NEET
- Exam
- NEET
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Biomolecules (B)
NEET · Botany · Biomolecules (B)
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct...
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option.
Assertion: Adenine and Guanine are substituted pyrimidines while uracil, cytosine and thymine are substituted purines.
Reason: A nucleic acid containing deoxyribose sugar is called ribonucleic acid(RNA).
Assertion: Adenine and Guanine are substituted pyrimidines while uracil, cytosine and thymine are substituted purines.
Reason: A nucleic acid containing deoxyribose sugar is called ribonucleic acid(RNA).
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion and Reason are false
Correct answer
D. Both Assertion and Reason are false
Step-by-step solution
Adenine and Guanine are substituted purines while the rest are substituted pyrimidines. A nucleic acid containing deoxyribose is called deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) while that which contains ribose is called ribonucleic acid (RNA).