NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Final answer: Sucrose is not a monosaccharide.

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of monosaccharides include glucose (dextrose), fructose (levulose), and galactose. Monosaccharides are the building blocks of disaccharides (such as sucrose and lactose) and polysaccharides (such as cellulose and starch).

Detailed explanation-3: -The homopolysaccharides are composed of one type of monosaccharide such as cellulose, starch and glycogen are made up of glucose unit and fructan, xylan, galactan and chitin are made up of fructose, xylose, galactose and N-acetyl glucosamine respectively.

Detailed explanation-4: -Glucose is the monosaccharide that makes up the starch. The number of carbon atoms in monosaccharides are found to be around 3 to 7 in number. To make up starch glucose molecules are linked together through glycosidic bonds that result in the formation of a polysaccharide.

Detailed explanation-5: -Examples of monosaccharides include glucose (dextrose), fructose, galactose, xylose and ribose. Monosaccharides are the building blocks of disaccharides like sucrose (common sugar) and polysaccharides (such as cellulose and starch).