J & K CET Medical J & K - CET Medical Solved Paper-2014

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    A nucleotide has three components

    A)  a nitrogenous base, a hextose sugar and a phosphate group

    B)  a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar and a phosphate group

    C)  a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar and a bisphosphate group

    D)  a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar and a triphosphate group

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

     A nucleotide has three component, a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar (nucleoside) and a phosphate group. Nucleic acid (RNA and DNA) is a long chain polymer of (polynucleotide) composed of monomeric unit called nucleotide. Nucleotides are ribonucleotides (RNA) and deoxyribonucleotides (DNA) like AMP (adenosine monophosphate) or adenylic acid and d AMP (deoxy adenosine monophosphate or deadenylic acid respectively).


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