Which of the following features provide stability to the helical structure of $\text{DNA}$?

  • A
    Presence of hydrogen bonds between two strands
  • B
    The plane of one base pair stacks over the other in the double helix
  • C
    Parallel polarity of two strands
  • D
    Both $(A)$ and $(B)$

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