Question

Write four differences between RNA and DNA.

Answer 1

Differences between RNA and DNA:

S.No	RNA	DNA
1.	The pentose sugar present in RNA is D-ribose.	The pentose sugar present in DNA is D-2-deoxyribose.
2.	RNA contains cytosine and uracil pyrimidine bases and guanine and adenine as purine bases.	DNA contains cytosine, and thymine as pyrimidine bases and guanine and adenine as purine bases.
3.	It is a single chain of a polynucleotide.	It is a double chain of a polynucleotide.
4.	It regulates protein synthesis.	It controls structure, metabolism, differentiation. Transfer the characters from our generation to the other.