NEET Daily Practice Papers - Biology - Cellular Enzyme

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150 Questions/Answers

q1

Who first used the term 'enzyme''?

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Answer:

Kuhne

Explanation:

Kuhne introduced the term 'enzyme' while working on fermentation.
q2

Who coined the term zymase for enzymes in yeast?

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Enzymes are basically or All enzymes contain

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'Enzymes are proteins', it was suggested by

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q5

Who got the Nobel prize working on enzymes in the year 1978?

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q6

Name the scientist who for the first time isolated and purified the enzyme urease in crystalline form from Jack bean (Canavalia ensiformis).

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q7

Which of the following is called 'biological middle man''?

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q8

Who demonstrated that alcoholic fermentation was an enzymatic process?

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q9

Enzymes were discovered for the first time in

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q10

Who discovered 'co-enzymes'?

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q11

Which one of the following statements is true for the enzymes?

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q12

Enzyme are best defined as

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q13

In plants, enzymes are present

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Biological catalysts are called

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Enzymes are the polymers of

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Which of the following statements is not correct?

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cAMP mediated 'Cascade model' of enzyme regulation was proposed by

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Synthesis of enzymes take place by

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Enzymes are absent in

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Which one of the following enzyme is not composed of simple proteins?

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q21

Enzymes are useful to plants because

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Which of the following is not an attribute of enzymes

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q23

What is correct about enzymes

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Enzymes are different from inorganic catalysts

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q25

The enzyme used for alcohol formation by fermentation is

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q26

Of the total enzymes present in the cell approximately how many occur in mitochondrion

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q27

An average living cell contains about

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q28

The catalytic efficiency of two different enzymes can be compared by the

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q29

Which of the following is not a part of enzyme but it activates the enzyme

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q30

Huge amount of starch is deposited in potato tubers due to

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q31

Which one of the following is an enzyme

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q32

An enzyme can be synthesized by chemically bonding together molecules of

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q33

A dialysable non-protein organic substance which combines with apoenzyme to make a functional enzyme is

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q34

Most enzymes consist of two parts; these are

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q35

The protein part of enzyme is known as

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Enzyme complex is called

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When coenzyme is combined with apoenzyme, it is called

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q38

Non-protein part of an enzyme is known as

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q39

The enzyme, which combines with non-protein part to form a functional enzyme known as

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q40

Cofactor (prosthetic group) is a part of holoenzyme. It is

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q41

Organic compounds having transient association with apoenzyme are called

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q42

Which of the following coenzyme is a derivative of pantothenic acid (Vitamin B complex)

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q43

Co-enzyme is

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Coenzyme can function

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q45

Which of the following is iron porphyrin coenzyme or cofactor

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q46

Substances which enhance reactions after combining with enzymes are called

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q47

FAD or FMN is a coenzyme. Which vitamin is incorporated into its structure

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q48

NADP is

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q49

Which of the following is not a co-enzyme

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q50

Which of the following is a loosely bound coenzyme

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q51

Which one of the following is a coenzyme

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q52

Which mineral element is essential for the activity of aconitase enzyme

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q53

Which one of the following metallic ion does not occur as prosthetic group in any enzyme

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q54

Which mineral element is essential for the activity of enolase enzyme

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q55

The prosthetic group (metallic cofactor) of various respiratory enzymes is

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q56

Cytochrome oxidase enzyme contains

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q57

Which of the following element inhibits the activity of sulphydryl enzyme

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q58

Which one of the following enzyme contains Mn metallic ion as the prosthetic group

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q59

Which one of the following enzyme contains Mo as prosthetic group

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q60

In which one of the following enzymes, is copper necessarily associated as an activator

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q61

Which one of the following statements regarding enzyme inhibition is correct?

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q62

Telomerase is an enzyme which is a

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q63

Which is not true for enzymes?

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q64

Many of the hydrolytic reactions are

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q65

DNA polymerase enzyme is responsible for the synthesis of

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q66

Enzymes as they exist inside the cell are

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q67

Which one value is required for better enzymatic action

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q68

The cause of specificity of an enzyme is

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q69

An enzyme acts by

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q70

To explain the mechanism of enzymatic action, who proposed "Lock and key hypothesis"

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Who proposed the principal of "Induced fit"

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Km is related to

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q73

Template theory of enzyme action is supported by

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q74

Jacob and Monad named those enzymes allosteric whose activity is regulated by

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q75

When an enzyme induced product inhibits enzymatic activity, inhibition is called

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Number of active sites in allosteric enzyme is

