Which monosaccharide form cellulose?

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D Glucose

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D Galactose

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D Fructose

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D Fructose

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Solution

The correct option is B $β$ D Glucose
EXPLANATION: Cellulose is a linear polysaccharide polymer with many glucose monosaccharide units. Glucose is the building block of glucose.
So, the correct option is A.

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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

C_{1} - C_{2}

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