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a
pairing of purines with pyrimidines
b
phosphodiester bond
c
pentose sugar
d
glycosidic bond
answer is A.
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Detailed Solution
The bases in two strands are paired through hydrogen bond (H-bonds) forming base pairs (bp). Adenine forms two hydrogen bonds with Thymine from opposite strand and vice-versa. Similarly, Guanine is bonded with Cytosine with three H-bonds. As a result, always a purine comes opposite to a pyrimidine. This generates approximately uniform distance between the two strands of the helix.