JEE MAIN - Chemistry (2025 - 24th January Morning Shift - No. 16)

The carbohydrate "Ribose" present in DNA, is

A. A pentose sugar

B. present in pyranose from

C. in "D" configuration

D. a reducing sugar, when free

E. in $\propto$-anomeric form

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  A, D and E Only
B, D and E Only
A, C and D Only
A, B and E Only

Explanation

In Ribose carbohydrate present in DNA is $\beta-2-$ Deoxy-D-Ribose whose structure is

JEE Main 2025 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift Chemistry - Biomolecules Question 3 English Explanation

which is a reducing $D$-sugar in $\beta$ anomeric form & it is a pentose sugar.

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