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q77

Enzyme inhibition caused by a substrate analogue is

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q78

Inhibitory effect of melonic acid on succinic dehydrogenase enzyme is

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q79

Competitive inhibitors (like malonate) alter

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Enzyme can be made functionless by

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q81

Metabolic poisons which alter the structure of an apoenzyme are

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q82

Non-competitive inhibitors alter

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q83

During glycolysis enzyme hexokinase changes glucose to glucose–6–phosphate. Glucose–6–phosphate is inhibited by

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q84

Decline in the activity of the enzyme hexokinase by glucose 6-phosphate is caused by

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q85

Enzymes capable of changing their form are called

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q86

Lactose operon is considered to be glucose sensitive due to

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q87

Which of the following enzyme can form RNA from DNA

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q88

The permeases are

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q89

Which enzyme shows greatest substrate specificity

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q90

Term – ase is used for

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q91

Systematic approach of naming enzymes has been recommended by the Commission on Enzymes of the

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q92

Basically how many types of enzymes have been recognised by International Union of Biochemistry

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q93

In the modern system of nomenclature which one of the following enzyme occupies 1st position

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q94

The plant proteinases or endopeptidases enzyme is

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q95

Nitrate reductase enzyme is responsible for the formation of

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q96

The first enzyme that reduces nitrates into nitrites and ammonia in plants is

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q97

The enzyme responsible for atmospheric nitrogen fixation is

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q98

At the time of cotton seeds germination, the stored food is digested by

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q99

Fat is hydrolysed by enzyme lipase to yield

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q100

Substrate of amylase enzyme is

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q101

Which enzyme is not composed of simple proteins?

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q102

Enzymes are useful to plants because

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q103

Which of the following is not an attribute of enzymes?

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q104

What is correct about enzymes?

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q105

Enzymes are different from inorganic catalysts

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q106

The enzyme used for alcohol formation by fermentation is

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q107

Of the total enzymes present in the cell approximately how many occur in mitochondrion?

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q108

An average living cell contains about

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q109

The catalytic efficiency of two different enzymes can be compared by the

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q110

Which of the following is not a part of enzyme but it activates the enzyme?

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q111

Huge amount of starch is deposited in potato tubers due to

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q112

Which one of the following is an enzyme?

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q113

An enzyme can be synthesised by chemically bonding together molecules of

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q114

A dialysable non-protein organic substance which combines with apoenzyme to make a functional enzyme is

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q115

Most enzymes consist of two parts; these are

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q116

The protein part of enzyme is known as

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q117

Enzyme complex is called

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q118

When coenzyme is combined with apoenzyme, it is called

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q119

Non-protein part of an enzyme is known as

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q120

The enzyme, which combines with non-protein part to form a functional enzyme known as

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q121

The enzyme which converts glucose into ethyl alcohol is

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q122

Which of the following enzyme digests other enzymes?

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q123

The enzyme which catalyzes the photosynthetic C4 cycle is

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q124

The nucleic acids are broken into nucleotides by………...... enzymes

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q125

At boiling temperature an enzyme is

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q126

As temperature changes from 3°C to 45°C, the rate of enzyme activity will

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q127

In most plant cells most enzymes have their optimum activity at

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q128

At temperature just below the freezing point, the enzyme

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q129

Which ions are toxic in enzymatic activity?

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q130

Enzymes are destroyed

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q131

Dry seeds can endure higher temperature than the germinating seeds because

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q132

In seeds, digestion is made possible at relatively low temperature by

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q133

Zymogens are

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q134

Enzymes which are slightly different in molecular structure but can perform identical activity are called

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q135

Enzyme having different molecular arrangement but similar functions is

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q136

Lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) which catalyzes pyruvate to lactate is an example of

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q137

Which one statement regarding isoenzyme is correct?

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q138

The non-protein enzyme is

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q139

Enzymes are sensitive to

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q140

Enzymes are sensitive to

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q141

Enzyme which hydrolyses starch to maltose is

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q142

Which one is not an example for hydrolases?

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q143

Which enzyme digests the stored food material of castor seeds?

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q144

In the cell digestive enzymes are mostly in

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q145

Enzyme concerned with transfer of electrons are

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q146

Which one of the following belongs to transferase group?

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q147

Esterase enzyme belongs to which of the following class?

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q148

Fumerase enzyme belongs to which class?

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q149

Enzyme phosphoglucomutase belongs to

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q150

Which one belongs to hydrolase group?

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Exam Information

Publish Year

August 2025

Last Update

August 16, 2025

Language

English

Level

hard

Total Questions

150

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