The composition of starch in amylopectin is
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → 80-85%
Starch has two components: amylose (about 15–20%) and amylopectin, the insoluble, branched component, which makes up about 80–85% of starch.
Note: It seems that there is a mistake in the original NTA paper, which prints “the composition of starch in amylopectin” when it should read “the composition of amylopectin in starch”.
NCERT (2026-27 edition):
Starch
