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Assertion : Enzyme hydrolysis of sucrose...

Assertion : Enzyme hydrolysis of sucrose is called inversion.
Reason : The configuration of sucrose gets inverted under these conditions.

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:
C
Correct reason. Sucrose (dectro rotatory) upon hydrolysis forms glucose (dextro rotatory) and fructose (leavo rotatory). Since there is a change in overall configuration from dextrro to leavo, it is known as inversion.
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