Chapter 13 - Bio-Molecules - Very Short Answer Based Questions
CBSE Class 12 - Chemistry
Q1: What are carbohydrates?
Answer: Carbohydrates are optically active polyhydroxy aldehydes or ketones or the compounds which produce these on hydrolysis.
Q2: What are the two end products of cellular respiration?
Answer: CO₂ and H₂O
Q3: What are the four types of carbohydrates?
Answer: Monosaccharides, Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides and Polysaccharides
Q4: What are monosaccharides? Give two examples.
Answer: Monosaccharides are the carbohydrates which cannot be hydrolyzed further. e.g. glucose, fructose, ribose.
Q5: Name the two carbohydrates which act as biofuels.
Answer: Starch and glycogen.
Q6: What are disaccharides? Give two examples.
Answer: Disaccharides are those carbohydrates which produces two monosaccharides on hydrolysis. e.g., sucrose, maltose and lactose.