BIOCHEMISTRY, BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACEUTICS

                                MCQs on Smallpox virus (Poxvirus)                  Click World Health Organization (WHO) website for more questions and answers about                                      smallpox:   https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/smallpox                                                       Figure1: cowpox and smallpox pustules 1. Who is credited with the discovery of vaccination using cowpox to protect against smallpox? a) Edward Jenner     b) Jonas Salk c) Louis Pasteur d) Robert Koch 2. Smallpox exists as two distinct subtypes, Variola major and Variola minor. Which su...

                                      MCQ on Glycolysis & Gluconeogenesis 1) Which of the following enzyme is not involved in galactose metabolism? a) Glucokinase b) Galactokinase c) Galactose-1-Phosphate Uridyl transferase d) UDP-Galactose 4- epimerase 2) Which of the following enzyme is defective in galactosemia (type I) - a fatal genetic disorder in infants? a) Glucokinase b) Galactokinase c) Galactose-1-Phosphate Uridyl transferase d) UDP-Galactose 4- epimerase 3) In the liver, the accumulation of which of the following metabolite attenuates the inhibitory of ATP on phosphofructokinase? a) Glucose-6-Phosphate b) Citrate c) Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphate d) Fructose-2,6-Bisphosphate 4) Mutation in which of the following enzymes leads to a glycogen storage disease known as "Tarui’s disease"? a) Glucokinase b) Phosphofructokinase c) Phosphoglucomutase d) Pyruvate Kinase 5) E...