A typical disacchride, maltose is comprosed of

β

-glucose and

β

-galactose

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α

-glucose and

α

-fructose

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α

-sucrose and

β

-glucose

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Two units of similar glucose

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Solution

The correct option is D Two units of similar glucose
Maltose or malt sugar is abundantly found in germinating starchy seeds. This disaccharide is a homydisacchrides of two similar D-glucose residues. These two units of glucose are linked by $α$ -1, 4 glycosidic bond.

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β

α

Match the List-I and List-II:

List I (Saccharides)	List II (Formed by)
(A) Sucrose	(i) $β$ -D glucose $C_{1} - C_{4}$ glycosidic linkage
(B) Lactose	(ii) $α$ -D glucose, $β$ -D fructose $C_{1} - C_{2}$ glycosidic linkage
(C) Cellulose	(iii) $β$ -D glucose, $β$ -D galactose $C_{1} - C_{4}$ glycosidic linkage

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