The smallest storage polysaccharide is?

Cellulose

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Chitin

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Starch

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Inulin

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Solution

The correct option is C Starch
Starch is used as food reserves in plants. It is a polymer of glucose. It is formed by the attachment of glucose unit by glycosidic bonds. It is a smallest polysaccharide. It is mainly produced in the plant by the process of photosynthesis.
It exist in two forms amylose and amylopectin. Amylose is formed by linkage of glucose by alpha 1,4 glucose unit. It is a linear polymer. Amylopectin is a branched polymer of glucose where two polymeric chain of glucose of alpha 1,4 glucose unit are linked by alpha 1,6 linkage.
So, the correct answer is option C.

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