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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Chemistry

Chapter

Organic: Biomolecules

Question:

Match the entries of column I with appropriate entries of column II and choose the correct option out of the four options given.

Column I Column II
(A) Glycosidic linkage (a) Monomeric units of nucleic acids
(B) Peptide bond (q) Sugar-heterocyclic base combination
(C) Nucleoside (r) Linkage between two amino acid units
(D) Nucleotide (s) Linkage between two monosaccharide units

 

Options:

A-r, B-s, C-p, D-q

A-s, B-r, C-q, D-p

A-r, B-s, C-q, D-p

A-s, B-r, C-p, D-q

Correct Answer:

A-s, B-r, C-q, D-p

Explanation:

(A) The two monosaccharides are joined together by an oxide linkage formed by the loss of a water molecule. Such a linkage between two monosaccharide units through an oxygen atom is called glycosidic linkage.

(B) In organic chemistry, a peptide bond is an amide type of covalent chemical bond linking two consecutive alpha-amino acids from C1 (carbon number one) of one alpha-amino acid and N2 (nitrogen number two) of another, along a peptide or protein chain.

(C) A nucleoside consists of a nitrogenous base covalently attached to a sugar (ribose or deoxyribose) but without the phosphate group.

(D) Nucleotides are organic molecules consisting of a nucleoside and a phosphate. They serve as monomeric units of the nucleic acid polymers - deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), both of which are essential biomolecules within all life-forms on Earth.