JEE Main Chemistry question

[Jamia Millia Islamia 2005] RNA contains

(A)Ribose sugar and thymine
(B)Ribose sugar and uracilCorrect
(C)Deoxyribose sugar and uracil
(D)Deoxyribose sugar and thymine

Answer: (B)

Solution

RNA's sugar component is ribose (retaining the 2′-OH group, unlike DNA's deoxyribose), and its pyrimidine bases are cytosine and uracil, with uracil replacing

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Question ID VK-150705