WB JEE Medical WB JEE Medical Solved Paper-2009

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    Which of the following contributes to the double helical structure of DNA?

    A)  Hydrogen bond

    B)  Covalentbond

    C)  Disulphide bond

    D)  van der Waals force

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                     According to double helical model of DNA (proposed by Watson and Crick), DNA molecule contains two deoxyribonuclide chains which are spirally coiled around each other on a common axis. These two chains are held together by the formation of hydrogen bonds, \[(\underset{H-bond}{\mathop{\underset{\uparrow }{\mathop{A=T}}\,}}\,\,and\,\underset{H-bond}{\mathop{\underset{\uparrow }{\mathop{C=G}}\,}}\,).\]


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