List of top Home Science Questions on Carbohydrates

The correct sequence for digestion and of absorption of carbohydrates in human body is as follows: A. Sucrase, maltase lactase convert respective disaccharide to monosaccharides B. Salivary amylase converts digestible starches to disaccharide C. Pancreatic amylase converts digestible starches to dissacharides D. Monosaccharides are absorbed into blood capillaries of villi E. HCl denatures and stops action of salivary amylase
Sucrose is a non-reducing sugar due to which of the following reason?
Identify the difference between the sugars in DNA and RNA.
The process involving reversal of a dispersed amorphous state of starch to an insoluble aggregated or crystalline condition is called ________ .
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : The property of invert sugar is that it does not crystallise.
Reason (R) : Sugar hydrolyses in the presence of acid to form glucose and fructose which is called invert sugar
According to sweetness Index (SI), the value of 1.0 is given to ______________ which is taken as a reference value for comparison with other carbohydrates.
Which of the following food products contain carbohydrates mainly in the form of starch ?
(A) Apple
(B) Wheat
(C) Rice
(D) Potato
(E) Orange
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : The property of invert sugar is that it does not crystallise.
Reason (R) : Sugar hydrolyses in the presence of acid to form glucose and fructose which is called invert sugar
According to sweetness Index (SI), the value of 1.0 is given to ______________ which is taken as a reference value for comparison with other carbohydrates.