Question

Read the following given statements and select the correct option. Statement A: A nucleic acid containing deoxyribose is called RNA. Statement B: A nucleic acid containing ribose is called DNA. O Both statements are correct Both statements are incorrect O Statement A is correct but statement B is incorrect O Statement B is correct but statement A is incorrect​

Answer 1

Answer:

both statements are incorrect

Answer 2

Both statements are incorrect about nucleic acid.

1. DNA is the abbreviation for Deoxyribonucleic acid and RNA is the abbreviation for Ribonucleic acid.
2. Both are the genetic materials comprising of sugar, Nitrogenous base and phosphate group.
3. As is evident from the names of DNA and RNA, they contain deoxyribose and ribose sugar respectively.
4. Cells have three types of RNA namely mRNA, rRNA and tRNA with each performing different function.