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Assertion : Glucose and fructose cannot be distinguished by silver mirror test.
Reason : Glucose contains aldehydic group while fructose has ketonic group.

A

If both assertion and reason are correct and reason is correct explanation for assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not correct explanation for assertion.

C

If assertion is correct but reason is incorrect.

D

If assertion and reason are both incorrect.

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The correct Answer is:
B
Correct explanation. The distinction cannot be made. In the basic medium, fructose rearranges to glucose and therefore, both give the silver mirror test.
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