Question

Choose the odd one out of the following terms given and name the category to which others belong.

Phosphate, RNA, Sugar, Nitrogenous bases

Answer 1

The odd one out of the following is RNA.

Explanation of odd one :

RNA: It is a genetic material found mostly in a lower organism. It is composed of a five-carbon sugar, a nitrogenous base, and one phosphate group.

Explanation of other options :

Components of Nucleotide-

1. Phosphate - These are present at the 3' end of the nucleotide.
2. Sugar - These are present at the 5' end of the nucleotide.
3. Nitrogenous bases- These are adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine (in DNA), and uracil (in RNA).