Amino Acids

MCQ’s

1. Proteins are the polymers of:

a. Sugar
b. Amino acids
c. Fatty acids
d. Nucleotides
2. In all the amino acids of proteins, the carboxyl group is attached to alpha carbon but the
amino group is attached to:
a. Alpha carbon
b. Beta carbon
c. Gamma carbon
d. Side chain
3. One of the following is an aromatic neutral amino acid:
a. Alanine
b. Leucine
c. Tyrosine
d. Threonine
4. One of the following is sulphur containing aminoacids:
a. Valine
b. Isoleucine
c. Glutamine
d. Cysteine
5. One of the following is not an aromatic amino acid:
a. Methionine
b. Phenylalanine
c. Tyrosine
d. Tryptophan
6. One of the following is not a basic amino acid:
 a. Lysine
b. Arginine
c. Leucine
d. Histidine
7. Which of the following is smallest amino acid?
a. Valine
b. Alanine
c. Glycine
d. Leucine
8. Which of the following amino acid is water soluble?
a. Asparagine
b. Aspartate
c. Glutamate
d. Proline
9. Which of the following amino acid have more than one Carboxylic group?
a. Asparagine
b. Glutamine
c. Glutamate
d. Proline
10. Which of the following amino acid have more than one amino group?
a. Leucine
b. Isoleucine
c. Lysine
d. Glycine
11. Which f the following is Semi-essential Amino acid?
a. Aspartate
b. Serine
c. Cysteine
d. Histidine
12. Which of the following is Essential aminoacid?
a. Tryptophan
 b. Tyrosine
c. Alanine
d. Glutamine
13. Amino acids are important dietary source of _______.
a. Glucose
b. Carbon
c. Hydrogen
d. Nitrogen
14. Dipolar Amino acids have ______ charge.
a. Positive
b. Negative
c. Positive & Negative
d. No charge
15. When Amino acid will act as Acid, _____ group of amino acid will contribute.
a. Hydrogen
b. Amine group
c. Carboxylic group
d. R group

16. When Amino acid will act as Base, _____ group of amino acid will contribute.
a. Hydrogen
b. Amine group
c. Carboxylic group
d. R group
17. Dipolar ion is also called ________.
a. Constant
b. Neutral
c. Zwitter
d. Catalyst
18. The PH at which molecule exist as dipolar ion is called _______.
 a. Electric PH
b. Neutral PH
c. Iso electric PH
d. Isotopes PH
19. In Peptide bond of TWO amino acids, which group of one amino acid is attached with
other group of one amino acid?
a. Hydrogen with chiral carbon
b. Carboxylic group with Amine group
c. Carboxylic group with chiral carbon
d. Amine group with chiral carbon
20. In peptide bond formation, removal of ________ took place.
a. Carbon Dioxide
b. Water
c. Heat
d. Oxygen