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Biology Question on Structure of DNA and RNA

The purine base present in RNA is :

A

guanine

B

thymine

C

cytosine

D

uracil

Answer

uracil

Explanation

Solution

There are 44 purines and 44 pyrimidines that are of concern to us. Cytosine is termed in both RNA and DNA. Uracil is found only in RNA. Thymine is normally found in DNA. Therefore, in the given options only guanine is purine base. So it is present in RNA.