Oligosaccharides give on hydrolysis how many monosaccharide units?
ATwo to ten
BTen to two
CTwo to two
DTen to ten
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Two to ten
1. An oligosaccharide sits between simple and polymeric sugars.
2. Hydrolysis breaks it into a small count of units.
3. That count runs from two to ten.
_Source: syllabus Chemistry Part 2, Unit 10 'Biomolecules'_
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