AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2000

  • question_answer
    RNA differs from DNA in having

    A)                  thymine                                             

    B)                  deoxyribose sugar

    C)                  uracil                                   

    D)                  cytosine

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                     RNA differs from DNA in 3 ways : (i) The sugar phosphate backbone contains ribose rather than deoxyribose. (ii) It contains the base uracil (U) instead of thymine. (iii) It exists mostly as a single stranded rather than a double stranded helix. Thymine is a pyrimidine present in DNA but not in RNA. In deoxyribose sugar, hydrogen is present at 2 position. Cytosine is pyrimidine present both in RNA and DNA.


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