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Reducing and non-reducing sugars

This type of question, asked 7 times: 2021 Paper 9, 26 Jul 2022, 11 Apr 2023, 30 Jan 2024, 23 Jan 2026 S1, 28 Jan 2026 S2, 4 Apr 2026 S1. All 7 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    2021 Paper 9

    35
    A non-reducing sugar "A" hydrolyses to give two reducing mono saccharides. Sugar A is-

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  2. Question 2

    26 Jul 2022

    49
    Which of the following is reducing sugar?

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  3. Question 3

    11 Apr 2023

    141
    Number of compounds from the following which will not produce orange red precipitate with Benedict solution is Glucose, maltose, sucrose, ribose, 2-deoxyribose, amylose, lactose.

  4. Question 4

    30 Jan 2024

    33
    Sugar which does not give reddish brown precipitate with Fehling's reagent is:

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  5. Question 5

    23 Jan 2026 S1

    39
    From the given following (A to D) cyclic structures, those which will not react with Tollen's reagent are : (A) (B) (C) (D)

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  6. Question 6

    28 Jan 2026 S2

    36
    Structures of four disaccharides are given below. Among the given disaccharides, the non-reducing sugar is :

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  7. Question 7

    4 Apr 2026 S1

    43
    Statement-I : The structure of maltose is given below, with the caption "Maltose is a non reducing sugar". Statement-II : The structure of lactose is given below, with the caption "Lactose is a reducing sugar". In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

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