The pyrimidine bases present in DNA are:

cytosine and adenine

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cytosine and guanine

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cytosine and thymine

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cytosine and uracil

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Solution

The correct option is C cytosine and thymine
Pyrimidine is an aromatic heterocyclic organic compound similar to pyridine. In nucleic acids, three types of nucleobases are pyrimidine derivatives: cytosine (C), thymine (T), and uracil (U).

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DNA and RNA contain four bases each. Which of the following bases is not present in RNA?
(a) Adenine (b) Uracil (c) Thymine (d) Cytosine

Which of the following bases is not present in DNA?
(a) Adenine (b) Thymine (c) Cytosine (d) Uracil

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.

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