Question

A Nucleic acid, whether DNA or RNA gives on complete hydrolysis, two purines bases, two pyrimidine bases, a pentose sugar and phosphoric acid. Nucleotides which are intermediate products in the hydrolysis contain

• A. purine or pyrimidine base and orthophosphoric acid
• B. purine or pyrimidine base, a pentose sugar and ortho-phosphoric acid
• C. purine or pyrimidine base and pentose sugar
• D. a purine base, pentose sugar and orthophosphoric acid

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Correct answer is (b) purine or pyrimidine base, a pentose sugar and ortho-phosphoric acid