Q.

The pentose sugar in DNA and RNA has

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a

Pyranose structure

b

None of the above

c

Furanose structure

d

Open chain structure

answer is C.

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Both have pentose sugars, which means 5-carbon are present in sugar structure. 5-membered sugar for RNA and DNA are ribose and deoxyribose respectively. They have a furanose structure of 4 carbon atoms and one oxygen atom, which is a 5 membered ring system.

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