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Q). In figure triple bond is between nitrogen bases. Name the bond and explain?

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The triple bond formed between a purine and pyrimidine is hydrogen bond. Three hydrogen bonds hold together the nitrogenous bases- Guanine (purine) and cytosine (pyrimidine).​
 
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The triple bond here is the 'hydrogen-bonds'. And the nitrogenous bases here are Guanine (Pyrimidine) and cytosine (Purine).If there were double hydrogen bonding then the nitrogenous bases would have been Adenine (Pyrimidine) and Thymine (Purine).
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