MCQ Bank
Why is it necessary to heat the TLC plate before utilizing it?
- A) To mark the TLC plate
- B) To saturate the jar with solvent vapors
- C) To visualize compounds
- D) To set the glass jar
How is the lower organic phase preserved after extraction during extraction of lipids
- A) Heating
- B) Sonication
- C) Evaporation
- D) Freeze-drying
What type of sugar is mainly responsible for producing a positive result in the Fehling's test?
- A) Sucrose
- B) Glucose
- C) Lactose
- D) Fructose
What is done to break the phase after homogenization during extraxtion of lipids?
- A) Adding NaCl
- B) Centrifugation
- C) Vortexing
- D) Heating
What color on the pH reagent pad indicates an acidic pH?
- A) Yellow-orange
- B) Purple
- C) Green-blue
- D) Red
In the Fehling's reaction, what is the end product formed after the reduction of copper ions?
- A) Copper sulfide
- B) Copper hydroxide
- C) Copper metal
- D) Copper oxide
How is the glycogen content calculated in the results?
- A) Total liver weight / Weight of glycogen
- B) Weight of glycogen / Total liver weight
- C) Weight of glycogen / (Weight of glycogen tube – Empty tube weight)
- D) Empty tube weight / Weight of glycogen
What safety measure is essential when working with Fehling's solution?
- A) Mix with strong acids
- B) Wear gloves and goggles
- C) Avoid boiling the solution
- D) Store in direct sunlight
In Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC), why is the adsorbent crucial?
- A) To immobilize the mobile phase.
- B) To decrease sample concentration.
- C) To minimize solvent evaporation.
- D) To facilitate sample separation.
Which term describes the non-moving phase in Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC)?
- A) Mobile phase
- B) Stationary phase
- C) Moving phase
- D) Active phase
Where is the upper aqueous phase transferred for analysis? Hint: Extraction of lipids
- A) Fresh tube
- B) Lyophilizer
- C) Original tube
- D) Orbital shaker
Which condition could potentially result in false-negative outcomes in the Fehling's test?
- A) Presence of reducing sugars
- B) High concentration of glucose
- C) Acidic pH
- D) Short boiling time
In the Fehling's test, what is the purpose of boiling the solution after adding the sample?
- A) To speed up the reaction
- B) To cool down the reaction
- C) To prevent color change
- D) To separate copper ions
Besides glucose, which of the following is also a reducing agent that can give a positive Fehling's test?
- A) Fructose
- B) Sucrose
- C) Cellulose
- D) Starch
Where is the upper aqueous phase transferred for analysis? Hint: Extraction of lipids
- A) Fresh tube
- B) Original tube
- C) Lyophilizer
- D) Orbital shaker