Uttarakhand PMT Uttarakhand PMT Solved Paper-2010

  • question_answer
    Nucleotide are building blocks of nucleic acid, nucleotide is a composite molecule formed

    A)  (base-sugar-phosphate) n

    B)  base-sugar-OH

    C)  base-sugar-phosphate

    D)  sugar-phosphate

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Nucleotides are the building blocks of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA). A single nucleotide is composed of phosphate molecule, a five carbon sugar (either ribose or deoxyribose) and a purine (adenine or guanine) or a pyrimidine (thymine or cytosine or uracil) nitrogenous base. Nucleoside = Base + Sugar Nucleotide = Base + Sugar + Phosphate


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