Carbohydrates yielding a large number of monosaccharide units on hydrolysis are:
APolytechnical
BPolysaccharides
CPolychromatic
DPolysyllabic
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Polysaccharides
1. The classes differ in how many units hydrolysis releases.
2. One class releases a very large number of them.
3. Carbohydrates which yield a large number of monosaccharide units on hydrolysis are polysaccharides.
4. Starch, cellulose and glycogen are the examples given.
_Source: syllabus Chemistry Part II, Ch 10 'Biomolecules'_
Keep practising Biomolecules
Browse all Biomolecules questions for JEE Advanced, or explore more Chemistry topics.
Related questions