Both deoxyribose and ribose belong to a class of sugars called: - Vidyadip

MCQ

Both deoxyribose and ribose belong to a class of sugars called:

A
Trioses.
B
Hexoses.
✓
Pentoses.
D
Polysaccharides.

✓

Answer

Correct option: C.

Pentoses.

Ribose is the pentose sugar in $\text{RNA},$ while deoxyribose is the pentose sugar in $\text{DNA}.$

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