Nitrogen base $+$ Pentose sugar $+$ Phosphate group is

Nucleoside

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Nucleic acid

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Pyrimidine

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Nucleotide

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Solution

The correct option is B Nucleotide
The nucleotide is the elementary unit of nucleic acids. They composed of nucleosides and phosphate group. A nucleoside is composed of a nitrogen base and pentose sugar. Pentose sugars are ribose and deoxyribose. Nitrogen bases are purines and pyrimidines. Thus, the correct answer is D.

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A nucleotide consists of a pentose sugar molecule, a nitrogenous base, and a phosphate group.

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