Pentose sugars found in DNA and RNA respectively are

ribose and deoxyribose

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deoxyribose and glucose

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deoxyribose and erythrose

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deoxyribose and ribose

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Solution

The correct option is D deoxyribose and ribose
Monosaccharides with five carbon atoms are called pentose sugars.
Deoxyribose and ribose are the pentose sugars present in DNA and RNA respectively.
Glucose is a hexose sugar while erythrose is a tetrose sugar with six and four carbon atoms respectively.

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