MAY 2018 Sub. Code: 1501
FIRST B.N.Y.S. DEGREE EXAMINATION
PAPER I BIO CHEMISTRY
Q.P. Code 821501
Time: Three Hours Maximum 100 Marks
Answer All questions
I. Essay Questions: x 15 30)
1. What are minerals? Its classification? Its functions and give a detail account on
biochemical function, daily requirements, sources, absorption, plasma level,
regulation and disorders of calcium?
2. Define Glycolysis? Explain bout the Embden Meyerhof pathway, add a detail
note on disorders of carbohydrate metabolism?
II. Write Notes on: (10 x 5 50)
1. Write normal and abnormal composition of urine.
2. Explain about calorimetry.
3. What are peptides? Its biological importance?
4. Write about Vitamin B12.
5. Write about the structure and functions of myoglobin and haemoglobin.
6. Explain about jaundice.
7. What is a balanced diet? Explain about any one nutritional disorder?
8. Explain about the biological oxidation.
9. Explain about the role of kidney in regulation of blood pH.
10. Define nucleic acids? Its classification and explain the structure of DNA.
III. Short Answers on: (10 x 2 20)
1. What are lipotropic factors?
2. What is Cystinuria?
3. Beri Beri Which deficiency?
4. Write about the importance of mineral fluorine.
5. Define replication.
6. Define starvation.
7. Action of vitamin antagonists.
8. What is ketosis?
9. Write about the functions of polysaccharides.
10. What are co-enzymes?