Biochemistry - MCQs on Amino Acids (#biochemistry)(#aminoacidsquiz)(#ipumusings)
Biochemistry - MCQs on Amino Acids
Direction: Read the question carefully and choose the right option from the choices given.
Q1: Name the amino acid that exists naturally in all three domains of life.
(a) Arginine
(b) Selenocysteine
(c) Proline
(d) Tyrosine
Q2: Which of the following is hydrophyllic amino acid?
(a) Methionine
(b) Isoleucine
(c) Tyrosine
(d) Asparagine
Q3: Sulphur containing amino acid is?
(a) Cysteine
(b) Leucine
(c) Threonine
(d) Arginine
Q4: Which of the following is a non-Basic amino acids?
(a) Leucine
(b) Arginine
(c) Lysine
(d) Histidine
Q5: Which of the following amino acid has aromatic rings?
(a) Arginine
(b) Lysine
(c) Tyrosine
(d) Glutamine
Q6: Amino acids have
(a) Positive charge
(b) Negative charge
(c) Zero net charge
(d) All of these
Q7: Proteins are synthesized using only _______
(a) D-amino acids
(b) L-α-amino acids
(c) Both option (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
Q8: Proteins absorb UV light due to presence of
(a) Aromatic amino bonds
(b) Peptide bonds
(c) Disulphide bonds
(d) Imino bonds
Q9: The α-carbon of each amino acid is chiral (assymteric), except?
(a) Glutamine
(b) Histidine
(c) Glycine
(d) Alanine
Q10: Name the smallest chiral amino acid in the L-form
(a) Alanine
(b) Glycine
(c) Arginine
(d) Glutamine
Answers:
1: (b) Selenocysteine
2: (d) Asparagine
3: (a) Cysteine
4: (a) Leucine
5: (c) Tyrosine
6: (d) All of these
7: (b) L-α-amino acids
8: (a) Aromatic amino bonds
9: (c) Glycine
10: (a) Alanine
