Multiple choice

The full form of DNA is _________.

  1. Deoxyribonucleic Acid

  2. Dioxyribonucleic Acid

  3. Diribonucleic Acid

  4. Deribonucleic Acid

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Explanation

Deoxy - Removal of oxygen DNA is the genetic material found in all living organisms. Functional unit of DNA is called genes which regulates the process of development of a cell. All characters of individual are dependent on the types of genes. DNA is made up of deoxyribose sugar which is a fine carbon sugar (one atom of oxygen is removed from the ribose sugar). It also consists of nucleic acid. Nucleic acid are made up of bases, sugar and phosphate group. Bases are of 4 types in DNA consisting of Adenine (A), Thymine (T), Guanine (G) and Cytosine (C).(B), (C) and (D) are wrong terms.

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