Multiple Choice Quiz on Lipids

This quiz is designed to assess your basic knowledge in ‘Lipids’. Questions come under ‘easy’ category. Choose the best answer from the four options given. When you've finished answering as many of the questions as you can, scroll down to the bottom of the page and check your answers by clicking 'Get score'. Percentage score will be displayed along with right answers.
Classification of Lipids
1. A fat molecule consists of
fatty acid and glycerol
glycerol and protein
fatty acid and protein
glycerol and carbohydrate
2. Which of the following is not a lipid?
glycerol
lecithin
wax
sterol
3. Which of the following is rich in linoleic acid?
soyabean oil
linseed oil
grount nut oil
sunflower oil
4. Example of a monosaturated fatty acid is?
palmitic acid
arachidonic acid
oleic acid
linolenic acid
5. Which of the following is most unsaturated?
Coconut oil
Mustard oil
Dalda
All are equally unsaturated
6. Waxes belong to ---- group
lipid
amino acid
monosaccharide
oligosaccharide
7. Phospholipids are important cell membrane constituents because they
contain gllycerol
can form bilayers in water
contain both polar and non polar portion
combine covalently with proteins
8. All the following statements describing lipids are true except
they are usually associated by covalent interactions
they are poorly soluble in water
they are intracellular energy source
they are structural components of membranes
9. Maximum number of double bonds in an unsaturated fatty acid is/ are
4
3
2
1
10. Which of the following is a Phospholipid?
Oleic acid
Glycogen
Prostaglandin
Sphingomyelin
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