Question

Corn is immersed in boiling water. It is then cooled, and the solution becomes sweet. It is due to ______.

पर्याय

• Monosaccharides are converted to disaccharides.

• disaccharides are converted to monosaccharides.

• enzymes are inactivated in boiling water.

• None of the above

Answer 1

Corn is immersed in boiling water. It is then cooled, and the solution becomes sweet. It is due to disaccharides being converted to monosaccharides.

Explanation:

Boiling water is used to submerge maize. Because disaccharides are converted into monosaccharides, the solution becomes sweet. When two monosaccharides are bonded together and a molecule of water is removed, a disaccharide is created; this is known as a dehydration reaction.

As a result, the two monosaccharides are linked by a dehydration reaction that results in the loss of a water molecule and the formation of a glycosidic bond. As a result, when this bond breaks, the monosaccharides are freed and the solution transforms into a sheet.