Multiple choice

Amino acids are

  1. acidic in nature

  2. basic in nature

  3. amphoteric in nature

  4. None of these

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Amino acids show both acidic as well as basic nature i.e., amphoteric nature due to presence of basic -NH2 group at one terminal and acidic -COOH group on the other.