Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the option given below:
Assertion: Blood sugar level falls rapidly after heptactomy.
Reason: The glycogen of the liver in the principal source of blood sugar

Options

A. If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
B. If both the assertion and the reason are true but the reason is a not correct explanation of the assertion
C. If the assertion is true but the reason is false
D. If both the assertion and reason are false

Answer

a

Explanation

(a) In live, glycogen a reserve food material is changed into glucose ( glucogenolysis) and released into blood. Under abnormal conditions, liver can convert proteins and fats into glucose by complex chemical reactions i.e., called gluconeogenesis. Thus, due to hepatactomy blood sugar level falls rapidly.