Question
Read the passage given below and answer the following questions:
Carbohydrates can exist in either of two conformations, as determined by the orientation of the hydroxyl group about the asymmetric carbon farthest from the carbonyl.

By convention, a monosaccharide is said to have $D-$configuration if the hydroxyl group attached to the asymmetric carbon atom adjacent to the $-\ce{CH_2OH}$ group is on the right hand side irrespective of the positions of the other hydroxyl groups. On the other hand, the molecule is assigned $L-$configuration if the $-OH$ group attached to the carbon adjacent to the $- \ce{CH_2OH}$ group is on the left hand side.
The following questions are multiple choice questions. Choose the most appropriate answer:
Carbohydrates can exist in either of two conformations, as determined by the orientation of the hydroxyl group about the asymmetric carbon farthest from the carbonyl.

By convention, a monosaccharide is said to have $D-$configuration if the hydroxyl group attached to the asymmetric carbon atom adjacent to the $-\ce{CH_2OH}$ group is on the right hand side irrespective of the positions of the other hydroxyl groups. On the other hand, the molecule is assigned $L-$configuration if the $-OH$ group attached to the carbon adjacent to the $- \ce{CH_2OH}$ group is on the left hand side.
The following questions are multiple choice questions. Choose the most appropriate answer:
- $D-$Glyceraldehyde and $L-$Glyceraldehyde are:
- Epimers.
- Enantiomers.
- Anomers.
- Conformational diasteriomers.
- Which of the following monosaccharides, is the majority found in the human body?
- $D-$type.
- $L-$type.
- Both of these.
- None of these.
- The two functional groups present in a typical carbohydrate are:
- $-\ce{OH}$ and $-\ce{COOH}$
- $-\ce{CHO}$ and $-\ce{COOH}$
- $ > \ce{C= O}$ and $-\ce{OH}$
- $-\ce{OH}$ and $-\ce{CHO}$
- Monosaccharides contain:
- Always six carbon atoms.
- Always five carbon atoms.
- Always four carbon atoms.
- May contain $3$ to $7$ carbon atoms.
- The correct corresponding order of names of four aldoses with configuration given below respectively, is:
- $L-$erythrose, $L-$threose, $L-$erythrose, $D-$threose.
- $D-$threose, $D-$erythrose, $L-$threose, $L-$erythrose.
- $L-$erythrose, $L-$threose, $D-$erythrose, $D-$threose.
- $D-$erythrose, $D-$threose, $L-$erythrose, $L-$threose.





