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(A) Competitive inhibitors compete with ...

(A) Competitive inhibitors compete with natural substrate for their attachment on the active sites of enzymes.
(R) In competitive inhibition, inhibitor binds to the allosteric site of the enzyme.

A

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

B

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

C

(A) is true but (R) is false

D

Both (A) and (R) are false

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C
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