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3451.

Which of the following is correct chronological order for the enzyme activity of some enzymes taking part in protein digestion?                                                                                                             (Gujarat CET 2006)

A. Pepsin   \[\to \] Trypsin  \[\to \] Peptidase
B. Pepsin   \[\to \] Peptidase \[\to \] Trypsin
C. Trypsin \[\to \] Pepsin   \[\to \] Peptidase
D. Peptidase \[\to \] Trypsin  \[\to \] Pepsin
Answer» B. Pepsin   \[\to \] Peptidase \[\to \] Trypsin
3452.

Which of the following processes does not take place when glucose in eaten?                      (JKCMEE 2002)

A. Ingestion                       
B. Digestion
C. Absorption                    
D. Assimilation
Answer» C. Absorption                    
3453.

Which is a group of end products of carbohydrate digestion?

A. Sucrose, galactose, maltose
B. Glucose, galactose, fructose
C. Maltose, glucose, galactose
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Maltose, glucose, galactose
3454.

Most digestion occurs in:

A. mouth                          
B. stomach
C. small intestine                
D. large intestine
Answer» D. large intestine
3455.

End products of protein digestion are:                                                                    (Har. PMT 2005)

A. sugars                           
B. glucose
C. amino acids                  
D. nucleotides
Answer» D. nucleotides
3456.

In humans, digestion of food is completed in the:                                                                (CPMT 2006)

A. mouth                          
B. stomach
C. small intestine                
D. large intestine
Answer» D. large intestine
3457.

What is the function of goblet cells?                                                                                   (MPPMT 2004)

A. Production of HCl     
B. Production of mucin
C. Production of enzyme  
D. Production of hormone
Answer» C. Production of enzyme  
3458.

The pH of succus entericus is:

A. 7.6                               
B. 6.6
C. 5.6                               
D. 2
Answer» B. 6.6
3459.

Which one is not found in intestinal juice?

A. HCl                 
B. Water
C. Erepsin                         
D. Maltase
Answer» B. Water
3460.

Succus entericus is secreted by:                                                                             (Karnataka CET 2007)

A. Crypts of Lieberkuhn   
B. Brunner's gland
C. Both [a] and [b]       
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
3461.

Succus entericus is:                                                                                                          (JCECE 2008)

A. intestinal juice
B. any swelling in gut
C. vermiform appendix
D. swollen area between ileum and rectum
Answer» B. any swelling in gut
3462.

Ptyalin is secreted by:

A. Gastric gland                 
B. Salivary gland
C. Digestive gland              
D. Brunner's gland
Answer» C. Digestive gland              
3463.

The enzyme which hydrolyses triglycerides to fatty acids and glycerol is called:                          (CBSE 2004)

A. lipase                           
B. pepsin
C. maltase                        
D. zymase
Answer» B. pepsin
3464.

Fat is hydrolysed by enzyme lipase to yield:                                                                        (PCS 2005)

A. glycerine and water
B. glycerol and fatty acids
C. glycerol and amino acids
D. fatty acids and amino acids
Answer» C. glycerol and amino acids
3465.

The following is a scheme showing the fate of carbohydrates during digestion in the human alimentary canal. Identify the enzymes acting at stages indicated as A, B, C and D. Choose the correct option from those given:  (Karnataka CET 2006)

A. A = amylase, B = maltase, C = lactase, D = invertase
B. A = amylase, B = maltase, C = invertase, D = lactase
C. A = amylase, B = invertase, C = maltase, D = lactase
D. A = amylase, B = lactase, C = maltase, D = invertase
Answer» E.
3466.

Lactose is hydrolysed into:                                                                                               (COMEDK's 2007)

A. fructose only                 
B. glucose only
C. glucose + fructose          
D. glucose + galactose
Answer» E.
3467.

Lactase is found in:                                                                                 (MPPMT 2000)

A. bile                              
B. saliva
C. intestinal juice                
D. pancreatic juice
Answer» D. pancreatic juice
3468.

Which of these is not an enzyme?

