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Enzymes in the human body function as a catalyst.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Catalysts increase the rate of a reaction by providing an intermediate to be formed, although the catalyst is left unchanged at the end of the reaction. Catalysts speed up reactions, and without them these reactions might be too slow to sustain life processes.

An enzyme is a protein which has a highly specific amino acid sequence as well as 3D structure allowing it to catalyse reactions. In this sense, they are biological catalysts.

Examples of enzymes are DNA Polymerases (which replicate our DNA to allow our cells to divide) and Kinases (which add phosphate groups to other proteins that might be part of a signalling pathway).

Which requires catalyst

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  1. $S+O _2 \rightarrow SO _2$

  2. $2SO _2+O _2 \rightarrow 2SO _3$

  3. $C+O _2 \rightarrow CO _2$

  4. All

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Correct Option: A

Catalyst makes the reaction more exothermic.

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  1. True

  2. False

  3. Ambiguous

  4. Data insufficient

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The statement is false.
Catalyst does not makes the reaction more exothermic.
A catalyst can lower the activation energy required for the reaction to take place and allows the reaction to reach equilibrium faster, but as the catalyst is unchanged at the end of the reaction, the total energy absorbed or released during the reaction will be the same.

Enzyme catalysed reactions are highly specific.
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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
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Enzyme catalysed reactions are highly specific. Just as a key is used or a particular lock, each enzyme is used for specific reaction. 

Transition metals are more efficient catalyst.

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  1. True

  2. False

  3. Ambiguous

  4. Data insufficient

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Transition metals are more efficient catalyst as they have vacant d- orbitals. The ability of transition metals to form more than one stable oxidation state means that they can accept and lose electrons easily. This enables them to catalyze certain redox reactions. They can be readily oxidized and reduced again, or reduced and then oxidized again, as a consequence of having a number of different oxidation states of similar stability. They can behave either as homogeneous catalysts or as heterogeneous catalysts.

Zymase is used to catalyse the hydrolysis of glucose.
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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
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Enzymes are macromolecular biological catalysts. These are highly selective catalysts greatly accelerating both the rate and specificity of metabolic reactions. All enzymes are insoluble since they exist in the colloidal state. Urease is an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of urea, forming ammonia and carbon dioxide.
Zymase is used to catalyse the hydrolysis of glucose.
Zymase is an enzyme complex that catalyses the fermentation of glucose into ethanol and carbon dioxide. It occurs naturally in yeasts.

Enzymes also act as a catalyst in biological process.
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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
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Enzymes also act as catalyst in biological process. Enzymes are biological molecules that act as catalysts and help complex reactions to proceed faster without altering the rate of reaction.

During the process of digestion, the protein present in food materials are hydrolysed to amino acids. The two enzymes involved in the process are:

Proteins $\xrightarrow [ ]{ Enzyme\quad (A) } $ Polypeptides


$\xrightarrow [ ]{ Enzyme\quad (B) } $ Amino acids

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  1. Invertase and zymase

  2. Amylase and maltase

  3. Diastase and lipase

  4. Pepsin and trypsin

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Pepsin is an enzyme whose zymogen (pepsinogen) is released by the chief cells in the stomach and that degrades food proteins into peptides. 

Trypsin cleaves peptide chains mainly at the carboxyl side of the amino acids lysine or arginine. In the Duodenum, trypsin catalyzes the hydrolysis 
of peptide bonds, breaking down proteins into smaller peptides. The peptide products are then further hydrolyzed into amino acids via other proteases, rendering them available for absorption into the blood stream. Tryptic digestion is a necessary step in protein absorption as proteins are generally too large to be absorbed through the lining of the small intestine.

Hence, option D is correct.

Which of the following belong(s) to the family of enzymes?

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  1. Lipase

  2. Pepsin

  3. Ptylin

  4. Cellulose

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Correct Option: A,B,C

Enzymes are ____ specific in action.

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  1. highly

  2. not

  3. may be 

  4. may not

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Enzymes are highly specific in action.
Almost every biochemical reaction is controlled by its own specific enzymes.
Thus, the enzyme urease catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea. No other enzyme catalyzes this reaction.