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Assertion (A) : Adenine cannot pair with cytosine.
Reason ® `:` Because there wold be two hydrogen atoms in one of the bonding and none at the other.

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Both (A) and (R ) are true and (R ) is the correct explanation of (A )

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Both (A ) and (R ) are true but (R ) is not the correct explanation of (A)

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(A ) is true statement but (R ) is false

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Both (A ) and (R ) are false

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