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CUET · BIOLOGY · PYQ PAPER 2023

A double stranded DNA fragment has 500 Adenine bases. If total number of base pairs in this fragment is 2500, then what will be the number of guanine bases?

  1. A 500
  2. B 750
  3. C 1000
  4. D 2000
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(D) 2000

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Total bases \( = 2 \times \text{Total base pairs} = 2 \times 2500 = 5000 \) Number of Adenine (A) bases \( = 500 \) Number of Thymine (T) bases \( = \text{Number of A} = 500 \) Number of Guanine (G) and Cytosine (C) bases…
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