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Starch is a polymer of

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Maltose
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Fructose
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Sucrose
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Amylose and amylopectin
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Solution

The correct option is C Amylose and amylopectin
Starch is a food storage polysaccharides. Human obtained from plants. It is poly glucan homosaccharides and is the form of the end product of photosynthesis. It consists of two component, amylopectin, and amylose. Both are formed by the condensation of alpha -D-glucose. Amylose is more water soluble than amylopectin. Amylose is in the form continuous straight helically arranged chain and amylopectin arranged in a branch pattern. Thus, the correct option is D.

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