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Purines are the same in both DNA and RNA.


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Solution

The correct option is A

True


The four types of nitrogenous bases found in DNA are adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine. Out of which adenine and guanine are the purines, while cytosine and thymine are the pyrimidines. Same purines are present in RNA as well. But pyrimidines in RNA are cytosine and uracil.

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