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A carbohydrate that cannot be hydrolysed further is a:

ATrisaccharide
BPolysaccharide
CMonosaccharide
DDisaccharide
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Monosaccharide
1. Hydrolysis splits a sugar into simpler units. 2. Some sugars have no simpler unit to give. 3. Those are the monosaccharides. _Source: syllabus Chemistry Part 2, Unit 10 'Biomolecules'_
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