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Assertion: The sight, smell and presence of food in the oral cavity can stimulate secretion of saliva.
Reason: About 70 per cent of the starch is hydrolyzed in oral cavity by salivary amylase.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explantion of assertion

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explnantion of assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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The correct Answer is:
D
About 30 percent of starch is hydrolysed in the oral cavity by salivaryamylase into a disaccharide-maltose.
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