Multiple choice

Which of the following sugar is present in nucleic acids?

  1. Pentose

  2. Hexose

  3. Fructose

  4. Glucose

  5. Sucrose
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Explanation

Nucleic acids contain pentose sugars (5-carbon sugars). DNA contains deoxyribose and RNA contains ribose, both of which are pentose sugars, not hexose, fructose, or glucose.

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