Question

Nucleic acids are made up of

• A. Amino acids
• B. Pentose sugars
• C. Nucleosides
• D. Nucleotides

Answer 1

The correct option is D Nucleotides

Nucleic acids are long chain polymers of nucleotides. The nucleotides, in turn, are phosphoric acid esters of nucleosides which mainly consists of a nitrogenous base, Sugar, and phosphate. The nitrogenous base includes purines and pyrimidines while the sugar contains ribose and deoxyribose sugar. phosphate is formed of phosphoric acid.

So, the correct answer is option D.