A. Urease                          
B. Sucrase
C. Maltose                        
D. Amylase
Answer» D. Amylase
3469.

Maltase converts:                                                                        (Orissa JEE 2005; Pb. PMT 2007)

A. maltose to glucose at pH greater than 7.0
B. maltose to glucose at pH lesser than 7.0
C. starch to maltose at higher pH than 7.0
D. maltose to alcohol
Answer» B. maltose to glucose at pH lesser than 7.0
3470.

Enzyme maltase in human gut acts on food at a pH of:

A. less than seven to change starch into maltose
B. more than seven to change starch into maltose
C. less than seven to change maltose into glucose
D. more than seven to change maltose into glucose
Answer» E.
3471.

The enzyme invertase hydrolyses:

A. starch to sucrose            
B. glucose to sucrose
C. cellulose to starch
D. sucrose to glucose and fructose
Answer» E.
3472.

A lubricant, mucin in saliva is made up of:                                                 (Pb. PMT 2004)

A. myosin                         
B. glycoprotein
C. phospholipids                
D. polysaccharides
Answer» C. phospholipids                
3473.

The digestion of starch by amylase is completed in the:                                   (Kerala PMT 2003)

A. mouth                          
B. oesophagus
C. stomach                       
D. duodenum
E.  ileum
Answer» E.  ileum
3474.

Which of the following is the correct matching of the site of action on the given substrate, the enzyme acting upon it and the end product?                                                                                                            (CBSE 2008)

A. \[Stomach:\text{ }Fats\xrightarrow{Lipase}Micelles\]
B. \[Duodenum:\text{ }Triglycerides~\xrightarrow{Tryp\sin }\]\[Monoglycerides\]
C. \[Small\,\,intestine:\,\,Starch\xrightarrow{\alpha -amylase}\]\[Disaccharide\text{ }\left( Maltose \right)\]
D. (d)\[Small\text{ }intestine:\text{ }Proteins\text{ }\xrightarrow{Pep\sin }\text{ }Amino\,\,\]\[acids\]
Answer» D. (d)\[Small\text{ }intestine:\text{ }Proteins\text{ }\xrightarrow{Pep\sin }\text{ }Amino\,\,\]\[acids\]
3475.

Amylopsin acts upon:                        (BHU 2007)

A. polypeptides
B. polysaccharide in any medium
C. polysaccharide in acidic medium
D. polysaccharide in alkaline medium
Answer» E.
3476.

During the process of digestion, the raw starch present in the diet is digested by:       (PCS 2000)

A. salivary amylase only
B. pancreatic amylase only
C. both the salivary and pancreatic amylases
D. not digested at all
Answer» C. both the salivary and pancreatic amylases
3477.

Just as hydrochloric acid is for pepsinogen, so is the:                                              (MPPMT 2004)

A. bile juice for fat
B. glucagon for glycogen
C. haemoglobin for oxygen
D. enterokinase for trypsinogen
Answer» E.
3478.

Which of the following processes will be affected by the absence of enterokinase?            (Gujarat CET 2007)

A. Amylose \[\to \] Maltose
B. Proteoses \[\to \] Dipeptide
C. Dipeptides \[\to \] Amino acid
D. Lipid \[\to \] Fatty acid + glycerol
Answer» C. Dipeptides \[\to \] Amino acid
3479.

Enterokinase helps in the conversion of:

A. caseinogen to casein
B. pepsinogen to pepsin
C. protein to polypeptides
D. trypsinogen into trypsin
Answer» E.
3480.

Trypsinogen is changed to trypsin by:                                            (PCS 2004; Kerala PMT 2008)

A. gastrin                          
B. enterogastrone
C. enterokinase           
D. secretin
Answer» D. secretin
3481.

In the absence of enterokinase, the digestion of........... would be affected in our intestine.       (Karnataka CET 2009)

A. starch                           
B. albumin
C. maltose                        
D. aminoacid
Answer» C. maltose                        
3482.

Chymotrypsin acts upon:

A. starch in duodenum
B. proteins in stomach
C. proteins in duodenum in acidic medium
D. proteins in duodenum in alkaline medium
Answer» E.
3483.

