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ChemistryBiomoleculesMiscellaneous/MixedEasy2 minPYQ_2020
ChemistryEasysingle choice

RNA and DNA are chiral molecules, their chirality is due to

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Answer:
C
Solution:

The constituents of nucleic acids are nitrogenous bases, sugar and phosphoric acid. The sugar present in DNA is D(-)-2-deoxyribose and the sugar present in RNA is D(-) ribose. Due to these D(-)-sugar components, DNA and RNA molecules are chiral molecules.

Stream:NTA_ABHYASSubject:ChemistryTopic:BiomoleculesSubtopic:Miscellaneous/Mixed
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