AIIMS AIIMS Solved Paper-2001

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    Directions for: The questions consist of two statements each, printed as assertion and reason. While answering these questions you are required to choose any one of the following five responses A. If both the Assertion and the Reason are true and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion. B. If both the Assertion and the Reason are true but the Reason is not a correct explanation of Assertion. C. If the Assertion is true but the Reason is false. D. If both the Assertion and the Reason are false. E. If Assertion is false but Reason is true.

    Assertion: During physiology of excretion, deamination does not take place in liver. Reason: Deamination is a process to make use of excess of amino acids which cannot be incorporated into protoplasm.

    A)  A                           

    B)        B                           

    C)                        C                           

    D)        D           

    E)  E

    Correct Answer: E

    Solution :

    Deamination takes place in all living cells, especially in liver cells. Deamination is to make use of excess of amino acids which cannot be incorporated into protoplasm by removal of surplus proteins or amino acids or by removal of amino group with the formation of ammonia and ketoacid.


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