Exam Details

Subject Nutritional biochemistry
Paper
Exam / Course Master of Science in Dietetics and Food Service management
Department School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

What are Polysaccharides? Explain the different types of polysaccharides giving examples.

What are neutral fats? Give examples and their functions.

Give general structure of amino acid with one example each of polar, non-polar, acidic and basic amino acids.

What do you understand by enzyme specificity? List its different types.

Give any four important Physico-Chemical properties of Vitamin C.

What are coenzymes? Give classification of hydrogen transferring coenzymes. Which coenzymes is derived from Vitamin Niacin?

Enumerate the four structural levels of protein with suitable examples.

Explain the process of protein digestion.

Why are minerals essential for us Enumerate the biochemical role of calcium in our body.

List the function of citric acid cycle.

Discuss about energy production in glycolysis giving chemical reactions.

Differentiate between glycolysis and glycogenolysis.

Discuss the role of carnitine in transfer of fatty acid.

Define Lipoprotein and apolipoprotein with suitable examples.

What is hyperlipoproteinemia and how it is classified

Give the reactions involved in Urea Cycle,indicating the enzymes and coenzymes.

Explain the salvage pathway for purine synthesis.

Give different ways by which non essential amino acid is synthesised. Give the reactions invovled.

What are free radicals? Give their role in Lipid Peroxidation.

Explain the effect of Insulin on Carbohydrate metabolism.

Why Tyrosine becomes an essential amino acid for PKU patients? Explain briefly.


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Advance Nutrition
  • Applied Physiology
  • Clinical and Therapeutic Nutrition
  • Entrepreneurship and Food Service Management
  • Food Microbiology and Safety
  • Nutritional biochemistry
  • Principles of Food Science
  • Public Nutrition
  • Research Methods and Biostatistics
  • Understanding Computer Applications