not essential fatty acid? 

  • (A) Oleic acid 
  • (B) Linoleic acid 
  • (C) Arachidonic acid
  •  (D) Linolenic acid 
Correct Answer:A

13. The calorific value of lipid is

  • (A) 4.0 Kcal/gm 
  • (B) 6.0 Kcal/gm 
  • (C) 9.0 Kcal/gm 
  • (D) 15 Kcal/gm
Correct Answer:C

14. Rancidity of butter is prevented by the addition of 

  • (A) Vitamin D 
  • (B) Tocopherols 
  • (C) Presence of priotin 
  • (D) Presence of ‘Cu’
Correct Answer:B


15. Sphingomyelins on hydrolysis yields

  • (A) Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid and choline 
  • (B) Glycerol, sphingosine, choline and fatty acids 
  • (C) Sphingosine, phosphoric acid, Glycerol and inositol
  • (D) Sphingosine, fatty acids, phosphoric acid and choline
Correct Answer:D

 16. Inherited deficiency of enzyme cerebrosidase produces

  • (A) Fabry’s disease 
  • (B) Niemann pick disease 
  • (C) Gaucher’s disease 
  • (D) Tay-sach’s disease 
Correct Answer:C

17. Phosphatidic acid on hydrolysis yields 

  • (A) Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid, choline 
  • (B) Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid 
  • (C) Glycerol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid, Glucose 
  • (D) Sphingol, fatty acids, phosphoric acid 
Correct Answer:B

18. The maximum number of double bonds present in essential fatty acid is 

  • (A) 1 
  • (B) 2 
  • (C) 3 
  • (D) 4 
Correct Answer:D
19. 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
Correct Answer:B

 20. Acetoacetic acid and β-OH butyric acid are formed as

  • (A) Kidneys 
  • (B) Heart 
  • (C) Liver 
  • (D) Intestine
Correct Answer:C

 21. Which amino acid is a lipotropic factor? 

  • (A) Lysine 
  • (B) Leucine 
  • (C) Tryptophan 
  • (D) Methionine 
Correct Answer:D

22. The class of lipoproteins having a beneficial effect in atherosclerosis is 

  • (A) Low density of lipoproteins 
  • (B) very low density lipoproteins 
  • (C) High density lipoproteins 
  • (D) Chylomicrons 
Correct Answer:C

23. Cholesterol is the precursor for the biosynthesis of 

  • (A) fatty acid 
  • (B) prostaglandins 
  • (C) bile acids 
  • (D) sphingmyelin 
Correct Answer:C

24. Which of the following condition is characterized by ketonuria but without glycosuria? 

  • (A) Diabetes mellitus 
  • (B) Diabetes insipidus 
  • (C) Prolonged starvation 
  • (D) Addison’s disease
Correct Answer:C

 25. Ketone bodies are formed in 

  • (A) Kidney 
  • (B) Liver 
  • (C) Heart
  • (D) Intestines 
Correct Answer:B

26. Changes in serum high density lipoproteins (HDL) are more truly reflected by those of 

  • (A) HDL-1 
  • (B) HDL-2 
  • (C) HDL-3 
  • (D) HDLC 
Correct Answer:B

27. Mitochondrial lipogenesis requires 

  • (A) bicarbonate 
  • (B) biotin 
  • (C) acetyl CoA carboxylase 
  • (D) NADPH
Correct Answer:D

 28. Fatty acids having chain length of 10 carbon atoms enter the 

  • (A) Portal ciruclation 
  • (B) Lacteals 
  • (C) Systemic circulation 
  • (D) Colon 
Correct Answer:A

29. A soluble system for synthesis of fatty acids have been isolated from avian liver, required for the formation of long chain fatty acids by this system is 

  • (A) ATP 
  • (B) Acetyl CoA 
  • (C) NADPH 
  • (D) All of these 
Correct Answer:D

30. Most animal tissues contain appreciable amounts of lipid, when in the form of depot fat it consists largely of

  • (A) Cholesterol ester 
  • (B) Phosphatides 
  • (C) Chylomicrons 
  • (D) Triacylglycerol
Correct Answer:D       

 31. A fatty acid not synthesized in man is

  • (A) Oleic 
  • (B) Palmitic 
  • (C) Linoleic 
  • (D) Stearic
Correct Answer:C


32. The ‘free fatty acids’ (FFA) of plasma: 

  • (A) metabolically inert 
  • (B) mainly bound to β-lipoproteins 
  • (C) stored in the fat 
  • (D) mainly bound to serum albumin
Correct Answer:D



 33. Adipose tissue which is a store house for triacyl glycerol synthesis the same using 

  • (A) The glycerol released by hydrolysis of triacyl glycerol 
  • (B) The glycerol-3-phosphate obtained in the metabolism of glucose 
  • (C) 2-phosphoglycerate 
  • (D) 3-phosphoglycerate 

Correct Answer:B


34. Increase in blood of this class of lipoproteins is beneficial to ward off coronary heart disease:

  • (A) HDL 
  • (B) LDL 
  • (C) VLDL 
  • (D) IDL
Correct Answer:A

 35. In the extra mitochondrial synthesis of fatty acids, CO2 is utilized 

  • (A) To keep the system anaerobic and prevent regeneration of acetyl CoA 
  • (B) In the conversion of malonyl to CoA hydroxybutyryl CoA 
  • (C) In the conversion of acetyl CoA to malonyl CoA 
  • (D) In the formation of acetyl CoA from 1 carbon intermediates 
Correct Answer:C

36. Current concepts concerning the intestinal absorption of triacylglycerols are that

  • (A) They must be completely hydrolysed before the constituent fatty acids can be absorbed 
  • (B) They are hydrolysed partially and the material absorbed consists of free fatty acids, mono and diacyl glycerols and unchanged triacyl glycerols
  •  (C) Fatty acids with less than 10 carbon atoms are absorbed about equally via lymph and via portal blood 
  • (D) In the absence of bile the hydrolysis of triacyl glycerols is absorbed 

Correct Answer:B


37. Main metabolic end product of cholesterol:

  • (A) Coprosterol 
  • (B) 5-pregnenolone 
  • (C) Bile acid
  •  (D) Glycine
Correct Answer:C
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