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Chemicals are added to food for...

Chemicals are added to food for

A

For their preservation

B

Enhancing their appeal

C

Adding nutritive value in them

D

All the above

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  • Assertion : Chemicals added to foods for increasing their shelf life are called preservatives. Reason : Natural sweetners like sucrose and artificial sweetners like saccharin are commonly used as food preservatives.

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    If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion .
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    If assertion is true but reason is false.
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    If both assertion and reason are false.

  • Assertion (A) All chemicals added to food items are called food preservatives. Reason (R) All these chemicals increase the nutritive value of the food.

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    Assertion and reason both are correct statements but reason does not explain assertion.
    B
    Assertion and reason both are correct and reason explains the assertion.
    C
    Both assertion and reason are wrong statements.
    D
    Assertion is correct statement reason is wrong statement.

  • Assertion : Artificial sweeteners are added to the food to control the intake of calories. Reason: Most of the artificial sweeteners are inert and do not metabolise in the body.

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    Assertion and reason both are correct statement but reason does not explain assertion
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