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This section includes 13 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Life Sciences knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
What is the biosynthetic source of all steroid hormones? |
A. | Cholesterol |
B. | Ketone bodies |
C. | Carbohydrate |
D. | Protein |
Answer» B. Ketone bodies | |
2. |
Name the energy source of the brain during starvation? |
A. | Fat |
B. | Ketone bodies |
C. | Protein |
D. | Lipids |
Answer» C. Protein | |
3. |
NAME_THE_ENERGY_SOURCE_OF_THE_BRAIN_DURING_STARVATION??$ |
A. | Fat |
B. | Ketone bodies |
C. | Protein |
D. | Lipids |
Answer» C. Protein | |
4. |
What is the biosynthetic source of all steroid hormones?$ |
A. | Cholesterol |
B. | Ketone bodies |
C. | Carbohydrate |
D. | Protein |
Answer» B. Ketone bodies | |
5. |
What is the outcome of the accumulation of acetyl-CoA in the mitochondria of the liver? |
A. | It is used as an energy source |
B. | It has broken down in to free fatty acids |
C. | It gets converted to oxaloacetate |
D. | It forms ketone bodies |
Answer» E. | |
6. |
Triacylglycerol packed with the apolipoprotein and cholesterol in lipoprotein aggregate is called_________ |
A. | Chylomicrons |
B. | VLDL |
C. | HDL |
D. | LDL |
Answer» B. VLDL | |
7. |
Mark the INCORRECT statement about the bile salt. |
A. | These are detergent substances |
B. | Stored in the gallbladder |
C. | It is hydrophobic in nature |
D. | It is made up of cholic acid |
Answer» D. It is made up of cholic acid | |
8. |
Which of the following hormone is not used in the hydrolysis of triacylglycerol into the fatty acids in adipose tissues? |
A. | Epinephrine |
B. | Norepinephrine |
C. | Glucagon |
D. | Insulin |
Answer» E. | |
9. |
What is lipolysis? |
A. | Hydrolysis of triacylglycerol |
B. | Formation of lipids |
C. | Breakdown of ketone bodies |
D. | Formation of ketone bodies |
Answer» B. Formation of lipids | |
10. |
Which of the following enzyme is not used in the synthesis of triacylglycerol? |
A. | Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase |
B. | Acylglycerophophate acyltransferase |
C. | Phosphatidic acid phosphohydrolase |
D. | Glycogen phosphorylase |
Answer» E. | |
11. |
Which of the following pathway is not used for triacylglycerol synthesis? |
A. | Glycerol 3-phosphate pathway |
B. | Glyoxylate pathway |
C. | Monoacylglycerol pathway |
D. | Kennedy pathway |
Answer» C. Monoacylglycerol pathway | |
12. |
Triacylglycerol stored in the body as cytoplasmic lipid droplets. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
13. |
Name the most active organs in the animal body which have the ability to synthesize triacylglycerol? |
A. | Spleen |
B. | Kidney |
C. | Liver and intestines |
D. | Adipose tissues |
Answer» D. Adipose tissues | |