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Sugar found in DNA is

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  1. Dextrose

  2. Levulose

  3. Glucose

  4. Deoxyribose

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
DNA has deoxyribose sugar while RNA has ribose sugar. The deoxyribose sugar has hydrogen at second carbon while the ribose sugar has the hydroxyl group at the second carbon of the hexose ring. Ribose sugar is a monosaccharide which has five carbon atom. C$ _5$H$ _{10}$O$ _5$ is the chemical formula of ribose and it is a pentose sugar. 
So, the correct answer is option D.

The distance between two complementary strands of DNA almost remains the same because 

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  1. Hydrogen bonds between the complementary nitrogen bases of the two chains

  2. Hydrophobic interactions between nitrogen bases

  3. Base pairing between purines and pyramidines

  4. All the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The distance between two complementary strands always remains the same because there are hydrogen bonds between the nitrogen bases of two strands restricting movement. The bonds are formed correctly on the opposite ie the bonds are between purines and pyrimidines.

Also, these interactions between nitrogen bases are hydrophobic.
So, the correct option is D.

The strands of DNA are associated with the help of

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  1. Hydrogen

  2. Carbon

  3. Oxygen

  4. Nitrogen

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

DNA has a double stranded structure where, the purines are linked to pyrimidines with the help of hydrogen bonds. Adenine is linked to thymine by two hydrogen bonds while, cytosine is linked to guanine by three hydrogen bonds.

In DNA, guanine pairs with

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  1. Cytosine

  2. Thymine

  3. Uracil

  4. Adenine

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

According to the base pair rule, purine pairs with pyrimidine. Hence, guanine pairs with cytosine by formation of three hydrogen bonds.

In the structure of DNA, one-nucleotide purine base joins with pyramid type by which bond?

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  1. Aster

  2. Weak hydrogen

  3. Glycosidic

  4. Peptide

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Answer is option B i.e. "Weak hydrogen"
DNA is made up of nucleotide. Nucleotides join up with one another based on chemical compatibility of their nitrogen bases that are held together by weak hydrogen bond. In DNA, this hydrogen bond helps in stabilizing the nucleic acid structure.

For two closely related species, the DNA would be

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  1. Completely different

  2. Somewhat different

  3. Very different

  4. Very similar

  5. Identical

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Species that are very closely related have very similar DNA with only minor differences. They are related through a common ancestor. 

The base pairs of DNA are correctly shown as

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  1. A $\equiv $ T and C = G

  2. A = T and C = G

  3. A = T and C $\equiv $ G

  4. A $\equiv $ T and C $\equiv $ G

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In DNA, purines pairs with pyrimidines. Adenine pairs with Thymine with double hydrogen bond and Guanine pairs with Cytosine with the help of triple hydrogen bond.

Diameter of DNA is/Wilkin's X-ray diffraction showed DNA diameter to be

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  1. $200 \mathring{A}$

  2. $100 \mathring{A}$

  3. $20 \mathring{A}$

  4. $50 \mathring{A}$

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
DNA has the double helical structure where the two strands are tightly coiled over each other. B- DNA has right-handed helix with the major and minor groove. The diameter of the DNA is 20 A$^o$. The number of base pairs in one turn is 10 and the distance between base pairs is 3.4 A$^o$. The total length of one turn of DNA is 34 A$^o$.
So, the correct answer is option C.


Two nucleotides in a strand are linked through H-bond form a dinucleotide.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • The two strands of the double helix DNA have base pairing between complementary purines and pyrimidines. Adenine pairs with Thymine or vice versa by two hydrogen bonds and Guanine pairs with Cytosine or vice versa by three hydrogen bonds. 
  • The two nucleotides on the same strand are linked through phosphodiester bond between 5' phosphate group of one mononucleotide and 3' OH group of other mononucleotide, to form a dinucleotide.
Hence, the statement given in the question is incorrect.
So, the correct answer is 'False'.

Which of the following is TRUE regarding sense and antisense strands?

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  1. Both the strands are present on RNA

  2. Both the strands are present on DNA

  3. Sense strand is on DNA and antisense on RNA

  4. Sense strand is on RNA and antisense on DNA

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Both sense and antisense strands are present in DNA as these act as antisense strand acts as a template during transcription and sense strand has the same sequence as mRNA in the nucleus.

So, the correct option is B.