The polysaccharide that serves as the main energy storage in animals is: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The polysaccharide that serves as the main energy storage in animals is:
A. Cellulose
B. Starch
C. Glycogen
D. Chitin
Answer: Option C
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Glycogen is a highly branched polysaccharide of glucose, stored primarily in the liver and muscles. Starch is the plant equivalent. Cellulose is a structural polysaccharide in plants, chitin in arthropods and fungi. Glycogen can be rapidly mobilized to maintain blood glucose.

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