There are two strands of DNA which run in anti-parallel directions and forms a helix. The two strands are held with each other due to the complementary base pairing. There are hydrogen bonds between the complementary bases in which A binds to T and G binds to C, and vice versa.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.
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