Daily secretion of saliva in man is about:                                                               (Orissa JEE 2004)

A. 100 mL                        
B. 250 mL
C. 500mL                         
D. 1000 mL
Answer» E.
3484.

Trypsin changes:

A. fats into fatty acids
B. proteins into peptones
C. maltose into its components
D. starch and glycogen into maltose
Answer» C. maltose into its components
3485.

Trypsin helps in digestion of proteins in:

A. stomach in acidic medium
B. duodenum in acidic medium
C. stomach in alkaline medium
D. duodenum in alkaline medium
Answer» E.
3486.

Trypsin differs from pepsin in that:

A. it digests proteins in alkaline medium and not in acidic medium
B. it digests proteins in acidic medium and not in alkaline medium
C. both [a] and [b]
D. none of the above
Answer» B. it digests proteins in acidic medium and not in alkaline medium
3487.

The digestive enzyme that is not found in human pancreatic juice is:                 (Kerala PMT 2006)

A. lipase                           
B. trypsin
C. amylase                        
D. nuclease
E.  nucleotidase
Answer» F.
3488.

Food bolus after passing through alkaline medium is:                           (Orissa JEE 2006)

A. chyle                            
B. chyme
C. fat body                       
D. chylomicron
Answer» B. chyme
3489.

DNase and RNase are the enzymes secreted by:                                                      (BHU 2003)

A. pancreas                       
B. stomach
C. intestine                        
D. mouth glands
Answer» B. stomach
3490.

Carboxy peptidase is an enzyme secreted by:                                                          (Kerala PMT 2004)

A. stomach                       
B. pancreas
C. intestine                        
D. gall bladder
E.  salivary gland
Answer» C. intestine                        
3491.

Chymotrypsin is secreted by:                                                                      (Manipal 2004)

A. mouth                          
B. intestine
C. stomach                       
D. pancreas
Answer» E.
3492.

Digestion of carbohydrates is affected by:

A. pepsin                          
B. erepsin
C. steapsin                        
D. amylopsin
Answer» E.
3493.

The enzyme trypsin is found in:                                                     (Kerala PMT 2002; St. Johns MC 2002)

A. mucus                          
B. saliva
C. intestinal juice                
D. pancreatic juice
Answer» E.
3494.

Digestion is defined as conversion of:

A. nondiffusible food elements into diffusible constituents
B. large food particles into smaller ones
C. soluble food into protoplasm
D. starch into glycogen
Answer» B. large food particles into smaller ones
3495.

Canal system is a characteristic of [BHU 1982, 85, 2000, 02; CPMT  1996; CBSE PMT 1999, RPMT 1999]

A.            Hydra                                       
B.            Sponge
C.            Sea anemone                          
D.            Sea urchin
Answer» C.            Sea anemone                          
3496.

The most distinctive character of sponge is          [EAMCET 1998]

A.            Presence of choanocytes        
B.            Unicellular
C.            Marine                                      
D.            Asexual reproduction
Answer» B.            Unicellular
3497.

Sponges free swimming larva is called as [EAMCET 1998; CPMT 2000]

A.            Veliger                                      
B.            Trochophore
C.            Parenchymula                         
D.            Bipinnaria
Answer» D.            Bipinnaria
3498.

Sycon belongs to a group of animals which are best described as                                 [CBSE PMT 2003]

A.            Unicellular or acellular
B.          Multicellular without any tissue organisation
C.            Multicellular with a gastrovascular
D.            Multicellular having tissue organisation, but no body cavity
Answer» C.            Multicellular with a gastrovascular
3499.

Canal system in porifera is not concerned with  [AFMC 2005]

A.            Respiration                               
B.            Nutrition
C.            Sexual reproduction               
D.            None of these
Answer» D.            None of these
3500.

Which of the following are 'multicellular grade' organisms [AFMC 1997; BVP 2004]

A. Sponges                                   
B. Coelenterates
C. Prokaryotes                              
D. Vertebrates
Answer» B. Coelenterates