Which of the following carbohydrates are branched polymer of glucose?
(a) Amylose (b) Amulopectin
(c) Cellulose (d) Glycogen

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Answers: (b), and (d).

Amylopectin and glycogen are branched polymer of glucose.
Amylopectin and glycogen have an almost similar structure in which glucose is linked linearly to each other by $C_{1} - C_{4}$ glycosidic linkage and branched at $C_{1} - C_{6}$ glycosidic linkage.

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Which of the following carbohydrates are branched polymer of glucose? (a) Amylose (b) Amulopectin (c) Cellulose (d) Glycogen

Answers: (b), and (d). Amylopectin and glycogen are branched polymer of glucose. Amylopectin and glycogen have an almost similar structure in which glucose is linked linearly to each other by C1−C4 glycosidic linkage and branched at C1−C6 glycosidic linkage.

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Amylopectin and glycogen have an almost similar structure in which glucose is linked linearly to each other by $C_{1} - C_{4}$ glycosidic linkage and branched at $C_{1} - C_{6}$ glycosidic linkage.