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Assertion `:` Aspirin can cause ulcer in stomach when taken empty stomach.
Reason `:` Aspirin gets hydrolysed to salicyclic acid in stomach where `pH` is 2.

A

If both assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

B

If both assertion and Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion

C

If assertion is true but reason is false

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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At low pH, the ester group of aspirin gets hydrolysed to acid, which causes ulcer in the stomach.
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