State whether the following statement is true or false.
The four nitrogenous bases in the DNA are Guanine, Thiamine, Adrenaline, and Cytosine.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B False
Nitrogen bases:
DNA is deoxyribonucleic acid which has a double helix structure.
It is made up of deoxyribose sugar, a phosphate group, and nitrogenous bases.
The four nitrogenous bases seen in DNA are adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine.
Adrenaline is a hormone secreted by the adrenal gland.
Final answer: The given statement is false.

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(a) The four nitrogenous bases in the DNA are Guanine, Thiamine, Adrenaline and Cytosine.

(b) Genes are specific sequences of bases on a chromosome.

(d) Nucleosomes are groups of cysteine molecules surrounded by DNA strands.

(e) If there are 46 chromosomes in a cell, there will be 23 chromatin fibres inside the nucleus during interphase.

Statement 1: The four nitrogen bases in a DNA molecule are guanine, thymine adenine, cytosine.

Statement 2: Where adenine and thymine are purines and guanine and cytosine are pyrimidines.

Statement 1: There are four kinds of nitrogen bases in DNA.

Statement 2: They are adenine, uracil, guanine and cytosine.

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