JEE Main Chemistry question

[AMU 2007] Monomer of nucleic acid is

(A)NucleotidesCorrect
(B)Nucleosides
(C)Amino acids
(D)Carboxylic acid

Answer: (A)

Solution

Nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) are polymers built from repeating nucleotide units (base + sugar + phosphate) joined by phosphodiester bonds. Nucleosides lack the phosphate group of

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