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Download Gujarat University MBBS 1st Year 0819E373 Biochemistry Paper I Jan 2019 Question Paper

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Date: 09-01-2019
0819E373
First Year MBBS Examination
I MBBS Biochemistry Paper 1
Time: 3 hours

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Max Marks: 50
1. Answer to the points.
2. Figure to the right indicates marks.
3. Use separate answer books for
each section.

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4. Draw diagrams wherever
necessary.
5. Write legibly.
Section 1
1. Write short notes on the following

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a) Diabetic ketoacidosis
(10)

b) Von Gierk's disease
c) Biochemical basis of ammonia
toxicity

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2. Write Short notes of (any three)
a) Physiologically important
(9)
glycosides
b) Serum enzymes in myocardial

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infarction
c) Regulation of cholesterol synthesis
d) Acute intermittent porphyria
e) Suicidal inhibition of enzymes
3. Discuss Any TWO

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a) Application of ELISA (enzyme
(6)
linked immunosorbent assay)
b) Role of kidneys in regulation of
blood pH

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c) Fluid mosaic model of cell
membrane
Section 2
4. Write Short notes on (any two)
a) Reciprocal regulation of

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(10)
glycogenesis of glycogenolysis
b) Fatty acid synthase complex
c) Significance of HMP (hexoe mono
phosphate) shunt

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5. Write Short notes on (any two)
a) Water pollutants
(9)
b) Oncogenes
c) Uncouplers of oxidative

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phosphorylation
d) Structure of immunoglobulin
e) Biological effects of radiation on

tissues
6. Case report:

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During a hunger strike, one tudent
(6)
who took only water for next 15 days
when his condition deteriorated, he was
admitted in a hospital blood level of

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sugar and amino acids were found to
be decreased urine had ketone bodies,
urinary non protein nitrogen was
increased. Answer the following
questions (any six).

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1) The brain consumes 65 % of the
total circulating glucose daily. How
does brain obtain energy during
starvation?
2) Can brain utilize ketone bodies to

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meet part of its energy requirement?
3) How does starvation trigger

gluconeogenesis and lipolysis?
4) What is the fate of amino nitrogen
generated in the liver during process

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of gluconeogenesis?
5) What are the sources of two
carbon atoms in urea molecule?
6) Why does ketoacidosis develop in
the patient?

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7) What happens to "branched chain
amino acids" in the initial phase of
starvation?
8) What happens to alanine in the
initial phase of starvation?

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