Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
First Semester M.Sc.Microbiology Examination - 2012
(MODEL QUESTION PAPER)
MB1PG01 -Biochemistry
Time : 3 Hrs Weightage: 30
I. Write Notes on Any Five (Wt: 1 each)
1. Heparin
2. Chitin
3. Sunshine Vitamin
4. Flagellin
5. Disulfide linkage
6. Collagen
7. deoxyribose sugar
8. Prostaglandins
II Write Short Essay on Any Five (Wt: 2 each)
9. Protein sequencing
10. helix
11. t- RNA
12. Differentiate DNA from RNA
13. Mechanism of action of steroid hormones
14. Peptidoglycan
15. Glycoproteins
16. Physiological buffers
III Answer Any Three in Detail (Wt: 5 each)
17. Describe in detail the structure of DNA.
18. Give an account of protein structure
19. What are lipids? How are they classified?
20. What are hormones? How are they classified? Describe the different hormones you have
studied.
21. What are vitamins? Give an account of the different vitamins you have studied with
special reference to their role in the biological system.
22. Describe in detail the evolutionary divergence of organisms and its relationship to protein
structure and function.
First Semester M.Sc.Microbiology Examination - 2012
(MODEL QUESTION PAPER)
MB1PG01 -Biochemistry
Time : 3 Hrs Weightage: 30
I. Write Notes on Any Five (Wt: 1 each)
1. Heparin
2. Chitin
3. Sunshine Vitamin
4. Flagellin
5. Disulfide linkage
6. Collagen
7. deoxyribose sugar
8. Prostaglandins
II Write Short Essay on Any Five (Wt: 2 each)
9. Protein sequencing
10. helix
11. t- RNA
12. Differentiate DNA from RNA
13. Mechanism of action of steroid hormones
14. Peptidoglycan
15. Glycoproteins
16. Physiological buffers
III Answer Any Three in Detail (Wt: 5 each)
17. Describe in detail the structure of DNA.
18. Give an account of protein structure
19. What are lipids? How are they classified?
20. What are hormones? How are they classified? Describe the different hormones you have
studied.
21. What are vitamins? Give an account of the different vitamins you have studied with
special reference to their role in the biological system.
22. Describe in detail the evolutionary divergence of organisms and its relationship to protein
structure and function.
