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Question:

The presence or absence of a hydroxyl group on which carbon atom of sugar differentiates RNA and DNA?

2nd

3rd

1st

4th

Solution:

The sugar present in DNA is called deoxyribose, the sugar present in RNA is called simply ribose. Ribose has a hydroxyl group attached at the 2nd C-atom while deoxyribose does not.