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The presence or absence of hydroxy group...

The presence or absence of hydroxy group on which carbon atom of sugar differentiates `RNA` and `DNA`.

A

`2^(nd)`

B

`3^(rd)`

C

`4^(th)`

D

`1^(st)`

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A
(A) the presence of absence of hydroxy group on 2 nd carbon atom of the sugar differentiates RNA and DNA .
Sugar present in DNA is -deoxy-D(-) ribose

Sugar present in RNA is `beta`-D(-) ribose
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