Which of the following statements about nucleic acid is most correct? (A) Both pentose nucleic acid and deoxypentose nucleic acid contain the same pyrimidines (B) Both pentose nucleic acid and deoxypentose nucleic acid and deoxypentose nucleic acid Contain the same purines (C) RNA contains cytosine and thymine (D) DNA and RNA are hydrolysed by weak alkali

Which of the following statements about nucleic acid is most correct? (A) Both pentose nucleic acid and deoxypentose nucleic acid contain the same pyrimidines (B) Both pentose nucleic acid and deoxypentose nucleic acid and deoxypentose nucleic acid Contain the same purines (C) RNA contains cytosine and thymine (D) DNA and RNA are hydrolysed by weak alkali
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β -Aminoisobytyrate is formed from catabolism of (A) Cytosine (B) Uracil (C) Thymine (D) Xanthine

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A nitrogenous base that does not occur in mRNA is (A) Cytosine (B) Thymine (C) Uracil (D) All of these

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When RNA in hydrolysed there is no relationship among the quantities of four bases obtained like DNA. What does this fact indicate about structure of RNA ?

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The basic unit of nucleic acid is (a) pentose sugar (b) nucleoid (c) nucleoside (d) nucleotide.

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Last Answer : d) nucleotide.

DNA does not contain (A) Thymine (B) Adenine (C) Uracil (D) Deoxyribose

Description : DNA does not contain (A) Thymine (B) Adenine (C) Uracil (D) Deoxyribose

Last Answer : Answer : C

Pyrimidine thymine occurs only in a. RNA b. DNA c. Both d. All

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DNA is (A) Usually present in tissues as a nucleo protein and cannot be separated from its protein component (B) A long chain polymer in which the internucleotide linkages are of the diester type between C-3’ and C-5’ (C) Different from RNA since in the latter the internucleotide linkages are between C-2’ and C-5’ (D) Hydrolyzed by weal alkali (pH9 to 100°C)

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Last Answer : Answer : B

From a DNA-RNA hybrid, DNA can be obtained by addition of (A) DNA B protein and ATP (B) Helicase and ATP (C) DNA topoisomerase I (D) Alkali

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Last Answer : Answer : D

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