Objective Biochemistry (Mcqs With Explanatory Answers)

Multiple choice questions have been used for the evaluation of student's cognitive acumen in all the fields and disciplines of education. They also form the back-bone of the entrance tests all over the world.The book covers most of the basic biochemistry syllabus in sixteen chapters containing about fifty to hundred MCQs in each chapter. The text in each chapter flows from very basic to the very difficult. If you read a chapter from beginning you find that the material grows with the topic in a way so as to simulate reading a textbook – only in an interesting way. Each MCQ has been validated from a standard biochemistry book and the reference is written with each question for verification and further reading. Explanations in the book have been supported with very simple and vibrant figures that help the students in clarifying the concepts.The book is primarily designed for the undergraduate and post-graduate medical biochemistry students but will also be useful for basic biochemistry (B.Sc. & M.Sc.) students. Those preparing for various P.G. entrance tests NET or for USMLE will find the book very useful since the book serves as a ready-made source of MCQs. The brief explanation attached with each question provides the students an alternative of a textbook since at this stage it is difficult for the students to go through each topic in detail.Contents1. Chemistry of Carbohydrates2. Lipids and Bio Membranes3. Chemistry of Amino Acids and Proteins4. Enzymes and Co-enymes5. Biological Oxidation and Bioenergetics6. SIgnal Transduction and Hormone Action7. Vitamins8. Metabolism of Carbohydrates9. Metabolism of Lipids10.Metabolism of Amino Acids and Proteins11.Acid Base Balance12.Water and Electrolyte Balance and Imbalance13.Organ Function Tests14.Nucleotides Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology15.Inborn Errors of MetabolismAbout the AuthorsDr. Rajinder Chawla is currently working as a Professor of Biochemistry at Christian Medical College & Hospital Ludhiana (INDIA). He has also worked at Black Lion Medical School of Addis Ababa University Ethiopia. He is M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Medical Biochemistry along with a Diploma in Pharmacy and a Diploma in Nuclear Medicine. He has been teaching medical biochemistry to MBBS BDS Nursing and Physiotherapy students for the last twenty two years. He has supervised a number of M.D. M.Sc. and Ph.D. students for their thesis research. He is co-author of two books viz. Clinical Chemistry (Organ Function Tests and Laboratory investigations) and A Comprehensive Textbook of Medical Biochemistry. He is a keen observer and a good scientist and has published about 25 research papers. Currently he is the principal investigator for the research projects funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST) Govt. of India and Indian Council of Medical Research.Dr. Neena Chawla is an Associate Professor / Biochemist in the department of Vegetable Science at Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana. She has earlier worked as a faculty at Black Lion Medical School Addis Ababa University Ethiopia. She is M.Sc. and Ph.D. in biochemistry and has an experience of more than 20 years of teaching biochemistry to B.Sc. M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. She has co-authored the Textbook of Medical Biochemistry. She has earlier worked at the Biotechnology Center at P.A.U. and thus has a deep knowledge of molecular biochemistry. Her major area of research is nutritional quality analysis of the vegetables and she has been instrumental in development of more than 25 new varieties of vegetables. She has published more than 40 research papers and has been a regular writer of popular science articles in the newspapers. She has guided a number of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students for their thesis research.